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Kosovo Students recently took the test

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of english as a foreign language exam

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leading up to the exam . Soldiers from

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multinational battle group East

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assisted the students by teaching

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english lessons that prepared the

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students for the test . Our curriculum

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is based upon the actual total exam .

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It's a four part exam that encompasses

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reading , writing , listening and

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speaking . Among the preparations for

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the class were certain study and test

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taking techniques . They always

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reminded us to to concentrate to be

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focused on what are they speaking and

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not be concentrated on what is

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happening all around us . I think I did

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good . Even the answers I didn't know

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at the end , I reviewed it and as we

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said in the class is always see . So I

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put the c even know the class

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materials are funded by donations to a

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waffle house on camp bond steal . The

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waffle house is run by soldiers

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volunteering their time and efforts .

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Every sunday morning Sergeant , first

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class matt hog set of the Aviation task

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Force is one of those soldiers . It's

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all volunteer , there's no one assigned

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to work at the White House at all .

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Normally it's 4 to 6 people in the

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kitchen and then whoever we can round

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up to help us out out here serving and

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cleaning up and things On a on a normal

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Sunday 150 customers . 200 sometimes

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since we've been here since we took

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over we've moved over 4900 prepared

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7500 waffles or more . I have raised

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€10,000 . It's all donations . Not

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only were the lessons helpful to

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students , but the soldiers learned a

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few things as well . It's been

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wonderful . It's been the best

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experience that I could have possibly

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had over here . It's a very rewarding

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biggest surprise to me on this whole

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thing has been their dedication . Some

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of these Children , will students will

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walk miles to our class , through the

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rain , the snow or whatever , just to

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be in our class After seven months of

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study and having completed the exam ,

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24 advanced English students celebrated

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along with their volunteer instructors .

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During the dinner , Major Figueroa

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commended the students for their hard

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work and said a heartfelt goodbye for

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me . It's not seeing their faces on a

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weekly basis is something I'm gonna

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miss reporting from Tambon steal an

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Army PFC . David Sherwood . Hello !