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Tajikistan - Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
Exercise increased caution in Tajikistan due to terrorism.

Tajikistan is a small land-locked country that borders Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, China, and Afghanistan and is home to some of the highest mountains in the world. Tajikistan is the poorest of the former Soviet republics in Central Asia. It is a nominally constitutional, democratic, and secular republic, dominated by President Emomali Rahmon who has been in power since 1992. Tourist facilities are undeveloped and many goods and services usually available in other countries are unavailable.

English Teacher, Students Jailed On Terrorism Charges In Tajikistan
DUSHANBE -- A 22-year-old English-language teacher, his four students, and five other young men have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms on terrorism charges in Tajikistan. The Dushanbe city court ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 16 Nov 2018 06:23:00 GMT

What it?s like to teach in? Tajikistan
When I left my remote village to attend college in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, I dreamed of becoming an English teacher in Tajik villages. But when I started teaching, I had problems with local attitudes: ...
Publ.Date : Thu, 03 Jan 2019 16:00:00 GMT

Classroom Assessment: Taking the First Steps Towards Improved Teaching and Learning in Tajikistan
Jovid Juraev, a mentor helping to train teachers in Tajikistan, noticed an important interaction when observing Fayzali Oimahmadov?s classroom: ?I was observing a Grade 2 Tajik Language class where ...
Publ.Date : Sun, 14 Apr 2019 17:00:00 GMT

America uses Tajikistan to help students learn Persian without \'fears for safety\'
"Over the past decade, the Fulbright Programme has sponsored US students to live, teach, and conduct research in Tajikistan," a State Department official told The New Arab. "All Fulbright US Students ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 22 Jun 2018 09:46:00 GMT

Meet the man who brought an entire English library to Tajikistan
Photograph: Shaun Walker/The Guardian Although Tajikistan?s president, Emomali Rahmon, said in a speech earlier this year that English is the language of the future and all civil servants should speak ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 21 Sep 2016 23:03:00 GMT

Untouched Tajikistan
They are accomplishing this goal through a variety of tactics, such as building an app and publishing children?s books in Tajik, Russian, and English. Given Tajikistan?s history ... were working hard ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 17 Jul 2019 01:51:00 GMT

English heads for elementary school in 2020 but hurdles abound
The Japanese school system?s English-teaching regimen will undergo a major revamp in ... ahead of Afghanistan, Cambodia, Tajikistan and Laos. South Korea, where English became a mandatory subject in ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 05 Sep 2016 11:23:00 GMT

Schenker, famed Slavic professor, passes away
After they were freed in 1941, Schenker and his mother moved to Dushanbe, Tajikistan. He studied there until ... he wrote ?Beginning Polish? (1966), a classic textbook for teaching Polish to ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 16 Sep 2019 22:31:00 GMT

Tajikistan turns to Hollywood for English lessons
Two other state channels, Safina and Bahoristan, are also now showing English-only films two days a week. Parvon Jamshed, the chairman of Tajikistan?s Association of Teachers, says only five per cent ...
Publ.Date : Tue, 09 Dec 2014 02:23:00 GMT

Tired of Tajikistan?s Deplorable Schools, Parents Want Russian
Many parents in Tajikistan view the start of the school year with a bit ... month per child ? it is difficult to get an explanation about where the money goes. ?Teachers? beggarly wages create ...
Publ.Date : Sun, 28 Sep 2014 17:00:00 GMT

Tajikistan: Speaking The Same Language -- Mixing Russian, English In Daily Life (Part 4)
and videos for teaching English. I charge $10 a month per student, if they are attending group lessons. For individual lessons, I charge $20 a month," Nigina says. Unlike the early 1990s, however, ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 13 Aug 2003 17:00:00 GMT

What?s in the box? This toolkit takes climate action from the classroom to the courtyard
teachers and educational experts. To date, 50,000 school children have used the Climate Box in classrooms and for extracurricular activities in Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 23 Sep 2019 14:18:00 GMT