2011 Spring 1 Advanced 1

S tudents who come from all over the world, that’s very common at ELC. In
Advanced I, we have students from Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, China, Senegal,
Spain, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Korea, France, etc. However, we are more than
Foreigners. Andreas play Bouzouki, a Greece music instrument and Allen write
beautiful poems. Abdullah is a big fan of Barcelona’s soccer team, and Osama
and Hana like music and have good time in summer. Qiao enjoys travel and taste
different kinds of food and Zoe
likes to workout. Ahmed plays
table tennis, Matar likes
basketball and Federico is a
soccer player. Mehmet worked
in the government, & Carlos
likes to take trips. We may
have different cultures and
personalities, but we all like
the same things. In this page,
we are going to talk more
about the Advanced I class
and give some advice to the
next students.

OLD DOMINION
UNIVERSITY T hrough these interviews, the excite-
ment of the students studying in the
ELC was really obvious. Most of the stu-
dents feel privileged and lucky that they
Advice of Te a c h e r s have the chance to study here in the ELC.
Moreover, students admitted that experienc-
ing new cultures, seeing a different way of
Alex: Spend as much time
life and communicating with people with a
outside of class on your different background from their own is an
studies as you spend in class. interesting experience. By doing this, not
only they will become more sociable, but
they will also learn the English language
Jamie: Don’t be afraid to even better.
ask (Q) If you don’t ask (Q)
the teacher may not help you.

Jane: Study hard. Watch TV.

Speak everyday.

Lesley: Attend all of your

classes, come prepared and
participate. Most of all, try
to have fun!