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Day 114: More Info About the London School in Bishkek and Kyrgyzstan Travel

By on April 25, 2011 in Kyrgyzstan, Language Learning, Soviet Travel

More about the London School in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Questions asked by readers looking for help on this Central Asian school are answered.

April 25, 2011 · Read full story · Comments { 0 }
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Is the London School in Bishkek a real place?

By on November 1, 2010 in Kyrgyzstan, Language Learning, Soviet Travel

I get quite a few emails asking me about The London School in Bishkek. In case you were wondering, Bishkek is in Kyrgyzstan, and The London School in Bishkek is actually a fantastic little language school there – yes, a REAL place!
When I was first searching for things I could do in Kyrgyzstan… Read more, I got the idea

November 1, 2010 · Read full story · Comments { 9 }
Learning Like a Child: Host Family Flashback Part 2

Learning Like a Child: Host Family Flashback Part 2

By on April 24, 2010 in Kyrgyzstan, Language Learning, Soviet Travel

For seven long weeks I lasted as a regular in the Kyrgyz family… Read more. Somehow, now when I think back, I don’t know how I did it.
Some days were more trying than others. As a complete newbie to Russian, I quickly realized just how much brain power I expended at my lessons constantly thinking, translating and deciphering all day

April 24, 2010 · Read full story · Comments { 12 }
Learning Like a Child: Host Family Flashback Part 1

Learning Like a Child: Host Family Flashback Part 1

By on April 19, 2010 in Kyrgyzstan, Language Learning, Soviet Travel

When a language is just so different from your native tongue, the best thing you can do is to forget about any preconceived notions you have about language structure and just attempt to learn it like a child.
I learned my lesson the hard way… Read more – by spending countless portions of class time hounding my poor teachers as to why

April 19, 2010 · Read full story · Comments { 8 }