Spring 2011 esl globe final22

The ESL Globe

Spring 2011

A publication of the ESL institute University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

We are learning and having fun!

Learning English in the morning. Learning English in the afternoon. Fun times in the classroom. Fun times in the ESL lounge. Valentines and shamrocks. Chinese New Year and Chinese food! Birthdays and birthday cakes! Bowling, travelling, and learning. Riding in a great big bus to the heart of Tennessee. More food at lunch at Miss Mary Bobo’s. Learning about the distillery process at Lynchburg. Kites and scavenger hunts in the park. Meeting the Soddy-Daisy High School students. Making friends. Greetings and farewells. The graduation luncheon. More food! More farewells. Learning and having fun. Let’s do it all again please!

In this Newsletter Jack Daniel Trip Miss Mary Bobo’s Bowling Trip Korean Students Chinese New Year Comments

Stories Fun Page Call Me Text Me Birthdays Pictures Puzzles

Page 2 ● Spring 2011 ● Volume 1, Issue 2 ● ESL Globe ● UTC ESL Institute ● http://www.utc.edu/Academic/ESL/

Activities

Trip to Lynchburg: Jack Daniel’s

Gentlemen with Jack.

Learning Jack’s history.

A rick of sugar maple. Sugar maple charcoal.

With our tour guide, Angie. Sam, Jack, and Majid.

“The weather was cold and wet but the tour was fun.”--Azeez

At Jack Daniel’s Distillery.

By Azeez | We are always learning new and interesting things. We had the chance to visit Jack Daniel’s distillery and to learn about the special process of making Jack Daniel’s whiskey. The weather was cold and wet but the tour was fun--starting with a short video explaining Jack Daniel’s history, and ending with the packing and shipping. In our first stop we got to see the wood they made charcoal from. Two inch by two inch sticks of sugar maple are burned down in ricks in order to obtain just the right quality of charcoal for filtering each drop of Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey. We learned about milling and mashing, fermenting and distilling, mellowing and barrelling. Our tour guide, Angie, kept us moving along the tourist trail with many a giggle.

Jack’s Jewels.

Comments

Steve Although it was a one-day trip, I still enjoyed it. The distillery and the tour guide showed us the process of making whiskey. For me, the whiskey taste ice cream gave me a deep impression. It was a wonderful experience.

Azeez It was an interesting trip. The smell was strange and interesting. I enjoyed the story behind Jack Daniel’s. The whole trip was planned well.

Basil Alfouzan It’s a good new experience.


Activities

Lynchburg: Lunch at Miss Mary Bobo’s

With our host. Chillin’ in the gift shop. Caety.

At table. Jumping for joy. More jumping. More joy.

Creative cluster. Fun dining. Climbing the stairs.

Comments

Carolyn Randle The food at Miss Mary Bobo’s was delicious old-time southern food.

Anne Rittenberry I especially liked the feast at Miss Mary Bobo’s restaurant.

Basil Alfouzan It’s a good new experience.

Candace Long Our lunch at Miss Bobo’s Boarding house was delicious. I really liked the fried okra and sweet tea.

Caety Carter Fun! I really enjoyed spending the time with everyone for the full day. The food was very cultural. I would go again!

Jane Womack Although I had been there three times before, I had a wonderful time.

Steve For me, the whiskey taste ice cream gave me a deep impression. It was a wonderful experience.

Azeez The food was excellent. I would go back for the fried chicken.

In one of the elegant sitting rooms of Miss Mary Bobo’s Boaring House.

At Miss Mary Bobo’s Boarding House Resturant.

By Robin Lee | We enjoyed the great food (with a side of history) at Miss Mary Bobo's Boarding House Restaurant. This Tennessee landmark is now in its 100

th

year of operation. This extraordinary restaurant features down-home cooking just like Mr. Jack Daniel enjoyed a century ago. The boarding house began as a traveller’s inn in 1867. Each party is accompanied to lunch by a host who is from the area. While we served ourselves fried chicken, breaded okra, turnip greens, coleslaw, saucy apples and cornbread muffins, our host entertained us with stories of the cast of characters who spring from the history of the boarding house and the nearby Jack Daniel’s Distillery. Today the proprietor at Miss Mary’s is Jack Daniel’s great-grandniece, Lynne Tolley. Monday through Saturday, she prepares the noontime meals at Miss Mary's. Lynne says, “As Jack Daniel's great-grandniece, I guess you could say it's in my blood to carry on the family tradition.” Miss Mary Bobo ran her boarding house until her death in 1983, one month shy of her 102nd birthday. Miss Mary Bobo’s Boarding House Restaurant still stands today, welcoming visitors for home-cooked midday meals. Aside from being known far and wide for her hospitality, Miss Mary is also the oldest woman ever to appear on the pages of Playboy Magazine. In an ad for Jack Daniel’s, of course! The Boarding House itself is something to behold. After going through extensive renovations in 2006, it has been updated to provide more conveniences and to offer more room for seating. But Miss Mary's maintains its original charm, and visitors can enjoy the Southern-style meals that have been made famous here and may include generous helpings of country ham, chicken with pastry, fried okra, blackberry cobbler, and other specialties.


