We had 11 English Talkaholics on 5/23, me, Cecilia, Grace, Andy, Kim, Amelia, Mya, James, Sun, Danny and Jae-Sang.
We spent some time introducing, casual chatting and catching up each other a bit and split into 3 groups led by Sun, Andy, and me. In my group with Mya, Cecilia, Kim and Grace, Mya first brought an issue of hunting. She supported it for containing population of some species but others felt hunting was somewhat inhumane. Cecilia's topic was that 'helicoptor mom sued the professor for forcing students into getting naked to pass the coruse'. It was a visual art course and students are infromed at the begining of the course and they can either express nudity with presentation or get naked in front of whole class or take failure. I thougt given that it is well conveyed to students how it goes from the begining and it it AN art-course and not mandatory, which means students absolutely have a choice, there's no problem at all. I'm thinking to choose this topic for the debate for the near future.ㅋㅋ My topic was sex education guide line provided by education ministry. Because of some contents in the material it's getting a lot of flak.
I bet other groups would've had as much fun as I had with brilliant leaders and fabulous members.
The debate topic was disclosure of sexual offenders. I recently got a mail from Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, infroming me about a sex offender living in the neighborhood. I was appalled by how vivid and clear the photo was and all the pravicy of him delivered to my door step. Supporting disclosure group, Andy, Cecilia, Grace, Jaesang, me, Danny thought it is needed to protect ourselves and respect the right to know. However opposing group, Sun, Kim, James, Mya, Amelia focused on the negative affects such as stigmatizing them, pains the family members have to go through and etc.
It was a another very charged debate thanks to ardent participation from all of members.
We enjoyed lunch together at the Korean restaurant, '김가네' right in front of Myzone and continued chatting and came up with a plan to 서울숲!!ㅋ I will elaborate on the plan in another post.
Thank you guys for coming, hope to see everybody again this Saturday!! :)
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. THIRD 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 5/30
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're not having a new comer for the time being.
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.
I am afraid to tell you that we are not having a new comer for the time being as mentioned above. But we will open soon again, please check here on the regular basis if you stay interested in our study. And make sure interview is mandatory to attend. Hope to see you in the near future.
첫댓글 1st/ Tia/ It was quite hot today so I'm worried a bit it would be too hot on our picnic day! ㅠ_ㅠ
3rd/ Sun / I'm concerned about that as well! It's unusually hot for this time of the year!!
That's what I'm saying T.T
Hopefully it would be just fine since we're meeting in the morning. fingers crossed!!!!
4th / Amelia / See you soooon :)
See you, Amelia!!! :)
5th/James/i will be there with you guys~
Be with us, James!! :)
6th./kim/ will join.
Glad to see you!! :)
삭제된 댓글 입니다.
See you tomorrow!! :)
8th/ Danny/ see u tomorrow:)
10th / Ji / New comer / Please count me in.
I am afraid to tell you that we are not having a new comer for the time being as mentioned above. But we will open soon again, please check here on the regular basis if you stay interested in our study. And make sure interview is mandatory to attend. Hope to see you in the near future.