HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012!!!

2011 is going to go by so fast and we are all eager to welcome a New Year 2012 with a lot of new things. On the coming of 2012, GLN English Club wishes you all the best - best health, best wealth, best luck!!! Thanks for coming and joining us in 2011 and hope to see you soon in 2012. 

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

NOTE: WE ARE OFF THIS WEEK! SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT WEEK IN THE NEW YEAR!!!

Christmas Celebration in GLN English Club

Enjoying memorable moments on Christmas in GLN EC

You don’t like “stay alone at home” or do the same things day by day, and especially on Christmas, right?

You like going out and joining with friends in extremely funny and crazy programs with full of competition?

You really want to have fun, get presents and also practice English at the same time?

Or more specially, you are crazy on getting a lot of attractive gifts and have a meaningful Christmas this year?

Come to a very special Christmas program in GLN English Club at 2:30 pm, Saturday, 24^th December 2011 to explore so many pleasant surprises for Christmas this year. In particular, the Christmas program this year promises to bring you many funny games in English with contests among the member teams. Moreover, the competition among the teams will help you unleash the creative discretion of a wonderful Christmas day. Besides meeting friends, the program promises to bring you many “cute” and “amazing” gifts from GLN English Club!

Because of limited seats, please quickly register to become participants in the "one - in - a year" program!

Please fill in the following form before 9 am on 24^th December 2011:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_GB&formkey=dDRJT1h4czdhczhiNkYwQTJILVZMM2c6MQ#gid=0

Have a meaningful and unforgettable Christmas with GLN English Club!

GLOBALIZATION

Have you ever wondered why society is more developed over time, what makes internet, communication and languages to be so important nowadays, why countries tend to join together. It is no doubt that the world is being globalized. While this tendency sounds promising, there are tremendous complaints against it. The question is whether Globalization is good or bad in the current context of Viet Nam.

You are Vietnamese and you are being effected by the global trend. What do you think about its advantages and disadvantages? Let’s come and share your thoughts with us this weekend, topic: “Globalization”

                                                    GLN ENGLISH CLUB

                                                     GLOBALIZATION

                                                Saturday, December 17th, 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 – 3:00: Warming up

• Watching an interesting video

3:00 – 3:45: Discussing in pairs

• What is globalization? What are goals of globalization?

• How does globalization affect our economy, politic, culture, and environment?

• Viet Nam is gradually globalized by accession to some international organizations. What are they? Share your knowledge about those.

• What do you think about globalization with positive and negative aspects in Viet Nam?

3:45 – 4:00: Relaxing

• Playing a game called “perfect couple”

4:00 – 4:30: Working in groups

Let’s draw a picture about globalization and present your group idea.

Thanks for coming! Have a nice weekend!

Marketing- vital factor for business success!!!

Marketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. In reality, it plays an important role in every business’s success. That’s the reason why almost all the companies or businesses take care much on this field. Let’s see how we discover this topic with GLN EC on 10th December.

Some questions such as “what is marketing, How many types of marketing, In comparison with the past how it has changes for orientation of customers’ demand" and so on are excitingly and controversially discussed at GLN EC last week. There are a lot of different ideas from attendants about the nature of Marketing: some people think that Marketing is to answer two questions relating to products: how to produce and how to sell, which sounds a bit strange but correct and is agreed by all the attendants.

As normal, we enjoy a game which is very interesting and extremely critical with the name “Maze”. It is not for relaxing but also helps us understand more about grammar: the differences of Most & Almost. It is really great!!!

Thanks to this topic, we can get further knowledge about marketing so we can apply in our real situation for ourselves especially the people who are working for business field.

MARKETING

Marketers and marketing departments are two important factors that we can see in almost all companies at present. They are really crucial parts in the development of any business. However, “what does marketing really mean?”, how does it actually work? And “Why does a company substantially need marketing?... All of those confusing questions will be found out thoroughly in GLN EC this weekend with the topic: “Marketing”. This is really a promising chance for you, a student who wish to find out about marketing, or for those who have got experiences on relative jobs to figure out and discover this concept more deeply. Let’s come and share with us your ideas about “Marketing”.

