[GLN EC Keangnam] Topic 02/12: Teamwork skill

Teamwork has become an important part of the working culture and a lot of businesses now look at teamwork skill of a candidate when evaluating him for their recruitment. Most companies realize that teamwork skill is important because the production is sufficiently complex that it requires a team with multiple skills to produce. Therefore, it is necessary that students learn to function in a team environment so that they will have teamwork skill when they enter the workforce. Also, researchs tell us that students learn best from tasks that involve doing tasks and involve social interactions. To know more about teamwork skills, let’s come to GLN English Club this week with the topic “Teamwork Skill”

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TEAMWORK SKILL

LEARNING ENGLISH THROUGH SONGS (CON.)

3:00 pm, Sunday, 2nd December 2012

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

Duration	Title	Details
3:00-3:15	Make friends	Introduce yourself
3:15-3:30	Warm up	Play a game
3:30-4:20	Discuss in pairs	What is teamwork skill? Do you often work in teams? Are there any conflicts in working in teams? What are they? Which role do you want to play in a team or group (leadership, secretary, or team membership)? What factors does a leader need? How can we make a good team? What should we do to improve teamwork skills?
4:20-4:30	Relax	Listening skill – Leaning English through songs
4:30-5:00	Work in groups	You are expected to work in groups in order to draw a picture, make a poem or do the other things expressing what you are impressed the most to GLN EC. It takes five minutes to present your group’s product.
5:00-5:30	Free talk

[GLN EC NTD] Topic 01/12: DRUG & SOCEITY

Drug and its issues are very common topics of countries around the world including Vietnam. Despite many great efforts of the government in eliminating drugs addiction’s impacts, it seems to be that our society has negative effects in both people’s health and wealth. There are a lot of reasons for this issue. They may be the poor control and management of our government, the poor awareness of residents and so on. What we should do to make people aware of drugs’ impacts on the young people in Vietnam?  Let’s come and join the discussion about this hot topic with us on Saturday afternoon this week!!!

DRUG & soceity

2:30pm Saturday, 1^st December 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- 3:30: Discussing in pairs

•        What is drug? What substances do drugs usually contain? Can you name some drugs used popularly?

•        What are effects of drugs on our health in particular and our society in general?

•        Can you tell us the current status of producing and using drugs in Vietnam?

•        Why do some people often use drugs in spite of their heavily negative effects? Give examples

•        How can people prevent the impacts of drugs?

3:30 – 3:45: Playing games

3:45- 4:30: Working in groups

•        Nowadays, the use of drugs and drugs addiction of the youth are getting more and more popular and conspicuous in bars, which impacts greatly on their health, moral issue and life, even their family, resulting in social evils. Suppose that your close friends are using drugs. How can you do to pull them back off without using drugs?

          

[GLN EC Keangnam] Topic 25/11: Children and Adults

Children and adults see the world differently. Children have much better memorable capabilities than adolescences and adults for sure, however, being a mature person would achieve a more productively task as many differences between those. We could not say that which one is really better than another, but if people understand deeply about the differences we can get some extents. This week meeting in Keangnam branch we are going to give you a trip ticket which will bring you back into your childhood to compare with your present adulthood. Come and enjoy the journey with us.  

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CHILDREN AND ADULTS

ENGLISH LISTENING SKILL – Learn English through songs

2:30 pm, Sunday, 25th November 2012

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

Duration	Title	Details
2:30-3:00	Make friends	Introduce yourself
3:00-3:20	Warm up	Play a vocabulary game
3:20-4:20	Discuss in pairs	Part 2: Students in the Halloween night 1.      Can you clarify the definition of children and adults? What are the differences between children and adult? 2.      What are your most memorable moments in your childhood? Please tell in detail. 3.      Since the age of 18, do you have as much happy and joyful time as you did in the childhood? Tell us why 4.      If you had a chance to come back, would you take it seriously? And why?
4:20-4:30	Relax	Relax
4:30-5:00	Develop English skills	Part 1: Listening skill – Learn English through songs” Listen and fill in question sheets.
5:00-5:30	Free talk

[GLN EC NTD] Topic 24/11: Online Education

Undeniably, living in such a modern society could enable us to obtain numerous things at the same time thanks to cutting - edge technology. What is more, we human are required to be more educated and talented in order to catch up with the pace of life. Those reasons lead to the popularity of online education. Have you ever taken part in any online courses? What could you benefit from them? Let’s come and share with us your experiences and feelings about e – learning on 24th November 2012 to see a stimulating meeting ever!

