> この前、一緒に料理を教えてもらって、ばぁばと色々話せて、すごく嬉しかったよ。

I heard this line in a TV drama, but I am bugged by the use of 一緒に in it. The
protagonist says this to her ailing grandma by her deathbed. She recalls how
her grandma taught her how to cook. I don't see how 一緒に is justified in this
sentence since the protagonist is the only person that the grandma taught to
cook. Including the listener, the grandmother, in the action (learning from
Grandma) doesn't make much sense to me. In comparison, 勉強方法も一緒に教えてもらった (in
addition to the content) and 母と一緒に先生に教えてもらってる both make sense because the
clusivity in these two utterances matches the semantics. Why 一緒に here in the
line at issue?

For reference, [a clip of this scene can be found
here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6oR62NgZmg), just in case I misheard
it. The flashbacks also show one-on-one instruction. I thought of 一心に, but it
doesn't seem like it either.
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word-usage clusivity
Why 一緒に here in 一緒に教えてもらって?
This is my take on the question, but I'd like to hear others' opinions.

Your question is quite sound. In fact, if I choose to be strict, I'd say its
use is not quite orthodox. If I were to proofread the script, I would probably
at least mention the part for rephrasing. As you state in the question, "一緒に"
can most naturally seen in contexts such as

  * （先生に）母と一緒に料理を教えてもらっている． 
    * : My mother and I are taught together.
  * （祖母に）勉強方法も一緒に教えてもらった 
    * : Grandma taught me how to cook and how to study.

Compared to these usage, 「(祖母に)一緒に料理を教えてもらって」is less natural. Not in the sense
"Native speakers don't write like that", but "On a second thought, it is
slightly illogical". That being said, the text doesn't sound strange,
especially with the actor's performance, and any Japanese speaker may prefer
it this way.

As [@A.Ellett](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/users/4875/) mentions in the
comment, the 一緒に emphasizes the toghether-ness of the activity, giving even
more touching aspect. 「一緒に料理を教えてもらって」provokes an image of the two cooking
together, the protagonist learning from the other. (Plain 「料理を教えてもらって」 doesn't
imply any one-sidedness, though.) Allowing me to be sentimental, I'd say 一緒に
came first because being together is what she is remembering sweetly the most.
Together they did cook, where grandma taught the protagonist.
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