The ESL Globe, Fall 2009

Globe

Fall 2009

The

Dining and dancing.

Ready for Oktoberfest.

The chicken dance.

On Wednesday and Thursday, October 28th and 29th 2009, the ESL students and teachers of UTC went to Helen, Georgia to learn more about American culture and to have fun at Oktoberfest. Oktoberfest is a German tradition that made its way to America, along with lots of other traditions from other cultures. We arrived at Helen at 3:30 pm and then checked in at Days Inn. We had 2 hours of free time on our own to shop, hike, and explore the town. The town was small but it had a lot of interesting things, and all the buildings and houses looked very cute and beautiful, just like pictures from a fairy tale book ! Everyone met at the hotel at 5:30 p.m. We went to the Oktoberfest Restaurant downtown. That was a huge restaurant! A live German band was playing very funny and happy music while we were eating. Some of us drank great German beer after we ate our food. The band players taught us how to do the Chicken Dance, and all the customers in the restaurant played games and danced together! That was the happiest hour I have ever had in a restaurant! We left the dinner place at almost midnight. We forgot about the time and I was still talking about our fun evening with my friends until bed time. What a lovely, wonderful night we had. Everyone had a great time. I hope we can do it again!

ESL The

A publication of the

ESL Institute University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Oktoberfest! ESLers Rock to the Polka in Helen, Georgia

Story by

Benny Yu

Tong & Karin share a laugh.

Carlos, Olga, Maggie & Dee.

.

These are some of the points of interest that the

ESL students saw along the Enchanted Trail:

White Fallow Deer Park

100-foot waterfall

Swing-Along Bridge

Legendary Lover’s Leap

Classic photo of Lover’s Leap. (From the web.)

By Rawan Karbouji

On Thursday, October 1, ESL

teachers and students went on an

unforgettable journey to Rock City.

Rock City is located atop Lookout

Mountain in Georgia just six miles

from downtown Chattanooga,

Tennessee. It was an amusing

experience for both teachers and

students. They enjoyed the natural

beauty, wandered along the

woodland paths and crossed the

swinging bridge. Moreover, they

experienced the magic of Fairyland

Caverns and Mother Goose Village.

At the gift shop, they got wonderful

souvenirs such as : the Rock City

birdhouse. Finally, they had pizza for

lunch at The Big Rock Grill.

“ They enjoyed the natural beauty, wandered along the woodland paths and crossed the swinging bridge.”

Under a rock at Rock City.

Three little birdies at Rock City.

Rock City: Exhilarating to ESL Students

Students swing on

the swing-along

bridge.

The eagle

soars! It’s

a statue.

On a clear day,

you can see

seven states.

● Fall 2009 ● Volume 1, Issue 3 ● ESL Globe ● UTC ESL Institute ● http://www.utc.edu/Academic/ESL/

Beth in China

Greetings from Beijing, China!

Well, I have officially been a ―foreigner‖ for 11 weeks now, and what an experience! This is my first time living outside the U.S.,

and I am finding that many things are strange and new to me. It’s exciting! I’m sure each of you can relate to this

experience.

I live on the campus of Tsinghua University, which is where I’m teaching now. When I first got here, I was struck by the simple

beauty of the campus. There are many peaceful places on campus, such as the lotus pond, where students and faculty take

evening walks and watch the sunset. It has become a favorite spot of mine, and I have enjoyed watching the lotus plants go

through their life cycle. They were a lush green when I arrived, turned a golden yellow, and have all died now, and I am

anticipating their return in the spring, when I will catch my first glimpse of the famed lotus blossom.

I’ve been exploring the nooks and crannies of this beautiful campus by bike. Before coming to Beijing, I would occasionally

ride a bicycle for recreation; here, I ride a bike daily as my main means of transportation. This has been quite an adjustment

for me. Not only have I had to regain my balance, but I have also had to learn to ride alongside hundreds of other bicyclists!

I have found humor in my antics on the bike. Once I accidentally knocked my bike over while trying to remove the bike

lock. This wouldn’t have been bad if my bike hadn’t knocked over 5 more bikes, like dominoes!

