Vietnam Women’s Day

Since Vietnam Women’s day was first celerarated in 1930, it has been an occasion for men to express their love for women. It  is also seen as an important reminder of women’s role in the society in which we criticize the issue of gender inequality, sexual violence, discrimination or sexual harassment. This week, GLN EC warmly introduces a topic about Vietnam Women’s day. This is the ideal destincation where you can share ideas as well as your own opinion on the above topic with other English passioners. Don’t miss the chance to come and join with us on Saturday 15^th October 2011. 

 GLN ENGLISH CLUB
Vietnam Women’s Day

Saturday, 15^st October 2011

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

2:30 – 2:45: Breaking the ice

•    Let’s get down to sharing

2:45 – 3:00: Warming up

•  Play an interesting game

3:00 – 3:40:  Discussing in pairs

•  Is it an important day to you? Why? What do you usually do on that day?
• Discussing about the women’s role in our society? How can we imagine the life without women?
• What are the differences between modern social awareness of gender equality and those in the past? Take Vietnam as a typical example, can you name some improvements of the above issue in our today’s life?
• Is there any existing barrier against implementing the gender equality’s policy in Vietnam? How to change it?

3:40 – 3:50: Relaxing

•  Watching a video clip

3:50 - 4:30: Working in groups
     There will be two groups. You will belong to either “Supermen” or “Supergirl” group.

-          Supergirl group: Members in the group will draw and present a picture about the world in which there are no Women.

-          Supermen group: This is time for you to express your love for the girl side. Each will make their own gift by balloons and give it to a chosen girl. Remember to accompany your beautiful wishes.

4:30-4.45: Fascinating contest

•  Rewards: 2 film’s tickets for the most impressive performance

Holidays – not only the day off work!!!

Do you like holidays in Vietnam because of getting the work off? In Vietnam, we have a lot of holidays that are our identities, which makes us more proud of our country. So what do you think about these holidays? Of which do you like most? What are the meanings of them? All these questions were shared and discussed in GLN EC on Saturday 8^th October interestingly.

Well, it is the fact that, Vietnam has many holidays in which we can stay off work within permission. However, we just have 9 days of public holidays, and 6 national days like New Year’s (January 1^st), Tet (early days of the first month in lunar year), Hung Kings ( 10^th of the third lunar month), Liberation Day (30 April), International Worker Day ( 1^st May) and Independent Day (2^nd September). Besides we discussed about the history and meanings of these holidays, a lot of members told their stories in the days excitingly.

Especially, we had the excellent presentations of two groups in deciding whether celebrated the next Capital Liberation Day (10^th October) spectacularly or not. Each group gave their ideas persuasively and helped us understand more deeply about this holiday. I did hope this topic provided you some useful information of holidays in Vietnam – we always expected them to come soon.

Holidays in Vietnam

      Holiday is a day designated as having special significance for which a government, or a religious group have deemed that observation is warranted, often accompanied by celebrations or festivities. In Vietnam, we have a lot of holidays that are our identities, which makes us more proud of our country. So what do you think about these holidays? Of which do you like most? What are the meanings of them? All these questions will be shared and discussed in GLN EC on Saturday 8th October.

GLN ENGLISH CLUB

Holidays in Vietnam

Saturday, 8th October 2011

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- 3:15: Discussing in pairs

-  Could you list the names of official holidays in Vietnam? Let’s give us more detailed information about them.

-  What are classifications of these holidays? (rely on some criteria to classify them)

-  Why do we have these national holidays? In your opinion, what are the most popular and important holidays?

-  What do you often do in these days? Of which holiday do you like most? Why?

3:15- 3:45: Warming up

-  Playing an interesting game

3:45-4:20: Discuss in groups

    We are expecting to enjoy the Liberation of the Capital Day - one of the most important holidays on 10th October in Hanoi. Should we celebrate it spectacularly or normally? Give your reasons.

4:20-4:30: Expansion activity

    Taking note all the words that you hear from others and then show us your outcome. If you write down correctly as the origin, you will be the winner

Face book- connecting together!!!

Attracted by a huge amount of its advantages, nowadays, more and more people around the world are using Face book as their electronic diary to show the feeling, emotion and profiles. It is also our topic at the last meeting on Saturday, 1^st October. We had  the interesting discussions about “History of Face book, compare Face book with other social network site, discussing the pros and cons of Face book, and anything relating to Face book” and so on.

