Shiriin Barakzai

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    Lesson Share: In closing ...

    In her eighth and final diary entry, Shiriin Barakzai signs off from the beautiful Kingdom of Bhutan - she is off to explore new horizons. Her diary entries will be sorely missed here on onestopenglish, but she leaves us with some charming anecdotes to keep us going!

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    Lesson Share: Clashing cultures

    In her seventh diary entry, Shiriin Barakzai provides us with some entertaining illustrations of her experiences teaching English in Bhutan, including the challenge of explaining central heating in a culture where it hardly exists!

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    Lesson Share: Local language lessons

    In her sixth diary entry, Shiriin Barakzai shares a few amusing stories about watching movies at the monastery, struggling to overcome a number of local language hurdles and some exciting technological developments in Bhutan.

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    Lesson Share: Coronation celebrations!

    In her fifth diary entry, Shiriin Barakzai shares some more of her fascinating stories about the ups and downs of teaching monks in Bhutan.

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    Lesson Share: Teaching English in shrine rooms

    In her third diary entry, Shiriin Barakzai tells us all about teaching in the spiritual setting of the monastery, while sitting cross-legged for long periods of time and trying to explain concepts like morse code to students who have never seen a TV before.

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    Lesson Share: A week in Punakha

    In the second of her monthly diaries, Shiriin Barakzai describes the significant challenges she faces in teaching English to her classes of Bhuddist monks, starting with how to move on from rhythmic chanting...