The ESL Globe is the newsletter of the English as a Second Language Institute at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

1. A publication of
The ESL Globe the ESL
institute
University of
Tennessee at
Spring 2011 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

2. Activities
Trip to Lynchburg: Jack Daniel’s
Gentlemen with Jack.
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 Learning Jack’s history.
tour guide, Angie, kept us moving along the tourist trail
with many a giggle.
A rick of sugar maple. Sugar maple charcoal.
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 With our tour guide, Angie. Sam, Jack, and Majid.
interesting. I enjoyed the story behind Jack Daniel’s. The
whole trip was planned well.
“The weather was cold and wet but the
Basil Alfouzan It’s a good new experience.
tour was fun.”--Azeez
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3. 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.
At Miss Mary Bobo’s Boarding House Resturant.
By Robin Lee | We enjoyed the great food (with a Creative cluster. Fun dining. Climbing the stairs.
side of history) at Miss Mary Bobo's Boarding House
th
Restaurant. This Tennessee landmark is now in its 100 Comments
year of operation. This extraordinary restaurant features Carolyn Randle The food at Miss Mary Bobo’s was delicious old-time
down-home cooking just like Mr. Jack Daniel enjoyed a southern food.
century ago. The boarding house began as a traveller’s inn
Anne Rittenberry I especially liked the feast at Miss Mary Bobo’s restaurant.
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 Basil Alfouzan It’s a good new experience.
cornbread muffins, our host entertained us with stories of
the cast of characters who spring from the history of the Candace Long Our lunch at Miss Bobo’s Boarding house was delicious. I
boarding house and the nearby Jack Daniel’s Distillery. really liked the fried okra and sweet tea.
Caety Carter Fun! I really enjoyed spending the time with everyone for the
Today the proprietor at Miss Mary’s is Jack Daniel’s great- full day. The food was very cultural. I would go again!
grandniece, Lynne Tolley. Monday through Saturday, she
prepares the noontime meals at Miss Mary's. Lynne says, Jane Womack Although I had been there three times before, I had a
wonderful time.
“As Jack Daniel's great-grandniece, I guess you could say it's
in my blood to carry on the family tradition.” Miss Mary Steve For me, the whiskey taste ice cream gave me a deep impression. It
Bobo ran her boarding house until her death in 1983, one was a wonderful experience.
month shy of her 102nd birthday. Miss Mary Bobo’s
Azeez The food was excellent. I would go back for the fried chicken.
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.
In one of the elegant sitting rooms of Miss Mary Bobo’s Boaring House.
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4. Activities
Bowling Party
Having a ball.
Put your right foot in.
Lina swings. Azeez rolls.
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.
In attendance.
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 Samuel shoots. Viviana fires away.
and it was a great experience.
Thank you ESL.
With Charles.
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5. 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
Yera and InSuk. 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
By Azeez | During this semester, we got to meet a just 5 weeks. If I were given the chance to study here again, I’d
group of nice Korean students. They were all friendly and appreciate it very much. I recommend this school for everyone, if they
sociable. I met some of them and decided to write about want to know English better. I’ll never forget what I’ve done here.
their experience since they are part of this semester. They
Tuesung My name is Tuesung from Chattanooga’s Sister City Gangneung,
all came from Korea as part of a Sister Cities program. Some
South Korea. I really appreciate that sister city Chattanooga and UTC
of them are in their senior year and some are in their junior gave me a great opportunity to study English and learn more about
year in college. I asked them about what they had learned, American culture.
the activities they did during their short program, how they
liked Chattanooga, ESL at UTC, and about their future plans It was a very short program but I learned from a lot of cultural
and here is what they answered. 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.
Yera I learned useful expressions, grammar and culture
during my stay here. I like Chattanooga because of the fresh
ESL class was very good. We had wonderful teachers who take care of us
air, kind people and good weather. We went to Rock City
and the Tennessee Aquarium. I met good teachers and they all the time. They were always trying to understand our broken English
are very kind. My future plan is to finish my university very kindly and look for what we really need. Without teachers, I would
degree. 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
Hywon Jeon I learned grammar and conversation. teach them just like my teachers. I’ll never forget their kindness and
Chattanooga is similar to my city. People of Chattanooga are love. When I go back to my university, I will study hard my major and
very kind. So, I don’t feel strange. I visited the aquarium, remember my sister city Chattanooga. Thank you!