Activities

Bowling Party

Having a ball.

Lina swings. Azeez rolls.

In attendance.

Samuel shoots. Viviana fires away.

With Charles.

Put your right foot in.

By Viviana | On February 11th, the ESL students got together and enjoyed a wonderful day of bowling. Everyone was invited to meet at the bowling alley in Hixson at 1:30 pm. I got there on time. When I arrived, we only had five students and the entire group of our teachers were there. Soon, more students arrived and then we split into two groups. It was a big game because there were two rounds. The group members in the first round were Charles, Samuel, and Viviana; and the second group members in the first round were Lina, Aziz, and teacher David. In the first round, the winners were teacher David and Charles. The first group members in the second round were Lina, Aziz, Charles, and Samuel; the second group members in the second were teacher David and Viviana. Finally, in the second round, the winners were teacher David and Aziz. It was worth mentioning that Teacher David got very good scores and he was the best player in ESL, and Charles and Aziz also played very well. However, I liked to see Charles play bowling because he looked like a professional when he played. After two hours, we finished the game. We had fun and it was a great experience. Thank you ESL.


Events

Korean Students Vising Chattanooga

Having fun.

Learning English.

Stories Yera Living and studying at UTC for 5 weeks has been very memorable for me. I learned here a lot of good lessons, good things and my English skills are improving through the ESL program. All the teachers are very friendly and cheerful. My teachers always make it easy for me to remember the lessons. And it’s nice to get along with students from other countries. I can say that I have learned and experienced a lot in just 5 weeks. If I were given the chance to study here again, I’d appreciate it very much. I recommend this school for everyone, if they want to know English better. I’ll never forget what I’ve done here. Tuesung My name is Tuesung from Chattanooga’s Sister City Gangneung, South Korea. I really appreciate that sister city Chattanooga and UTC gave me a great opportunity to study English and learn more about American culture. It was a very short program but I learned from a lot of cultural experiences and gained confidence in speaking English. I think that if this program were more than one month, we can learn English more, and we don’t have to make a busy schedule. ESL class was very good. We had wonderful teachers who take care of us all the time. They were always trying to understand our broken English very kindly and look for what we really need. Without teachers, I would never have got my English skills. Thank you so much Nancy and Alex. After this program, I am going to teach at the elementary school. I’ll teach them just like my teachers. I’ll never forget their kindness and love. When I go back to my university, I will study hard my major and remember my sister city Chattanooga. Thank you! Insuk I’m Insuk Eom from South Korea. Now let me tell you about my life at UTC. If I describe my life at UTC in one idea, it must be beautiful memory. When I arrived here and attended the class, I was nervous and excited. This was my first American visit and in that time I was thinking that I will experience many new things and new culture. Most of all I think that I’m a very lucky girl because I met very good teachers: Eileen and Tom. They are so kind and have very warm hearts. They treated me like their child. I can feel their warm concern. And there are many students of another ESL program. So I met many foreign friends from other countries. I have had conversations with them in English. It is also beneficial to my English study. I can’t forget the memory that I enjoy talking with them. They are good friends. Later, I want to return to study here if I get a good chance. I will miss UTC.

Yera and InSuk.

By Azeez | During this semester, we got to meet a group of nice Korean students. They were all friendly and sociable. I met some of them and decided to write about their experience since they are part of this semester. They all came from Korea as part of a Sister Cities program. Some of them are in their senior year and some are in their junior year in college. I asked them about what they had learned, the activities they did during their short program, how they liked Chattanooga, ESL at UTC, and about their future plans and here is what they answered.

Yera I learned useful expressions, grammar and culture during my stay here. I like Chattanooga because of the fresh air, kind people and good weather. We went to Rock City and the Tennessee Aquarium. I met good teachers and they are very kind. My future plan is to finish my university degree.

Hywon Jeon I learned grammar and conversation. Chattanooga is similar to my city. People of Chattanooga are very kind. So, I don’t feel strange. I visited the aquarium, Rock City, Challenger Center, CNN, and the Coca-cola Museum. My future plan is to finish my university studies.

M.S. I learned English. I think Chattanooga is a beautiful city. Its citizens are very kind. I went to Rock City. It was a good place. Everyone is good and nice here. My future plan is to finish university and my major is English.