GLN ENGLISH CLUB

MARKETING

Saturday, December 10^th, 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 – 3:00: Warming up

• Playing an interesting game

    3:00 – 3:30: Discussing in pairs

• What is marketing? What are goals of marketing?
• Can you name and specify some types of marketing?
• How has marketing changed over the past 30 years? 
• Between the past and the present, which one do you think customers are easier to reach your products? Explain your answer.
• Have you gained any experience on marketing jobs or relevant jobs? Can you share with us?

    3:30 – 3:45: Watch a video clip  

    3:45 – 4:30: Working in groups

      Each group will be given a product and your group’s job is to make a marketing plan in order to promote your selected brand product. Present and persuade us by your ideas.

Thanks for coming! Have a nice weekend!

Crimes & Punishments - a really hot topic!!!

“Crime is a salient fact today, an integral part of the risks we face in everyday life. In both scholarly and public opinion, crime is associated with bad effects to the community” is totally agreed at the last meeting on 3rd December at GLN EC.

As we expect, this topic attracts the attendants a lot because of its interesting and useful content and the games. It is considered as one of the most attractive and exciting debates at GLN EC during the meeting. There are a lot of different ideas from attendants about some questions relating to our topic such as the definition of crimes and punishments, their different kinds, the causes and solutions especially the idea “Nowadays, the media seem to emphasize on posting shocked news about crimes but they are often for entertainment rather than education- what do you think about this?”, which leads to the controversial debate, giving more chances for us to raise the voice.

  Preparing for debate: Group 1

                                                          Group 2

Our atmosphere is very hot not only by the topic but by the games. We really enjoy with relax and inspiration before we move to the last part of this meeting-also the most interesting part: Work in groups. We divide into 2 groups to debate with the idea :capital punishment in Vietnam- should it be abolished? Personally, I find it entirely exciting and effective because each of group has their persuasive ideas and supporting ones with one-by-one turn.

                                                     Playing games

In short, besides help us with improvement of the soft skills in debating this topic provides useful and reliable knowledge about crimes and punishment so we can know how to deal with them to reduce and abolish them in our life.

CRIMES & PUNISHMENTS

We are living in a modern and convenient life which is expected to be better for not only our physical health but also spiritual health; however; it seems to be that the ethics issues in our society tend to very alarming with the rapid growth of crimes at any age. “As a citizen, what can you do to reduce this and make our life better?” That is also our topic for the coming program. Come and share with us your ideas about “Crimes & Punishments” this weekend!

Here is the detailed timeline for this outdoor program:

Crimes & Punishments

Saturday, 3rd December 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- 3:00: Warming up

 Playing an interesting game

3:00- 3:30: Discussing in pairs

 What are crimes & punishments?

 Could you list different kinds of crimes and punishments in Vietnam?

 What causes the above crimes? How should we deal with them (by punishments)?

 “Nowadays, the media seem to emphasize too much on posting shocked news about crimes, but they are often for entertainment rather than education”. What do you think about this opinion?

3:30-3:45: Playing a game

3:45-4:20: Working in groups

Recently, people are concerned about the most severe punishment - capital punishment in Vietnam and suppose that it should be abolished.

=> What do you think about this idea? Give your reasons.

4:20-4:30: Ending the program (with a game if possible)

Meaningful kisses!!!

In our life, we can express our innermost feeling or love by so many ways; however, sometimes silence has the loudest voice. When word fails you, let your lips do the talking by “Kisses”. With the sensitive topic, all the members are excited at some questions discussed: How many types of kisses? What are the meanings of them? Are the kisses different in different cultures? at GLN EC on the last Saturday 26^th September.

