Minutes of the meeting of 3/17
We had 15 English talkaholics, me, Jay, Alyssa, 지은, Sean, Rich, Kevin, Danny, Stella, Sancho, Natalie and 4 new members Mike, Gary, James and Rachel. (Welcome so much!!^__^)
Our meeting is getting bigger and bigger which makes me feel sooooooo happy and honored as a leader, but in the same time it gives me worries that I might not be able to manage this kind of big group. The perfect number of participants in the meeting is 8 people for me, which allows us to have enough time to get to know each other in the class, and enables me to handle the whole gruop as one. But thanks to the great members, I think the meeting went beautifully in memeber's devouted support.
I'm so exctited to have a new member all the time and feel sad if anyone misses the class, which means that the expansion of the group is unavoidable?ㅎㅎ It's a blessing for me that we have such fantastic memebers!
I want to memtion as well that I'm always taken aback by how well new members speak in English let alone the great English-speaking skills of old members. If you have a mandatory interview with me, you'd notice that I'm not really testing anybody. If anybody tries enough to call me, she/he'd be automatically qualified to join. But again, I'm always impressed by the members great speaking skills, and this time was no exception! Mike, Gary, James, Rachel all were such great English speakers! What an honor!
I had so much fun as always, I might loose some weight on my belly happened by a fit of laughter. I guess Saturday is the happiest day in a week for me. I can't get enough sleep every Friday because I get so excited coming to see you guys!!ㅋㅋㅋSend my appriciation to all the members for making this meeting worth coming. I hope you guys had fun as much as I did.
Danny, Jieun and I went hiking and you wouldn't know how lovely it was. I was sincerely glad that I came. The weather was perfect. It was 2 hour-course but took us 3 hours because we were just slow walkers enjoying the beauty of nature.
I guess rest of memebers went for lunch together and I bet you guys had a lot of fun there as well.
I'm already missing you guys, hope to see you all next!!
Debate group1.
From left, Mike, James, 지은, Danny, Jay, Natalie, Gary
Debate group2
from left, Rachel, Kevin, Rich, Sancho
To participate the study for 3/24
If you're already a member..
please leave your name as a reply to this post if you want to join for the next class.
(Example; 1st/ Tia/ I'm in!!)
If you're new and wish to join..
Step1. Please leave your name(Korean/English), your reason why you wish to join this group and phone number, as a reply to this post.
Step2. Call me on my cell 010-2206-0957, you'll have a brief interview.
I'm really looking forward to meeting you all. :)Let's play together in English!!
Itinerary (every Saturday afternoon)
<PART1>
11:00 ~ 11:30 Introduction and grouping. Each group will consist of no more than four English Talkaholics
11:30 ~ 12:30 Each English Talkaholic to present their article, and have a discussion
12:30 ~ 12:40 Time for a break!
<PART2>
12:40 ~ 13:00 Time for Vocabulary check relating to the debate topic (in two opposing subgroups)
13:00 ~ 13:20 Each subgroup to prepare for battle, i.e. build up their strategy for a debate
13:20 ~ 13:50 Let the fun begin - time for a bloody debate between the subgroups!!
13:50 ~ 14:00 Final comments by each member
14:00 ~ Dealing with the aftermath - time for coffee and/or alcohol to unwind and relax
What you have to do before taking part in the study?