One of the best surprises I’ve had is the food. It’s delicious! Most of my meals are eaten in the school cafeteria. In the U.S.,

cafeteria food is usually not very good and often of poor quality. That’s not the case here at all. In fact, the opposite is true.

There are usually 25-30 different dishes to choose from, and each is made fresh daily. Additionally, there are some 15-20

cafeterias to choose from! Some of my favorite dishes include a spicy chicken and cucumber dish, a dish of braised

eggplant with peppers, and stewed pumpkin. Also, I’ve found that breakfast is not so different than what I like to eat at home:

grains and protein. Here, I have a meat-filled roll for breakfast along with a pancake filled with scrambled egg. There’s also

soy milk and an oatmeal-like dish. All of it is good.

In addition to experiencing life on campus, I have also made time to do some sight-seeing around town. I have visited

Tiananmen Square and The Great Hall of the People, two very famous Beijing sites. I have also visited the Summer Palace and

the Old Summer Palace, both of which have become favorites of mine. They have extensive gardens and lake-side trails,

which I really enjoy. When I went, the leaves were just beginning to change, and there were so many families enjoying the

fall air! In typical Chinese style, there were pagodas nestled into hillsides and beautiful arching bridges. I feel fortunate that

these sites are near enough to campus that I can easily visit again.

Of course, another sight-seeing adventure that I have to mention is my visit to the Great Wall. I arrived on the last day of the

national holiday vacation and was greeted by a large crowd of people—everyone wanted to see this amazing structure! I,

too, was amazed at just how massive the wall is—it was built on incredibly steep terrain and it goes for miles and miles. As I

clicked my camera, taking so many pictures, I had to stop and think of the fact that I was actually on the Great Wall of China.

I never imagined I would be there and felt so fortunate to have that opportunity.

Well, it is time to bring my letter to a close. As I write this letter, there is more snow falling outside. As the weather has turned

cold, we teachers (and the students) are having so much fun building snowmen and having snowball fights. I think a

midnight fight awaits me now!

I’ve enjoyed sharing a bit of my life in Beijing with you, students. I thank you for letting me experience some of your life this

summer as a volunteer teacher. Please feel welcome to stay in touch, as I would love to hear about your own adventures!

Best wishes,

Beth [email protected]

A letter from Beth to all the students in UTC’s ESL Program.

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Cursive Writing

by Hannah Lee

Have you tried to write cursive writing? Recently I have become

interested in cursive writing. When I saw cursive writing for the first

time, I thought it was beautiful and I wanted to learn how to do it. So I

have been practicing cursive writing in my free time. And that’s why I

wrote an article about it. Cursive is any style of hand writing that is

designed for writing notes and letters quickly by hand. If you practice cursive writing,

you can read words that teachers write quickly on the board, and you can also write

beautiful English letters. Let’s learn cursive writing together!

Tips for Cursive Writing

* Practice D’Nealian printing ( D'Nealian develops the rhythm necessary for the flow of cursive writing.) * Have Workbooks for practice. And keep pen on paper. * Mirror Copy (Imitate) * Practice reading cursive writing.

Source: Nancy Neff

http://www.drawyourworld.com/handstyle.html http://www.handwriting forkids.com/handwrite/cursive/animation/uppercase.htm http://www.abcteach.com/directory/basics/handwriting/Zb_style_font/cursive/

Source : Dawn Bailey

Let’s log in


Dayanne

Fahad

Maria Paola

Phillip

Olga

“Save

money,

live

better.

W**mart!”

Dayanne Kadosh has been busy

with her sushi catering business.

She continues to teach herself

English and she is currently

reading Eat, Pray, Love and

focusing on new vocabulary she

is learning by reading.

Fahad Alanazi is studying at

Bluefield State College in West

Virginia. His major is electrical

engineering (Shocking!) and he

hopes to graduate in 2010, “God

willing!”

Maria Paola Pecora is studying

Business Marketing at UTC and

she plans to graduate in 2013.

