[모임공지] Minutes of the last meeting & announcement for the study on 1/25(a reply must be given to participate)

[Tia~*]

[ NOTICE]

Since I'm trying to contain the number of participants within no more than 10

due to the nature of this study group and limited seatings,

current members are fixed as below.

It means that even though you've had an interview a long time ago and joined a few times

doesn't automatically give you the green light to participate.

If you happen to be absent more than a month in a row,

please give me a notice and I won't count you out

otherwise I would assume you're not willing to attend anymore

so unoccupied seat will be passed to a new commer.

CURRENT MEMBERS are...

Tia, Jay, Alyssa, (Sean), Andy, Kevin, Seokjun, (Sancho),

(Erin), Law, Simon, Gloria, May, Alex, Alice, Rim

Minutes of the meeting on 1/18 

    We had 11 English Talkaholics on 1/18, me, Andy, Seokjun, Alex, Alice, Jay, Alyssa, Rim, Kevin, May and Simon.

   We had a introduction for a new comer, Rim, and broke into 3 gorups and had fun discussions in each group. 

   We debated over the very thorny issue of how to allocate donor kidney to those in need. In the United States the current policy is first-come-first-served no matter the condition of donor kidney or patients' and they're considering the institution of matching system, so healthier kidney goes to younger patients. What do you think is fairer? A very tricky question.

   Kevin, Alyssa, Rim, Alex, Jay supported the new system in the view of efficiency. Under the current policy, there's a huge breach like this; when you are old and get a young kidney, let's say, functioning more than 50 years and you're dying with kidney still very much healthy. And there's a young patient who happen to get the only 10 year-long kidney and when it starts failing they have to go a long journey again by putting themselves on the list. Supporting group asserted that this is unfair and very much inefficient too.  

   However, the opponent group, me, Andy, Simon, May, Alice, Seokjun thought we don't have any right to value peoples' lives and deprive the chances of getting good kidney from the old. Also, it is a pandora's box, opening up the door to judge dying peoples' lives based on other factors for example, saving a high status person over let's say someone who has a criminal record.  

   The funny thing in this debate was.... the younger goes to favor this new proposal, like Kevin, Alyssa, Jay.....ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

  We had lunch together and a few people went for a cup of coffee to continue crazy chats.

  It was very much valuable sharing the ideas!!

  Thank you for coming and hope to see everyone again this Saturday! :) 

From left, Jay, Alyssa, Andy, Rim, Simon, May, Alice, Kevin, Alex

and I'm taking picture of them :)

Seokjun's sole shot who was too lazy to move for a group photo ㅋㅋ

 Itinerary (Every Saturday morning 11:00~14:00)

1. FIRST CLASS - Say hello :)

11:00 ~ 11:30  Introduction / catching up each other and grouping

Each group will consist of no more than 4 talkaholics for the second class.    

2. SECOND CLASS - speaking chance in a small group

11:30 ~ 12:20   Each English Talkaholic will be given the chance to present their topic

                            and we will have a discussion in a group.

Prepare your own topic that you've found interesting and share with us with one question on it to discuss together.  

12:20 ~ 12:30  Time for a break!

3. THRID CLASS - Bloody debate!!  

12:30 ~ 12:40  Vocabulary test from the article of previous debate.

12:40 ~ 13:10  Rephrase paragraph by paragraph and check the vocabularies

                           while reading the debate topic.

13:10 ~ 13:30  Divide into two opposing subgroups.

                           Each subgroup to prepare for battle, i.e. build up their strategy for a debate

13:30 ~ 13:50  Let the fun begin - time for a bloody debate between the subgroups!!

13:50 ~ 14:00  Final comments by each member

Preparing yourself for debate beforehand will display you as a good speaker and debater. :)  

4. AFTER THE STUDY - Optional

14:00 ~             Dealing with the aftermath - time for lunch and/or coffee to unwind and relax

Continue all the chats and talks!!!!

Even for this hour, we'll be still speaking in English hence English Talkaholic~~~ :)

 To participate the study on 1/25 

 If you are already a member, 

step1.

Please leave your name as a reply to this post. (Example : 1st/ Tia/ I'm in!!)

step2.

Prepare your own topic(anything is ok!!) together with one question that you wish to discuss for the second class 

step3. 

Read and prepare the debate topic beforehand and think up reasons to support your side 

 If you are new and wish to join, reach me at my cell O1O 22O6 O957 for a brief interview.

Interveiw is mandatory to participate.

If you're looking for an advanced level group,

If you're keen to study hard and improve your English skill,

If casual chats are no longer enough for you,

you'll be the right candidate.

We will expose you to english-environment as much as possible to meet your strong desire to speak in Engish by using ONLY English EVEN DURING the lunch time~~ :)

* We're not having a new comer for the time being since seatings are not available *

  ONLY 2 RULES YOU HAVE TO ADHERE TO in the study

SPEAKING ONLY ENGLISH

Why we're defying the strong desire to sleep in

and struggling to come and study

is

to improve our English, isn't it?

Then I want you to have as many chances as possible to practice English!!  

We're speaking in English even during the lunch time, 

so please everybody stick to this policy! 

BE PUNCTUAL

Due to the nature of the study, Punctuality matters.

The late arrival means you're intrupting others 

which will lead us to using our precious time inefficiently. 

Please, be on time. :)

If you happen to be late, please join during the break.

[Tia~*]

1st/ Tia/ I feel like amost 1/12 of this year has been passed.. Time really flies!!

[JayC]

2nd/ Jay/ time went so fast at work today♥♥

[Tia~*]

Which is so good! :)

[Alex...]

3rd/ Alex / Time flies... Its getting faster as I get old...

[Tia~*]

We're all aging together. 캬캬캬

[Tia~*]

See you~~^^

[Seokjun]

5th/seokjun/seeya 누나 ㅋㅋ

[Tia~*]

기특한 석준이 ㅋㅋㅋ

[Alyssa Y.]

6th/alyssa/두근두근 to see everyone*-*

[Tia~*]

to see me????? ㅎㅎ

[andy2011]

7th/Andy/with you guys !!

[Tia~*]

Have fun with us!! :-)

[youcan]

8th / Youcan / nice meeting you :)

[Tia~*]

Looking forward to seeing you :)

[Jimin]

sorry i'm not able to come for study t.t coz off
house hauntng & chores
i will miss u guys~~

[Tia~*]

Thank you for kindly letting me know in advance!! I hope we can see you in the near future!!