The German language group are indebted to Horst for his enthusiastic leadership over winter. After re-planning and delivering a second programme for remote learning, Janet and I were indeed grateful for a break, even though our original reasons for unavailability were no longer relevant.

We are glad Horst enjoyed re-visiting his native tongue so much.

Janet had a good response for a third request for written contributions of our personal experiences of isolation under coronavirus restrictions early in the month.

As we are still unable to meet, Horst is continuing with his instruction into September.
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Pauline Bailey

I started as a pronunciation coach just as Covid-19 hit and now another month has passed without the opportunity to properly speak face to face with each other. However, we seem to make progress with the help of good U tube lessons which are abundantly available if one looks for them. I hope I was able to match appropriate lessons to the various beginners or advanced members.   We are now beginning to listen to and read full stories. When we can finally meet again it will be interesting to see how well members can converse in German with each other. A trip to Germany may be a while away, but when it`s possible again, travel certainly helps to be able to converse.  It amazes me how much I have relearned, after 60 years of living in Australia, during these last 8 months.
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Horst Gunther