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ELC News, Fall 1 2010
ELC News, Fall 1 2010
ELC News, Fall 1 2010
A Publication by and for Students of the English Language Center, Old Dominion University
October 2010—Fall 1
How many languages do you have in In What language is used in the Indian
dia? movies?
We have 29 languages, but 19 of those are Hindi, to be easy for everyone to under‐
formal languages. stand.
What is the most popular language? What is the hardest language in India?
Hindi, because it is the national language. In my opinion, I think Guajarati is the hard‐
est one.
Are the languages similar?
No, they are totally different. What language do you speak?
Punjabi.
How can Indians communicate with
other Indian people if they don’t speak Is it difficult to learn?
the same language? It depends on the person, but maybe if he
They have to speak Hindi, which is almost doesn’t study deeply beyond the basics , it
known by every Indian, because it is taught will be hard.
in schools.
Enjoy your break! The ELC Fall Break is October 16—October 25.
Fall 2 begins Tuesday, October 26.
Registration begins at 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 19.
The next TOEFL is Saturday, December 4.
Registration begins November 4.
This session, Adv. II students Issa (Togo), DK (Korea), Ali (Saudi Arabia), Kahtan (Yemen), Sean (Korea), Mansour
(Saudi Arabia), and Ayaka (Japan) surveyed ODU students about their healthy habits.
Our group carried out a survey about how ODU students
spend time in regards to their health.
We surveyed 100 ODU students about whether going to gym
or not, and found that more than 60% go to the gym to keep in good
shape and spend 1 hour, on average, in the gym. ODU’s new Student Recreation Center.
healthy foods that are high in Omega 3 and vitamins. Moreover, some
students avoid alcohol and tobacco, because it makes them feel bad.
During the interview we met an interesting student who was a vege‐
tarian; he hasn’t eaten meat and has hated high‐calorie meals since he
became a vegetarian.
To put it briefly, wherever students live in, they always strive
to keep healthy with doing exercise and eating healthy stuff; even
some people have their own style to keep healthy. As they are inter‐
ested in fitness, they are doing more work than we thought.
Among them, 40% work out in the gym 3~4 times per week,
which is much more than we thought before doing the survey. The
following are some opinions from ODU students.
Bryan (sophomore, major in business marketing) said that he
goes to the gym to play basketball at least 3 times a week. Also, he
said he plays soccer, lifts weights, and other exercises, such as curls,
bench press and squats.
Christina (freshmen, international student) mentioned that
the gym is very awesome, so she goes there twice a week to do Pi‐
lates. Doing Pilates is a tonic for her life.
To stay healthy, they try to maintain a regular sleep pattern,
at least 7‐8hours of sleep and 3 meals a day. They also often eat
The ELC Newsletter Survey Group (not shown: Ayaka)
Join the “Old Dominion University English Language Center” group and help plan events, meet and
talk with current and former students, and see pictures from all of our events and adventures!
When you’re “perfectly frank”, you’re being very honest with someone or about something. In this case, let’s be perfectly frank
about our mid‐session event: It was AWESOME! We golfed and then had a celebratory late lunch/early dinner at—where else?—
Perfectly Frank in the ODU Village!
Counterclockwise, from left to right: First, Greg and David explained the basics
of golf; then, Mohammed, Ahmed, and Kranya took their best shots. And when
it was all over, Issa and Zeiad posed with the prize: a dictionary!
What’s the “L” Issa is making? It’s for...learning? Language?
Longman Dictionary of American English??
Food, fun, foosball, and photo bombing at Perfectly Frank!