' Her pronunciation was really bad ! '

On of the ushers who's doing an Upper Intermediate English Course at the British Council commented on one of her classmates' bad pronunciation:


The student had been asked to read part of a text from the coursebook but her pronunciation and fluency was more like the level of an Elementary student! Another surprising thing about the students in this class was that the usher was the only student to have done the homework; the others had made the excuse they hadn't time because of their work but the usher has to work as well and she hadn't had any problems in doing the homework. In fact she had done her homework alongside her daughter who also had homework to do.

' Parents ' Day - that was a waste of time ! '

' spilt coffee is lucky in Tunisia '

During the break from the training session with the Tourism School teachers the waitress in the restaurant suddenly accidently spilt coffee onto Myriam's blouse,she didn't seem too upset; in fact she said that spilt coffee onto a person's shirt/blouse is considered good luck in Tunisia!

' Cest bon ? le photo '

' If you want to meet for a coffee just call me '

While I was at Café Kom Koi I bumped into a Tunisian woman , who was with her son; she suggested meeting up for a coffee another time. The trouble is I don't know who she is - during the four years I've been here in Tunisia I've met quite a few students and teachers so she could be anyone! I've got no idea! So I can't call her as I haven't got the faintest idea who she is!

' I now work for the World Bank '

At Jimmy's Café , I bumped into Sadok, he now works for the Communication department at the World Bank and hopes to do some work with British Council Tunis. He also mentioned a possible project for the BBC.

' Pizza moyen - it looks more like a big pizza ! ' ' life work balance '