[GLN EC Keangnam] Topic 29/07: Love at school

“Love, the key that unlocks the bars of impossibility”

               Simphiwe Dana

In every aspect of life, love has become one of the essentials which greatly contribute to the life’s beauty. Quite a few people view love as motivations as well as inspirations for studying and working while others claim that once failing in love, you could lose much more compared to what you could gain from it. How about love at school, are you for or against it? Have you ever fallen in a fantastic love with someone at your high school or university? It must be more interesting that you could share with us. That is why you shouldn’t miss the promisingly exciting meeting on Sunday 28^th , July at GLN EC Keangnam !

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       Topic: Love at school

2:30 pm, Sunday, 29^th July 2012

10th Floor, Keangnam Office Building, Pham Hung Str, Tu Liem Dist, Ha Noi.

2:30 – 2:50 Break the ices

2:50 – 3:20 Warm – up

·         Play an exciting game

3:20 - 4:10 Discuss in pairs

     Question to ponder:

1.      Have you ever fallen in love with someone? Share with us your stories? ( time, place, situation, your lovers.,etc)

2.      What are pros and cons of love at school (high school, university)? Are you against or for having love at school age? Tell us your reasons.

3.      In such a modern and busy life, love has changed a lot. What do you think about love of youngsters nowadays? Does it still keep beautiful features like it is used to have? Please take examples.

4.       A great number of parents do not allow their children have love at school? What are positive and negative sides of the situation? Could you suggest some solutions to solve those negative effects?

4:10 – 4:20 Watch a short clip

4:20 – 5:00 Discuss in groups

·         Imagine that you have a happy family with a seventeen-year-old boy. Your son have known that you and your wife/husband have loved each other from both of you were at high school. Moreover, he now falls in love with a beautiful girl and neglects studying. Discuss with your group mates to solve the problem.

[GLN EC NTD] Movie 28/07: Singing in the rain

2:30 pm, Saturday, 28^th July 2012

 No 12, Lane 8, Nguyen Thi Dinh Str, Trung Hoa Ward, Cau Giay

“Singing in the rain” is now frequently described as one of the best musicals ever made, topping the AFI's 100 Years of Musicals list, and ranking fifth in its updated list of the greatest American films in 2007.

 “In 1927, Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont are a famous on-screen romantic pair. Lina, however, mistakes the on-screen romance for real love. Don has worked hard to get where he is today, with his former partner Cosmo. When Don and Lina's latest film is transformed into a musical, Don has the perfect voice for the songs. But Lina - well, even with the best efforts of a diction coach, they still decide to dub over her voice. Kathy Selden is brought in, an aspiring actress, and while she is working on the movie, Don falls in love with her. Will Kathy continue to "aspire", or will she get the break she deserves?”

Let’s come to GLN English Club this week to relax yourself with this exciting film and then enjoy further discussion with your lovely friends. 

[GLN EC] Bonding Trip: Thung Nai-Hoa Binh

GLN English Club, 4^th and 5^th August 2012

A sparkling romantic and charming landscape!!

Thung Nai-Hoa Binh is very proud to be one of the most sparkling, attractive and charming landscape in the north of Vietnam –about 100 kilometers from the capital Hanoi. It is also considered as the zoomed –out Ha Long Bay landscape. In Thung Nai, you can enjoy its wild as well as passionate beauty that our nature gives human beings because it is a perfect combination of mountains, islands and blue vast water surface. Therefore you easily get lost in unreal beautiful scene!

Coming to Thung Nai, you seem to look for mountainous and fresh –air area to relax with the peaceful hydroelectric lake Hoa Binh, seeing small houses in the stilts of Muong village, manmade windmills, enjoying the traditional market days and many outstanding islands in the lakes.

Last but not least, you are very attracted by delicious and tasty specialties of the mountainous and forest area like grilled fish, green rice, fascinated with bamboo pole dance beside a big campfire together.

Thung Nai- a secret for everyone to discover! There are a lot of things waiting us to visit and discover. Let’s register and enjoy the wonderful trip with GLN English Club for 2 day- 1 night on Saturday 4^th August 2012 to experience the special feeling!

Here are some details for the trip:

1.      GROSS: 450 000 VND/person

2.      Outline program

Date	Time	Activity
04/08	06:00 08:00-11:00 11:00-12:30 12:30-17:00 17:00-22:00	-         Starting -         Visiting Hoa Binh Lake, islands, Muong village and other sightseeings -         Having lunch & playing games together -         Visiting sightseeings -         Dancing bamboo pole, having campfire, singing and other activities
05/08	05:00 07:00-11:00 11:00-12:30 12:30-15:00 15:00-17:00	-         Having breakfast with hot chicken soups, seeing the dawn -         Going sailing, visiting market and some famous temples -         Having lunch, playing games -         Visiting windmills -         Coming back to Hanoi

1. To ensure our trip to be on time, everyone should be at University of transport and communication Gate at 06:00 a.m on Saturday 4^th August on the way to Cau Giay Bus parking.
2. Please pay your fee to Ms Hien on 28^th or 29^th July one week before the trip