Because of its popularity, all the members were excited to share their ideas about Face book. They agreed that, Face book really changed our world, brought the happiness and comfort to them. Moreover, it also helped you connect with your friends, family wherever and whenever you were. This was the best benefit that brought to us. Although we used it regularly, we may not acknowledge its history and development. “When did it appear? Why has it become more and more developed? Whether it is replaced by another in some day?” were discussed very hot.

                                           What happened with his face? Poor him!

After that we had some funny games to relax and presentations in groups, which helped you more confident in the presentation.

                                       A rich boss and long- leg girls????

As usual, a later meeting lasted nearly 2 hours to share a lot of topics. GLN EC  hoped this meeting gave you more chances both to practice speaking English and get knowledge.

                                            Be confident to practise English

GLN ENGLISH CLUB

Saturday, 1^st October 2011

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

FACEBOOK

Not so long ago, people lived in a world without Facebook - a social networking site that was launched in 2004 and now attracts over 500 million users. Today, Facebook has become a common place for a lot of people to share their information, photos and so on. But is Facebook really good for you? Has it brought about a valuable element to your life, or distracted you from your daily life and work? Come and share your knowledge with GLN EC this weekend!

2:30 – 2:45: Breaking the ice

  Let’s get down to sharing

2:45 – 3:00: Warming up

  Play the game: “Collecting the pieces”

3:00 – 3:30:  Discussing in pairs

  Do you use the Internet and Facebook? For you, what does Facebook mean?

  Is Facebook really a fantastic social networking tool? Can you list some of its advantages? What are potential drawbacks from using Facebook?

  Do you use any other kind of social network? (Yahoo 360, Zing, Twitter, My Space, LinkedIn…) Is it good in comparison with Facebook?

  Further discussion: Recruiters nowadays are increasingly checking Facebook page profiles of employees before making a hire. What is your opinion on this trend?

3:30 – 3:40: Watch a video clip

3:40 – 4:20: Working in groups

  There will be three groups. Each will be given three words or phrases. The group’s job is to draw what appear in the papers without using any letters which are already provided.

4:20 – 4:30: Expansion Activity

  Listen to the “Facebook” song

Karoshi- a hot issue of Japan

Karoshi is known as one of the popular issue in Japan. It can be understood as “death from work”. “What are the reasons for this serious problem? How has Karoshi affect Japan and other countries? What do we need to do to avoid it?” Those questions were discussed at GLN EC on September, 24^th, 2011.

There were a lot of members concerning about this problem. It was surprised that almost the  participants shared their deep understanding relating to Karoshi. All members agreed that perhaps, the habit of working hard was one of the reasons for Karoshi phenominum.

Especially, in this program, when asked “ Whether have Karoshi appeared in Vietnam or not?”, almost said “no” or “few opportunities to happen”. The interesting questions: “ Karoshi, more advantages than disadvantages, is that right?” “ What has the government done to solve this problem?” were shared in an enthusiatic way.

In conclusion, trying to balance between your work and your life was one of the good way to avoid Karoshi

Karoshi - Death from overwork

Recently, people have been more concerned about one problem that happens in Japanese, it is Karoshi - considered as the death from overwork. Why is it so popular and getting more and more increasing nowadays in Japanese? Is this good or bad? What are the solutions to save people from it? Let’s enjoy with us to share your ideas and discuss at GLN EC meeting on Saturday, September 24th 2011.

GLN ENGLISH CLUB

Karoshi - Death from overwork

Saturday, 24^th September 2011

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- 3:15: Discussing in pairs

-  What is Karoshi (a word from Japanese)? What do you think about it?

-  Is Karoshi only in Japanese? Is it good for our society - in Vietnam?

-  Are you usually over hard-working in your workplace? Do you like this?

-  What are the solutions to save people from Karoshi in your opinion?

    3:15- 3:45: Warming up

-  Playing an interesting game 

    3:45-4:20: Discuss in groups

       Some people say that Karoshi has both pros and cons, but it seems to have more advantages than disadvantages. Do you agree with this idea? Give your reasons for your answer. Let’s make a presentation about it.

   4:20-4:30: Expansion activity

- Presenting based on words given in 1 minute as funny as possible (just for 10 quickest members), the person who performs the best is our winner.