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STUDENT NEWSLETTER
TABLE OF CONTENTS
THANK YOUS
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THE HEAT
CLASSES & PROJECTS
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STUDENT SPOTLIGHTS
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A FEW GOOD PHOTOS

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CULTURE STORIES
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ABOUT THE PROGRAM

The UNT-I Summer Institute is part of a liaison between University of North Texas and Universidad Autnoma del Estado de Mxico in Toluca, Mexico. This multi-level ESL program provides summer learning opportunities through language and culture immersion. This program design promotes uency through social interaction and engagement with the community of UNT, Denton, and DFW.

QUESTION & ANSWER

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EXPERIENCE STORIES
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UAEM COORDINATORS GO THE EXTRA MILE

By Lisa Jeon

It has been an exciting but busy two weeks of classes, evening activities, and o-campus excursions for all of the program participants and sta ! Throughout it all, the UAEM Coordinators have been a huge asset by helping to coordinate

activities, organize groups, and assist students with questions and issues. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the UAEM Coordinators for their dedication to making this program a success this summer. You are an asset to the eld of English Language Teaching!
2013 UAEM Coordinators

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Program Director & Advanced Class Instructor Lisa Jeon Program Assistant & Culture in Production Workshop Instructor Kendall Fleming Intermediate Class Instructor Kimberly Gibson Beginner Class Instructor Christal Brewster English Through Music Workshop Instructor Dustin Aguilar
2013 UNT-International Summer Institute Sta

THANKS!
Professors Dr. Susan Dadres (Economics), Dr. Mark Demarest (Biology), Dr. Glenn Kasparian (Biology), Dr. Soraya Kawucha (Criminal Justice), Dr. Brian Lovelace (Behaviorial Science), & Dr. Kathryn McCauley (Business Law) Colleges & Departments CLEAR, College of Arts & Science, College of Business, Discovery Park, Eagle Images, RTVF, UNTInternational & IELI, Sky Theater Planetarium, UNT Career Center, UNT Multicultural Center, UNT Sustainability, & UNT Rec Center People Carolyn Blevins, Amber Bryant, Dr. Warren Burggren, Amy Cassidy, Marc Cobos, Earl Gibbons, Dickie Hargrave, Kristopher Herrera, Billy Johnson, Victoria Knaupp, Chris Lawrence, Arthur Lumzy, Jr., Rick Moore, Anessa Mullins, Dr. Richard Nadar, Rebaca Prince, Adam Silva, James Strawn, Harold Strong, Damien Torres, Pieter Vermeulen, Tasha Wells, & Pam Yarbrough Volunteers Anmar Abdulrazzaq, Joy Huang, Allie Liebenow, Evan Oxenhandler, Kari Rogers, Rafa Schuelke, Zak Shelton, & Je Weaver UAEM Coordinators Alejandra Bonilla Lopez, Julio Cesar Martinez Huizar, Leticia Quintanar Rebollar, & Celia Alarcon Romero UNT-UAEM Liaisons Manuel Goel (UNT-UAEM Academic Liaison Director) & Manuel Garduo Oropeza (UAEM-UNT Academic Liaison Director)

Campus Sustainability Workshop Instructor Lisa-Elena Furrh Professional Development Workshop Instructor Brandon Mila Performing Arts Workshop Instructor Patricia Rector English in Film Workshop Instructor Peter Schuelke Teaching Assistants Cassandra Felix, Max Fincher, Dina Madi, Michael Mohkamkar, Laura Rector, Matthew Rector, Marcus Rodriguez, & Josh Yamane Activity Coordinators & Conversation Group Leaders Dustin Aguilar, Dina Madi, Monica Nelson, Marcus Rodriguez, & Josh Yamane Photographer/Videographer Anthony Najera

