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Armen Kassabian
by Armen
Welcome to Uzbekistan -I will teach here for the next 8 months. I’ll share my stories and reflections for 2021-2022 through bi-weekly recordings about the life of expat teacher in Central Asia.In 2019 and 2020, I taught in Mauritius for 1 year and 5 months, and I look forward sharing what I learned! I also interviewed over 60 English Language Fellows working on 6 different continents.
Episodes
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Last week in Uzbekistan
Kind Journey
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yes
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Gambian lines at the river for 6 sunny hours
Waiting on a line
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Inclusion in Education in Mauritius
This interview with teacher trainers from Reunion. They are doing a two- year project on integration of students with different learning needs in Mauritus.
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Being a Hunter in a Farmer’s World
Share some my reflections on what it’s like do you have a lot of energy and how to channel it in a world that is set up for people who may think, act and speak in a different way then when I’m used to doing intuitively else to do.
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Overview of my 10 day wellness retreat
Healing methods overview
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Orzu Healing Center
Learn all about the orzu healing center, where they use different methods for healing people naturally.
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Updates from Language Learning in a Multilingual Uzbekistan
Updates on three months of teaching is Uzbekistan. Some aspirations in regards to language learning and some strategies I’ve been trying to use temperature of my fluency. And also some updates on the teacher training program.
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Repairing a Phone
step by step
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Final reflections from the TESOL course for Uzbek English Teachers
Sentence starters and reflection questions are great ways to get teachers and students to reflect on their learning experiences. Each teacher was given a list of questions and encouraged use the sentence starters, in order to express their final reflections after the one month TESOL course. They...
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Know your learners song
A song reviewing key concepts a second language acquisition.
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Praise, Question and Polish Reflection Activity with Teachers
Giving students the opportunity to reflect is important. However, you must also give them a time limit for how they can do it, when they can do it, at what point in the lesson and phrases they can use to share their learning. This can support all people and give them a focus in how they express...
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Reflections on Collaboration and Creativity for activities with minimal resources
Learn all about how I’ve been reflecting on my own creative teaching process and how to encourage others to enter into the flow of creativity.
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Day in Samarkand
Exploring an ancient city
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Creativity in and out of the classroom
Learn about my fourth week teaching and exploring life in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Signup for my Youtube channel for more updates: https://youtu.be/qdUCkiNT7EY
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18 days Teaching in Tashkent
Teaching reflections
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Caucus Journey Reflection
Learn about my trip from Uzbekistan to Turkey, to Armenia to Georgia.
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Reflections from Teaching in Termez, Uzbekistan
My reflections on my month of teaching in Termez, Uzbekistan.
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Teaching in Termez
First week teaching in Termez
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Jet Lag and Plov Expeditions
Adjusting to a new country, culture, languages, atmosphere and temperature. Learning how to do that at a pace that is appropriate. Preparing for my lessons as well as learning as much as back as I can from the hotel staff.
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Airport Intentions for Teaching in Uzbekistan
During the month of July and August I will do some teaching in Uzbekistan. I share my five intentions for the teaching journey.
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My creativity is mine
Armen being Interviewed by Gena
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An interview with Nicole Kaup
Nicole is an inspiring teacher works in teaching pronunciation as well as numerous other skills to her students. She predominantly works with adult education and teacher training. She’s worked in diverse places from China to
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Teaching to Inspire (an interview with Gena Rhoades)
Gena is an inspiring English language teacher who has worked as a fellow and a specialist inworking numerous countries such as Djibuti, China and Morroco. She’s a Podcaster and a teacher- trainer and she’ll be sharing her insights and what brought her to the profession of teaching....
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Digital Literacy Best Moments
Learn about teachers and students from around the world. In this interview we learn about perspectives from different teachers and students. They share about what they like about a course that we’re doing on digital literacy and social emotional learning.
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Seeing Challenges as Oppurtunities
This is an overview of my past year and a half of teaching in Mauritius and also my online teaching from New York to hundreds if not thousands of teachers around the world. And how I was able to use various habits of mind and routines to learn how to see challenges as opportunities.
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Updates on teaching and self-care routines during the quarantine
In this episode I overview some of the teaching activities I’ve been doing for the past 3 1/2 months as well I talk about some my self-care routines.
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Drama and English: from Classrooms in China to Folk Stories in Sudan ( with Janet Raskin)
In this interview with Janet who is passionate about teaching as well as drama and theater she describes her experiences in China and in Sudan as an English language Fellow and specialist. She’s a creative innovative and culturally responsive teacher who feeds on the excitement of her students.
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The Art of Teaching from DC to Guinea to Boston with Rachel Russo
Rachel is presently a PhD candidate in Umass in Boston. From 2016 to 2017, she was an English language fellow in Guinea. She’s passionate about sociolinguistics and how to empower all students in her classroom. We discuss the metaphor of teaching as an art. We learn about her experiences…
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Leading with Resilience (with Allegra Troiano)
Alegra Torriano is a English educator and teacher trainer, who was has worked in the USA as well as in Peace Corps in Senegal. She was a fellow and a specialist in Colombia, and has been very active in TESOL Community. Her experience says in life and in teaching, She’s experienced situations…
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Backback Teaching in Indonesia (with Yuta Otake)
Yuta is an innovative teacher originally from New York. In 2017 & 2018 He was an English language fellow in Indonesia. He was so inspired by his fellowship, and specifically to access English camps that he helped facilitate, that he decided to return to Indonesia and do freelance teaching in...