After 30 minutes for making friends with others and playing an attractive game, we go to discuss in details with some suggested questions that not only provide us useful information but gives fun for us. All of the members think that Kisses are great and meaningful for our life especially young people because they are the ways you show loves with others. Some attendants raise their ideas about the different kisses in different culture or countries like Western and Eastern countries –Vietnam, Japan, and China with American, England and Australia, which makes us interested in showing our loves.

However, there is an idea that do not support kissing in public, which leads 3 groups to the final debate “Do you agree or not? Give your reasons.” Each group has their own ideas but has in common that “It depends on each culture so we should take kisses right!”

After ending the meeting, all most everyone stays to discuss the further topic very hot and I hope that you are clear about the different meanings of kisses from this meeting so you can choose well to show your love with others.

KISSES           

In our life, we can express our innermost feelings or love through so many ways; however, sometimes silence has the loudest voice. When words fail to express yourself, let your lips do the talking by “Kisses”. Depending on each culture and context, a kiss can express sentiments of love, passion, affection, respect, greeting, friendship, and good luck, among many others. What about you? Have you ever found out kisses and their meanings? Have you ever expressed complicated feelings by kisses? Come and relax with GLN EC this weekend with the very hot topic: “Kisses”.

 

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

GLN ENGLISH CLUB

KISSES

Saturday, 26^th November, 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

2:45-3.00: Getting started

·         Playing an interesting game

3:00-3:45: Discussing in pairs

·         Have you ever kissed anyone in any way? What is the purpose of that kiss?

·         Why do people kiss?

·         How many types of kisses in the world? What are their meanings?

·         Do you think kisses are different from culture to culture? Please give examples

·         It seems that kisses are like a dose of love. In your opinion, what is the art of kiss in love?

3:45-4:25: Working in groups

Nowadays, it is common that the youth often kiss in public. But many people, especially old people accuse it of being a crime. “Kissing is okay, but not in public” said they
Do you agree or disagree with that point of view? Tell us your group’s ideas.

4:25 – 4:30: Ending the program

Announcement: No meeting on November, 19^th, 2011

GLN EC would like to announce our weekly program for all members as followings:

-          We will not hold any meeting this Saturday (November, 19^th, 2011)

-          Our program will be organized as usual next Saturday week.

We wish you a great and meaningful teacher’s day!

HIV/AIDS Discovery- A special workshop of GLN EC & AIESEC FTU Hanoi

A special meeting with HIV/AIDS for young people especially students in Vietnam was hotly held by coordination of GLN EC and AIESEC FTU Hanoi on last Sunday 13th September and made us shocked at some information relating to this century disease-AIDS. Let’s see how it performed!!!

                                           Introduction + warming up part

HIV/AIDS is very similar topic to almost everyone, but we are still shocked with basic information of HIV transmission and the way we can prevent it.

                                         Discussing with foreign guests

The most thing we like in this workshop is practicing how to use condoms correctly and safely, which is useful and necessary for us especially young people nowadays. Some members who are confident and not shy volunteer to make trial test with some protecting-against HIV tools and they feel interesting.

                                         Game: "Who is millionaire?"

One more thing we are attracted by this workshop is that we not only hear and discuss about HIV/AIDS transmission and prevention but we enjoy some crazy and exciting activities and games such as dancing, transferring and exchanging the seat, which makes our atmosphere is really hot and dynamic.

                                          Game: "transferring item"

                                         A picture of  the whole club 

That’s the reason why our workshop lasts more than our schedule time. We are really interested in this workshop with HIV/AIDS, I hope all the members are clear about the serious effects of HIV and then we know how to prevent it, especially you can spread your knowledge of HIV/AIDS to your surroundings like friends, relatives and so on.

Workshop “LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS” in GLN English Club this Sunday morning

“Have you ever concerned about “HIV/AIDS” - a century emerging disease that has killed thousands of people every year?”

