commentary
• I hope I don't say anything silly.
• What on Earth can I do next?
• Do they like me?
• That activity only lasted three minutes, and I thought it'd last 45.
• This is lasting forever, and I thought it would take three minutes.
• I feel so confused.
• I don't really understand this thing I'm teaching.
• Is the observer going to catch me out? What's she writing?
• This is so boring.
a solution for which, Jim suggests, lies in continually gaining feedback from the learners in order to fine-tune our intuitive responses.