All the classes here took their first speaking exam today. I’m probably somewhere near as nervous as they are about the results; my biggest teaching responsibility is 12 one-hour speaking classes, taught once per week to 12 of the 15 pre-intermediate groups. I am, in a rather solipsistic way, seeing this partly as [...]
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- Sadly, doesn't surprise me. Turkish envrnmnt minister: Ancient city to be destroyed by dam doesn't exist. http://bit.ly/awo3LL via @tronchin -- from 3 days ago
- I have been to Starbucks more times on this trip to Ankara than in the entirety of the rest of my life to date. -- from 3 days ago
- Kurtlar Vadisi: still the creepiest TV show in Turkey. (Trailer shows American, Israeli, & European "plans" for Turkey.) http://is.gd/ePUXo -- from 3 days ago
- Thunderstorm sweeping through Ankara. First time I've seen rain in /weeks/. -- from 4 days ago
- Today is apparently a day where I get to feel like I screw up everything I touch. Sarcastic win! -- from 4 days ago
- (Particularly as the convo was deeply relevant to probs w/current middle-burner projects.) Tomorrow: Fbright planning meetings & #digiclass. -- from 4 days ago
- Why I <3 Twitter & open scholarly convos: seeing @melissaterras, @nowviskie, @kfitz speak on obstacles to OA/online publishing in realtime. -- from 4 days ago
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