Transforming educational and cultural exchanges
Seeing is understanding
I am from Kyrgyz Republic and we have a lot of students who are interested in American culture as well as other cultures. In our Institute of Foreign languages we have American study program, International Journalism, Tourism development, Translation stidues. The students of these programs are eager to master English well and they would to communicate with diffeernt cultured peoples. I was a Fulbright scholar in 2002 and I had been in the University of MIchigan for six months with my family and I understood that people need to communicate with each other and as the result of that they will understand more and more and they can be very close friends. They can visit each other and can stay friends for ever. I respect American scholars specially who became familiar for me from the very begining of the Fulbright program. Fulbright program helped me to find a lot good friends and I am so glad that I met so many peopel in the US who became my true friends. I would like to have more friends and to invite them to visist Kyrgzysatn to communicate with the students as well as with the teachers of English and work togther. When you see the country and communicate with them it is quite differnt then reading about them.
I would like to collaborate with English teachers from all over the world and to disscus about different projects and visit the countries of our friends
Our website www. ifl.iuk.kg
I would like to collaborate with English teachers from all over the world and to disscus about different projects and visit the countries of our friends
Our website www. ifl.iuk.kg
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Permalink Reply by George Carter on -
Hi Zina: Its George, Betty's husband writing. I have a good friend down at Indiana-Purdue in Fort Wayne who teaches in the English Depsrtment, both Writing and American Literature. She also is involved with a program for secondary teachers in the area. I saw her recently and we talked alittle about Gkobal Visits. She might be interest in a link up with you in Kyrgyzstan. If you are interested let me know.
I suspect you are at the American Studies Symposium at Osh right now. Hope to hear from you soon.Best wishes.
George
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Permalink Reply by Karayeva Zina on -
Hi Goerge,
How areyou doing? We ahve just arrived from Simposuim I would like you to come back together to our country with Betty
I am very intersted in American literature teacher
Let us contact
All the best
Zina
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Permalink Reply by George Carter on
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Hi Zina: Betty told me about you inites for dinner and that you were at the Symposium. She may have told you my health is not good at the moment. Trying to recover from hip replacement surgery. When I was a Fulbright back in 03-04, which now seems the distant past, I taught an American Literature class at both KNU and Arabaev. Can you tell me what you are looking for in American lit teacher? I've also given a class in multi-cultural literature, American that is, but included Hispanic, Native American, African-American and Asian American. Have you ever considered an on-line course in these areas. So, I hope I've given you food for thought. George
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Permalink Reply by Karayeva Zina on
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Dear George,
So nice to hear from you
Now I am alittle bit free and I can write about our distant education . We have got american study program in our distant education program but this year only two graduate students , any way I would like you to be involved in our activites. Me and Gulshat wrote a text book on American literature soon we will finish it and maybe we will send you and you can add something also and you might be co - author of our book.
I can send it as soon as it will be ready . Next year we can involve for our distant educationif you agree fro that
All the best
Zina
Looking forward to your answer
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For several years, Global Visits was a pioneer using modern communications technology to linking people together from diverse cultures. We called our efforts 'non traditional' student exchanges.
Now, we join the world of 'social networking' with a serious purpose: peace and understanding.
For several years, Global Visits was a pioneer using modern communications technology to linking people together from diverse cultures. We called our efforts 'non traditional' student exchanges.
Now, we join the world of 'social networking' with a serious purpose: peace and understanding.
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