She loves Chattanooga and

thinks that UTC is “a lovely

university!” She says her ESL

education is really paying off for

her. She also sends regards to

everyone at the ESL Institute.

Phillip Choi returned home to

South Korea where he has

continued his university studies..

He recently completed mid-term

exams, so these days he’s able to

relax a little.

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Whatever happened to…

Benny doing his hilarious

commercial.



Sung Su by Olga Correa

My friend’s name is Sung Su. He is

from Korea. He likes baseball. He

has been interested in baseball

since 1996 when he was six years

old. He went to his first baseball

game in 1995. One of the teams

was the Samsung Lions. He has

met many players.

Irina Maggie

Irina by Maggie Corzo

Her name is Irina. She is from Russia.

She likes animals. She likes cats. She

has never had any pets. She likes

tigers. She has seen a raccoon,

rabbits, and squirrels on the roads.

She has been to a zoo. She prefers

Moscow zoo. She likes monkeys.

Olga Sung Su

Halloween is an annual holiday celebrated on October 31st, and includes special activities which are wearing special costumes, carving Jack O'lantern, telling scary stories, ghost tour, and so on. We visited Anne's house to celebrate that day and to experience various events. When we got there, she and her husband Pete kindly hosted a Halloween party for us, and Halloween stuffs could be found everywhere in her house from doorsteps to dinner tables. Everyone visiting her house brought food do share, so we had wonderful dinner. As expected, unique costumes stand out at the party. Three guys, Tong and Kevin from Thailand and Chuck from China, distinctively prepared their costume, so they made the others frightened at both scaring disguise and facial expression. Also, everybody took notice of the attractive "black-kitty cat" fashion of Mindy who is from South Korea, and the funny style of Do-hyun and the clown make-up of Kim from South Korea evoked a giggle. Another part of the enjoyable events of the party was the carving of the pumpkin. I, as well as most of people, can be convinced that carved pumpkin, called "Jack O'lantern, is representative of a symbol of Halloween. Mr. Pete showed us how to carve a pumpkin and to make "Jack", and then we started to make "Jacks" with our own ways. After a while, the featureless pumpkins were changed into the characteristic "Jacks", and then we put some candle in order to lighting up. As soon as we kindled a light, “Jacks” having various looks appeared to be alive. „ At toward the end of the party, we came and sat together on the floor, hanging on story teller‟s scary stories. We didn‟t turn our eyes from what she do. She described everything realistically. She seems to be passionate with her job. Although we can‟t understand a whole thing of story sadly, we had a good time. That day, everything was perfect and wonderful. We remember that time forever.

Smashing pumpkins: Kim, Davy, Blake, Emalee, X, and Kevin.

at Anne’s House by Emalee, photos by Doe-Hyun


Her name is Damaris. She comes from Brazil. She likes animals. Her favorite animal is the cat. She

has had dogs, cats, rabbits, and birds. She likes dogs. Her favorite wild animal is the giraffe. Her favorite zoo is in

St. Louis.

Mindy

by Damaris

My friend’s name is Mindy. She is from South Korea. She likes animals. Her favorite animal is the dog. She has

had many dogs and rabbits. First she had a dog, then a rabbit. Her favorite pet is a dog. Her favorite wild

animal is the panda. She has seen some deer. She saw them on a golf course in South Korea. She has been to

the zoo several times. Her favorite zoo is in Seoul.

As soon as I got there, I was really in shock. Chicago was totally different from Tennessee

even if both are in the same country. There were subways, buses, and high building, The

number of people made the streets look very busy.

What I did during the Fall Break by Emalee

During the fall break I went to Chicago with Hannah who is my older sister and Blake who is

Hannah’s boyfriend. It was enough time to travel, so I decided to leave Tennessee for four

days. Actually, Oct.20th was my birthday. This trip was a kind of the birthday present for me.

