October 31, 2007
Domo agriato UM students
We, the students and instructor of one of the high-intermediate writing classes at the English Language Institute, want to first of all thank you for covering our “Mix and Mingle” event at the Davidson Honors College on Thursday, October 25.
In the article, you write that international students are “insecure” and “resist” interacting with American and even other foreign students. In fact, most international students are quite brave and adventuresome. We may be shy at times, may have a smaller vocabulary than native speakers, and may still stumble over our grammar, but in general we are curious about our fellow international students as well as American students. We would welcome any native speaker who would have time to sit down with us and talk. We would encourage that interaction, not resist it.
Thank you again for coming to our event and for putting us on the front page of the Kaimin. We would also like to take this opportunity to encourage all native speakers to stop and talk with us if you see us in the UC, on the Oval, passing by in the hallways in between classes or anywhere else our paths may cross in and around Missoula.
We are so happy to be here in Missoula and would love to make as many friends as possible during our time here. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Saad Alassaf (Saudi Arabia)
Mohammed Alshuwaier (Saudi Arabia)
Quan Quan Dang (Taiwan)
Saad “Alex” Alajmi (Saudi Arabia)
Jae Su Jung (South Korea)
Kanau Kuroda (Japan)
Ai Sugawara (Japan)
Akira Teresawa (Japan)
Firdavs Valiev (Tajikistan)
Hsiao Chi “Claire” Wang (Taiwan)
Naoki Takada (Japan)
Julie Brown (USA)
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