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I work in the leisure centre:
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we're providing physical activities
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for people of all ages.
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So we're trying to reach them;
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trying to improve their mood,
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to get out of
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the house more,
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to be more social.
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People are saying
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the class really helps them –
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that's really really good reward.
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I came from Poland
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about ten years ago:
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now I live in Scottish town.
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I'm a father,
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I'm a partner,
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I'm a student,
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full-time worker.
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I usually start at five a.m.,
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up and then studying
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up to seven a.m.
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That's the only time
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when I can find quiet.
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At the moment I'm studying
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for my degree
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in business management.
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When you see
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audio-visual material,
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you can see for yourself,
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you can listen for yourself.
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Usually there's like
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a short video clip,
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with some interviews.
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It's closer to the
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real-life experience.
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Sometimes
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I've got a problem with
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understanding of spoken language.
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Fortunately there's always transcripts
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of that material.
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Sometimes, yeah, the voice
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can be distorted by
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the internet connection
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or some people
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they have strange, different accents,
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so yes, so that could
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be challenging
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for non-native speaker.
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I've got my phone
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always at hand, so
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any, any word I don't understand,
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I can always check it.
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I like to know
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exact the meaning of the word –
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even if I know
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more or less the meaning
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of the word from the context.
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I don't have to talk to people
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as a part of my studies.
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But there is such an option, there
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is possibility.
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As a part of my university programme,
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we've got chat rooms available
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where we can meet
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face to face live,
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so you can just meet
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at a certain day and certain hour
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and with a tutor and
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then all the students in the group
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and we're just having a conversation
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via skype or other similar app.
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Usually there are like
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five, six people – it's not like
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a big group but
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the software is very good –
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you can see the names,
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who's attending
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the chat rooms, who's not.
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It's moderated by the tutor,
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so it works very, very well.
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And it's always very good
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to share the opinions with others
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and communicate face to face directly,
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not just through the emails
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or written words.
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At the moment I feel like I -
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yeah, I'm getting somewhere.
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I've always said that learning
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is the key to, to
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achieve something in life.
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The main motivator is future.
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My ultimate goal
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is to go to South America.
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When you learn a language,
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you're getting closer to the culture,
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different way of thinking.
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Mostly I'm learning Spanish
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on the go.
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If I'm walking, I just
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put my headphones on
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and instead of listening to music,
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I'm listening to Spanish.
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My partner,
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who is from Ghana originally,
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there was a time at
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the beginning especially
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when we started dating,
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I was preparing some Polish food,
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and she was preparing Ghanaian
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food, very exotic dish.
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I've got two kids:
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the kids are very, very rewarding.
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It's great, it's great being a father.
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The message I would like
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to send to my kids is
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"Learn as much as you can
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and try to enjoy that."
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Go the distance.