第1193期:Radio Job

JJ: Annili, have you always been an English teacher?

Annili: No. Actually, I started out as a French teacher. That was my first job.

JJ: Wow! So tell me about your first job.

Annili: My first job. I was working in Central West Queensland in Australia so it was a remote place.

JJ: Sure.
Annili: For example, the nearest supermarket was about 100 kilometers away from me.
JJ: That's amazing.
Annili: So of course, the students lived-- some of the students lived a long way away from the schools. They had their lessons by teleconference, actually, school of the air.
JJ: Wow. So when you had a teleconference for example, how many students would be on the air at the same time?
Annili: I guess around eight, in two different locations. I would be in the third location
JJ: Wow, that's amazing!
Annili: Yeah.

JJ: Yeah! And how often would you be teaching like this?
Annili: Well, the students were aged between 9 and 12 years old. They had two French lessons a week by teleconference.
JJ: Wow, and how long was each lesson?
Annili: 45 minutes
JJ: Great. That's really interesting.