I believe people who come to Yoyo want to improve our English.
So I watched a TED talk video about an American teaches people how to learn English in Malaysia in an interesting way.
Here is the video clip as below:
Also, in the session II, I want to play a game with you by using some of the most common English idioms and phrases I looked up from the internet in the link as below. You could play charades, draw a picture or explain the idiom you draw without using the words in the idioms & let the audiences guess what idiom it is.
Hope you could join the meeting & have fun with us !
https://englishlive.ef.com/blog/languag ... d-phrases/
Questions:
Session I:
1. Do you agree with what the speaker says "When speaking English, we should speak it like playing a computer game instead of like playing a piano carefully"? Why or why not?
2.Which way is the most effective way for you to learn English? Please share it with your group.
3. For people who is a polyglot (可說多國語言的人, I think it includes people who speak Taiwanese, Hakka & etc), how do you think they achieve to become a polyglot? Could we apply some of the skills when we are learning English?
Session II:
1. We will guess some of the idioms or phrases in the link as below by playing a game.
I will call some people to be on the stage.
The people who are on stage could play charades, draw a picture or explain the meaning of the phrase without using a word in the phrase.
https://englishlive.ef.com/blog/languag ... d-phrases/
2. Do you like this game? What other games do you know could be used for learning English?
3. How do you think learning a language could change your life?
Have you learned other languages before or are you currently learning another language now?
Why do you want to learn English or another language?
What do you want to achieve by learning these languages?
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Reference Agenda:
3:45 ~ 4:00pm Greetings & Free Talk / Ordering Beverage or Meal / Getting Newcomer’s Information
4:00 ~ 4:10pm Opening Remarks / Newcomer’s Self-introduction / Grouping
(Session I)
4:10 ~ 4:50pm Discussion Session (40 mins)
4:50 ~ 5:10pm Summarization (20 mins)
5:10 ~ 5:15pm Regrouping / Instruction Giving / Taking a 10 Minutes Break (Intermission)
(Session II)
5:15 ~ 5:55pm Discussion Session (40 mins)
6:00 ~ 6:20pm Summarization (20 mins)
6:20 ~ 6:30pm Concluding Remarks / Announcements
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Meeting Date: As shown on the Subject Line
Meeting Time: 4:00pm – 6:30pm
Meeting Venue: 丹堤咖啡 Dante Coffee (Minimum Order $80)
Address: 台北市濟南路三段25號[MAP]-捷運忠孝新生站3號出口步行3分鐘
Important Notes:
1. We advise participants to print out the discussion questions and bring them to the meeting for reference. As for the supporting articles, feel free to print them out, as well, according to your preference.
2. We suggest that participants read the articles and think about the questions in advance.
3. Newcomers should prepare a two-to-three minute self-introduction in English to deliver when called upon by the host before the start of the discussion. The host may also ask you to give brief feedback about the meeting at the conclusion of the meeting.
4. We conduct the entire meeting in English. All participants should have at least moderate English-conversation skills and be able to articulate your ideas for each discussion question.
5. We welcome newcomers and other guests to attend the meetings and join the discussion freely for three times. After that, we hope you will consider becoming a YoYo English Club member. We charge a NT$1000 lifetime membership fee.