“Are you confident enough to claim that you have appropriate knowledge to protect yourself and all the people you love away from HIV/AIDS?”

“How many percent would it be of you getting uninfected once injured by injection needle with HIV virus?”

Let’s come to the workshop “LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS” – co-organized by GLN English Club and AIESEC FTU Hanoi to find the final answers for all the questions above. Besides, this is also the place for you to discuss with friends, share your points of view and listen to sharing about HIV/AIDS from AIESEC foreign interns. The workshop HIV/AIDS will bring you with not only practical knowledge about HIV/AIDS but lots of fun through game shows, quizzes as well. So, let’s take this chance to talk with foreigners about your own concerns around this endless topic.

This workshop opens “free” for all attendants, but “First come, first serve” will be applied due to the limitation of seats (30 people).

In order to register for the workshop, please submit your registration email before 12 AM, Saturday Nov 12^th 2011, following the link below:

https://docs.google.com/a/gln.edu.vn/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_GB&formkey=dDRkem45V2EtbXZQNmJYOE1wSzM2MXc6MQ#gid=0

Detailed Information:

Time:        8:30 - 10:30 A.M, Sunday, Nov 13^th 2011

Address:   No 12, Lane 8, Nguyen Thi Dinh, Trung Hoa, Cau Giay.

Hotlines:

Ms. Đào: 0168 9946 859 - Ms.Hoàng: 01666 109 598

THE FILM SHOW: “CHASING LIBERTY”

THE FILM SHOW: “CHASING LIBERTY”

Saturday, 5^th October 2011

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

         "Anna Foster has never had an ordinary life. At eighteen years old, she is the most protected girl in America. Frustrated with her overprotective father, the President of the United States, Anna makes a deal with him: only two agents are allowed to guard her while she attends a concert in Prague. When her father backs out of his promise, Anna flies into a temper and goes on the run with Ben Calder, a handsome photographer she runs into outside of the music club. They travel together with the intention of going to the Love Parade in Berlin. Anna hasn't told Ben who she is but more importantly, Ben hasn't told her who he is. Under the orders of Anna's father, Ben is supposed to keep an eye on the rebellious girl but falling in love with her wasn't something he expected to do. Romance blossoms between the wild, sassy Anna and the cool, distant Ben as they backpack through Europe. Problem is, when it is time to go back and Anna finds out about Ben, what will happen to the two lovers?..."

          Come and enjoy this interesting film with us this Saturday in GLN English Club! We are sure that you will have a very great time for both relaxing and learning English through discussions. Have a nice weekend!

     For the trailer of the film, let's see:

     http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi163447065/

      For the limitation of attendees in our room, please register quickly if you can attend. The registration email should be sent to our email: glnclub@gln.edu.vn. "FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE". Thanks

An effective Career orientation –the key way to reach a success in life!!!!

Choosing a career- career orientation can be a very difficult decision. It can affect your success in life a lots because not every job satisfying you is your efforts, sometimes we must consider some aspects like interest, ability, specialization and qualification to choose a right job. So which are the best advices of the predecessors for you to choose your job and then your career? All are discussed at GLN EC on 29th September 2011.

It is the most crowded meeting at GLN EC with more than 30 members, which makes our atmosphere very hot and exciting with the topic. Someone who are working now shares some experience in choosing and changing his jobs while others who are still students ask for help in their career orientation. Almost everyone agree that: “In order to have a meaningful, engaging career, we have to bring our interests, talents and passions together in a productive, engaging vision. Career choices that align with a person's character profile provide the greatest level of job satisfaction, less personal stress and the most effective channeling of energy into productive activities” so that may abolish partly someone’s confuse in choosing their jobs.

Not only sharing their ideas, do some members want to turn out their dreams at GLN by singing performance for the singer career.

It can be that career orientation is a topic that has been concerned a lots and never been old topic for everyone. That is why it draws a lot members staying till the end of after-meeting. Personally, I wish you a right career in your life.

