Languages that Sounds like Birds:
Sense Technique
Compile submissions. Read through all of the submissions with the goal of isolating different sense experiences. For example, read all of the submissions looking for items that have been sensed through sight. Copy and paste these items into a separate document. Create a poem using the “sight” submissions. Repeat with taste, smell, touch, and hear.
In this room
Clementine Bellamy Muteteri
My special place is in this room, full of joy and beauty.
Beauty reflected through our differences.
At times, confusion on our faces,
trying to process what we face.
Exhaustion due to fear, of an accent misheard.
The smell of coffee and tea flavors every morning, makes one travel the world.
I miss home, but I found a home in this room.
I hear different languages!
Languages that sounds like birds singing through my ears,
Trying to interpret what I hear,
At times it wasn’t clear.
This tiny room was welcoming and a classroom for everyone!
We didn’t just learn English!
We learned a lot about life.
By the end of the semester, our wings were spread wide.
“Home is where your heart is.” They said.
I am forever thankful for glimpse of heaven, I gained in this room.
I miss home, I miss that room.
Vietnam See
Collective Composition
Dalat University
the old school
one of the most beautiful ones of the country
30 ha with which surrounded by a lot of trees
green pine needles
blue sky
the teacher dormitory building
which is next to the school football stadium
looking to the greenery vegetables field
the fields of wild sunflowers
and the lake in front of it
over 40 blocks
classrooms were at blocks called A7, A30
The block was an old one floored building
Familiar building in my classroom
B11 building which is located at the farthest corner of the school campus
In front of the block we had a quite big yard to hang out playing some games like shuttle cock
several kinds of classroom which are spacious and well-equipped
all old, simply equiped and quite dark
Our classrooms were old
The classroom is not very big
Small classrooms have a seating capacity of 50
it was not too big, but spacious enough for our language learning activities
language laboratory with 30 computers and headphones
wooden doors
yellow walls
plain wooden tables and benches
old wooden tables and benches
Long wooden desks and benches
The old tables were filled with all sorts of writings and drawings
1 wooden teacher desk and chair
the tables were unmovable
Green chalkboard
dark green chalk board
Blackboards or green boards
White chalks
Coloured chalk
Thousands of coloured powder of chalk flying
Students from different places and backgrounds
twenty-five students
about 35 plus students
about nearly 40 students
The class consisted of 45 members
Most of our classmates were girls
majority are female
many beautiful girls
The humorous pretty girls
Thanh Van, the most beautiful Dalat girl in my class
8 male students in the class
7 boys in the class
a few guys in the class
the boys in class had to walk in class with a halogen monitor on shoulder
The handsome monitor
Beautiful students
the image of a young teacher carrying a guitar up to class to teach
He still walked on Bui Thi Xuan on his own
or with his students
ate candies, bananas
He was young, handsome and strange
he looked very cute and generous
his tall and thin body
foreign teacher used to wear Ao Dai
(Vietnamese women's traditional dress)
which made them really charming and shining
old teachers
we stayed at night
bright moon
Costumes
dancing
Dances
Vietnam Taste
Collective Composition
candies, bananas
bread, snacks, and soft drinks
Vietnam Touch
Collective Composition
breeze
the cold weather in Dalat
a feeling of warm when it was cold
a halogen monitor on shoulder
Vietnam Smell
Collective Composition
Scent of roses, cauliflowers,
cabbage, and wild sunflowers
the fresh air
pine needles
bananas
Vietnam Hear
Collective Composition
The sound of small birds
The small birds outside will have sung sweet melodies
And the wind, the breeze
playing some games like shuttle cock
music performances
You played guitar
often played guitar,
We liked you to play the guitar
played guitar for boys to sing English songs
the boys in the class sang very well.
Hung, a hotboy of the class sang “Donna Donna”
another boy sang “Top of the world”
The class clapped loudly
the teacher asks students to put into the melody of a certain song
a lot of beautiful English songs
singing, singing
English Song
English Poems
poems to help students to learn English
dialoge
conversations made by me and my friends
to discuss about the matters given by teachers
We just ate while discussing how each person acted
playing roles in speaking
Warm voice of the teachers
You often talked about American cultures to us
We heard Jack talk about America, American fairy tales
we told Jack about beautiful love stories in Dalat city,
the places found in Vietnamese poetry
Seattle See
Collective Composition
In Seattle
You walk your way through the clean paved roadways
The breathtaking beautiful Mt. Rainier stand majestically
far there across the distance on the horizon
the green and white canopy over the door
small steps up and through the small entrance
The blue grey furniture
the green wall
Kaplan logos everywhere
Large blue classroom
big classrooms
the door with a small window
the clock on the wall
the whiteboard, the marker
notebooks, TV
waterbottles, starbucks coffeecups
Students liked to grab a cup of coffee to the classroom
There are around 10-15 students
Classmates from various countries
People from lots of countries
smiling souls from all around the globe
Taiwanese, Korean, Japanese, Mongolian, French
most are from Asia, such as Taiwan, Korea, and Japan
mostly asians
Asian classmates, only italian
the one with chewing gum in the mouth
Students working on their textbooks
separated into two to three groups
Jack, Kavin, Matt, Candy? white teachers
Jack's warm smile, shiny eyes, blushy cheek,
picking up a question a student made
Seattle Taste
Collective Composition
a cup of coffee
american hamburger
coke zero
cheddar and fries
Seattle Touch
Collective Composition
windy seattle but not rainy at all
the city of the gentle drizzles
Seattle Smell
Collective Composition
The aroma from the wet soil after rain
A cup of coffee
Seattle Hear
Collective Composition
various English accents
The students' accents
difficult latin words for asian
New classmates introducing theirselves
Names of classmate, real and nicknames
Double was one!
