http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl IESL at Michigan Tech Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:18:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/2013/04/24/trip-to-california/ http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/2013/04/24/trip-to-california/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:17:26 +0000 khwu http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/?p=589 http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/2013/04/24/trip-to-california/feed/ 0 Abdullah Alhajri is a transitional level student in the IESL program. Travel is the most beautiful part of my life. Whenever I get a chance to travel to different places in the world, I will not waste it. As I became older, I did more and more in traveling. Every year I planned for where [...] http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/2013/04/24/all-about-soccer/ http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/2013/04/24/all-about-soccer/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:17:08 +0000 khwu http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/?p=604 http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/2013/04/24/all-about-soccer/feed/ 0 Mazen Aboudah is a transitional level student in the IESL program. Soccer, also named football, is a sport played by two teams. In UK, people call it football and most people call it soccer in Canada and the United States. Soccer has been played by over 250 million players all around the world and it [...] http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/2013/04/24/chinese-new-year-reflection/ http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/2013/04/24/chinese-new-year-reflection/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:16:56 +0000 khwu http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/?p=584 http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/2013/04/24/chinese-new-year-reflection/feed/ 0 Zeyu Yin is an advanced level student in the IESL program. Every time Chinese people are asked “What is the grandest festival in China”, most of people will answer Spring Festival. Indeed, Spring Festival is the most important festival in the year. In New Years, everyone will set their job aside and hold together to [...] http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/2013/04/24/chinese-new-year/ http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/2013/04/24/chinese-new-year/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:16:36 +0000 khwu http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/?p=576 http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/2013/04/24/chinese-new-year/feed/ 0 Miao Cai is an advanced level student in the IESL program. Spring Festival is the most important holiday in China, and during those days all the people put the work aside and enjoy some delicious food with their families. This interesting custom originated 5000 years ago. At first, people were going to frighten a fierce [...] http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/2013/04/24/culture-shock/ http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/2013/04/24/culture-shock/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:16:14 +0000 khwu http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/?p=574 http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/2013/04/24/culture-shock/feed/ 0 Bader Almuhanna is an intermediate level student in the IESL program. Culture shock is a problem we face in our life when we move from our native country to another country that has different attitudes, customs and languages. The idea of culture shock reminds me of the first time I came to the United State [...] http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/2013/04/12/chinese-new-year%e2%80%99s-memory/ http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/2013/04/12/chinese-new-year%e2%80%99s-memory/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:47:04 +0000 khwu http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/?p=534 http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/2013/04/12/chinese-new-year%e2%80%99s-memory/feed/ 0 Lihua Zhang is an advanced level student in the IESL program. The Spring Festival is the most important festival for all Chinese people.  New Year means a new start; everyone can think about their plans for next year. Like the old saying goes: “a good beginning is half of the success,” so people should make [...] http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/2013/04/12/international-students-suffering-from-culture-shock/ http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/2013/04/12/international-students-suffering-from-culture-shock/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:46:20 +0000 khwu http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/?p=540 http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/2013/04/12/international-students-suffering-from-culture-shock/feed/ 0 Yuxin Shao is an intermediate level student in the IESL program. Learning a second language is definitely a popular thing in many countries; moreover, some parents send their children to American or Canada or others English speaking countries since English is the most official and most widely spread language in the world. Therefore, international students [...] http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/2013/04/12/travel-with-carnival/ http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/2013/04/12/travel-with-carnival/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:43:31 +0000 khwu http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/?p=506 http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/2013/04/12/travel-with-carnival/feed/ 0 Shuai Zhou is a Transitional Level student in the IESL Program. Last summer, my friends and I traveled to Caribbean; it was a really fantastic and unforgettable vacation. We enjoyed our journey in a boat named “Carnival” for 7 days. The Carnival is the biggest boat that I have ever seen. It can carry thousands [...] http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/2013/04/12/a-special-spring-festival/ http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/2013/04/12/a-special-spring-festival/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:07:09 +0000 khwu http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/?p=527 http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/2013/04/12/a-special-spring-festival/feed/ 0 Yudan Lurong is an advanced level student in the IESL program. Spring festival is one of most significant festival in China. It started around 2000 years ago. There is no specific date for this festival. The date is the first day of the traditional Chinese calendar, which is different from the Gregorian calendar. For example, [...] http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/2013/04/12/the-bridge-festival/ http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/2013/04/12/the-bridge-festival/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:46:50 +0000 khwu http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/?p=519 http://blogs.mtu.edu/iesl/2013/04/12/the-bridge-festival/feed/ 0 Tian Wen is a transitional level student in the IESL program. Last year, I went to the Bridge Festival of Houghton & Hancock with my friends. It was a big festival that celebrates the establishment of the Houghton bridge. Houghton Bridge has an important history. It was officially opened in 1959. The bridge connects Houghton [...]