This first #languagestory comes from my time with U.S.-based learners of Arabic on study abroad in Amman, Jordan in spring 2014.
I already had been interviewing them one-on-one or in groups of two, talking about their experiences in Amman, when the subject of rush-hour traffic came up. Crossing the streets on foot near the University of Jordan, or most places around the city was like playing Frogger.
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What to do when you're trying to hail a taxi, and your taxi is usurped by another? What words do you use to express your frustration? To hail another cab? And then how do you communicate with the driver? It just so happens that one day after school, we all piled into a taxi together.
And this is what happened...
I already had been interviewing them one-on-one or in groups of two, talking about their experiences in Amman, when the subject of rush-hour traffic came up. Crossing the streets on foot near the University of Jordan, or most places around the city was like playing Frogger.
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What to do when you're trying to hail a taxi, and your taxi is usurped by another? What words do you use to express your frustration? To hail another cab? And then how do you communicate with the driver? It just so happens that one day after school, we all piled into a taxi together.
And this is what happened...
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