[모임공지] Minutes of the last meeting & announcement for the study on 10/10(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, (Andy), Simon, Sun, James, Grace, Sanghwa, Danny, Amelia,

(Sophie), Kory, Charles

Minutes of the meeting on 10/3

     We had 8 English talkaholics on last Saturday, me, Grace, Kory, Sanghwa, James, Charles, Danny and a new comer, Miya.(Welcome!! :))

     We introduced each other as we had a new comer, and moved on to discussions. Grace, Kory, Danny and I were in the same group. Kory told us a story of recent movie '사도' and asked us why we thoguth '사도세자' was killed by his own father. My topic was a recent controversial bill named '불효자 방지법' and we shared stories of undutiful children.

     The debate topic was 'kid-free zone'. Danny, James, Grace and Charles supported the idea saying we have to respect the rights of customers who want quiet places and the marketer would make use of this situation by generating more kid-friendly venues which will offer parents to have a better option. However opponents, Kory, Sanghwa, Miya and I worried that it might egg societal aversion against children and evolve into discrimination against the week.

     We had a lot of fun as always and thank you guys for coming and hope to see everyone again on this coming 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 10/10

 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/ Guys, dress warm, I've heard it will be very cold this Saturday!

[Simon01]

2nd/Simon/Parliamentary audit is done!! See you on saturday!

[Tia~*]

Good to see you! :)

[Grace**]

3rd/ Grace/ See you! :)

[Tia~*]

See you, dear. :)

[CharlesYoon]

4th/Charles/See you guys on Sat!/
It's been a little more than a month since I first joined this group. I slowly get to feel more comfortable being around people each week. It's very good to find myself having fun with many good articles to learn useful expressions/collocations! Many times, I was surprised to hear you guys mentioning many wonderful words like native speakers.
Do you think if we can have an outdoor meeting at a beautiful place on a sunny day before it gets too cold? We can just sit together over good food talking about news articles. What do you think, everyone?

[Tia~*]

I'm so happy you have a lot of fun with us and deeply appreciate your suggestion.
If you meant tomorrow, it won't be a good idea since it will be chilly and rainy as forecasted. But I ike the idea very much and let's talk about it in the meeting.
I've been thinking about opening up a group kakaotalk at your wish and I concluded this is a stream and I'd better follow it.ㅋ I made up my mind reading your suggestion as it will be a lot more efficient to collect opinions and make up plans!
See you tomorrow, Charles. :)

[miya121]

5th/ see u tommorrow~

[Tia~*]

Enojyed last time? Glad to see you tomorrow again.^^

[Sanghwa]

6th/Sanghwa/see ya^^

[Tia~*]

See you, lovely!^^

[tony daniel]

7th/ Danny / See u tomorrow

[Tia~*]

See you, Danny! :)

[james.lee]

8th/James/See ya tmr~

[Tia~*]

See you, James! :)

[Sun*]

9th/ Sun/ Today's weather was just beautiful and the sky was very blue with the sun. It was absolutely breathtaking!!

[Tia~*]

couldn't be better!!!! But sadly it won't be beautiful blue sky tomorrow as it's gonna rain. Dress warm and see you tomorrow! :)