[모임공지] Minutes of the last meeting & announcement for the study on 7/19(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

it 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.

If you wish to attend after a long-time absence,  please contact me first. :)

CURRENT MEMBERS are...

Tia, Jay, Alyssa, Sean, Andy, (Kevin), Seokjun, (Law), Simon, Gloria,

Alex, Lucy, Miisu, Matthew 

Minutes of the meeting on 7/12   

    We had 5 English Talkaholics on 7/12, me, Jay, Gloria, Missu and Matthew.

    I was so ggidy with joys on my way to attend the study since it's been 3 monthes and you guys never fail me! 

    I got to meet Missu and Matthew and it was all interesting to get to know you guys. :) And glorious Gloria was there after a long time as well, and she brought such a lovely cake for me!!!!!! Thanks, Gloria, your warm heart always touches a string in my heart. And Jay, I cannot appreciate more for shouldering a big burden of taking the helm of the study, Captain.^^

   We had intruducing time and naturally moved on to the topics prepared by each member. Matthew talked about his friend's story who had a journey to Korea to get the plastic surgery with a group of people. Gloria shared her story of keeping a happy moment-diary, which made her look back the happy memories and grateful for all the nice things that had happened to her for the day, and I thougt, it's so 'Gloria's thingy', who I believe is such a philanthropic person, isn't she? We also had a lot of chats over various issues happening in our personal lives, and I kinda failed to designate time properly, which means there was no enough time for the discussion topic which was very interesting. (I wanted to talk about it more.ㅠ_ㅠ) The discussion topic was about women's place whether it has to be at work or not. It was all nice listening to other's opinions.

   I can't join lunch for the time being, but other 4 members went for lunch treated by Gloria and Al-사장(Alex) joined there later and I believe it must've been even nicer time over relentless chats.

   I hope to see more members on this coming Saturday~  Enjoy the pictures. :)

From left, Tia, Gloria, Missu, Jay with a lovely cake broght by Gloria

Our 청일점이었던 Matthew!

From left Gloria, Missu, Matthew, Jay in a vietnamese restaurant.

Philanthropic Gloria treat them all.

Al-사장 is taking this pic.ㅋ

 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 ~ 12:50  Vocabulary test from the article of previous debate.

                           Each participant is subjected to put 1,000 won and collected money is for the winner!

12:50 ~ 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 7/19

 If you are already a member (Check the  current member list above)  

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~~ :)  

  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/ Hope to see more members this Saturday! :)

[Lucy13]

2nd/ Lucy/ I'm coming:) !

[Tia~*]

Lovely Lucy is coming! can't wait to see you!

[Alyssa Y.]

3rd/alyssa/finally! But only for the first half though ㅜㅜbut i am so excited to meet everyone!!

[Tia~*]

You're giving me a mixted feeling, delight of being able to see you after a long time and sadness of limited time, but I'll try to see the bright side of things :)

[Alyssa Y.]

ㅜㅜ so sweet of you saying like that unni! I feel like i am going back to where I belong after all. See you soon♡

[Tia~*]

Of course this is where you belong to, sweety. We've been waiting for you. Welcome back!! :)

[Miisu]

4th/Miisu/I'll be there~

[Tia~*]

Great to have another round of fun-talking with you :)

[andy2011]

not be able to join this time...흑..흑.. have fun, guys!!.. see you next time!! ^^~~~~~

[Tia~*]

How was the concert?????? Can I expect you next Saturday, then?^^ Miss you.

[Matthew Chung]

5th / Matthew / I am glad that I would be the only one guy again....H..HA...

[Tia~*]

You are glad, I knew it!!!!!!!!!!!ㅋㅋㅋㅋ See you very soon .;)