Tuesung I learned English and had a wonderful cultural experience. Chattanooga looks very much like my city. It is very peaceful and people are very kind. I went to Rock City for our field trip. It was really great. I really like it. I met Mr. Temple who is a very kind person. I met him on the bus. He was trying to find a lot of information about Chattanooga for us and he helped us get to the Asian Restaurant and market and what we really needed. I am going back to Korea and I will study hard.


Events

Chinese New Year

Steve caters a Chinese New Year party.

All the best for the new year.

Everybody loves Chinese food.

“I wish you the best of everything in the Year of the Rabbit.”--Steve

By Steve | Chinese New Year, often called Chinese Lunar New Year, is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is an all East and South-East-Asia celebration. In China it is known as Spring Festival, the translation of the Chinese name is Chun Jie. It marks the end of the winter season. This festival begins on the first day of the first month in the lunar calendar and ends with the Lantern Festival. Chinese New Year's Eve, a day on which Chinese families get together for their annual reunion dinner, is known as Chu Xi (it means the last day of the year in Chinese Lunar Calendar) or "Eve of the Passing Year." In China, regional customs and traditions of the celebration of the Chinese New Year are varied. People will pour out their money to buy presents, decorations, materials, food, and clothing. It is also the tradition that every family thoroughly cleans their house. People believe that it will sweep away any misfortune and make way for good luck to come in. Windows and doors will be decorated with red paper cut-outs and couplets with some popular themes of happiness, wealth, and longevity. On the Eve of Chinese New Year, dinner is a feast with families. Food will include such things as pork, duck, chicken, nian gao (Chinese food-- it’s like a pastry) and dumplings. The families will end the night with firecrackers and fireworks. Early the next morning, Chinese New Year’s Day, children will greet their parents by wishing them a healthy and happy new year, and receive money in red paper envelopes. The Chinese New Year tradition is to forget all grudges and sincerely wish peace and happiness for everyone. Although I didn’t celebrate Chinese New Year with my family I brought some Chinese food and shared with everyone. And I was really happy that everyone liked the food. However, it wasn’t the orthodox feast and we didn’t have a long time together. I believe we have a pleasant memory in our lives. Finally, I wish you the best of everything in the ear of the Rabbit.


Stories

Conducting Audition

Charles

By Charles | Right now, I am tempted to go out of this motel to change where I am staying. One of the lamps in my room is not working, and another one is too dark. As well, there is a bad smell over the length and breadth of the room in my motel; nevertheless, I am so happy. I don’t know what to say. I am speechless. I don’t need to care about bad conditions in here and complain to the desk in the motel that I am staying in. I would just like to keep my mood and I don’t want to be distracted by anyone. I am going to talk about my conducting trip for final auditions in Long Beach, California. One day in the first week of February, I got an email from Dr. Johannes, the Director of Orchestral Studies in California State University at Long Beach. He invited me to come for final auditions on the 8

th of March for

orchestral conducting. Actually, I had eagerly been looking forward to his invitation for an audition because the invitation –- I can get a ticket to auditions only if I pass the first pre-screening audition and the second live audition -- was the result of my audition made for the first time when I came to the U.S.A. to study orchestral conducting for a master’s degree. When I was invited to the second live audition in CSULB in 2010, I conducted Beethoven’s first symphony without being embarrassed to show my conducting skills; also, I really liked the school and the professor. Thus, I was really so happy when I got his invitation for final auditions. Even though I didn’t have enough time to prepare the audition music, Beethoven’s third symphony, Eroica, I had been working very hard to get permission for the next step in the audition process. Especially, this music is one of the longest symphonies, and it lasts about 50 minutes; as well, I had to study Music Theory and Sight-reading tests to do the audition. I had no choice but to study conducting and the others whenever I had time before auditions. On today’s morning, the audition day, when I got out of bed, I was a little nervous and excited about the auditions. I just meditated and imagined my conducting that I was supposed to do instead of practicing conducting.

