New Stories in Reading Room.
The Level Three students have been busy bees! Look in the Reading Room for two new additions: Differences and Reading Newspapers. Yuki's story, Kitasaga High, can also be found there now.
Ms. Sera's Academic Writing and Grammar class reports on the differences they have discovered while living in Conway as students at UCA. Nobuko, Tzveta, and Teo's essays are the first in this series. You can read these stories under Differences.
Irmina has written an excellent piece on reading newspapers. She reports on the usefulness of reading a newspaper and the strategies she uses when she reads a newspaper in English. Her story is found in Reading Newspapers.
Don't forget Yuki's story, Kitasaga High, about Japanese high school. Yuki has communicated her excitement about all the positive responses she has received from faculty, students, and friends who have read her story.
Level Three
Loves to Read.
One of the class projects for the Level Three Academic Classroom Skills class is to read a fictional novel in English. Mrs. Bowles has collected the titles and authors of the reading list for future Level Three ACS students. If you want to know what the book is about, ask your classmates.
Who's Reading What?
Andrew is reading Set in Darkness by (it's a secret for now!).
Carlos is reading The Invisible Heart by Russell Roberts.
Daniel is reading Death in Paradise by Robert B. Parker (and he is enjoying it!)
Debby is reading The Summerhouse by Jude Devereaux.
Fabrice is reading Star Wars: Attack of the Clones by R. A. Salvatore.
Irmina is reading Montana Sky by Nora Roberts.
Mohammed is reading Not Enough by Harold Robbins.
Nobuko is reading Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks.
Ryohei is reading Gump and Co. by Winston Groom.
Sanja is reading Tell Me Your Dreams by Sidney Sheldon.
Teo is reading Answered Prayers by Danielle Steel.
More News
from Students from Afar.
Planet IEP has received news from several "graduates." It's always nice to hear from students who have moved to another state or country or have returned home. Li Qiang is working for a US fireworks company in China, so he spends his time commuting between China and the US. Now that's a long commute. Mai Tashima has transferred to a school in Missouri to study design. She sends a goodbye to all her friends and classmates at UCA. Jungmin Park writes from Korea that her Mom visited Conway (we guess to visit Minsoo, Jungmin's brother) and that she is studying for the TOEIC test, a university requirement there. Good luck, Jungmin! Dr. Souidi Anasse is now working for the Arkansas Health Department. What a success story! From IEP to MD. Anne Chukova finished summer school at UCA and has returned to Russia. She sends her goodbye and hopes to return next fall to UCA. We hope so, too!
Got Boredom?
Check Out the Important Dates.
If you are getting cabin fever (boredom), then read the Important Dates information below. Several opportunities are offered on campus for students to get involved and beat the ennui.
Ms. Schaefer and Ms. Sera will travel to New Orleans for a four-day conference of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (and for some gumbo and jambalaya).
Laissez les bontemps roulez! (A New Orleans wish--"Let the
