Conversation Partner
Kubra
March 2, 2020
12-1pm
I met with Kubra at CIES and we ate lunch together in the courtyard. Kubra is in the Level 4 Grammar Class with Dr Rios that I will be interning with this session. We talked about the importance of grammar and the challenges Kubra faced when she first arrived at CIES because when she learned English in Turkey, they did not emphasize grammar. Kubra stated that people understood what she was saying, even though her grammar was incorrect. Kubra is happy that she has learned so much. We talked about world politics as Kubra states she listens to the news every morning while she drinks coffee. Kubra shared the story about how Germany requested Turkish men to help fill the workforce in the early 1960s. Now the Turkish men and their families who have been there for 60 years are being pushed out and discriminated against. This was an interesting piece of history that I had never heard before.
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