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Listening to a LIVE Speaker!!!
I asked the question to my 30+ English listening and notetaking (ELN) students which they preferred, being taught out of a textbook and listening to taped lectures or having guest lecturers instead. … more →
Kazakhnomad's Blog: A Westerner's View of Kazakhstan
Listening to a LIVE Speaker!!!
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kazaknomad wrote 15 hours ago: I asked the question to my 30+ English listening and notetaking (ELN) students which they preferred … more →
T/F Laziness is a problem (Part II)
kazaknomad wrote 1 day ago: The other half of my 30 respondents to the above T/F question had admitted True to the statement: … more →
T/F - Laziness is a problem for me.
kazaknomad wrote 2 days ago: T/F Laziness is a problem for me. Thirty students took a quiz yesterday in my two listening classes … more →
Clear morning Energy, Renewal, Refreshment = Vacation
kazaknomad wrote 3 days ago: My Kazakh students are why I LOVE teaching here in Almaty, Kazakhstan. A real teacher worth their s … more →
Sweet Seamstress and One Bedeviled Bus Driver
kazaknomad wrote 4 days ago: About a month ago I bought a purple silk scarf from an Uzbek dealer at a craft bazaar, about $10 a m … more →
Sunrise over Kok Tobe
kazaknomad wrote 5 days ago: This photo was taken from my flat on the east side balcony of a slow burning, pinkish sunrise. This … more →
CEC Artslink - The Music of Kazakhstan
bizmusician wrote 1 week ago: I attended a presentation at Loyola University in New Orleans today by Karla Makatova, a musician fr … more →
Icy Cold, Resolute Pine Trees and Kazakh Apples
kazaknomad wrote 1 week ago: Reading “Apples are from Kazakhstan” for the third time brings new insights into old tho … more →
Most Photographed Class in My Teaching Career
kazaknomad wrote 1 week ago: This photo, I think, might be the last of my evening English Listening and Speaking class because w … more →
Tired Leaves Over Snow Covered Grass
kazaknomad wrote 1 week ago: The sun is shining this morning after several days of overcast weather. The surrounding areas look … more →
Photos of Autumn But Now Turned to Winter
kazaknomad wrote 1 week ago: A week ago we were still enjoying autumn temperatures and the leaves were steadfastly hanging on the … more →
Three Bus Incidences: Downed Passenger, Unbroken Eggs and Stolen Mobile
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kazaknomad wrote 1 week ago: Several weeks ago I witnessed an older woman fall to the floor of the bus because of a sudden stop m … more →
Teaching Our Hearts Out! (Part III)
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kazaknomad wrote 1 week ago: Which approach (student-centered or teacher-centered) works best with digital natives and why? D. … more →
Teaching Our Hearts Out! (Part II)
kazaknomad wrote 1 week ago: Yesterday I wrote out what some of my writing students answered to the question: What have you obse … more →
International Trip Day 4 Turkey and Germany
milesandpoints wrote 2 weeks ago: I was booked on Turkish Arilines from Almaty to Munich, Germany at the ungodly hour of 3 am. It was … more →
