{"id":10482,"date":"2018-03-21T12:41:44","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T16:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=10482"},"modified":"2022-03-22T13:38:38","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T17:38:38","slug":"fulbright-scholars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/fulbright-scholars\/","title":{"rendered":"Crystal One of K\u2019s Bumper Crop of Fulbright Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kalamazoo College has been recognized as a top producer of Fulbright students for the 2017-2018 academic year \u2014 among them Dejah Crystal \u201917<\/a>. Here\u2019s a closer look at Crystal, the work she\u2019s doing in the Fulbright program and the role her K experience played.<\/p>\n

\"Dejah
Dejah Crystal, one of Kalamazoo College’s Fulbright students, is an English teacher at Jheng Yi Elementary School on the tiny island of Kinmen in the Republic of China (Taiwan.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What are you doing as a Fulbright student?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I live on the tiny island of Kinmen in the Republic of China (Taiwan), and I work as an English teacher\/teacher’s assistant at Jheng Yi Elementary School. Every week I solo-teach six classes (grades two to six) and I co-teach eight classes with two local English teachers (grades three to six). On Fridays, I work at an English language learning center called English Village. There, we teach fifth- and sixth-graders from across the island in a full day of hands-on English language learning activities. I also spend time volunteering at the local university, NQU, participating in writing workshops called \u201cThe A to Z Collective.\u201d We work with college students who are interested in improving their English writing skills. Outside of the classroom I love exploring the island with my friends and driving around on my moped scooter when the weather is nice.<\/p>\n

How did K help you prepare to be a Fulbright student?<\/strong><\/p>\n

While at K I majored in East Asian studies<\/a> and studied abroad<\/a> in Beijing. Those experiences led me to discover my passion for studying Mandarin and later led me to find the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant program in Taiwan. I have always loved teaching, so this opportunity ended up being a wonderful fit.<\/p>\n

What do you have planned next?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I hope to continue teaching in Taiwan, and continue to grow both academically in my study of Mandarin and professionally in my role as an English teacher.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s a closer look at Crystal, the work she\u2019s doing in the Fulbright program and the role her K experience played.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10483\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10483\" style=\"width: 584px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10483 size-large\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/03\/Fulbright-Scholars-Deja-Crystal-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"Dejah Crystal one of K's Fulbright Scholars in the classroom\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10483\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dejah Crystal, one of Kalamazoo College’s Fulbright students, is an English teacher at Jheng Yi Elementary School on the tiny island of Kinmen in the Republic of China (Taiwan.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>What are you doing as a Fulbright student?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I live on the tiny island of Kinmen in the Republic of China (Taiwan), and I work as an English teacher\/teacher’s assistant at Jheng Yi Elementary School. Every week I solo-teach six classes (grades two to six) and I co-teach eight classes with two local English teachers (grades three to six). On Fridays, I work at an English language learning center called English Village. There, we teach fifth- and sixth-graders from across the island in a full day of hands-on English language learning activities. I also spend time volunteering at the local university, NQU, participating in writing workshops called \u201cThe A to Z Collective.\u201d We work with college students who are interested in improving their English writing skills. Outside of the classroom I love exploring the island with my friends and driving around on my moped scooter when the weather is nice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did K help you prepare to be a Fulbright student?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While at K I majored in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/programs\/?id=37\">East Asian studies<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/k-plan\/study-abroad\/\">studied abroad<\/a> in Beijing. Those experiences led me to discover my passion for studying Mandarin and later led me to find the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant program in Taiwan. I have always loved teaching, so this opportunity ended up being a wonderful fit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you have planned next?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I hope to continue teaching in Taiwan, and continue to grow both academically in my study of Mandarin and professionally in my role as an English teacher.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n","comment_info":"No Comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/156"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10482"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10486,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10482\/revisions\/10486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10482"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_formats?post=10482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}