OPIc stands for Oral Proficiency Interview-computer, which is what I have been learning to rate over the past couple days in White Plains, NY. I flew out Sunday and attended training on Monday and Tuesday at the LTI office (Language Testing International) in White Plains, about 45 min. north of NYC. All of the training and travel were paid for by LTI so it was a great opportunity for me. LTI/ACTFL has contracts with some Korean companies (like Samsung) to test their employees' English speaking proficiency, so all of the tests that I listened to during the training were of Koreans speaking En-gueuh-lish-ee. It was great! :) My training class had about 15 other people in it, so I got to know a few folks. There were two ladies from Cornell who have worked with Mormons before and who would love to recruit some more to come teach ESL there! :) Now I'm back home. Duncan worked so hard around the house while I was gone. He's so good to me!!
You can see from the picture of the piano action model that there are lots of little pieces that might need attention. He has also been working lately with a fellow RPT on some piano re-building projects. Congratulations, Duncan!