Fall 2002 CELOP Faculty and Staff 112 Boston Puzzle Solution 115 2 from the Director • Credits Fall 2002
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Contents SB From the Director • Credits 2 Countries Represented at CELOP 3 Semester Book Elective Class • At Work 4 Boston Places Puzzle 7 CELOP Pizza Party 8 Art Workshops 10 Student Profiles 14 CELOP Fashion 26 “Halloween,” by Ximena Silva • Pumpkin Painting 30 CELOP Essay Contest Winners 36 Gian Carlo Rotondo • Carlos Martinez Franky • Hae Eun Shin • Evangelos Koufallakis Seon-Min Lee • Hong Ouyang • Michael Zimmerman • Ji Hyun Kim Collage, by Stephanie Wendratno 44 Class Photos 46 Student Writing “New York City,” by Nasuka Hayashi 60 “Trip to Killington, VT,” by Diego De Lamo 62 “Long Weekend to Niagara Falls,” by Hong Ouyang 63 “The Christian Science Center,” by Stephanie Hellenbroich 64 “My First Day in Boston,” by Ahmad S. Khalifa 65 “My First Impression of Boston,” by Mohammed Dantata 65 Boston @ Night 66 “Shake that Booty,” by Andreina De Lamo 67 “Summer Nights at Harvard,” by Diana Genoves 68 Japanese Cultural Reception (Hosei) 70 Student Essays “Most Important Holiday in China,” by Hong Ouyang 72 “My Most Important Holiday,” by Hyun Ah Hwang 75 “Eid Al Fitr,” by Noura Al Kalbani 76 “Ramadan,” by Lubna Bukhamseen 77 “Burj Al Arab Hotel in Dubai,” by Ahmad S. Khalifah 78 “The Big Dig is a Good Idea,” by mana Teramoto 80 “The Big Dig from a Foreigner’s Eyes,” by Peng Zhang 80 “Two Countries, Two Policies,” by Han Kil Oh 81 “Moral Hazard on Wall Street,” by Nancy Yin 81 “Insider Trading,” by Aya Segawa 82 “How to Go to Graduate School,” by Stephanie Hellenbroich 83 “Dreams,” by Claudia DiGiacomo 83 “My Daughter,” by Hyun ah Hwang 84 “Sports Professionals’ Salaries,” by Alejandro Curiel Zarraga 85 Recipe: Tuwon Shinkafa, by Mohammed Dantata 85 “Interview with Ramon Valenzuela” & “Procedure for TOEFL,” by Ryo Fukumori 86 “Sample TOEFL Essay,” by Carol Wang 87 Interviews “Look Alike, Twins or Not?” by Stephanie Wendratno & Natsuka Hayashi 88 “Advice from a Former Student,” by Ahmad S. Khalifa 89 “Profile of a Former CELOP Student—Cengiz Hocaoglu” 90 “Interview with Volunteer Students,” by Alejandro Curiel 92 “Interview with Greg Eisenhauer,” by Stephanie Hellenbroich 92 “Interview with Margo Miller,” by Stephanie Wentratno & Natsuka Hayashi 93 “Interview with Joanne Fox,” by Stephaine Wentratno & Natsuka Hayashi 94 “The Show,” by Mohammed Dantata 95 Student Photos—Andreina de Lamo Arimendi 96 Movie Reviews 98 Theater Reviews 100 Restaurant Review 103 English through Games 104 CELOP Crossword Puzzle 106 CELOP Expo (Summer 2002) 108 Fall 2002 CELOP Faculty and Staff 112 Boston Puzzle Solution 115 2 From the Dir Fall 2002 ector • Credits Dear CELOP Students, I am very pleased to have the opportunity to send you a personal message at the end of the semester. At the beginning of your pro- gram this fall, I welcomed you to Boston and to CELOP at Boston University. Now I would like to congratulate you on your successful completion of the Fall Semester. I sincerely hope that you had a wonderful adven- ture here this semester, improving your English language proficiency, broadening your awareness about culture in the United States, making new friends, and explor- ing new places in Boston. The CELOP faculty and staff, and all the friends of the CELOP program, have greatly enjoyed hosting all of you this fall. Although classes are ending, and many of you will be returning to your countries, Semester Book Fall 2002 will keep your CELOP experience alive. Share your memories with your friends and fam- ily. For those of you who are returning to CELOP in the Spring, we hope you con- tinue to have an enjoyable and productive time here. Best wishes, Margot S. Valdivia Director COVER: Semester Book Elective class, concept; CELOP F Andreina De Lamo, ALL art. 2002 SEMESTER BACK COVER BOOK Andreina De: Lamo. Editors John de Szendeffy, Chris Antonellis, Barbara Bliss Design John de Szendeffy ILLUSTRATIONS Andreina De Lamo: page 3, Production Assistance Lesley Andrews, Erin Johnston, Jonathan White 30, 64, ; pages Ximena Silva. Photographers Semester Book Elective students, Send correspondence regarding the Semester Book to John de Szendeffy, [email protected] Distribution Nicole Buchholz, GabriellaLesley Andrews,Campozano Jonathan White . www.bu.edu/celop/alumni Contributors Margot Valdivia, Nancy Cho, Lara Gordon All material Language and© OrientationCenter for English Pro- grams, Boston University, 2002. This is the eigth edition of the CELOP Semester Book. It is published every semester and avail- [v. 8.2] able at the Front Desk free of charge to all current students. All Semester Books can be down- loaded from the CELOP Alumni Web site as Adobe Acrobat (pdf) documents, www.bu.edu/celop. Countries at CELOP 3 Fall 2002 Belarus Haiti Peru Bosnia & Herzegovina Hong Kong Russia Brazil