In auditions, there were nine applicants for conducting studies, including me. Strangely, I was relieved to hear that the music department was going to choose only one person for studying orchestral conducting. There was fierce competition in auditions. The intense struggle and competition just made me feel comfortable. I was just thinking that I would enjoy conducting with the CSU symphony orchestra when it was my turn to audition. At the platform for the conductor in the performance hall, I looked at the orchestral players with a smile, and before starting, I just made eye contact with almost every player, even professors who watched me closely to evaluate my conducting. Then I gave them the preparatory beat to get ready to start playing music, and then I just started the first beat for my conducting. We agreed in tone as if we had been practicing a lot together for quite a while. They just followed me with whatever I wanted to conduct; as well, my music score was just a decoration for my conducting. I didn’t need to see the score; I just felt my musical instinct. Consequently, I felt a smile crept over not only my face but also their faces. After conducting, I was so happy and impressed by the music that we made together; moreover, the musicians unprecedentedly cheered with loud applause; further, during a break time, they also raised thumbs up to me whenever I met the orchestral players. Maybe, other applicants felt jealous of me. After all of the auditions, the professor, Dr. Johannes, as soon as he came to my room for interview, he asked me whether or not I got the TOEFL score that is required; then he kept going to tell me that my conducting was strong, and professors for evaluation and orchestral players were very clear that they chose me as the winner for the final audition. Furthermore, he said, he would choose me for his student, if I submitted a high enough TOEFL score as soon as possible, but if not, he had “no choice but to choose the second best applicant.” Even though I was a little bit embarrassed that I haven’t yet gotten the TOEFL score, I was so delighted. Especially, I was so glad that I got confidence because I was the best conductor among nine applicants. I will literally do my best to get the required TOEFL score even if I don’t get it to be accepted to the school; my next TOEFL test is supposed to be the 4

th of May;

unfortunately, the due date to submit a score is by 15th

of April. In addition, an ITP TOEFL score for UTC cannot be accepted to the school. Although I have one barrier that I will overcome sooner or later, I was greatly encouraged by my conducting; I really had a great time with the CSULB orchestra for auditions. I will never forget my conducting trip for auditions in California.


Events

Birthdays


Break Time

Fun Page

Grammar and Jokes joke (noun): something said to make somebody laugh; a trick played on somebody for fun to joke (verb): to make jokes; to be not serious Phrases: to tell a joke; to tell someone a funny story; to be no joke; to be a difficult or serious matter; to be beyond a joke; to be worrying Other Words: jokey (adjective); jokily, (adverb); jokiness (noun); joking, jokingly (adverb)

An English teacher wrote these words on the whiteboard: "woman without her man is nothing". The teacher then asked the students to punctuate the words correctly.

The men wrote: "Woman, without her man, is nothing." The women wrote: "Woman! Without her, man is nothing."

This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody's job. Everybody thought that Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.

Answer quickly...

What animal can jump higher than a house?

A house can't jump!

Solve the puzzle

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Across: 1 ---- Is my brother 2 ---- It isn’t 4 I ---- to school yesterday 6 can you -----a Picher 9 the cat is ----- the house 10 I have ---- apple 11 pleas come at fist ---- you can 12 ---- Is a good book Down: 1 ----- A dog when I was young 2 I want a ------ camera 3 pleas come ---- Monday 4 I ---- at home yesterday 5 the number----- comes after nine 7 can you ---- as fast as your dog? 9 ---- This your book? 10 I ---- a good student 11 I got up ------ seven o’clock


Stories

My Visit to Walden Pond

“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.” Henry David Thoreau

“Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however, measured or far away. It is not important that he should mature as soon as an apple tree or an oak. Shall he turn his spring into summer?” ---Henry David Thoreau

By Q.Kim | I had a chance to visit the famous Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts, beloved place of the great American Transcendentalist and Naturalist, Henry David Thoreau. One hundred and fifty years ago, Thoreau left the comfort of civilized society and decided to live a simple and self-sufficient life by entering the woods at Walden Pond. After two years of living in the woods alone, he summarized his life in a book called Walden. This book was revised eight times before the final work was published. I have had the chance to read Walden twice. The reason for the attraction was not only because he influenced people like Gandhi, Tolstoy and Martin Luther King Jr, with his thoughts and philosophy, but also because many of his thoughts were in agreement with what I have been thinking. By walking the trails he walked I wanted to hear the drum beat that he was hearing. The night after returning home from Walden Pond, I could not resist writing my thoughts about the Walden experience in my diary. The feelings could not be adequately described in words. There was certainly a feeling like the moment when lost departed lovers meet. But my feeling was much more joyful and full of wonder. I was happy-- no! Much more than that, I was in absolute bliss. Then I understood, I was in heaven.


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ESL Globe Staff

Newsletter Staff

Azeez Steve Lina Q.Kim

Robin Viviana David

Thanks

Many thanks to everyone who contributed to the creation of the ESL Globe for Spring 2011—and especially the ESL Globe Staff: Azeez, Lina, Q, Robin, Steve, and Viviana. Specifically, thank you to Abdulaziz Alrasheed for taking a leadership role and editing the newsletter. Thanks to Lina for her many contributions to the newsletter—especially her exceptional photography; others who must be thanked for their photography include Viviana, Toby, and Abdulaziz. And thanks to Q for his professional designer’s mark on this publication.--David

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