Rock City, Challenger Center, CNN, and the Coca-cola Insuk I’m Insuk Eom from South Korea. Now let me tell you about my life
Museum. My future plan is to finish my university studies.
at UTC. If I describe my life at UTC in one idea, it must be beautiful
M.S. I learned English. I think Chattanooga is a beautiful memory. When I arrived here and attended the class, I was nervous and
city. Its citizens are very kind. I went to Rock City. It was a excited. This was my first American visit and in that time I was thinking
good place. Everyone is good and nice here. My future plan that I will experience many new things and new culture.
is to finish university and my major is English.
Most of all I think that I’m a very lucky girl because I met very good
Tuesung I learned English and had a wonderful cultural teachers: Eileen and Tom. They are so kind and have very warm hearts.
experience. Chattanooga looks very much like my city. It is They treated me like their child. I can feel their warm concern. And there
very peaceful and people are very kind. I went to Rock City are many students of another ESL program. So I met many foreign
for our field trip. It was really great. I really like it. I met Mr.
friends from other countries. I have had conversations with them in
Temple who is a very kind person. I met him on the bus. He
was trying to find a lot of information about Chattanooga English. It is also beneficial to my English study. I can’t forget the
for us and he helped us get to the Asian Restaurant and memory that I enjoy talking with them. They are good friends. Later, I
market and what we really needed. I am going back to want to return to study here if I get a good chance. I will miss UTC.
Korea and I will study hard.
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6. Events
Chinese New Year
Steve caters a Chinese New Year party.
“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) All the best for the new year.
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. Everybody loves Chinese food.
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.
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7. Stories
Conducting Audition
Charles
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
By Charles | Right now, I am tempted to go out of
orchestral conducting. There was fierce competition in auditions. The
this motel to change where I am staying. One of the lamps
intense struggle and competition just made me feel comfortable. I was
in my room is not working, and another one is too dark. As
just thinking that I would enjoy conducting with the CSU symphony
well, there is a bad smell over the length and breadth of the
orchestra when it was my turn to audition.
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
At the platform for the conductor in the performance hall, I
about bad conditions in here and complain to the desk in
looked at the orchestral players with a smile, and before starting, I just
the motel that I am staying in. I would just like to keep my
made eye contact with almost every player, even professors who
mood and I don’t want to be distracted by anyone. I am
watched me closely to evaluate my conducting. Then I gave them the
going to talk about my conducting trip for final auditions in
preparatory beat to get ready to start playing music, and then I just
Long Beach, California.
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
One day in the first week of February, I got an
with whatever I wanted to conduct; as well, my music score was just a
email from Dr. Johannes, the Director of Orchestral Studies
decoration for my conducting. I didn’t need to see the score; I just felt
in California State University at Long Beach. He invited me
th my musical instinct. Consequently, I felt a smile crept over not only my
to come for final auditions on the 8 of March for
face but also their faces. After conducting, I was so happy and
orchestral conducting. Actually, I had eagerly been looking
impressed by the music that we made together; moreover, the
forward to his invitation for an audition because the
musicians unprecedentedly cheered with loud applause; further, during
invitation –- I can get a ticket to auditions only if I pass the
a break time, they also raised thumbs up to me whenever I met the
first pre-screening audition and the second live audition --
orchestral players. Maybe, other applicants felt jealous of me.
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
After all of the auditions, the professor, Dr. Johannes, as soon
master’s degree. When I was invited to the second live
as he came to my room for interview, he asked me whether or not I got
audition in CSULB in 2010, I conducted Beethoven’s first
the TOEFL score that is required; then he kept going to tell me that my
symphony without being embarrassed to show my
conducting was strong, and professors for evaluation and orchestral
conducting skills; also, I really liked the school and the
players were very clear that they chose me as the winner for the final
professor. Thus, I was really so happy when I got his
audition. Furthermore, he said, he would choose me for his student, if I
invitation for final auditions. Even though I didn’t have
submitted a high enough TOEFL score as soon as possible, but if not, he
enough time to prepare the audition music, Beethoven’s
had “no choice but to choose the second best applicant.” Even though I
third symphony, Eroica, I had been working very hard to get
was a little bit embarrassed that I haven’t yet gotten the TOEFL score, I
permission for the next step in the audition process.
was so delighted. Especially, I was so glad that I got confidence because
Especially, this music is one of the longest symphonies, and
I was the best conductor among nine applicants. I will literally do my
it lasts about 50 minutes; as well, I had to study Music
best to get the required TOEFL score even if I don’t get it to be accepted
Theory and Sight-reading tests to do the audition. I had no th
to the school; my next TOEFL test is supposed to be the 4 of May;
choice but to study conducting and the others whenever I th
unfortunately, the due date to submit a score is by 15 of April. In
had time before auditions. On today’s morning, the
addition, an ITP TOEFL score for UTC cannot be accepted to the school.
audition day, when I got out of bed, I was a little nervous
Although I have one barrier that I will overcome sooner or later, I was
and excited about the auditions. I just meditated and
greatly encouraged by my conducting; I really had a great time with the
imagined my conducting that I was supposed to do instead
CSULB orchestra for auditions. I will never forget my conducting trip for
of practicing conducting.
auditions in California.
