Tuesday, September 11, 1984
Daily Ncbraskan
Pago 3
Organizations offer foreign students
guidance, friendship and activities
By Beth Thompson
Di!y Nebnuskui Staff Writer
Among the several thousand
American students at UNL, a mi
nority of foreign students tackle
language problems and unfamil
iar American habits while earn
ing degrees and making friends.
Two organizations, Interna
tional House and the International
Education Services, help foreign
students overcome these barriers.
For Korean-born Young Sig
Kwon, his inability to speak Eng
lish fluently was "a major prob
lem." Living in MIouse, on the
first two floors of the Neihardt
Residence Center, helped solve
this problem. Kwon lived with an
American roommate and other
foreign students who helped him
practice his English.
"They made me talk a lot," Kwon
said, adding that this helped him
solve his problem.
Like Kwon, Werner Oberholzer,
a Swiss native raised in Hondu
ras, said he met mcst of his friends
in I-House, where each American
resident is paired with a foreign
resident.
Through I-House activities, Ob
erholzer said he has tasted foo&3
from all over the world.
. Besides dances, parties and in
ternational dinners, Ed Kacz
marek, head resident, said I-Kouse
is planning a retreat in early
November to Little Sioux, Iowa.
About 50 I-House residents will
get to know each other and learn
more about each other's cultures
at the retreat, Kaczmarek said.
When foreign students aren't
participating in social activities,
they develop one-to-one relation
ships with their American room
mates. Piper Student Assistant Cheryl
Buzzell said that although Amer
icans and foreigners are
"really different," they are similar
in some respects.
As an example, Buzzell recalled
how she would read a book from
left to right, while her former
Japanese roommate read the
same book from right to left.
Although they accomplished the
task in opposite ways, Buzzell
said they reached the same goal.
. In such an environment, Kwon
said he feels more comfortable.
In fact, welcomes are written in
different languages above the
doors to make foreign students
fed more at home.
Oberholzer said I-Hous3 "is more
like a community. This is our
home
Because this "home" is related
to foreign students, Kaczmarek
said some American students
dont realize that I-Housc is avail
able to them too.
American unawareness also is
a problem for International Edu
cation Services, Program Coor
dinator Rod Merta said.
Merta said he wants to make
American students more aware
of their possible involvement in
IES.
The English Conversation Pro
gram i3 one IES activity that
needs Americans in order to
flourish. y
In this program, one American
and one international student
meet for one hour each week to
talk and ask each other questions.
According to an English Con
versation Program flyer, 'The
function of the American tutor
i3 not to teach formal English
grammar, but to expand the stu
dent's existing use of English by
lending an ear and by offering a
leading question or comment to
keep the student talking."
IES also involves foreign and
American students in other activi
ties. It will sponsor small-scale
Olympic Games featuring soccer,
volleyball, table tennto and other
sports in October or November.
In early October, Merta plans
to take two van-loads of Ameri
can and international students
on a weekend trip to Kansas City.
On Oct. 20, the UNL Interna
tional Student Organization will
sponsor an international banquet
and cultural show. Merta said
last year's event attracted about
600 people who tasted many in
ternational foods and viewed cere
monies and traditions from all
over the world.
Two weeks before school
started, IES was busy with for
eign student orientation.
Grace Njogu from Kenya said,
"They (IES) really helped us out a
lot."
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