I’ve neglected this little blog! There’s always something going on in IELI to keep me (and the students) busy. We welcomed 96 new students for our Spring 2 term! I think the new students are settled in and starting to feel at home here in Denton. That’s my hope at least! We have our PALs [...]
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Maybe you’ve heard, but North Texas has had some cold weather recently! UNT and IELI were closed due to ice and snow from Feb. 1 -4 and on Feb. 9. I have lived in Texas for most of my life, and school has never been closed for 5 days before in one winter! Since IELI [...]
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Students have returned to UNT’s campus, which means it’s time for me to return to our blog. I was busy last week running orientation and helping new students getting settled in Denton. We took 30 new students shopping at Walmart and also went to a UNT basketball game for fun one night. The men and [...]
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The new IELI Star magazine is out! You can read it here. Thanks to all of the students and teachers who contributed to the magazine. It turned out great! Check out the last page to read some stories about successful IELI alumni. If you graduated from IELI and would like to share your story, you [...]
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IELI students can participate in the Conversation Partner Program to help them get speaking practice outside of class and make an American friend. We had a big party on Monday this week to start off the Conversation Partner Program for the semester. The UNT student newspaper, The North Texas Daily, came to our party and [...]
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IELI welcomed 171 new students from 25 countries for the Fall 1 term. We are so happy they are here! Orientation was a busy week. We had registration, placement testing, an ice cream social, orientation sessions, campus tours, and a shopping trip to help our new students. A student organization on campus also hosted a [...]
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It’s been a week of celebrations and good-byes at IELI. We celebrated the graduation of 41 students this summer with a special graduation ceremony at UNT’s Murchison Performing Arts Center. Three IELI students from Korea gave beautiful musical performances during the ceremony. We also recognized our visiting scholars from Zirve University in Turkey who were [...]
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This summer, we started a new program at IELI called Conversation Hour. I wanted to give students an opportunity for extra speaking practice during the summer when we do not have our conversation partner program. Conversation Hour meets on Fridays from 12 – 1 p.m. in our building. I recruit American volunteers to come each [...]
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We celebrated the graduation of our Level 6 and GPC students on May 14. Graduation is one of my favorite events in IELI because we get to celebrate the hardwork of our students. It’s not easy to graduate here! I enjoy seeing the transformations students go through from the time they arrive to the time [...]
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