►Note:

at 2:30 pm at GLN EC Nguyen Thi Dinh or GLN EC Keangnam. Or contact with Ms.Hien for convenience

Please register before 10 p.m on Thursday 2^rd August with us through the email glnclub@gln.edu.vn or contact with:

Ms Loan –MB: 01 678 134 691

Ms Hiền –MB: 0977 252 156

[GLN EC NTD] Report 21/07: Friendship

As you know, friendship plays an important role in our lives. Many people will walk in and out of our lives; but only true friends will leave footprints in our hearts.  They make us laugh when we are sad due to problems happened already in our life, such as breaking up with our boyfriend (or girlfriend), failing to examinations,  and so many other things, and they give us the courage to face up to challenges. To understand more about true friendship, this Saturday, we did have a great meeting, discussing nature and roles of real friends, sharing ideas about how friendship make people happy and successful.

After making friends and warming up the atmosphere by letting members introduce themselves and playing a small funny game, we moved to most fascinating part of the meeting: Discussing in pairs. In this section, we defined what friendship and true friends are. There were lots of ideas but we all agreed that friends are our truest treasures and they are very important in every life. In addition, factors to create a true friendship such as trust, honesty, and sincerity are also mentioned all discussion. At the end of this part, we came to the conclusion that those who have friends tend to be happier, healthier, and live longer than those who do not. In fact, friendship has numerous physical and spiritual benefits.

                                  Members enthusiastically raise their ideas.

The interesting discussion was followed by a stimulating game called”Making friendship poems “. Each group was given only five minutes to write a short poem and then they had to explain their ideas. In the end, we got a romantic poem and an easy-to-understand one.The last part of the meeting was working in groups, making presentation about the fact that many people choose their friends for their own sake rather than spiritual things. Lots of things were mentioned, creating a collection of informative presentations.

They are preparing for the presentation.

In conclusion, making friends, voicing opinions about friendship, and getting joyful moments are unforgettable things we did together. Thank all you for being there and helping us creating a friendly and useful environment for English lovers. Looking forward to seeing you next week!

[GLN EC Keangnam] Topic 22/07: Family

        A family is a blessing that an individual should be grateful to have. Some may say friendship, love, and joy; while others say pain, agony, and anger. In general, family is a support system which mother, father, sister, brother all provide us with some type of support or guidance. How about you? What does family mean to you? Let’s come and get more useful experiences about the topic, as well your English skills at GLN EC KEANGNAM in the topic of FAMILY

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GLN ENGLISH CLUB KEANGNAM

FAMILY

2:30 pm, Sunday, 22^nd July 2012

10^th Floor, Keangnam Office Building, Pham Hung Str, Tu Liem Dist,  Ha Noi.

2:30 – 2:45: Breaking the ices

·         Make friends

2:45– 3:15: Warming – up

·         Play a vocabulary game

3:15 – 4:00: Discussing in pairs

·               Can you share with us about your family? How is your family important to you?

·                What are the differences between modern families and traditional ones? (in terms of size, numbers of children, cost to bring up children, etc)

·              Nuclear families and extended nuclear families, which ones do you prefer? Tell us your reasons.

·            Nowadays, in many families, both parents are busy with their work. As a result, they spend little time teaching their children.  In your opinion, how does this thing influence on children’s life?

·              Can you describe some changes in people’s point of view about “Divorce”?  How does divorce influence on the children?

4:00 – 4:15: Playing small game to relax and reinforce Vocab

·         Catch the words described by members of your group

4:15 - 4:45: Working in groups

·         You are divided randomly into some groups. Your group will be given a specific situation. What your group has to do is to play an interesting Drama

     4:45 – 5:30: Free talk and share English learning tips

[GLN EC NTD] Topic 21/07: Friendship

 “A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world”

Leo Buscaglia

Friendship has been indispensable for us in happy life since the beginning of time. It is one of the most beautiful and fragile relationships in the world. Our friends are like steady pillars, they always stay with us and give us very necessary supports and comfort that we all seek in life simultaneously. Spending time with true friends is one of the greatest joys we have ever had. In fact, many movies, songs, along with TV programs have been made as a tribute to this lovely relationship. Do you have any closest friends in your life’s journey? Without friends, what will happen to you? So why are friends so important in our lives? Those will be answered in the Saturday afternoon meeting this week at GLN Ielts Review Center NGUYEN THI DING as usual. Don’t miss the chance to warm up your friendship.

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 friendship

Saturday, 21^st July 2012

 No 12, Lane 8, Nguyen Thi Dinh Str, Trung Hoa Ward, Cau Giay

2:30- 2:45: Breaking the ice

Making friends with others

2:45- 3:00: Warming up

3:00- 3:45: Discussing in pairs

·     How do you define about friendship? Tell us your friends, especially your closest friend

·     Why is friendship important to everyone in life? Let’s give specific examples

·    What is a true friend? What things does a true friendship need to have? Of which is the most important?

·    Suppose that your closest friend takes advantage of or makes wrong with you, resulting in serious argument. So what should you do to keep the friendship?