In Chicago, one of the famous things are the sky scraper s. I couldn’t see the top of the

building from the ground. In my case, the most impressive one was “Willis Tower” which is a

108-story, 1,450-foot sky scraper. We had a unique opportunity at “The Ledge”, which is a

glass balcony that we could look down a 103 story view of the city below. When I stepped on the balcony, I was afraid of standing there in itself, but “The Ledge” immediately offered me

a magnificent sight over Chicago. I can’t remember everything that I saw and experienced, but I’m not likely to

forget that moment. I can extend my knowledge now, and see more of the world through the trip.

Damaris

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On September 27, I went to Chattanooga’s Culture Festival. It was held

by ACE, The Arts & Education Council, and took place at First Tennessee Pavilion. The Culture Festival celebrates the cultural diversity of the Chattanooga region through music and dance performances, educational displays, interactive booths, kids activities, art and food. This year, the theme was “East Meets West’ and Chinese and Indian cultures featured.

When I stepped into the

entrance, there was a booth which caught my eye. It was the ESL Institute. Jane Womack, ESL Institute director, and David Ingram, teacher of level 5, greeted me with big smiles.

On the other side, a number of people were going shopping in the

Chattanooga Market. It was so crowded that I could barely go straight on. Various goods were displayed on the shelves; there were fresh vegetables, homemade bread, fruit jam, handmade accessories, pictures and so on. It was very similar to Korean traditional market, so I felt like I was in my country.

During that time I felt active and alive.

People were laughing and enjoying their day. When I was there, what I could hear was only the sound of laughing and music.

It was a very meaningful

experience to visit that kind of event, because as an international student, I could learn a part of American culture and life.


One of the kiosks with handmade earrings attracted my attention for

a long time. Those earrings were made of coins from other countries as well as American coins. While I was looking at those, a clerk asked me where I came from and then showed special earrings to me. Those earrings were made of Korean 100 won coins. Not only was I surprised, but I also wondered how she got them. I guessed that she might have obtained them along with the other coins by traveling all over the world.

Culture Fest At Chattanooga Market

NAME Cell Phone E-Mail

Benny (Bo Yu) 718-708-0286 [email protected]

Chang (Changda Li) 860-218-5872 [email protected]

Chuck (Boqi Ye) 423-883-5782 [email protected]

Damaris Summer 423-903-9545 [email protected]

David (Quyue Wen) 423-883-7163 [email protected]

Esther 404-877-8782 [email protected]

Emalee (Yungjung Lee) 423-827-5186 [email protected]

Hannah (Hyunjung Lee) 423-827-6938 [email protected]

Irina Aranesova 423-877-6278 [email protected]

Carlos 423-870-8702 [email protected]

Kevin Panichsathaporn 804-536-3990 [email protected]

Maggie Corzo 423-402-6337 [email protected]

Mindy (Minkyung Park) 423-290-2526 [email protected]

Olga Lucia Correa 423-385-6294 [email protected]

Rawan Karbouji ♣ [email protected]

Robin (Youkeun Lee) 423-994-8219 [email protected]

Seunghoon Lee 423-802-6997 [email protected]

Steve (Gyeongyong Kim) 423-290-7510 [email protected]

Tak (Kwangtak Noh) 423-637-2487 [email protected]

Trevor(Sungsu Park) ♣ [email protected]

Tong (Wirot Meesungnoen) 615-427-3245 [email protected]

Wanghun Lee 423-802-0690 [email protected]

Xushin (Doehyun Lee) 423-321-2891 [email protected]

Call me! Text me!


E.S.L Teachers’ Profiles

Jane Womack founded the ESL Institute in 1995. She directs the ESL Institute along with teaching a full-time regular schedule at the university. She likes exercising, cooking, and traveling. She is on the board of Chattanooga Sister Cities. She is famous for her wonderful

apple cake.

Candace Long is a level 1 teacher. She has been teaching English at the ESL Institute for 3 years. After school, she sings in her church choir. She likes reading books, especially southern literature and mystery. She also loves traveling. She recommends “Italy” for ESL students.

