Short-term programs

DAPYL

The DuPont Asian Pacific Young Leaders' program (DAPYL) hosted DuPont executives from Hong Kong, the Peoples' Republic of China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. DAPYL was the first program of its kind.

The 27 participants attended classes especially designed by academic coordinator June Quigley, who also instructed along with Leslie Criston and Debra Stolz. Cross-cultural appreciation was an integral part of the coursework, since these executives will meet again while working for DuPont. Participants also attended a special e-mail lab run by summer faculty member Alicia Duchak, and enjoyed weekly visits to various DuPont facilities, where they interacted with their American counterparts. Mary Elaine Huffman, a former DuPont employee, provided support by matching DAPYL participants with American host families, many of whom were also DuPont employees.

THAI PREACADEMIC PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS AND FRIENDS GATHERED AT A FAREWELL PARTY LAST SUMMER.

Pre-Academic Training Program

In the summer of 1995 a total of 23 students from seven countries came together to study advanced academic skills as preparation for graduate school in the United States. Seventeen men and women from Thailand, five Muskie Fellows from the republics of Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan and Ukraine, and one woman from the People's Republic of China studied topics in their career fields as they learned the structure and focus of American graduate education. Not all that took place in the seven weeks was purely academic, however; the students also made excursions, arranged by academic coordinator Mary McCloskey, to places of interest in the area. Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, and New York were visited, in addition to more local attractions, such as Longwood Gardens, a Blue Rocks baseball game, and Rehoboth Beach. Also, American graduate student mentors worked with the international students, which allowed all to mix pleasure with business. ELI was delighted to work with such focused, cooperative and engaging individuals.

A FEW MEMBERS OF THE HANKUK GROUP ARE SHOWN IN FRONT OF THE VIETNAM MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON, D.C. IN JANUARY

The Hankuk Program

The largest group of Hankuk University students participating in an ELI program to date arrived in Newark on January 7th. Mr. Lee, the faculty escort, accompanied the 29 students, and Professor In Cheol Kim and Mr. Kang Moon helped out tremendously as faculty advisors to academic coordinator Lisa Grimsley.

The mild winter weather looked favorably on the students this year, allowing them to enjoy many interesting activities, including basketball and volleyball intramural sports, visits to the Philadelphia Orchestra, New York City, Blue Mountain Ski Area, Baltimore Inner Harbor, and Washington D.C., and seeing a professional basketball game with their host families.

Students fulfilled the academic aspect of the program by participating in ELI classes such as General English, the Film Class, Music Class, and the Culture class.

While on Graduation night many students were heard saying they weren't ready to leave, on February 11, 24 students said good-bye and boarded a plane to spend their remaining time in California and Hawaii. Five students stayed in Newark to complete the eight-week ELI session, and one of those students, Soo Young Lee, entered the University the following semester.

DR SCOTT STEVENS (LEFT) JOINED ACADEMIC COORDINATOR MICHELLE KLINE (THIRD FROM RIGHT) AT THE SIBI GRADUATION CEREMONY.

SIBI

During the four intense weeks of the Summer International Business Institute, participants are immersed in American business through corporate visits, seminars, and classroom instruction.

Most of the students in this year's SIBI, organized
by academic coordinator Michelle Kline, were already enrolled in ELI. This close-knit group visited several local corporations, starting on the first day with a tour of the Port of Wilmington. Here the students encountered many products imported from their own countries. Later, the class visited a Saturn dealership, the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, and W. L. Gore, as well as other corporations.

Besides these visits, the students attended informative seminars, including two given by professors from the College of Business and Economics at the University of Delaware, and others by professionals from DuPont, Dean Witter, and the Delaware Development Center.

SIEFL

This summer, ELI once again had the pleasure of offering the third Summer Institute for English as a Foreign Language Educators from Francophone and Lusophone Africa (SIEFL), funded by the United States Information Agency. This year's 26 participants, coming from 15 African countries, impressed seminar presenters and program coordinators alike with their extensive academic backgrounds, exceptional dedication and enthusiasm for the work of teaching English as a Foreign Language. Following an exhaustive (and exhausting!) program of seminars and cultural activities set up by academic coordinator Grant Wolf, the participants organized and presented an impressive Mini-TESOL Conference, at which they showcased the knowledge and skills they had acquired during the five-week on-campus program. The Conference culminated in what is now an ELI tradition, Africa Night, featuring authentic African music, dancing, fashions, and of course, African cooking!

The African teachers ended their stay in the U.S. with a week in Washington, D.C., and then returned to their countries bringing much to share: not only gifts, photographs, and many stories, but also knowledge to share with their colleagues as they continue to work toward the betterment of EFL instruction and administration.

Summer Camp

ELI and Camp Sandy Hill conducted a language and culture summer camp for the first time for 23 students between the ages of 13 and 17. The program was suggested by a former ELI student and valedictorian, Beatriz Gouvea. The students spent three weeks at Camp Sandy Hill, near Northeast, Maryland. The camp is in a beautiful area with more than 200 acres of woods located on the Elk River at the headwaters of the Chesapeake Bay. The fourteen students from Brazil, most from a school in Sao Paolo called Escola Nova Lourenco Castanho, attended the program for three weeks at the camp and two weeks at the University of Delaware. The nine students from France spent one week on campus in addition to their stay at the camp.

While at the camp, the students learned English in the mornings and used the camp facilities in the afternoons. Some of the activities available were swimming, boating, waterskiing, fishing, tennis, horseback riding, volleyball, basketball, football and baseball. During the afternoon and evening, the campers interacted with American campers with whom they shared cabins and meals. While at the University, the students continued studying English in classes as well as in the ELI computer and listening labs. Cultural activities included visiting New York, Baltimore, and Rehoboth Beach, spending a weekend in Washington, attending a professional baseball game, and seeing two musicals in Philadelphia. ELI expects to offer a similar program, coordinated by Assistant Director Joe Matterer, in the summer of 1996.

University of Granada

In July, eleven women from the University of Granada in the historic city of that name in southern Spain came to ELI to study not only English, but also American culture, American literature and the methodology of teaching English. The students, all English language and literature majors, plan to teach English after they graduate from their university. For this reason, several participated in a class on American literature especially designed for them by Ruth Jackson. In addition to their morning language classes, they attended afternoon workshops and seminars on English teaching methods, enjoyed special cultural activities organized by academic coordinator Patience Phillips, and experienced the American way of life through the relationships they made with their American host families.