Leigh in Azerbaijan

“Two hand grenades exploded at a mosque in Baku on Sunday, killing three and injuring 10 others. The mosque serves, predominantly, followers of Wahhabism.” – AzerNews.az
We are reassured that there is no threat to ex-pats living in Baku, but this doesn’t make you feel comfortable. There was a briefing that came from the BP office [...]

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In need of supplies I took my camera on the 30 min walk to the supermarket and this is some of what I saw.

Newly renovated park.
I’ve shown other photos from this park close to my apartment.  It’s luxurious isn’t it?  Government buildings are to the left of the photo, which well may be the reason [...]

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After all this time here’s some current data on The International School of Azerbaijan where I teach.

The school is organised into three sections:

The Baku Toddler Club (Age 2) – 35 children
The Primary School (ages 3-10) – 350 students
Secondary School (ages 11-18) – 200 students

Over 48 nationalities are represented in the total enrollment.
TISA has 63 full [...]

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I’ve only just worked out what Diigo is.  Just last week I went in search of online highlighting tools and had decided on Awesome Highlighter, however it looks like Diigo is even better as it manages a myriad of functions. In fact, I’m posting this from within the Diigo home page, which makes annotating web [...]

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For Azeri learners, what’s your best phrases that have made communicating that much easier?
Mine this last week was:  verb root + a/ə/ya/yə + bilər__. e.g. götüra bilərəm – Can İ take____?
Mən ala bilərəm? – Can I buy?
Danışa bilərəm? – Can I talk?
Verə bilərəm? – Can İ give?
Mən gələ bilərəm. – I can come.
I’m wondering about [...]

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