Career Orientation

At the age of adulthood, we may have to face a lot of concerns, for example, about studying at universities, choosing jobs, career, boyfriend or girlfriend and so on. However, among these, choosing a career may be the most difficult decision. There are hundreds of career options, but how can we make a right career choice when sometimes we even don't exactly know what you want to do? Does it seem like an insurmountable task? Come and share with us in GLN EC this weekend with the very hot topic: “Career Orientation”.

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

                                                            GLN English Club

                                                     Career Orientation

                                                      Saturday, 29th 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

2:45-3.00: Getting started

• Watching an interesting video.

3:00-3:45: Discussing in pairs

• As you were a child, what did you want to become? Why?

• For those who haven't taken a job, what do you intend to do in the near future? What do you think about the career in your whole life?

• For those who are taking a job, how do you feel about your current job? Do you want to change it? If not, why? And what about your career?

• Do you know how to make a “right” career orientation? What are bases of choosing the right career?

3:45-4:25: Discussing in groups

“Nowadays, in Vietnam, a lot of young people tend to change their work so quickly in a very short time. Or in other words, “Job-hop” phenomenon has become a popular trend”

=> Do you think it is good or bad? If bad, what are the reasons and solutions for this phenomenon? Let’s discuss and present your group’s ideas.

4:25 – 4:30: Ending the program

Private school or public school, which is the better?

Nowadays, lot types of schools are growing along with the fast-paced living in our society, particularly private (non-state) and public (state) schools. So what are the reasons why we choose one of which? For interest or for advantages? We should consider some aspects relating on fees, condition, facilities and so on to decide which is better and suitable for our attending. We find this topic very interesting and useful at GLN EC on Saturday, 22nd October 2011.

Yes of course, both private and public schools are very popular in Vietnam because of increasing a number of school-attendances. However, it seems to be that public ones have prevailed more than the private because of their lower fees, assurance, qualities and so on, which is mostly agreed in this meeting. Besides, some members raise their different ideas about the advantages and disadvantages of two kinds above. They think that private schools are much better than public ones in terms of qualities, facilities and teaching methods because teachers in private schools are more responsible and enthusiastic in teaching than those in public ones. This may be the fact in Vietnam. That’s all about discussing in pair.

After enjoying some funny and logical games to relax, we move to discuss in groups. We have divided into 3 groups to make presentation with the idea: “Some people feel that the responsibility for providing education should be borne only by government and that private education should be banned. What do you think about this?” This part really attracts all most everyone because each group shows their useful ideas and excellent performance. We not only practice our English but improve our soft skills in this meeting. Thanks to this topic, I can see some big differences between private and public schools in Vietnam more.

Discovering the differences among some interesting words

1. Kind, sort, and type

Very often it makes no difference which of these words we use. But good dictionaries point out some subtle differences. In fact, sometimes only one of these words is correct. For example, it would be wrong to use ’sort’ or ‘kind’ in sentence 1 below.

Compare these three English sentences:

1. What is your blood type?
(Expected answer is a precise named category.)

2. What sort of prices do they charge?
(Expected answer is a description rather than a named category.)

3. What kind of dog is that?
(Probable answer is a named category, but not necessarily as precise as 1 above.
A descriptive answer is also possible.)

So you should remember that:

• ‘type‘ usually means a precisely defined category.

• ‘sort‘ is more general, often about character rather than definition and can be used in a negative way e.g. What sort of person would do a terrible thing like that?

• ‘kind‘ is about half way between, usually referring to large categories or families of things that are naturally related.

=> Note that ‘type’ cannot be used as a hedge phrase, as in ‘She’s a bit sort of (or kind of) upset about it.’

2. Home and House

"Home is where the heart is." A house is just a roof over your head which is not an apartment or a condo or what not. It's only a home if you make it yours.

