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The ESL Parrot rnational stu- for ESL, multicultural, inte Your ARC newsletter by and d, well, anybody really... dents, new Californians, an Issue # 14 Fall 2007 The Parrot Chatting with Danah Nelson, I. A. at the ESL Lab Who does not thank Ivy: Tell us a little bit about name was Coors, the same as the dence, and so their families for little will not yourself. Coors beer company, and I guess invited me to come and teach at we’re related to them—just a the university there, so I ac- thank for much. My name is Danah. I was cousin in some way. cepted it, and I went over there born in Michigan, but moved for a semester. Estonian Proverb to California right at the end of Jeff: Danah, do you speak World War II which was the other languages? Jeff: How did you like the year I was born. Well, my Dad experience? was a navy man, and so he I speak bits and pieces of a spent a little bit of time in few languages, but I don’t speak I have to say it was a life California during the war any of them fluently. I had Span- changing experience because at years, so when he saw San ish and French in high school that point then I decided that I Diego he said—that’s where quite a bit, and I’ve lived in Ja- did want to teach ESL (English I’m going to live, so he moved pan for two years, so I picked up as a Second Language). It was us to California when I was 5 some Japanese, and I lived in also a life changing experience American River College years old — in 1950. I was a in a way that—well, I lived in 4700 College Oak Drive navy junior, so we moved a another culture when I was in Sacramento, CA95841 lot—about every two years. (A high school which was in Ja- (916) 484-8011 navy junior is like an army pan, but China is so different. brat—that’s what they called f Japan is different too, but see- the children of military people, ing China as an adult (because I so for the navy it’s called navy was almost forty nine when I were sort of normal, but when I junior.) moved there), was with just a moved to China, I had a little little bit different perspective. bit of culture shock, I guess. Ivy: So, since you moved The food is different, the lan- After about three months, I about every two years, where guage is different, the money is started missing home, espe- else did you live beside Cali- different, the cultural attitude is cially when I had to stay alone. fornia (San Diego)? different, the methods of educa- I had gone on my own, so I tion are different; even in the really started missing home, My family and I have lived China for about five months or way they say their names — and missing that Thanksgiving in San Diego, California, At- one semester, so I picked up they say their last names first was coming up, and Christmas lanta, Georgia, Yokoso, Japan, some Chinese, and then, I go to — so everything was really was coming. I missed my chil- and Santa Rosa, California, Albania in the summer time, so I different and backwards, and dren, and my mother got sick— and when we were in Japan, picked up quite a bit of Alba- interesting. you know things like that made that’s where I met my hus- nian. me sort of yearn for home, but band. He was a young Ameri- Ivy: So through all the course in general because my Dad can Marine. Ivy : You said that you had of moving around about every moved around — we moved lived in China for five months two years including when you about every two or three years Vi: As an American, do you or one semester; tell us about moved to China for five all the years when I was grow- have a mixed ethnic back- your Chinese semester? months, how did you manage ing up — it was just natural to ground? or adapt the culture? adjust to a new place because Well, I was fortunate enough we had to do it — we just had Yes, mostly German and to be invited to go over there. When we moved to Japan my to do it. Dutch, and some English and The way that opportunity opened parents were there, so adapta- native French, but mostly up was I was part of a correspon- tion wasn’t so extreme because Northern European—German dence school, so I had students we had family that surrounded Continued on page 17 and 18 and Dutch. My Mom’s maiden learning English by correspon- us, and at home things The ESL Parrot Page 2 Types of Food that People Eat in Colombia Colombia’s food is very tasty. Peo- and 2:00 p.m. It is the perfect time to cup of tea. It is before going back to ple from other countries usually think eat something because your body our routine. that our food is very similar to Mexi- needs a break from study or work. The Dinner usually is at 8:00 p.m. We can food. It is not true. It is very differ- best way to have a break is eating like to eat dinner late. It isn’t like in ent. We have in Colombia many kinds and then resting a little bit. Colombi- America where everybody eats din- of food. We have food for everybody. ans love soup. Sometimes we eat rice ner at 5:00 p.m. That is the reason why If you like healthy food, we have it. If in chicken broth. Other times we eat the majority of people have another you like sweet desserts, we have soup with meat or soup with vegeta- arepa with something different on them. If you like vegetarian or fast bles. We eat a lot at home. You can top. We eat very late. We have to eat food, we have it too. We can make taste in Colombian food the flavor of just a little bit. With the arepa we like each person happy. In Colombia we a piece of jam or tuna. We have a have three important meals per day. natural drink at night too. When we We can classify our food on the basis don’t want to eat “arepa”, we love of the time of the day. We have three to eat bread. We can have a sand- types of food: food that we eat at wich at night, with some cheese, breakfast, food that we eat at lunch, mayonnaise, tomatoes, lettuce, a and food that we eat at dinner. little bit of ketchup and meat. Other Breakfast is the most important people like to eat heavy at night. meal during a day for the Colombian They usually eat the same food that people. It is the meal that gives you they had at lunch. the energy to start the day. We usu- We can classify Colombia food ally have breakfast at 9:00 a.m. We love because in our culture the moms depending of the time of the day. We love “arepas”. They are like a piece and the grandmas cook all the time usually have breakfast at 9:00 a.m., of bread. We make arepas with corn. for the kids. We start lunch with a lunch between 12:00 and 2:00 p.m., They are delicious. We can have bowl of soup and then we have an- and the last meal is dinner at 8:00 sweet “arepa” or salty “arepa”. It de- other plate called “seco”. The seco p.m. We have a saying for our meals. pends on which kind of corn we always has rice, a piece of meat, and It is, “eat like a king in the mornings, choose to make it with. We can eat a sweet plantain. We have many of eat like a prince at noon, and eat like the arepa with everything. Regularly kinds of rice. It can be just white rice, the homeless at night.” Our most im- at breakfast we eat the arepa with a or it can be rice with coco flavor or portant meal is breakfast. And our little bit of butter, salt, and cheese. with meat flavor. The meat can be most favorite food is the arepa, be- Next to the arepa we put eggs. We chicken, beef, or fish. The plantain is cause you can mix it with everything. love eggs with mashed tomatoes. As like a fried banana. It tastes very a drink, some people like hot choco- good. We always have a natural juice by Natalia Arboleda late and other people like hot coffee. with our lunch. At the end, some peo- Lunch is usually between 12:00 p.m ple like to drink a cup of coffee or a Page 3 The ESL Parrot Parrot Warbling Spill the Beans Did you know that Harry was going to Tense Sentence Meaning take Kathy on a Caribbean cruise ? Yes, I did. He was planning on surpris- ing her with the tickets for their anni- I haven't found the Present per- I've lost my keys. keys yet -- they're versary, but someone spilled the fect still missing. beans. What a shame ! That was supposed to have been a surprise.