February 6, 2011 by her blackness
I’ve got to start writing more about the crazy uses of English we hear (and even use) in our international context. While there are many English speakers here, the level of English varies widely. And although there is a healthy handful of native speakers around, American English is fairly uncommon. So we find ourselves saying [...]
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February 23, 2010 by her blackness
As a language student, many days are filled with doubts about how you’re coming along. There is really no objective standard, so when you’re feeling completely incompetent there is little available to tell you otherwise. But occasionally the stars align and you get something like this: I can read this paragraph. These two paragraphs. And, [...]
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January 29, 2010 by his blackness
Living here is full of difficulties and struggles, and most of them can get you down into some quality fits of discouragement, so everyone has to find ways to help battle the discouragements of living here. I call my main strategy the “3 months” strategy. It goes like this. Everyday I have to engage people [...]
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January 27, 2010 by his blackness
My buddy Brian found this on the back of his kitchen tongs. (ya you might have to read it twice) Recommend on Facebook Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend
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January 10, 2010 by his blackness
One of our teacher’s brothers, Khalifa, was having a difficult time understanding his required text for his university class. She asked if anyone would be willing to help him. Being the “wanna-be” english teacher I thought I would love to help. I showed up at his house and he ushered me in to meet his [...]
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