Dee Lapihuska is a level 2 teacher. She „s been teaching English at the Institute for around 4 years. She is a leader of “First Friends” which many international students are participating in every Wednesday. She loves interacting with people and cooking. The southern food she

made was good!

Linda Voychehovski is a level 3 teacher. She has been teaching English at the ESL institute for 7 years. She taught health in Africa for 3 years.She recently started exercising at the gym. She likes Shopping, hiking and writing. She is writing a memoir. Her favorite thing is her

husband.

Anne Rittenberry is a level 4 teacher. She taught freshmen at UTC for 11 years. Since 2001 she has been teaching English at the ESL institute. She likes reading books, traveling and visiting friends and family. And she loves her

grandson “Harris”. He is so sweet.

David Van Ingram is a level 5 teacher. He has been teaching English at the Institute for 2 years. He likes chocolate a lot. A couple of months ago, he bought a farm. He taught English in Saudi Arabia for more than 20 years.Herecommends dates, which is a kind of

fruit from the palm tree and a famous food in Saudi Arabia.

Dawn Bailey is teaching the beginning conversation and idiom class this semester. She has been teaching English at the Institute for 3 years and she also teaches English to Volkswagen employees from Germany. Her favorite thing is walking in the rain in the

middle of the night with a huge umbrella.

William Prince is teaching advanced conversation this semester. He is called Bill. He‟s been teaching English at the ESL institute for 7 years. In his free time, he takes scuba diving class and Viking history class at UTC. He likes hiking,

playing tennis and playing ping-pong.

Karin Clumpner is teaching beginning writing this semester. She has been teaching English at the ESL institute for 14years. She is volunteering to teach German at Normal Park Elementary school and to teach English & Bible in her church. She

loves her husband, so she likes going for walks with him.

Nancy Neff has been teaching English at the ESL institute for a year. She‟s a writing teacher this semester. She is teaching freshman composition and reading at UTC. Her favorite food is fried chicken. She loves her dog, Othello, named for the

Shakespeare‟s character.

Susanne Carter is teaching the public speaking class this semester. She has been teaching regular classes which are public speaking, musical theater and voice & diction at UTC for 22 years. She loves all types of music,

and she likes silver jewelry.

John Tallman is teaching the beginning reading on Fridays this semester. Since 2006 he has been teaching English at the ESL institu te and teaching art part-time at UTC. He likes reading books, especially classic novels.

Thank you

For

Teaching us!

by Hannah lee

1Betty's

2Betty's

Kevin on the wagon. Helen, Georgia Benny dreaming.

Jewels Autumn tomatoes. Chattahoochee light.

Wilkommen. She devils. The fest in Oktoberfest.



Doe Hyun

The Fabulous Photography of

Doe Hyun The ESL Globe would

like to say a special

thank you to Doe Hyun

for letting us use his

superb photographs.

Betty’s.

The ESL Globe Staff

Emalee

Hannah

Benny

Rawan

David

EmaLee – Editor in Chief

Hannah Lee – Assistant Editor

Rawan Karbouji – Copy Editor

Benny Yu – Graphics Editor

David Van Ingram – Editorial Advisor

More ESL Voices

Tong

by Robin

His name is Tong. He is

from Thailand. He likes

animals. His favorite

domestic animals are

dogs. He has had

dogs for ten years. He

likes polar bears best.

He saw polar bears

on a National Geo-

graphic TV program.

He has seen snakes in

National Parks. He

likes Thailand’s zoos

because there are

many types of

animals.

he listening class was perfect, but the book was a little different in comparison with the grammar and vocabulary books. I think that this class needed to give more time to the students. I appreciate teachers for giving us their efforts, love, knowledge, and respect for our culture.

Robin

by Tong

My friend is Robin.

He comes from

South Korea. He likes

animals. His favorite

domestic animal is

the horse. He has

never had any pets.

He likes koalas best.

He saw koalas in

Australia. He has

been to the zoo

many times. His

favorite zoo is an

Australian zoo.

While he was living

in Australia, he saw

some deer and

some koalas.


Robin

Tong

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