The second week of our stay the course venue for the morning classes was changed to Oxford Union which is a famous debating society. A Swiss teacher also joined our small group. During the morning classes we had some theme like literature, British food, the environment etc. and we listened to music and read texts related to the theme. We also had discussions and different types of exercises, which was all very good practise for our English skills. It was also very valuable and enlightening to learn how people think and how things are in other European countries.


In the afternoons I had private lessons for the most part with a teacher who had been working with online testing. I learnt so much about assessment and testing and we had a lot of good discussions on the topic. I also met a tutor called Leslie whose wife is Finnish. It turned out that she comes from the same place in Finland as I do. Small world, isn't it? Leslie introduced the British educational system to me. One afternoon I had the pleasure of talking to a head and deputy head of a private tutorial college. No matter where your school is there are issues and concerns that are the same. I really enjoyed all these private lessons even though the idea of one-to-one classes was new and I was not accustomed to them at the very beginning.