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[00:00.63] JJ: Annili, have you always been an English teacher?

[00:03.13] Annili: No. Actually, I started out as a French teacher. That was my first job.

[00:08.13] JJ: Wow! So tell me about your first job.

[00:10.88] Annili: My first job. I was working in Central West Queensland in Australia so it was a remote place.

[00:19.38] JJ: Sure.

[00:19.88] Annili: For example, the nearest supermarket was about 100 kilometers away from me.

[00:24.38] JJ: That's amazing.

[00:25.13] Annili: So of course, the students lived-- some of the students lived a long way away from the schools. They had their lessons by teleconference, actually, school of the air.

[00:37.38] JJ: Wow. So when you had a teleconference for example, how many students would be on the air at the same time?

[00:46.13] Annili: I guess around eight, in two different locations. I would be in the third location

[00:56.13] JJ: Wow, that's amazing!

[00:57.13] Annili: Yeah.

[00:57.88] JJ: Yeah! And how often would you be teaching like this?

[01:03.63] Annili: Well, the students were aged between 9 and 12 years old. They had two French lessons a week by teleconference.

[01:11.88] JJ: Wow, and how long was each lesson?

[01:14.13] Annili: 45 minutes

[01:16.38] JJ: Great. That's really interesting.