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May 01, 2004

Training Nears An End

After two months of Peace Corps training the end of the tunnel in in sight. People have started to take their language tests and the schedule which was packed at certain points during training has become very light. I plan on taking my Russian language test early next week to get it out of the way; it basically consists of a 15 minute conversation where pronounciation and grammar are assessed. My language skills aren't as good as that of some of the other people in my group but I can still pick up a lot from conversations and am able to hold my own at this point. My language class was dissolved because my teacher was chosen to teach Kazakh to the people who were going to sites where the language is more commonly used and so the three people who were taught by her were sent to other classes. The class I'm in now is a little more advanced but it's all good because it's forcing me to work on my grammar and to keep buiding my vocabluary at a faster pace. Next week I also get to give a presentation on grant writing at the town Akimat (town hall) and I need to build an Access database which will eventually contain all available NGOs in Kazakhstan when they're all entered. So I'm still keeping busy even though things are winding down and am counting down the days to my official swear-in as a Peace Corps volunteer on May 13th.

03:18 PM |

Comments

susanne

hi...your variety of food seem to get more interesting than what u said about the carots and potatoes diet lol
good luck on your language tests ..i am sure you get an A^1
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Posted by: susanne | May 03, 2004 at 11:35 AM

Tom D.

I don't think I'll get the best grade because I'm much better at listening than speaking at this point but we'll see; the test is on Wednesday and once it's over I have nothing else aside from field trips and other gettogethers until swearin on the 13th.

Posted by: Tom D. | May 03, 2004 at 03:26 PM

Tim Sawlor

Noooo! Not an Access database!!! Are you trying to enslave those poor people to the evil Microsoft empire as well? You're supposed to be helping them gain a competitive advantage! Free software man!

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