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Zhezkazgan Humanitarian College

3 Sep 2014

The Sharwa Bazaar

  I’m back with one of the many Deleted Scenes.  This one is something of a hybrid — parts of it show up at a later time in the book.  But here’s the original description of this amazing place, the … Read More

cultural differences, Janet Givens author, Kazakhstan, Sharwa Bazaar, Zhezkazgan Humanitarian College
9 Apr 2014

School Part 5 Remembering Names

This completes my run of Deleted Scenes from my early days and weeks at school.       My second classroom challenge was more idiosyncratic than cultural. I had a terribly hard time with their names, both remembering them and … Read More

ESL, Janet Givens author, Remembering names, table tents, Zhezkazgan Humanitarian College
26 Mar 2014

School Part 3

  I’m continuing with the deleted scenes of my first few weeks as an English teacher at Zhezkazgan Humanitarian College, a pedagogical college preparing future primary school teachers to teach English. ***   The college administration didn’t like team teaching. They … Read More

Janet Givens author, Kazakhstan, teaching English, Zhezkazgan Humanitarian College
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LEAPFROG: How to hold a civil conversation in an uncivil era

“Janet’s LEAPFROG describes— in an accessible and fun way— the nuts and bolts of how to have a civil conversation…”

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At Home on the Kazakh Steppe:A Peace Corps Memoir

Praise from Kirkus Review

“…she writes engagingly … a sharp-eyed journalist. A worthwhile read for anyone with an interest in humanitarian work.”

At Home on the Kazakh Steppe, A Peace Corps Memoir, by Janet Givens
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