Real Talk #043 – Talking about video call problems

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Isn’t it frustrating when you are on a video call and all of a sudden you experience technical difficulties? Sometimes the video is faulty. Sometimes it’s the audio. What should you do? In this Real Talk episode, Andrew and Kassy give you many expressions that will help you deal with these situations.

Fun facts

We like to think that video conferencing is a recent invention, but the ability to see and speak with someone from far away has been around since the invention of television in the 1930s!

Expressions included in the study guide

To cut out
To lag
To be frozen
Our connection is bad
Let’s try that again
I lost you
Can you hear me now?
To turn [something] on and off
It might be my [something]

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