Stories were told, rich experiences shared
Students sharing information about cafes and restaurants in downtown Seattle
People talking about their home countries
sharing numerous food information from all over the world
sharing weekend stories
A teacher and his students chatting
Talked about things in Vietnam
different issues
and talking about their projects
Indiana See
Collective Composition
bright sunshine,
the clear blue sky
파란 색 - blue color
we sometimes went outside reading books
The fall sky is coursed
With moss and pink
Red leaves bloom
leaves turn into red and yellow feathers
winter came with white snow like cotton
winter earth
Lush with wriggling, splashing sprouts
Yellow rapeseed blossoms
bright yellow, warm ground
Morning glory
white flowers
Blending well with any color
a shooting star falling from the night sky
in the classroom we had a great view from the trees outside
This tiny room
and the big windows in the class allowed the sun come in
Reade 120
Big class room
a small classroom, kinda dark and the window was small too
It was always a bit dim in the classroom, especially in those cloudy days
The lights in that classroom were not really helpful
Prof. Peterson always stood in the "dark front"
The classroom was not big
library,
Visiting the library
A big window on one side of the classroom
shows people passing by the library
or shows us ESL students to the passengers
We seat at one table and circle around.
A big square table where all the students sat around
There are many snacks on the table
Big rectangular tables
round tables
Desks, chairs
Table, chairs
desks, chairs
there were plenty of chairs connected with small desks
The chairs did not have wheels
There were about 3 tables
We would sit in tables of 3 to 4 students
the set-up of chairs like a half-circle
Most of the time we had 3 students on class and we all sit in the front row,
one of us would prefer sitting on the second row near the wall side
the couch that was right next to the classroom
the study rooms adjacent to the classroom
students and professors are watching a video
We seat on the sofa and around a TV
Watching 'Gran Torino'
Bean bag in the corner of the classroom
some people would lie on bean bag to relax
clock
broken TV
podium
projector
the direction the projection screen faced and how big it was
The white board was far behind the screen
so Prof. Peterson hardly used that board
A white board that Jack was standing in front of most of the time
Blackboard
white board
blackboard
whiteboard
a list of things, either on the board
or on the sheet of paper you brought
colorful board makers, board eraser
Jack erasing letters on the board with hands
Jack with very big hands
Sharpies
pencils, binder
backpack
Laptops
computer
Computer
two desktop computers: one for students and one for teacher
Books Books books textbooks, Textbook
사전- dictionary
Very detailed syllabus
Colorful papers Handouts
lots of handouts
a picture of the mouse
playing cards
many cards on the floor which have different letters on them
Teacher
Amy
Teacher excited
Few classmates
There were only three studentswas a world
Maki from Japan
Linli from China
I am from elsewhere, from Korea
we just had three students and a teacher,
one Japan student, one Korean student and Professor Jack We were in
There were several Equator students
Johnatan from Republic of Congo. Luna from South Korea
Ye-Jung
Jongkeun
Midum
Hansol
Kip, Jenifer, Lena, Bora, Dong Hoon, Jae Eun, Ha Jung,
Professor Jack, Linly, Maki and I
reasonal amount of students
Rongrong Liu was my classmate too
students from every Africa, and Asia
many koreans
There were a few Korean classmates
All EFL students.
the class was with a lot of Asian students
you have wonderful eyes
facial expressions,
his facial expression with his widely open eyes often made everyone laugh
confusion on our faces
Remember myself with a big smile;
I saw my grades from quizzes and exam
I walked into the classroom silently and try not to make any noise or other people's attention.
Taylor hoodies; I remember more than half of the students were wearing the same hoodies one day.
Indiana Taste
Collective Composition
Pop-corn
many snacks
Noodle's snacks
homemade cookies
Indiana Touch
Collective Composition
Humidity in the atmosphere
and the sun heats up
Indiana Smell
Collective Composition
The smell of coffee and tea flavors every morning
Pop-corn
homemade cookies
Indiana Hear
Collective Composition
I hear different languages!
Languages that sounds like birds singing through my ears,
she spoke: Korean, Chinese, and English
people are listening to me outside
words in the wind and
I start to talk to my Chinese friends with a heavy accent
an accent misheard
Trying to interpret what I hear
At times it wasn’t clear
Hansol asked what would the proper word to indicate prospect or rising stars in sports
he just said "Dream tree?", which made all of us in the classroom laugh
his widely open eyes often made everyone laugh
I remember laughing
Laughing,
laugh,
laughs
everyone shared their joke in English
I make a kind of joke,
that did make everyone laugh
as he laughed when we said fun things
we could talk freely
ask the class what they meant by that
he said simple responses like "sorry" and "thank you" quite a lot 6.
The words that jumped into my brain that we used in this class were "liberal arts", "contribute", "culture", "language", "due(?)", "group"
repeat
record voice
full of discussions
class discussion
discussion, conversations, discussion, conversation
share thoughts, discussion
sharing thoughts and experiences
express our ideas and thoughts
sharing our thoughts in English
Introducing Movies to classmates
presentation,, presentations
and we did presentation
presentation, presentations
and they would make surprise noises every time someone said anything
칭찬 [praise]
to ask questions
questions, Questions from Jack
questions were often seeking word-to-word translation
he asked questions throughout all sections of classes so we could have space to think and talk freely
and we answered the question he asked
answered our questions in details with seriousness when we were confused.
detailed explanations
some instructions from Jack
interaction between students and professor a
Prof. Peterson's conversations with us, his voice
professor's pronunciation is exceptionally clear for ESL students
distinguishing the phonetics with similar sounds),
Culture
talking about American music
Talking topics like "Collectivism Vs. Individualism".
Prayer before starting class
We share what we think about the poem and how we interpret and understand it
he lesson of the day before
all the students finish their sentence