Today was the first real day of class. The MTThF class schedule is broken down into four sessions roughly like this:

(The class descriptions are a bit misleading. A grammar class includes conversation and reading, even if grammatical things help organize it, and reading and conversation courses can't avoid the other aspects as well.)

The Wednesday schedule has one-on-one or one-on-two language coaching from 10:00 a.m. to noon and city excursions from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.

MW also has peer tutoring from 3:00 — 5:00 p.m.

On weekends we will have some day trips out of town and some overnight trips as well.

On the whole things went well. We adjusted the placement of some students. On our first day in Bishkek we had one student slide into panic mode about being abroad, but once she was reassured that what she was feeling was pretty well par for the course, she adjusted and seems to be doing well now.