Term 1 of the  Online Conversation Course  beagn in November 2020 with ten students – Slovenia(1), Greece(2), Italy(2) and Germany(5)– and finishes with just one drop out. 🙁  In total, students read eleven articles (almost fourteen thousand words of English), completed eleven gap-fill exercises–an average of fifteen new words per week (total 165), watched eleven videos (over 250 minutes listening) took part in a minimum of fifty-five paired discussions (5-7 mins each) and gained fluency practise in the following: working from home, the purpose of learning, favourite books, paintings and favourite artists, memories of school, Christmas, bucket list, gardening and food, fears and phobias, children’s books, and hopes for the future.