http://cloudychina.com/2009/07/03/the-last-classes/ Blogging about my time in China Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:34:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://cloudychina.com/2009/07/03/the-last-classes/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Applecart T. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:18:57 +0000 http://cloudychina.com/?p=77#comment-15 Once I greeted one of my adult students (Vietnamese, having lived in the US for at least 20 years) with "Hi, how have you been," about two months after our class had concluded, and he was confused. In my Level 5 class, I had spent a TON of time on this past perfect phrase, with lots of practice — particularly since it's used a lot in this situation, when you haven't seen someone for a while. Sigh. You have done well! Don't worry. Once I greeted one of my adult students (Vietnamese, having lived in the US for at least 20 years) with "Hi, how have you been," about two months after our class had concluded, and he was confused. In my Level 5 class, I had spent a TON of time on this past perfect phrase, with lots of practice — particularly since it's used a lot in this situation, when you haven't seen someone for a while. Sigh. You have done well! Don't worry.

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