Quoting SuiGeneris:

it was really a loooong and good essay about your adventure with Turkish...
there was one or two stringy sentences that somehow losing the attention of reader, i mean reader is about to get lost in your world
but as a whole essay is perfect to save them...

so what is next step? a book??
i have the tittle: "How to learn Turkish in a few Months"
good luck

Quoting robin01:

..there will be more i'm sure when i have my thinking cap on..glad its appreciated..i knew my experience working at schools wouldn't be totally wasted once i had given birth

Quoting robin01 (By PM):

for a start i have made some suggestions..and ceyda hun..all the way through u mix past and present tense..please choose which one u want..it is then easier to follow because it gets confusing when reading in depth darling..it is excellent though..newayz..my suggestions..



u said "i was a prisoner, captiev in my own ignorance, trying dubiously to tell how i felt" how about continuing this theme and saying i was a prisoner in my own ignorance, dying to by released from my linguistic constraints..


"no being"..noone is better in this sense..


"During my time there I would be in an environment of people who understand only Turkish for approximately four weeks,on my own"
this is confusing to follow hun..


u could say either.."during my time there, approximately four weeks, i would be on own, surrounded by people who speak only Turkish .."or "During my time in Turkey,approximately four weeks, i would be in a Turkish only environment.."


" I began to reunited." i began to be reunited..or i began to reunite..is correct.


"in oppose"..as opposed to is correct.. or in opposition..


"grammer" grammar is the correct spelling


"created a warm and affectionate feeling" how about it created a warmth and affectionate glow for those around me..


"delving into" in this sense it is misused..falling into sounds much better


"didn't seem so much"..didnt seem as much is better english


"self-will" self determination is a better word


i have more recently"..more recently, i have is better english


"then was the time" then came the time is better english hun


"at this time" at this point in time makes more grammatical sense


"i could"..i was able to sounds better..




these are just a few suggesions my head hurts after reading so much..im also not quite sure that u have covered the points that u need to sufficiently..but i will re-read soon with more suggestions etc..hope this helps

Quoting capoeira (By PM):

Hi there!
Read your essay. It was good. I would only suggest that you add more about being an english teacher/instructor. How you propose to help people. I think it should say just a little more about that. Your personal experience is wonderful and it should just have a bit more details. Like some teaching methods you would use besides the post it notes. Also, what are your career goals as an instructor...besides teaching and helping others learn what do you want to do? travel as a teacher, learn more languages, have workshops to help other teachers improve. These are all important I think. Best wishes.

Quoting f_bstk:

wiiiiiiii
That's why I was aking in the first place yaaa !!!
heheh!! I wanted to understand THIS specific line
so it's like "if you were here" ?

Quoting robin01:

oyle mi?i think u r the most helpful hun ..im writing corrections and suggestions and will send them to you when i am done