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LANGUAGE, CULTURE IMMERSION

MORNING CLASSES AND AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS

Advanced Class

Campus Sustainability Workshop Class at Apogee Stadium

As our students can attest, the UNT-International Summer Institute is a truly unique English language program! Unlike many traditional ESL programs that focus on rote methods, this program is designed to teach language through cultural immersion, social interaction, and experiential learning. As part of the 2013 summer program, students engaged in ve hours of English study daily. In the morning classes, students were placed into beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. Morning class lessons focused on pronunciation, grammar, reading, listening and speaking skills while also incorporating cultural, linguistic, and social immersion. A portion of the ve hours of study also included hands-on, themed workshops. Students were also able to choose one academic and one creative workshop, each adapted for the students level of learning.
ACADEMIC WORKSHOPS Campus Sustainability Provides the ultimate UNT experience as students learn about campus conservation, eco-friendliness, and sustainability. Culture in Production Enables students to create their own Culture Blog by doing interviews and recording their experiences in the U.S. Professional Development Helps students develop professional skills such as resume writing, interviewing, creating e-portfolios, and job searching. CREATIVE WORKSHOPS English in Film Improves listening, speaking, and cultural knowledge through discussions and reviews of American movies and TV shows. English Through Music Improves listening, pronunciation, and cultural knowledge through songs and lyrics from diverse musical genres. Performing Arts Provides practice and condence with speaking and writing skills through short drama skits, improvisation, and script-writing.

Intermediate Class

Beginner Class

Performing Arts Workshop Class

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CLASS PROJECTS
STUDENT-CREATED PROJECTS FROM CLASSES

Original Childrens Stories

Magic Water Commercial

In the morning and afternoon workshop classes, students created individual and group projects on a variety of dierent topics. The Beginner Class wrote and illustrated a collection of original childrens stories. The collection included The Chipmunk in Texas, Eternal Love, Rain Drop, Princess Zuani, and Prince of the Moon. The Intermediate Class created their own News Blog, reporting on current events happening around the UNT campus and in Denton. The Advanced Class created their own Experience Blog, reecting on cultural topics discussed in class through on-campus interviews and cross-cultural comparisons. Class projects in the Afternoon Workshop Classes also included a Green Guide, a Culture Blog, professional e-portfolios, a Movie Discussion Blog, a Movie Review Blog, and student-created commercials. You can check out all of these fantastic class projects via the links below or on the program Facebook page!
CLASS PROJECT LINKS Beginner Class Collection of original childrens stories: http://www.scribd.com/doc/ 155218762/Collection-of-Children-s-Stories Intermediate Class News Blog: http://unt-i-newsy.blogspot.com/ Advanced Class Experience Blog: http://untisummerexperience.blogspot.com Campus Sustainability Student-created Green Guides viewable on our Facebook page! Culture in Production Culture Blog: http://unt-i-culturalexperience.blogspot.com/ Professional Development Student-created e-portfolios viewable on our Facebook page! English in Film Movie Discussion Blog: http://unt-imoviereviews.blogspot.com/ English Through Music Music Review Blog: http://www.untimusicblog.blogspot.com/ Performing Arts Student-created commercials viewable on our Facebook page!

Music Review Blog

Movie Discussion Blog

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STUDENT SPOTLIGHTS
Why did you decide to participate in this program? I think its very important to improve our English for our careers back in Mexico. I also think its a great opportunity to visit the U.S. and meet other people. What is the most important thing you've learned? One of the most important things that I learned is that when you learn another language, you have to be with the people who actually speak that language. Has your English improved as a result of this program? The classes that we have are really good because we are learning about pronunciation, which is very important. Also, during the day, in the city, and in the shops, we can practice speaking. Has your English improved as a result of this program? My communication ability has improved and I lost my fear to try to practice the language. Advice for others who want to learn English as a second language? They should try something like this because you learn many new things while having fun. This is a great opportunity!

Sonia Cruz English Level: Advanced

What was your favorite evening activity? Dinner with an American because it was very interactive. We danced, sang karaoke, and had dinner. It was very comfortable!

Why did you decide to participate in this program? I wanted to improve my level of English, have a better life, and to improve my professional development.

Advice for others who want to learn English as a second language? Its a good opportunity to have a new experience and very dierent learning English in Mexico compared to the real environment.

