ELIC Exhibition/ELIC Awareness Night

                                           Students learning English through music or grammar.

                                           Coffee ceremony for ELIC Exhibition

                                            Zelalem cutting the bread to celebrate the ELIC

English teachers loking over books in ELIC.

 

 

We wanted to promote ELIC (English Language Improvement Center) so we decided to hold two events..one for teachers and one for students. Sorry to say that the ELIC Exhibition was so poorly attened that we had to literally beg teachers to come. We invited all teachers at the university and posted fliers all over campus, only English teachers came and that was only because Zelalem asked them to come. The event for students was much more successful. At least 1,000 people came to the outdoor event at the Student Lounge. Music videos, powerpoint about ELIC, interview of ELIC coordinators, grammar games, and photos from ELIC events made up the exciting program. The goal was to increase participation in ELIC and our activities. We'll see what happens.

The ELIC Awareness Night was much more successful. At least 1,000 students came to the outdoor event. We held it in front of the Student Lounge. The ELIC leaders organized everything, while Zelalem and I only provided support. They showed English music videos, a powerpoint about ELIC to let students know what services we offer, a slide show of photos from our activities like Coffee Talk and experience sharing. Andualem created a grammar game somthing like Jeopardy on the computer and we chose 5 students to compete, the winner receiving a 25 birr phone card. Aduna interviewed me about my program, English Language Fellow, my family, and my dreams for the future of the ELIC.