CONVERSATION PARTNER 6 – Shayan, Meeting 1-
My first conversation partner’s name is Shayan. Shayan is a man in perhaps his late forties from Pakistan. Shayan speaks Dari, which he compares to strong dialect of Farsi, and given his geographic origins understands a number of other languages. Upon meeting him, I was immediately struck by his openness and eagerness to learn, but I was even more struck by his degree of fluency in the English language. Conversation with Shayan can reach great conceptual depths, particularly given an interesting background which has cultivated through experience in political, medical, and military affairs.
Shayan received his medical degree and for a while was a practicing doctor in Afghanistan, but after having served as a liaison to the US military forces there, is now considering a change in profession to public administration, and so would like to perfect his English; however, his English at a very high level, and due to the unavailability of higher course levels, has taken level 8 a few times over.
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