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8. Events
Birthdays
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9. Break Time
Fun Page
Grammar and Jokes Answer quickly...
joke (noun): something said to make somebody laugh; a What animal can jump higher than a house?
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.
A house can't jump!
Solve the puzzle
1 2 3 Across:
1 ---- Is my brother
2 ---- It isn’t
4 5 4 I ---- to school yesterday
6 can you -----a Picher
The men wrote: "Woman, without her man, is nothing." 6 7
9 the cat is ----- the house
The women wrote: "Woman! Without her, man is nothing." 10 I have ---- apple
11 pleas come at fist ---- you can
9 12 ---- Is a good book
This is a story about four people named Everybody, Down:
Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. There was an important 1 ----- A dog when I was young
10 11 2 I want a ------ camera
job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody
3 pleas come ---- Monday
would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did 4 I ---- at home yesterday
it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was 12
5 the number----- comes after nine
Everybody's job. Everybody thought that Anybody could do 7 can you ---- as fast as your dog?
9 ---- This your book?
it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it. It
10 I ---- a good student
ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody 11 I got up ------ seven o’clock
did what Anybody could have done.
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10. Stories
My Visit to Walden Pond
“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 “I went to the
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?” woods
---Henry David Thoreau because I
wished to live
deliberately,
By Q.Kim | I had a chance to visit the famous Walden
Pond in Concord, Massachusetts, beloved place of the great to front only
American Transcendentalist and Naturalist, Henry David the essential
Thoreau. One hundred and fifty years ago, Thoreau left the
comfort of civilized society and decided to live a simple and
facts of life,
self-sufficient life by entering the woods at Walden Pond. and see if I
After two years of living in the woods alone, he could not
summarized his life in a book called Walden. This book was
revised eight times before the final work was published. I
learn what it
have had the chance to read Walden twice. The reason for had to teach,
the attraction was not only because he influenced people and not, when
like Gandhi, Tolstoy and Martin Luther King Jr, with his
thoughts and philosophy, but also because many of his
I came to die,
thoughts were in agreement with what I have been discover that I
thinking. By walking the trails he walked I wanted to hear had not lived.”
the drum beat that he was hearing.
The night after returning home from Walden Pond, I could Henry David
not resist writing my thoughts about the Walden Thoreau
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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11. Friends
Call Me, Text Me
Abdulaziz Alrasheed Robin Lee Majid Monif
abdulaziz0@gmail.com youkeun0@gmail.com a.h.almonif@gmail.com
(423) 580-7110 (423) 994-8219 (731) 332-2408
Charles Jeong Julian Kevin Park
charles@benice.kr Juliuscardona40@hotmail.com keunwon82@gmail.com
(423) 902-2460 (423) 903-0677 (267) 250-2938
Toby Rayan Samuel
Ray_05550@hotmail.com samuelg1@hotmail.com
(731) 335-0108 (248) 720-8566
Kalke Jessica Dana Kestel Sahar Al Gorges
kalke@comcast.net dana.frohberg@arcor.de Sahar_Sarmad88@yahoo.com
(423) 468-4081 (423) 653-1154 (423) 596-7253
Abdulrahman Alghunaiman Basil Alfouzan Chloe Park (Ki Ran Park)
abdurahman.aug@gmail.com alfouzanb@gmail.com sweetest00@hanmail.net
202-701-8007 423-987-2567 678-231-1861
Michelle Steve (Zhiming Li) Q.Kim
mgoncalves331@yahoo.com.br lzm271122839@yahoo.cn eurekaqkim@hanmail.net
(423) 847-7861 (423) 653-1381 (423) 994-8141
Laura Hisham Al Dosary Viviana Carvajal
hopecho812@hanmail.net ketkat_sss@hotmail.com vivi_20del@hotmail.com
(423) 903-0677 (202) 615-2340 (423) 645-8685
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12. 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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