Armando Garcia English Level: Beginner

Has your English improved as a result of this program? Yes, I improved in listening, speaking, and writing English.

What was your favorite evening activity? Dinner with American was my favorite because you can understand American life and dierent families from people.

Why did you decide to participate in this program? I need English in school and in my professional life.

Advice for others who want to learn English as a second language? It is very easy choice to learn English when you put your mind to it.

Carlos Granados English Level: Beginner

What was your favorite evening activity? I loved Minute to Win It and American Dance Lessons. I liked sharing time with the teachers. My favorite Minute to Win It activity was putting the CD on the cup even though I couldnt do it!

Has your English improved as a result of this program? Of course, it has improved a lot! The rst week I was here, I couldnt understand anything people were saying. And now, well, Im understanding everything!

Why did you decide to participate in this program? I wanted to be here because I wanted to improve my English and this was a great opportunity to do that.

What is the most important thing you've learned through this program? I learned a lot of things, for example, apart from improving my English, sharing my time with other people and learning about tolerance, sharing, and other cultures.

Lupita Velazquez English Level: Advanced

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What was your favorite evening activity? I really liked Ultimate Frisbee because I like sports so we exercised a lot there. We practice a new sport and had the chance to meet the Chinese people. So it was American, Chinese, and Mexican people all playing one game! Has your English improved as a result of this program? Yes, because we have a lot of hours practicing English. I especially improved on talking to other people and pronunciation. What is the most important thing you've learned through this program? Making new friends and having the opportunity to meet American people and learn about their styles and culture.

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Advice for others who want to learn English as a second language? I think the way they teach us in at UNT is a very ecient because they teach all of the aspects that improve English.

Jose Luna English Level: Advanced

What is the most important thing you've learned? Pronunciation because you must listen to people who are native speakers and pronunciation skills will help.

Why did you decide to participate in this program? I wanted to learn English in the United States!

What was your favorite evening activity? Medieval Times because you learn about culture in the past and its fun.

Advice for others who want to learn English as a second language? You should be in contact with American people and you will learn English easily by speaking with others.

Lucia Arce English Level: Beginner

What was your favorite evening activity? My favorite was the Scavenger Hunt because we needed to do a lot of things like take videos and photos and run around the college. That was very fun!

What is the most important thing you've learned through this program? I learned a lot of things but I think vocabulary is the most important. New vocabulary words For example, Ive learned words about religion and cultures.

Why did you decide to participate in this program? I decided to because I wanted to learn more vocabulary and practice English with native American people and people from other countries.

Advice for others who want to learn English as a second language? Take the opportunity to speak with native speakers because you can listen to their pronunciation and their ideas about their country and culture. You can also make friends!

Arturo Sanchez English Level: Intermediate

What was your favorite evening activity? I enjoyed the Scavenger Hunt because we had to run and nd things in the campus to win. I also liked the visit to Medieval Times. It was very beautiful with a lot of things I like, for example, the horses!

Has your English improved as a result of this program? Oh yes! I dont speak very well now but I think that it better now that when I was in Mexico.

Advice for others who want to learn English as a second language? I have to tell my friends to come because its a wonderful experience in my life. We learned a lot of things about the country and this university.

What is the most important thing you've learned through this program? The vocabulary because I didnt speak very well when I was in Mexico. Now I think that I am learning a lot of pronunciation that is useful to my life.

Noe Colin English Level: Intermediate

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A FEW GOOD PHOTOS...

Students playing board games at Game Night.

Performing Arts students discuss characters and story.

Toluca + UNT logo created by Martha.

Luis juggles balloons in the air at Minute to Win It Night.

Students busting their moves at American Dance Lessons.

Chio inspects a piece of meteorite at UNT Sky Theater.

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Professional Development Workshop Class in deep thought.

Students running all over campus during the Scavenger Hunt.

The winning Green Team at Minute to Win It Night.

Getting ready to watch Pitch Perfect on Movie Night.

Advanced Class students playing the Show My Name game.

Group photo fun!