                    

                                       Online Education

                                    Saturday, 24th November 2012

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

2:30 – 3:00 Breaking the ice

§  Introduce about yourself

3:00 – 3:20 Warming up

§  Play a fancy game

3:20 – 4: 20 Discussing in pairs

§  1. Have you ever taken any online courses/degrees? What is online education in your mind?

§  2. What are pros and cons of e –learning?

§  3. Why do quite a few people still prefer traditional learning method?

§  4. What should we do to ensure the online education quality? (i.e learners, course providers)

4:20 – 4:30 Watching a video

4: 30 – 5:00 Discussing in groups

§  Some people say that if we could maximize the benefits from online education, it could replace the traditional learning method. Are you for or against that statement? Discuss with your group mates.

[GLN EC NTD] Topic 17/11: Teachers in modern society - Happy Vietnamese Teacher’s Day!!!

          No matter who you are or where you go, hardly could you forget the period of taught by our beloved teachers at school. The teachers have been believed to have a great effect on us, laying the ground for our successes in the future. They are also persons who we entirely respect and they are considered as our second parents due to their vital role. However, in the early 21st century, such a fast changing could change numerous things including education in general, the roles of teachers in particular. What do you think about the important role of teachers in our modern society? Do they still keep passion in the sake of 100 years of cultivating people? We GLN EC are waiting for you to share your real thinking about them at 2:30 pm on 17th November 2012. Let’s come and join us in this special day.

                   

Teachers in modern society

Happy Vietnamese Teacher’s Day!!!

Saturday, 17th November 2012

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

2:30 – 3:00: Breaking the ice

§  Introduce about yourself

3:00 – 3:20: Warming up

§  Play a fantastic game

3:20 – 4: 20: Discussing in pairs

*  What is the image of a teacher in your eyes? Who has been a teacher you are impressed the most? Tell us about him/her
*  How important are teachers in our life? Does the role of teachers change so much nowadays? Why or why not?
*  Quite a few people claim that the Vietnamese Education quality has been declined in recent times. Do teachers contribute to the reduction of Education quality? Why?
*  As The Prime Minister of Education, could you suggest some solutions to enhance our teaching quality, as well as teaching methods in particular, and education quality in general?

4:20 – 4:30: Watching a video

4: 30 – 5:00: Discussing in groups

§          To welcome the Vietnamese Teacher’s Day, let’s make a special thing for your teacher. It can be a card, a play, simply a performance or anything depending on your group. Discuss with your group members and then show your group product in five minutes.

NOTE:

For some reasons, GLN English Club Keangnam will not run the usual program this week on 18/11/2012. Please come and join this meeting in Nguyen Thi Dinh Branch on 17/11/2012 instead . Thanks!

[GLN EC Keangnam] Topic 11/11: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

        

Are you a high-tech follower? Do you own some high-tech products like mobile phones, cars or computers? That’s reason why technology has existed every where, is the main factor helping our world develop and innovate. The human life would be boring and colorless if technology did not come into light. We should thank very much the inventors and scientists who bring the light of human beings for technology products, making our life more comfortable and convenient than ever before. Why does technology come into light? What do you know about it? Let’s join in our discussion on Sunday afternoon at 2: 30 pm on 10^th floor of Keangnam Building!

