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Fall 2021 ALI Activities
After over a year of social distancing, the ALI was finally able to hold some social and cultural activities for our students! We loved spending time with our students to get to know them and show them a little about Kansas City culture. Keep reading to learn about the activities we held in the Fall…
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The 4th of July
This was a 20-minute timed writing exercise by Abdulaziz Darweesh who was in ALI’s Level 4 Writing course in the summer of 2021. Because of the nature of the assignment, there was limited time to correct errors. Some of them were corrected later for this blog post. The 4th of July is an important day…
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The ALI at Shawnee Mission Park
This summer, the ALI will hold our annual summer/lake picnic on July 16, 2021 at Shawnee Mission Park. This is the first summer we will hold the activity at this park, so we are excited to see how it goes. Keep reading to learn about the park and what you can do at the picnic.…
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Holiday Summary
Student W wrote this summary for ALI Level 4 Writing class in the Fall semester of 2020. In the article “Wonder in the Air,” the author, Jeff Gammage, writes about how he believes that it is important not to lie to his daughter, but he cannot always tell her the truth in the face of…
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Remembering the Good Times in 2020
Before the pandemic, 2020 looked like it would be an excellent year for Kansas City. Its professional football team, the Kansas City Chiefs, won the Super Bowl, and it was probably the last time hundreds of people gathered together here in celebration. Here is one Level 3 Writing student’s account of the celebration from February…
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Studying at the ALI During the 2020 Pandemic
One of our students, Ateyah Alharbi, volunteered to share his experiences of studying at the ALI and living in Kansas City when the COVID-19 pandemic started in the Spring 2020 semester. We interviewed him via Zoom, the video conferencing platform we have been using to keep our students safe and engaged in their English language…
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Learn to Be Kind
This essay was written by Weijing Li (Vikki), a Summer 2020 student in the level 5 ALI Writing course. No one wants to be subjected to school violence, and no abuser is willing to admit or take responsibility for his or her crimes. Every day people in the world fall into pain and even lose…
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My Best Vacation
The following passage was written in June 2020 by Sara Alnoufali in Writing II (ENG 102D). My best vacation is to Calcutta, India because it has three interesting places. The first place is the old market in Calcutta on the main street. It is a huge and interesting market. This old market has a lot…
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Super Bowl Victory Parade
The following essay was written by student Masako Aizawa for her Level 3 Writing class in response to her participation in the Kansas City Chiefs’ victory parade. The Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl LIV parade on Friday 5th, 2020 was fun event for Chiefs’ fans, Chiefs’ cheerleaders, and Chiefs’. It was unbelievably cold day that…
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