3:45 – 3:50: Watching clip

3:50- 4:30: Working in groups

In the modern life, many people choose their friends in their own interests rather than any other things, who help them succeed in their life. What does your group think about this thing?

Make presentation to show you’re your idea.

            

[GLN EC NTD] Report 14/07

UNFORGETTABLE MEETING WE HAVE EVER JOINED

AT HOA BINH PARK

Our regular outdoor meeting onevery Saturday wasn’t going to be canceled due to terribly hotthe weather. We had the really memorable and meaningful meeting at HoaBinh Park this week.With the topic of Mobile phone, we had more knowledge of not only advantages but also disadvantages of cellphone. Besides, we had great chance to share our ideas in the debate whether cellphone should be allowed in schools or not.

As usual, we introduced briefly about ourselves at the beginning of the meeting. Wemoved to the discussion in pairs without the warming up because the meeting started very late. It was very surprising when Mr. Khoa answered the first question that he had used the only cellphone for 8 years. It is Nokia 1200 with a nick name “A brick”.

After that, we had a small game called “What the King needs” before working in groups. This game is really interesting and funny which helped us relax. Then, we are divided into two groupsto debate whether cellphone should be allowed in school or not. The Group 1 was for using cellphone at school and the Group 2 was against this thing. The topic was so hot that Mr. Nguyen, Ms. Thu and Mr. Cuongstillinsisted in discussingmuch more and even after finishing the meeting .

Last but not least, we had extremely new and exciting experience as playing Patin. Regrettably, some members had to go home soon and couldn’t join us.

Although it was very hot and there was a heavy rain, this meeting isperfect and unforgettable. Thank all of you for coming and hope to see you this Saturday (21/07).

[GLN EC Keangnam] Topic 15/07: Competition

                                                                                           

In its everyday sense, competition has ever existed in a corner of our life. As you may see in some races, each competitor fights to the last breathe with a hope of becoming the winners. Some people believe that the presence of competition could give our society favorable conditions to move forwards while others worry that it can be harmful to our healthy competition environment. What is your point of view? Have you ever experienced such a fierce competition which may cause stressful and affect negatively on our life? Or in any case you could gain benefits from competitive environment?  Let’s come and share with us in such an excited meeting ever on Sunday, 15^th, July!

For further information, let’s look through the following timeline:

GLN ENGLISH CLUB KEANGNAM

COMPETITION

2:30 pm, Saturday, 15^th July 2012

10^th Floor, Keangnam Office Building, Pham Hung Str, Tu Liem Dist,  Ha Noi.

2:30 – 2:45: Introducing GLN EC Keangnam

·        GLN Dance

·        Brief introduction of the new branch

2:45 – 3:00: Breaking the ices

·        Make friends

3:00 – 3:20: Warming – up

·        Play an exciting game

3:20 – 4:00: Discussing in pairs

·    Have you ever spent any competitions in life? Share with us in detail

·   What is competition in your point of view? Could you give some features of a  common competition?

·   Could you tell us some signs showing unhealthy competition? (i.e. in business, in love, in workplace, and so on). How can it negatively affect our life?

·  Could you suggest some solutions to minimize bad effects of unhealthy competitions to make our life better?

4:00 – 4:10: Watching a short video

4:10  - 4:45:  Working in groups

·        You are from a company which produces soft drink. There are three investors who would like to invest in your company. Let’s make an advertisement for one of your product as attractive as possible to persuade them invest in your company.

      4: 45 – 5:30: Free talk

[GLN EC NTD] Topic 14/07: Mobile Phone

With the speedy advancement of the technology level, human beings are now being brought to an unprecedented era they have ever experienced. And mobile telephone, emerged as one of the most popular invention, seems to be an indispensable device that we can’t live without. It is designed for providing both convenience and mobility. But while we are being attracted by such fashionable technology, are we also aware of its negative side?  As well, there are many ideas behind this topic “Mobile Phone” in the Saturday meeting at Hoa Binh Park this week. Let’s come and share with us to gain more experience and relax simultaneously.

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                                  [OUTDOOR MEETING]  MOBILE phone

Saturday, 14^th July 2012

 Hoa Binh Park, Xuan Dinh, Tu Liem District, Ha Noi

2:30- 3:00: Breaking the ice

• Making friends with others

3:00- 3:45: Discussing in pairs

·         What kinds of mobile phone have you ever used? Can you name other well-known mobile phone manufacturers?

·         How many common components are there found on a mobile phone? What are functions of a cell phone?

·         What about history of mobile phone product in regards to its technological development?

·         Every useful thing has some negative aspects also. Could you tell us what advantages and disadvantages of using mobile phone are?

3:45 – 4:15: Playing a game

• Playing a game called “What does King need?”

4:15- 4:45: Working in groups

The question whether cell phones should be allowed in schools has been hotly debated over the years. There are compelling arguments on both sides of this debate, and both enthusiasts and critics make convincing points. What does your group think?

ð  Let’s debate on both sides of Pro and Con.