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CULTURE STORIES
CROSS-CULTURAL REFLECTIONS
By Michelle Soto Isita, Jaime Jaramillo Martinez, Paola Alvarado Acosta, & Lupita Velazquez Pea We expect a lot of things about the journey we're about to live, as we learn a lot of things of the place we're at, the most incredible experience we're going to live is happening making a lot of friends of our country, people with we're going to have the best memories, but also we're going to meet and create a bond with people not only from Denton, but from all over the world. We had the idea of America is a really multi-cultural place. We thought people would not speak Spanish as The UNToluca team. much, so if we didn't know how to speak English, it would be hard for us to communicate between us, but we realized We also didn't expect that the people in Denton that also here in America a lot of people speak at least a would be so nice, they're really friendly and courteous, little bit of Spanish, making it easier for us. making us feel comfortable and welcome in the city. We thought we were going to nd a lot of cowboys, Lastly, it was surprising for us to came into a very big trucks with long horns, sheris, farms, cows and all the quiet city and we found out that it appears like there's not things we usually see of Texas in cartoons and movies. We many things to do in the city, but it's still discover a nice still believe there's a cowboy somewhere and we must place for the students to live. meet at least one before we leave.

CULTURAL OBSERVATIONS: U.S., TEXAS, AND DENTON

By Monica Soto Nuo, David Aceves Castro, Ise Mendoza Lorenzo, & Maria Jose Franco Vazquez In the U.S., the streets are quite clean. There are no stray dogs on the streets. There is very dierent culture from Mexican culture. People have a higher education here in the U.S. A lot of their food is greasy and junk food. Despite this, people do much more exercise here. In fact, people here are bigger and taller. Most of people seem to have at least one tattoo. People are really punctual and the environment is a very important matter. As for Texas, it has sunny and very hot weather. We thought that there were going to be many cowboys around. People are friendly and kind. Freeways are also very long to go from a place to another one. For Denton, we thought it was going to be a smaller town. Most of the UNT students do much exercise. The UNT sta members are very friendly, helpful and kind. They have a lot of activities for us to do. Squirrels are everywhere around the UNT campus. We also did not expect to be air conditioner in ALL buildings.
The Texas Ribs team working on their Experience Blog.

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LEARNING ABOUT CULTURE AND MAKING FRIENDS

By Grisel Nieto, Maria Fernanda Huerta, & Jesus Yuyutzy Avendao When we arrived to UNT we were nervous because was a new experience without our family and friends and we are so far our home but day to day we learned a lot of things, we met new people and made new friends. We think this is the rst step to start a new life and another way to think. We are learning things about other cultures, life styles, we love to make new friends, meet people, we are trying to exchange ideas with American people. Our classes always were funny, we enjoyed it, every day the topics that we take are about the culture of USA, our teachers are friendly, they gave us smiles and made us laugh, also they made that we are interesting to learn dierent things every day. About the activities, we could use the afternoon on dierent activities: playing, dancing, singing, doing exercise, working in teams, and always improved our English language. We are inviting other people to come to live this amazing experience in University of North Texas because they can nd everything that they want and improve their English with the best sta and get great memories, you are going to get one of the best experience in the world.

Intermediate Class students on the last day of class.

CULTURE EXPERIENCES AND ACTIVITIES

By (the Eagles Team) Rocio Arriaga Ramirez, Maricarmen Coronel Santillan, Paula Stephanie Reynoso, and Monse Rico Carbajal Our expectations were met because we really love the school and the activities carried out so far. We expected to nd healthy food such as vegetables and a great variety of fruits but reality is that we have just eaten rich food. The country as such is awesome. People are friendly and hospitable. However, they are always driving their cars and they do not walk on the streets. And the weather in Texas is hot and for us it's dicult to stand it. Denton is a nice small town but stores close earlier than in Toluca and it's complicated for us to cope with that. One advantage of Denton being a small town is that everybody knows each other and they greet every time they meet even in downtown. We love UNT activities!

