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Glass Dishes and Plastic Swords: A Day at the Zoo
Reblogged from Making a Difference: To me, the zoo has always been a magical place. I didn’t get to visit very often when I was a child, however, as it was at least an hour’s drive away and expensive, which … Continue reading
Posted in Georgian Life, TLG (Teach and Learn in Georgia)
Tagged american, amusement, animals, british, bus, children, coach, day, dishes, drinks, elephant, english, event, excursion, expat, fairground, food, foreigner, fun, georgia, georgian, glass, journey, learn, monkeys, outing, picnic, plastic, rides, school, supra, swords, tbilisi, teach, tlg, trip, visit, zoo
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Of Hordes, Fords, and Borders
Reblogged from Making a Difference: We had a few days off of school for Easter. I took that time to travel, but I didn’t go too far. My Easter vacation was spent in a space between Europe and Asia, between … Continue reading
Posted in Georgian Life, TLG (Teach and Learn in Georgia)
Tagged a, borders, caucasus, difference, expat, fords, foreign language, foreigner, georgia, holidays, hordes, learn, make, of, schools, teach, teacher, teaching, tlg, travel
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Catching Up on London's Street Art Scene
Reblogged from Little London Observationist: It’s been a busy month for me without much of a chance to head over to the East End to hunt for street art. Of course, a little poke through the Flickr pool always proves … Continue reading
WENDY'S
Reblogged from Making a Difference: Sixteen years ago – in May, 1996 – two of my friends and I got ticket vouchers for the advance screening of a movie called Independence Day. This was before the marketing for the movie … Continue reading
Posted in Georgian Life, TLG (Teach and Learn in Georgia)
Tagged abroad, adventure, american, caucasus, cooked, countries, country, diner, dishes, eating, english, expat, fast, food, foods, foreigner, fries, georgia, georgian, learn, recipe, sakartvelo, tbilisi, teach, teaching, tlg, travel, wendys
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Teaching how to teach?
Reblogged from Making a Difference: Things are changing for the education system here in Georgia, specifically in regards to English, and they’re changing quickly. As we all know, native English speakers have been brought in, the required language for students … Continue reading
Posted in Georgian Life, TLG (Teach and Learn in Georgia)
Tagged abroad, american, course, education, english, esl, exams, foreign, foreigner, georgia, georgian, grammar, how, ideas, interesting, language, learn, literacy, mas, programme, reform, school, system, teach, teaching, tefl, test, tests, thoughts, tlg, to
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Teachers’ Tests: Some Thoughts.
Reblogged from Making a Difference: Generally, I’m not a proponent of standardized testing. When I went to elementary and high school in the U.S., I distinctly remember spending entire class periods learning exactly how to answer test questions to receive … Continue reading
Moving Forward with Information Technology
Reblogged from Making a Difference: I just read a press release about the new integrated English and computer skills exam. This is the second year the exam has been given, and apparently both the number of people who attempted the … Continue reading
Posted in Georgian Life, TLG (Teach and Learn in Georgia)
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Strawberries and Sugar
Reblogged from Making a Difference: Standing with my Georgian brother, Nika, in the middle of a neighborhood bebo’s strawberry field, picking strawberries barefoot in the mud, as a toothless woman empties a handful of the red fruit into my palms, … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Family, Friendship, Georgian Life, Nature and Wildlife, and Seasons, TLG (Teach and Learn in Georgia)
Tagged bebia, brother, buses, city, cooking, cream, culture, deda, dishes, employment, expat, family, fields, foreigner, georgia, georgian, grandmother, guest, home, hospitality, host, jam, kakheti, kids, learn, life, made, mother, nika, region, sakartvelo, seasonal, seasons, strawberries, strawberry, students, sugar, summer, sweet, teach, time, tlg, traditions, village
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Writing Lesson Plan
Reblogged from Making a Difference: This ripped-from-the-headlines Lesson Plan has sort of developed over the last few months and I have found that in the chaotic and resource-deprived Georgian classrooms, it helps to calm the class, restore some order and … Continue reading
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Tagged child, children, class, classses, co-teacher, education, english, esl, foreign, foreigner, format, georgia, georgian, kids, language, learn, lesson, plan, sakartvelo, size, student, system, teach, teacher, teaching, teenager, teens, tefl, tlg, volunteer, young people
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Questions from Home
Reblogged from Making a Difference: It’s been about a month since I’ve last written, and this fact, combined with numerous requests for a post, have led me to decide that it’s about time I took a moment to update you … Continue reading
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