I agree with what you say in this section and about the dangers of people being isolated from the rest of the local (and wider) community and it's good that you give people a chance to try out their English without being impatient with them or getting annoyed. The only thing I would say is that other cultures not only have a different verbal language, but their non-verbal communication is also different from ours - eg shouting or thumping the table or waving their arms about may not necessarily mean that the person is angry, and not looking you in the eye doesn't necessarily mean they're not listening or that they don't respect you, etc etc; and we must be careful not to judge their behaviour from our own cultural point of view. (I've always wondered if the first foreign footballers who came here got booked more often than their British team-mates because they were more liable to shout and wave their arms about! - Anybody done a PhD on that? - Or want to give me a grant to do one??!). By the way, I enjoyed your book and have purchased some as Chrimbo presents. I bought the 'PC David Copperfield' one as well, but ended up putting it in the bin (and I was actually genuinely surprised that a Police Officer was so right-wing!!). Normally I would never bin a book but would pass it to a charity shop or leave it on the train for someone else etc, but I really didn't want anyone else to read it!