CULTURAL EXPECTATIONS
By Cesar Jaramillo, Mariana Martinez, huge. We also expect people in Texas Elena Mercado, & Paula Reynoso have southern accent, but we didnt Visiting a foreign country creates hear it at all. a lot of expectations. The rst minute you put a foot in the plane to the U.S., a million questions pop in to you head. How the people would be? It would be very hot? Are things in Texas really big? We thought the university wouldn't be that big, and when we arrived we were surprised by the size of it. The UNT it's a really great campus full of green areas and beautiful buildings and Denton isnt as small as we though, actually is very We had expected the weather in Texas will be hot, but when we arrived big, and downtown is beautiful, full of amazing shops and cafes. at Dallas we realize it is hotter than we had expected, and that the Another thing that we didn't common saying Everything its bigger expect was that the people and sta in Texas it is totally true; the would be so friendly. But they truly highways, the food and the trucks are are friendly and helpful! For us, the

The Sheri and the Cowgirls team.

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Q&A
What has been your favorite evening activity at UNT?
I enjoyed most of the evening activities. My favorites were Minute to Win It, the dance lessons, and the Scavenger Hunt. Everything was really good and I really appreciate the hard work of the sta planned everything really cool to make us have a good time. - Elena Mercado Reynoso My favorite activities were the short interviews on campus. - Maria Fernanda Chavez Medieval Times! I like this time period and I enjoyed the show so much. - Berenice Zepeda I think it was the Scavenger Hunt because we had to run a lot to dierent places. Also, that night it was raining so it was exciting and my team won! - Vero Arambula Dinner with an American because it was exciting for me to participate with other people in the country and practice my English. " " - Michel Ayala

The Medieval Times show was an exciting experience because Ive never been there before. - Sergio Fernandez

What did you learn about Americans that was different than what you thought before you came?
In Mexico, people don't think that actors, actresses and pro athletes deserve to earn enormous amounts of money, but Americans really admire their athletes and actors, so they support the amount they get paid. - Paola Alvarado American people are more interested in fashion than Mexicans. Most Mexicans dont really care about designers. Many American people prefer buying online than going to a shopping mall. And in Mexico almost all the people buy in a mall. - David Aceves Castro Mexican taste in movies is similar to Americans: they both rather to watch a comedy, action and drama. Something dierent among these two countries may be the production companies. In the USA, companies have a lot of technology and the lm industry is more implemented. - Isaac Ortega Reynoso One dierence is in Mexico the most of the people emitted an opinion about politics and here in the USA this topic is kind of hard talk about that may fall into taboo. -Adriana Lugo In Mexico the families usually are very close and the sons leave the house when they are 20-30 years old. In the USA they leave at 17 or 18 years old. The American families are smaller. In both countries, the teenagers like to go out with friends and they try to be independent. - Carlos Lopez Americans are very responsible and they show a lot of respect about punctuality: usually they plan their day and have schedules. Being unpunctual is considered as a disrespectful action. - Paula Stephanie Reynoso

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EXPERIENCE STORIES
OUR EXPERIENCE IN A DINNER WITH AN AMERICAN FAMILY
By Carmen Barbet Monroy Yesterday, we went with Michael and his girlfriend for a dinner at their house. They are vegetarian and they cooked a delicious dinner for us with a lot of food, soda, and donuts.The menu was salad, spaghetti, eggplant, garlic bread, and spicy sauce. We drank American soda and the desert was the donut. Before the dinner, we were shopping at Grapevine Mills Mall so when we visited Michaels house we were so tired, but we enjoyed it so much. We had fun because it was an amazing experience. We watched movie The Princess Bride and Casa de Mi Padre, it was so funny. We learned a lot of new words and some tips on pronunciation. They have a cat, the cats name is Nemo, its big and cute. We watched a video on YouTube about Nemo, its called Nemo the Cat Plays Fetch.

Dinner with an American hosted by Micheal Mohkamkar.