Indonesia Saudi Arabia Canada Iraq Spain Chile Israel Switzerland China Italy Syria Colombia Ivory Coast Taiwan, R.O.C. Czech Republic Japan Thailand Dominican Republic Kazakhstan Turkey Ecuador Korea Ukraine El Salvador Kuwait United Arab Emirates Ethiopia Mexico U.S.A. Germany Netherlands Venezuela Greece Nigeria Vietnam Guatemala Panama Guinea Paraguay Illustration: De Lamo Andreina 4 Semester Book Elective Class SB Fall 2002 We are the Semester Book class — Fall 2002 with Chris Antonellis (Left to right, back row) Ahmad S. Khalifa, Alejandro Curiel Zarraga, Ryo Fukumori, Diego De Lamo Arismendi, Mohammed Dantata, (2nd row) Maria Silva Solano, Stephanie Hellenbroich, Andreina De Lamo Arismendi, Natsuka Hayashi, Stephanie Wendratno, (1st row) Diana Genoves, So Jeong Lee, Ji-Yun Chung, Tasia Wibisono, (front) Chris Antonellis, teacher. Semester Book Elective Class 5 Fall 2002 he Semester Book Elective class is for sure a great experi- ence for everyone who decides to take it.T In this class, students from all over the world work together toward one unique goal, which is making the Semester Book better each time. Andreina De Lamo Arismendi In this class, many activities Alejandro Curiel Zarraga take place. Most of them are original Stephanie Wendratno ideas that students want to appear in Maria Silva Solano the book, activities such as essay writ- Ahmad S. Khalifa ing, interviews, surveys, trips, etc. The students in this class are Diana Genoves from a variety of countries, just like in Ryo Fukumori S all other classes at CELOP. The dif- B So Jeong Lee ference is that since you have to do so Ji-Yun Chung many more activities in groups or in Tasia Wibisono pairs, you get to know your classmates Natsuka Hayashi more deeply than in any other class. Mohammed Dantata We are all glad to have been in Stephanie Hellenbroich this class, and of course we hope you Diego De Lamo Arismendi all like what we have done. —Alejandro 6 Semester Book Elective Class Fall 2002 SEMESTER BOOK CLASS 1 AY ,D UCKS TARB —S ORK @ W Boston Sights Puzzle 7 Fall 2002 WHERE ARE THESE DETAILS IN BOSTON? YOU’VE PROBABLY WALKED BY EACH OF THEM MANY TIMES 115 NSWERS ON PAGE A 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 Pizza Party Fall 2002 CELOP PIZZA PARTY 27 EPTEMBER ,S RIDAY F Pizza Party 9 Fall 2002 10 Art Workshops Fall 2002 ART WORKSHOPS IN CELOP LOBBY OHNSTON J RIN E ONDUCTED BY C THIS FALL WE OFFERED TWO DIFFERENT ART WORKSHOPS Printmaking. In making postcards, students were taught the basics of printmaking. We had a Journal Making. Students were invited to come Halloween printmaking workshop where students and create their own journals. We had two separate learned how to apply their design to a linoleum workshops in the fall. Students learned how to use block, cut out their design with special cutting tools, traditional book binding techniques. They were apply printing ink to their block, and then transfer given different kinds of materials to design their their image onto postcards or greeting cards. journal covers: paper, stamps, colored pens, stickers, Students became familiar with the printmaking golden leaves, etc. The best part was watching stu- technique and created many scary and fun cards to dents become deeply involved in their journal cre- send to their families and loved ones. ations. At the end of the workshop, they all had beautiful personalized journals that they could use in I think the art workshops this fall were a great way class or give away as gifts. for students to take a break from their studies, cre- ate and play! —EJ Art Workshops 11 Fall 2002 Art Workshop The idea of the Art Workshop this semester was to make a journal. CELOP staff provided all kinds of mate- by Diego De Lamo, S.B.E. rials: papers (rice, transparent, handmade, origami, etc.), stickers, strings, glue, stamps, among other things. Stu- dents used these materials any way they wanted. It was a very good activity to develop the creativity inside each he Art Workshop is an activity that CELOP has of us. T been offering to its students for the past three semesters. It’s an excellent choice for those who want You don’t need to have any kind of art knowledge or to do something different and still be learning and skill to join this workshop because it’s so easy. All you practicing English conversation skills. need to do is enjoy it and let your ideas flow. 12 Armory Fall 2002 B.U.ARMORY DEMOLITION OMPLEX C ILLAGE V TUDENT S AKING WAY FOR THE NEW M Language Center Classrooms 13 Fall 2002 NEW CELOP CLASSROOMS LASSROOMS C ENTER C ANGUAGE L With the Armory coming down, CELOP needed to replace lost classroom space. A B.U. building adjacent to CELOP was completely renovated to become the Language Center Classrooms. Twelve large, brightly painted classrooms along with a large, comfortable lobby were used for the first time by CELOP students in the fall of 2002.