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| Would you ever teach in RUSSIA/UKRAINE/CENTRAL ASIA? |
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JerBear
Joined: 27 Mar 2008
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Tiger Beer wrote: |
| Travelingirl68 wrote: |
I would recommend to anyone going to Kazakstan that they study some Russian first, and learn a few Kazak greetings as soon as possible as that will take you a longgg way in building good relations! In other countries, Russian is not taken so well (Uzbekistan for one), but it is still the Lingua Franca of Kazakstan.
Get used to having the KBG tapping your phone lines, your students questioned about your classroom topics, and the occasional person trailing around after you. |
Without knowing Russia that well, is that worse than Russia or just status quo of the region in general?
Regarding Kazakhstan, I heard they were thinking of romanizing the alphabet? Is that still on the table? |
The cyrillic alphabet is really quite easy to learn. A number of letters are the same as in the roman alphabet. A number of letters look the same but are pronounced differently and there are only a handful that are completey different from ours. I learned the entire alphabet in two days with absolutely no problem. The Korean alphabet is (in my opinion) much harder.
Also, spellings in Russian, as in Spanish (and Korean for that matter) are pretty much uniform so it really isn't hard to learn the letters at all.
The thing that's probably hardest for westerners is the case system (nouns and adjectives mutate according to their usage, number and gender) and the lack of "the" and "a/an" and the way the verb "to be" doesn't normally exist in the present tense. |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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I'm intrigued by Mongolia or Kazakhstan.
Not the sorts of places I'd work for a year though!!! Maybe just a holiday.. |
Same here. I'm probably most intrigued with traveling there. Maybe this Summer, if possible. |
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ryleeys
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: Columbia, MD
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 5:57 am Post subject: |
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| I am begging my wife to go to Mongolia with me. Most of her vacations will be back to China though, so I might be heading there on my own. I'm absolutely fascinated with Mongolia and its culture. |
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dimnd
Joined: 19 May 2005
Location: Western USA
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 11:47 am Post subject: teaching in Russia |
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I did a study abroad at MGU..Moscow State Uni and tutored on the side..made good money..people came to my home after meeting them in public places a few times..made some lifelong friends.
Also, I taught English in a public school..English was added at the end of the day and everyone had to take and pass my class. The money was good, lunch was provided and all in all it was good.
I lived there a year..98-99 |
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ytuque
Joined: 29 Jan 2008
Location: I drink therefore I am!
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| Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 5:30 am Post subject: |
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| I arrived here from the Ukraine. Everything about the country pretty much sucks. Ok, the women are beautiful and the kids are friendly. |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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| ytuque wrote: |
| I arrived here from the Ukraine. Everything about the country pretty much sucks. Ok, the women are beautiful and the kids are friendly. |
Can you elaborate on some of the things that you didn't like? |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!
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| Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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No. Those places aren't safe. You can get drunk and sleep on park benches without trouble in Korea and Taiwan.
That's my gauge.
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ytuque
Joined: 29 Jan 2008
Location: I drink therefore I am!
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| Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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retracted... too strongly worded for this forum! If you want to discuss the Ukraine, pm me.
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nicholas_chiasson
Joined: 14 Jun 2007
Location: Samcheok
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| Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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| 'eto pravda |
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