Hello, my name is Nazgul Kabylbaeva.
Well, as the Fulbright Scholar recipient I am placed at the Saint Michael College in Colchester,Vermont. I will be staying here to pursue my Master's degree in TESOL (Teaching English to the Speakers of Other Languages) for next two years.
Vermont met me with warm attitude of nice smiling people and its beauty: big bushy trees and nice buildings. This place is very clean, well cared and loved by people who live here.The town Colchester is located very close to a big beautiful town Burlington.
I live in campus with other 8 Fulbrighters from different countries Aboudou Berthe from Mali (Africa), Abdellahi Sylla from Mauritania (Africa), Hanihani Traore Moundiba from Burkina Faso (Africa), Koodibetse from Botswana, Rana Salman from Pakistan, Younis Elmabrok from Libya (Africa), Jhonny Flaco Alomais from Colombo also students from Brazil Alexandre Ternis, Ariel Reis, Felipe de Padua and Lucas de Paula who came here through their government funded program.
We all participated in a 5-week summer school where we are being prepared for the graduate study at universities. A program of the summer school is full of new information and useful materials. There are two main facilitators Professor Harold Booth who is guiding us through a very difficult and essential field of Academic Writing. Professors are a little bit different here, professor Booth once invited us for ice cream with blueberries that really helped us to erase a gap in communication. Pr. Maggie Gordon is nice and very helpful to acquire some useful skills throughout our stay here. Because of her assistance this blog has started.
After the summer school all participants, except me, are going to leave the Saint Michael's and go to the universities they were placed.
It is exciting to exchange our cultures by talking to each other and share our traditional food.
Well, as the Fulbright Scholar recipient I am placed at the Saint Michael College in Colchester,Vermont. I will be staying here to pursue my Master's degree in TESOL (Teaching English to the Speakers of Other Languages) for next two years.
Vermont met me with warm attitude of nice smiling people and its beauty: big bushy trees and nice buildings. This place is very clean, well cared and loved by people who live here.The town Colchester is located very close to a big beautiful town Burlington.
I live in campus with other 8 Fulbrighters from different countries Aboudou Berthe from Mali (Africa), Abdellahi Sylla from Mauritania (Africa), Hanihani Traore Moundiba from Burkina Faso (Africa), Koodibetse from Botswana, Rana Salman from Pakistan, Younis Elmabrok from Libya (Africa), Jhonny Flaco Alomais from Colombo also students from Brazil Alexandre Ternis, Ariel Reis, Felipe de Padua and Lucas de Paula who came here through their government funded program.
After the summer school all participants, except me, are going to leave the Saint Michael's and go to the universities they were placed.
It is exciting to exchange our cultures by talking to each other and share our traditional food.
You are home already Naz, and I hope you will have a beautiful academic year in Vermont. Its seems to be a quiet place suitable for study. By the end of the year you will know which bus to get to Walmart. Remember the trip with Hani and Younis!
ReplyDeleteDear Nazgul, please write in your blog as often as you can. It doesn't matter if you write an essay or just one sentence! Please also post pics!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you're enjoying the 5-week pre-academic program: it's a nice way to ease into graduate work. I'm so glad you'll be staying with us for the next two years!
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