I sent a message to a teacher who works at a school where I am providing group training. This school is not in my program, so it is an extra offering. There are many things to consider for this project - there are 560 students to teach in this session. I have put together a fun day, and kept all the teachers informed of what will happen. We will be having a meeting next week to go over how it will unfold. To begin the day, I am reading a book with everyone with the help of a projector. The book is a focus on the letter b pronunciation. I always read this book with the students blowing bubbles because the book is all about a bear, a bull and a baboon blowing bubbles. I managed to collect enough bottles of bubbles for the students but then decided I needed to find out how many teachers will be involved.
My message was:
When you have a minute, can you let me know how many teachers will be involved for the project, please?
Here is the reply:
About 14 teachers will be around to assist the pupils.I
don't get what Is the minutes you meant , is it the committee members of
this project or something else? I have a record of the meeting which I
held on this but I don't know whether it is appropriate .
We English speakers need to remember
that the world does not revolve around us. Our short quick versions of a
message are not always understood. The gift here was that the teacher, whom I
have discovered to be a very good communicator, did not understand the message
- and asked! Kudos to her.
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