Advisor 3, Learner 3: Interview 3, Extract 5 (C3_A3_3_5)

C3: yeah and yes yes yes yes < I understand I understand well too
A3: but I have I go out I go out a lot >
C3: yes
A3: I do a lot of things um um that’s more personal eh it’s not so much about English but um I do a lot of things um I think that but I am but well that’s it it’s when I’m at home it’s for um
C3: to work < basically
A3: that’s it >
C3: um
A3: yeah so either I switch English to work from the point of view of um
C3: yeah
A3: er from finally from from from from the conception of how to use English, which wouldn’t be wrong because we’re completely on that.
C3: there you are, in fact
A3: there you go
C3: with your articles
A3: and um or I spend it on something else like hobbies and um but I don’t really do hobbies at home
C3: Yeah, well, in any case, erm, I’d like to say that whether you see it as a hobby or a job, in the end what’s most important is to say to yourself, I’m going to spend some time < at home

A3: I’m doing a bit of English ah no come on I’ll I’ll I’ll read the thing so I got um the book I bought myself um so yeah I think there’s there’s no need for him to be between two chairs
C3: um
A3: and that um it’s defined in a specific um category and I think that category is more in the workplace because otherwise the risk is that in my spare time I have alternatives to do something else
C3: yes so in any case it’s yes it’s a bit in the work on the other hand um I see well I understand well if you’re um in the work you’re in front of your computer um < there’s emails that come in
A3: I need to be able to move- >
C3: there you go
A3: I need to be able to move my work around
C3: at that point you’ve got to be able to say, well for the moment I’ll give myself um so how much time do you need, well tram it’s re- relatively short I imagine
A3: well it’s twenty five minutes out twenty five minutes back

C3: ah yes so that’s not bad after all
A3: hmm
C3: and so that, um, you know, every time you do your < fifty
A3: *** >
C3: tram minutes < er
A3: yeah >
C3: you do the year- of English
A3: yeah but the thing is that sometimes it annoys me to take the tram it’s overcrowded there’s no < space uh [laughs]
C3: yeah yeah > yes
A3: it’s more the tram than the English < [laughing]
C3: [laughing ] >
A3: but I sometimes I remember one morning it was- um I- I want to do English and then I got fed up of taking the tram with um because we weren’t sure of getting a seat um
C3: um
A3: and then um and then I was knackered I didn’t feel like making the effort that far, you know
C3: yes well hey anyway I think that < [laughs] you can’t do the impossible
A3: ah yeah yeah no but it’s not English it’s not it’s not > I’m not taking the tram not to do English it’s um I want to do English but
C3: but the tram won’t take me < it’s today er
A3: yeah that’s it yeah yeah yeah yeah >
C3: well I haven’t got the yeah okay um so the train is relatively long too but as you’ve um if it’s if it’s a Nancy Paris let’s say um um over the hour and a half um you’re doing um still not an hour and a half < of English no eh
A3: no > um half an hour
C3: yeah, that’s it < OK
A3: one > half an hour

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C3: yeah
A3: because, er, between the inverted commas, there’s an entry point, you have to go back to the text.
C3: yes
A3: so um ten minutes wouldn’t be too long
C3: yeah
A3: it wouldn’t be effective
C3: hum hum
A3: finally efficient
C3: hum hum
A3: it’s useless because I have to remember what was said and everything that goes with it
C3: hmm
A3: um yeah anyway I’m going to Lebanon um next week so there’ll be a bit of < reading
C3: a bit of > flying < [laughs]
A3: [laughs] >
C3: to Beirut
A3: um in Beirut and then um then I’m going to um what’s it called it’s not Saint Joseph it’s um Luzech Luzech is thirty minutes from Beirut < in fact
C3: um >
A3: it was during the war that they developed a town a
C3: a bit
A3: a bit parallel so to speak and so I go to this place < what
C3: ah yes > very good
A3: *** there you go
C3: and with work to do on the plane too [laughs].
A3: um well English yes there will be a bit of English
C3: [laughs] and apart from English, no, that’s fine
A3: well, it’s busy
C3: yeah
A3: but, er, when I set out with the idea of, er, doing English, er, er, even if there’s work to do, I manage, er, < I manage to take it.
C3: ah well >
A3: time for that