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This page contains work by ELI students.
Visit our class blog! You don’t have to do the homework assignments (whew!), but you can connect to students’ individual blogs to see what they are thinking and writing about. Feel free to comment!
Read folktales from the student's countries.
Read students' essays about the effects of the spread of English in their home countries.
Watch the students perform two plays, and watch Keiichi and Yuko give a speech about the Women's Rugby Club at CMU!
Watch students interview each other about their hobbies and interests.
Fall 2005 ENG 086 Academic Writing Student Page!
Read students' self-introductions and paragraphs.
Watch the video of all of the ELI Intensive students making presentations and interacting with Floyd Elementary School students. It was a blast!
Check out the student's Public Service Announcement videos!
If you go to our webpage, you can read Xuemei's essay and the students' reflections on the Field Trip to Detroit!
Check
out Sandra and Shiori's "Orange Clean" advertisement and their reflections
on their visit to the Museum of African American History Detroit.
Emad Dabas, a student enrolled in the Advanced Integrated Skills course, performed his "television commercial." Emad plays the role of a doctor who has created the "magic English pill." According to Emad, these "magic English pills" can be purchased in Anspach 308, the English Language Institute office.
My name is Kenji Kirishiki. I like ELI activities a lot, and my most enjoyed active was ski and snowboard. It was January, 31, 2003. I was excited about that, because I had never done snowboard before. Otherwise I really wanted to try snowboard. But I did not have chance to try it. However ELI gave to chance to do it. It was really enjoyable and very fun. Now my hobby became snowboarding.
See photos of the Ski Trip!
My name is Kim Jun Hwan. The most important part of my volunteer experience was that it made me remember my grandmother. We went to a nursing home on Saturday afternoon, and I met an old woman, Raygun. I was surprised because she was 103 years old. In addition, the day was her birthday. When I met her, she sat in a wheelchair. I talked with her for 15 minutes. At first, I could not understand what she said. Her pronunciation was too difficult for me to understand so I just looked at her eyes. I could not understand what she said, but I could understand her mind a little. She felt lonely because nobody visited her. I asked her where her family was but she could not answer my question. I thought about my grand mother who died 4 years ago. She looked like my grandmother. When I said “good bye”, her eyes were filled with eyes. We could not understand each other, but we communicated with each other. It was a special experience for me. After this experience, I miss my grandmother more.
See photos of the Alternative Weekend in Detroit.
My name is Masatoshi Arita. From February 14th to February 16th, I went to a homeless shelter in South Bend, Indiana, as a volunteer activity. This is my memorable activity. I had a really good time. I served meals for people who live in the shelter, I played bingo game with adults who live in the shelter, and I also played other games with their children. People who live in the shelter were very cheerful and friendly. Actually, before I met the people, I heard their situations from the officer in the facility. They all were in many kinds of difficult situations. I was really sorry to hear that. It seemed that there was hopelessness around them. I didn’t know what I should do for them. However, they looked like they never gave up their lives. I thought that I’d like them to keep smiling. Smiling makes us happy. While I was there, I saw many smiling faces. Especially, children’s smiling faces were something. I’ll never forget their smiling faces. I hope that they keep smiling in the future.
My name is Taro Arai. I went skiing as an ELI event. It was very fun event because I could enjoy snowboarding. Actually, I had never done snowboarding before it, so it was a good chance to do that. Moreover, ELI pays for a lift and renting snowboarding equipments, so I could enjoy without thinking about expenses. Also, I enjoyed talking with many people who are from other countries such as Thailand, India, Korea, and the U.S. We talked about a difference between foreign cultures and my culture, for example some traditional holidays in Japan and India. We also talked about normal stuff, so I could enjoy a lot of talking and speaking English.
See photos of the Ski Trip!