THE UNT EXPERIENCE

By Jesus Roa Diaz, Claudia Roa Diaz, & Rodolfo Ruiz Colin We think that this experience will help us in our careers because now we are open-minded people so that we We remember the rst day we have another perspective on life, now arrived. We were scared but also excited because we were going to start we can talk about this experience with a new experience in our lives. We have our friends and also our teachers. learned a lot, we have made friends Thinking about the food that we and improved our English, we noticed have been eating here, the Mexican how life is in America and we love it. food isnt as good as real Mexican food, but they try really hard to give us an authentic meal. We have been eating a lot, but we know that this is part of the experience. Thank you very much, UNT! We will never forget this incredible experience we had, we really appreciate all the things you did for us, we had a really good time here, its a good university, and we are sure that we will come back someday.

MY CLASS OBSERVATION EXPERIENCE

By Ise Mendoza Lorenzo I went to Sage Hall to observe an American Law Criminal class. This was a wonderful and amazing experience. In Mexico we have a dierent law system, while here in the USA there is the Common Law. There were a lot of students and everybody was paying attention to the teacher. She explained the topic with real problems (I think thats why everybody was interested in the class). When I arrived, they were analyzing the ages to consider children as adult criminals, then, they studied some crimes likes prostitution and murder. I really liked this experience, although I couldnt understand all the technical terms, I was focused on enjoying the class.

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MEDIEVAL TIMES ADVENTURE

By Jesica Moreno and Noe Colin We went to Dallas with the UNT-I Summer Institute group to know the Medieval Times which is an interesting and amazing place because you can see a wonderful show about the Middle Ages. We were the Green team, one of the six teams. The gentlemen had big spades, heavy and resistant shields and their clothes was of an specic color to identify the teams because they were in a competition to win the hand of the princess. During the competition, we were eating a big piece of chicken, potatoes, ribs in barbecue, bread and a cool soda. Finally, we nished to eat and left the place of the competition and went outside to take a photos with the gentlemen. We also bought a group photo because it was beautiful.

The 2013 UNT-International Summer Institute group at the Medieval Times Da#as castle!

CLASS REVIEW AS AN OBSERVER

By Cesar Jaramillo Martinez I attended an anatomy and physiology class at the UNT Life Science building. I really enjoyed the way the professor explained the class. He was talking about the hearts structure and its function. He explained in a very understandable way. I noticed that some students were not paying attention, that disconcerted me as the class was easy going and interesting. Besides that, everything was great. One thing I like the most was classroom's architecture as it had the seats for the students like a theater in order to all the students can clearly see and listen to the professor. Speaking about the theoretical context of the class, it was really detail but also precise, only the most important information was explained by the professors, just as a class should be. I really enjoyed being an observer at a UNT class. Thanks for the opportunity!

A REWARDING TUTOR EXPERIENCE

By Alejandra Bonilla, Celia Alarcon, Leticia Quintanar, & Julio Martinez Being part of the program by collaborating as tutors, has been a rewarding experience. We are very delighted to have had the chance to be involved in the development of the program and the opportunity to provide a supportive environment for our students.
UAEM Tutors with Lisa Jeon at the Program Closing Ceremony.

United States and we are glad to know that this program contributes to create valuable memories for life.We nd the two-week program worthwhile. The program oers many benets, besides learning English and culture, it provides a wide range of activities that contribute to broaden students horizons and to be more motivated to learn English.

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EXPERIENCING ULTIMATE FRISBEE

By Scharasad Jaramillo Martinez This activity was very good for the Summer Institute and it helped us get to know each other better because The University of North Texas oers a lot of activities even though we were from Mexico, we didnt know each one of them is Ultimate Frisbee its like a combination of other, so this game was very fun and helpful for us, and we soccer, football and Frisbee, you can have a good time made new friends. while you are exercising. Also you can meet new people from dierent countries. We were divided into two teams and we had to make a point getting to the opponents zone area that sounds easy but actually its hard to make a point because when you catch the Frisbee you can only walk three steps and then you have to throw it to another person on your team who has to catch it because if she/ he doesnt catch it the opponent team takes the Frisbee. I enjoyed a lot about this game because we played with some students from China so that made the experience dierent. You start talking with them and you start understanding another way of thinking thats dierent from your culture.

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