ELC Students Explore American Culture Outside The Experience of a Lifetime
the Classroom
Every semester, the English Language Center plans a variety of field trips, special events, and outdoor activities for
students. Attending these activities is a great way to experience American culture, explore Michigan, meet other
students, and speak English. Check the bulletin board in the ELC lobby for announcements on upcoming trips and
sign up. The photos from the activities are always posted on the English Language Center (ELC) Facebook page,
so make sure to like us!
With my group of Panama teachers at MSU, January-February 2016
I had also enjoyed so many outside events, including ice
skating, basketball and hockey games, open mics, Martin
Luther King Jr. Day, the Broad Museum, the planetarium,
shopping, tubing, Wharton Center shows, bowling, Detroit
and Chicago tours and more.
By Esteban Almengor
At the Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade
At the North American International Auto Show in Detroit
In Chicago’s Millenium Park
At the Frankenmuth Snow Festival
My name is Esteban Almengor and I work as an
English teacher for an elementary school and an
after school program for a high school in Panamá. Since my country wants to make greater
improvements in the use of English as a second
language, they have started a program called Panama Bilingüe. This program seeks to train more
than 20,000 teachers in mastering the English
language, becoming familiar with a foreign culture
and acquiring new learning methodologies by being immersed in a native English speaking country.
As for me, I got the chance to study at Michigan
State University for the first two months of 2016.
Today, I feel so proud of having the opportunity
to share my experience at MSU and how I am using what I learned at the English Language Center
now that I am back in Panamá.
My two-month learning experience at MSU was
excellent from day one. I flew to Michigan with