CPaCE News

The American Language Institute (ALI) held a poster fair during International Education Week 2023, where students created visual presentations with short talks on a topic of their choice. Guided through their projects by ALI instructors Lucas Peterson and Chelsea Frazier, the Level 3 students developed skills in listening, speaking, note-taking, and presenting before an audience.

Through these presentations, each student brought a piece of their home countries to The Beach—from Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea, to Turkey, Palestine, Ukraine, and many others. A few days before their presentations, the students gathered in their ALI classroom to get ready by drawing, discussing, cutting, pasting, and polishing their posters. The wide variety of subjects included Japanese contemporary art, Korean street foods, wind surfing, travel to Rio de Janeiro, electronic dance music (EDM), Cantonese opera, the Dead Sea, and much more.

Many curious members of the Beach community walked through the poster session on Thursday, November 16 at the CPaCE Building conference center. Read on below to see a few of the ALI students and their posters during the International Education Week event.

Ayano (Japan) with a poster about her favorite Japanese manga story and its influences from fashion and punk rock subcultures.

Kyoya (Japan) and his presentation on Harry Potter fan fiction.

Stella (Taiwan) shared her country's traditional festival of Pinxi Sky Lanterns, which honors historical hero Zhuge Liang.

Asli (Turkey) demonstrated her country's unique custom of telling fortunes by interpreting the patterns and markings of a Turkish coffee serving. 

Emily (Taiwan) explained the differences in how steak is prepared and served in her home country as compared to the United States.

Itsuki (Japan) talked to visitors about his love of electronic dance music (EDM) including his favorite DJ's and music festivals.

Many visitors passed through the CPaCE Building conference center to view all of the ALI poster presentations during International Education Week.

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