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

SERIES OF ENGLISH LISTENING SKILL

2:30 pm, Sunday, 11^thNovember 2012

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

Duration	Title	Details
2:30-3:00	Making friends	Introduction
3:00-3:20	Warming up	Play a vocabulary game relating the topic
3:20-4:00	Discussing in pairs	Part 1: Background 1.      What is technology? Can you list some popular names of high-tech products nowadays? 2.      How has technology developed? Let’s compare high-tech products now and in the past? 3.      What are advantages and disadvantages of technology?
4:00-4:30	Working in groups	Technology is thought to be the key factor of development in the modern life. Do you agree or disagree? Make a Presentation to explain your group’s ideas
4:30-5:00	Sharing experience	Part 2: Listening skill 1.      What is listening skill? Ø  Practice with an exercise Ø  Listen to a video talking about tips to improve listening skill
5:00-5:30	Free talk

[GLN EC NTD] Topic 10/1: GLOBAL BRAND – TNC & MNC

In the period of integrating with the global economy, you must have known Coca-Cola, Pepsi, McDonalds & KFC, Microsoft and Apple brand names and so on. Global brand is the result of cooperating among companies of different counties, creating the giant corporations so-called TNC (Transnational Corporations) and MNC (Multinational Corporations). These corporations have very large size and unimagined profits. There are such some questions are “what are MNC & TNC? What do they do to build such global brands? And whether there are any interesting stories around these corporations?” Being the global citizens, you yourself should get experiences from these realities. Let’s come and join us to have global vision and interesting experiences with English lovers with the topic “Global Brand – TNC & MNC” in really active environment on Saturday 10^th November.

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Global bRAND – TNC & mnc

2:30pm Saturday, 10^th November 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

•        Can you list some global brand names, as well as TNCs & MNCs you have known before? In your opinion, which brand name is the most valuable?

•        What do TNCs & MNCs stand for?  Can you tell us what their definitions are? Are they different from the other one?

•        How do TNCs & MNCs work in terms of organizational structure, operation and main activities?

•        Why do TNCs & MNCs play important role in the world economy in general, and in the developing economy as Vietnam in particular?

•        Do they impact negatively on our country’s economy? What are they?

3:45 – 3:50: Watching slides

3:50- 4:30: Working in groups

•        Imagine that your company wants to go globally to expand and promote your Brand, resulting in huger profit. To do that, you have to redesign your company’s logo and slogan in line with global perspective. Now, there are some requirements you should have done:

1.      Choose the Brand which are prepared for your group

2.      Design the logo and slogan for it on the paper with colorful pens and other materials. Let’s try to make it as attractive as possible

3.      Present your group’s product within 5 minutes

          

[GLN EC NTD] Topic 03/11: Brand

Introducing new brands is critical for achieving the continued growth and long-term success for any enterprise. However, despite huge investments and concerted efforts in introducing new brands, many of them may never be successful. The failure rate is found to range between 35% and 45%.

So what is really a brand? And what makes a brand different from another brand?. In order to discover the answers, GLN English Club is honored to cover a topic named “Brand” in this weekend program. Let’s join us to share your opinions!

BRAND

2:30 pm, Saturday, 3^rd November 2012

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

2:30 – 3:00 Making friends

·                      Introduce about yourself  

3:00 – 3:20 Warming-up

3:20 – 4:20 Discussing in pairs

             1.  What is a brand? Could you name and describe some brands that you think they’re successful?

              2.  What is a logo? Identify the differences between the brand and logo of a company?

               3.  What makes up a brand? And what does brand really tell us about?

               4.  What is brand awareness? How does it benefit the business itself?

            5. Do you have any idea on how to improve the brand awareness of GLN English Club?

3:45 – 4:15: Playing a game

4:20 – 5:00 Discussing in groups

Groups will be given a brand name of a product. Let’s imagine that they are all firstly launched in the market. Your job is to introduce the product (what it is, how it functions, why customers should buy it…)

Suggestions:

1. You should think like an advertiser.

2. You should make sorts of presentation or commercial advertising dramas.

3. Some possible brands: Iphone 5, Coca Cola, Comfort (fabric softener), KFC fry chicken, Gillette shaver.