PAN? Project Activities Notebook.  You should carry it with you everywhere.  It is an idea from the PILAT training program and it is an important part of your Turkish learning journey.  It is important in two regards, though I am not sure which is more important.  The first is the obvious - whenever you encounter a situation you don't quite have the Turkish for or see something that you wish you could learn more about - you write it down (right away) in your notebook.  Then you can come back to it later with a language helper or a Turkish friend.  As an example:  last week I was talking with a young man who sells simit in our area and was thinking he was not quite dressed warm enough for the cold day.  I wanted to ask him how he stayed warm on cold days, but while I was able to cobble something together to get the idea across, I knew there was a better way. A few minutes later on the bus, I pulled out my PAN and wrote the incident down and later went over it with my language helper coming up with several ways to ask my simple question.  The second reason to carry a PAN with you at all times is that it serves as a constant reminder that you are a language learner and it will bring an added awareness to your language learning experience. It also serves as a regular reminder to your Turkish friends that you are serious about learning their language. BUT, you have to create the habit of pulling it out and writing stuff down.  To do this, the notebook must be small enough to carry with you.  I would encourage everyone, no matter how long you have been working at learning Turkish to carry a Project Activities Notebook and write down anything and everything that you would like to learn or need to work on.  Good luck on the journey!