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Growth Mindset Lifestyle in Angola (with Kim Jansen)
With a plethora of teaching, Cap Verde to Colombia to Angola, Kim share her insights and areas growth and learning along her teaching journey.
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A taste of Myanmar (with Amy Moniot)
Amy is a teacher who is been working and universities as well as with high school students with refugees and what’s the Peace Corps volunteer in Georgia and most recently was an English language Fellow in myanmar. She describes what inspires and motivates her as an educator and intercultural...
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Ambidextrous Teacing (with Erin Watters)
Erin grew up as a third culture kid, living in various countries in the world. This is certainly what brought her to the calling of teaching English to speakers of other languages. She worked in Project manangement before becoming an educator. Having experiences working with refugees in Oregon…
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Mongolia through American Eyes (with Judy Emerson)
Judy Emerson is an English language fellow, specialist and very active alumni of the English language Fellow program. She originally started her career working in the field of museum curation. Midcareer, she decided to work towards becoming an educator of English. She worked in a private school...
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Wellness Routines: How do you structure your day to stay Positive?
In this podcast I share some of the routine that I do to keep my day flowing. It’s not easy to stay motivated when the regular structures of school and work but I’m so familiar with has changed forms. In this story explain when I am doing to stay present even in a challenging situation. Please…
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Teaching from Berkely to Cambodia (with Richard Silberg)
Richard gives his experiences, which are vast in the domain of drama and teaching English as a foreign language. He’s been working in California in the middle school for over 30 years. As an English language Fellow and active alumni, he has gone to Cambodia twice on teaching trips and done…
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Learning through New Connections (with Sarah Sanderson)
In this interview, Sarah gives an overview of her diverse teaching experience is ranging from China, Japan and Uganda as well as positions she’s held in the past. She’s presently a foreign service officer and gives an experiential overview of her time as a fellow teaching and collaborating with...
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Teaching English in Mbasa, Kenya (with Kyle McGee)
Kyle is a teacher who has been working for the past 20 years in various schools around the world. He’s worked with Tibetan refugees in India, and in universities in Oman and most recently, he found himself teaching in Kenya with the English language fellowship. He’ll explain some of his previous...
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Teaching English in Lativia (with Lauren Anderson)
Lauren is a Creative teacher, who has been teaching in Latvia. Even after the English language fellowship ended, she decided to stay on with her family and continue teaching whenever and however possible, To support educators and students in the country. She is supporting a TV show by creating...
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Teaching from Ethiopia to Japan to Turkey (an interview with Bob Nguyen)
Bob is a creative teacher originally from California, who shares experiences in teaching in various countries around the world. He’s passionate about infusing technology and interactive teaching strategies for all the students and teachers he works with. He shares his reflections on leaving…
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24 hours to pack and leave Mauritius
The moment I was told that I need to leave Mauritius was a sad moment. I had to pack all my things in less than 24 hours which is something that English teachers who have worked a broad become used to doing. But the situation was different. The flights were dwindling and I had very few days if…
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Teaching Tokyo ( an interview with Jenny Selvidge)
Jenny has been teaching in various schools in the United States, particularly focusing on community colleges. This interview she explains her life and describes it in Japan as well as describes her highlights as well as areas of growth in your experience teaching there.
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Aapravsi Ghat
World heritage site
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Inspiring Lessons from Islamic Old Cairo (an interview with Natasha Agarwal)
In this interview with Natasha Agrawal is a teacher originally from New Jersey presently placed in a university in Egypt, she describes her experiences working with students and staff.
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A year teaching in Mauritius (with Armen)
In this episode, I’m actually interviewed by another podcasting host, named Seph Voigts. He has a wonderful podcast called the observer effect, where he interviews people from around the world reflecting on the experiences with traveling. Here he asked me questions to learn more about what I’ve...
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Co- Creation, Teacher Education & Technology ( with Lynn Zimmerman)
In this interview with Lynn, she describes her experiences initially being a Peace Corps volunteer in Poland as well as working in Albania, Chad and most recently she was placed in Uzbekistan as an English language specialist. Her specialty lies in learning management systems, and she’s presently...
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Mental and Physical Preparation techniques for a Triatholon
I overview some mental physical and emotional and visualization techniques are used to be able to run a triathlon.
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Conversation Class: Emotionally Intelligent Language Teaching
In this podcast I overview the techniques that I’m using to teach two conversation classes. Techniques related to growth mindset, positive psychology, using visualization to increase well- being, breathing techniques and of course building relationships with my students and having them...
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Breathing Life into Schools
I give a short overview of an experience teaching breathing skills and stress reduction skills to students and teachers in a school.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to Uzbekistan -I will teach here for the next 8 months. I’ll share my stories and reflections for 2021-2022 through bi-weekly recordings about the life of expat teacher in Central Asia.In 2019 and 2020, I taught in Mauritius for 1 year and 5 months, and I look forward sharing what I learned! I also interviewed over 60 English Language Fellows working on 6 different continents.
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