Another explaination:

Home:- A home could be any place where u live. its a structure of any thing, and it
and it does not create any income to its owner, and there is no tax liablity
on the owner of the home.
House :- When a home started to giving income to its owner it is called house.
" a house, is a another type of home which creats income to the owner
and this income is taxable under house property tax.

 The differences between HOPE and WISH

I. HOPE-WISH

1. HOPE

The word “hope” is used to talk about possible situations that we desire in the past, present or future. The important thing to note is that these situations are POSSIBLE. For example:

I hope you had a good time at the party last night.

I haven’t looked outside yet. I hope it’s not raining.

I hope you have a great day.

I hope you’re not going to go to the movie without me.

The last two examples are about the future. In English, we can use the future tense or the present tense after the word “hope” to talk about the future. Both are natural.

2. WISH

On the other hand, “wish” is used to talk about situations that we desire, but which are the opposite of the current reality or which are impossible. For example:

I wish I had a car. (In reality, I don’t have a car now, but I want one).

I wish I didn’t have to work tomorrow. (In reality, I have to work tomorrow, but I don’t want to).

-When we use wish + past perfect tense, we are talking about regrets we have from the past. For example:

I wish I hadn’t gone to the party. (In reality, I went to the party, and now I regret it).

I wish I had studied harder in school. (In reality, I didn’t study hard in school, and now I regret it).

We can use wish + would + verb to talk about situations that often happen in our lives that we don’t like. For example:

I wish my husband would help me clean the house. (In reality, my husband never helps me clean the house, and I don’t like it).

I wish my children wouldn’t play their music so loudly. (In reality, my children play their music very loudly, and I don’t like it).

-We can also use wish + noun to talk about things that we desire for other people. In these cases, the meaning of  “wish” is more similar to “hope”. This way of using “wish”, however, is much less common that the other ways. For example:

We wish you a merry Christmas. (The meaning is: We hope you have a merry Christmas).

Finally, we can use wish + the infinitive form of a verb (this is means “to” + the base form). In these cases, the meaning of “wish” has the same meaning as “want”, but it is more formal. For example:

I wish to see your boss right away.

We don’t have a table available right now. Do you wish to wait?

Private or Public School

Private or Public School

The more modern society becomes, the more attention each parents pays to their children’s education. Looking for the right school seems an uneasy task because of the wide range of both private and public schools. Therefore, not surprisingly, many people wonder whether private educators should be allowed to provide education or only public ones should. This is GLN English Club’s topic this week “Private and Public School”. Let’s come and share with us your own experience and idea about this headline.

For more detail, please take time to consider our outline below or visit our website: http://glnenglishclub.blogspot.com/  or  http://www.facebook.com/

GLN ENGLISH CLUB

Private or Public School

Saturday, October 22^nd, 2011

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

    2:30- 2:45: Breaking the ice

ü      Making friends with others and playing a game

    2:45- 3:15: Discussing in pairs

ü      What is private school? What is the public school?

ü      What are the differences between private school and public one?

ü      Which one do you prefer? Private or public school? Why?

ü      What is the role of private school in education system?

  3:15- 3:45: Relaxing

ü      Playing an interesting game

  3:45-4:20: Working in groups

                   Debating the following topic:

              Some people feel that the responsibility for providing education should be borne only by government    and that private education should be banned.

                   => What is your own opinion on the matter?

4.20-4.30: MC ends the meeting

Happy Vietnamese Women Day, fascinated with the special meeting!!!

It is a special day, was held on October 20 every year in Vietnam or the celebration to honor women in society. In this occasion, many people express their concern and deep thanks to women because of their contribution to family as well as the society. This topic attracts a lot of members to enjoy discussion and sharing in the last Saturday, 15th October at GLN EC.



A lot of different ideas from members are raised. Almost everyone agree that Vietnamese Women Day is very important and meaningful for them because this is the precious chance to show their gratitude to women, which makes our life more wonderful and meaningful. Women, nowadays, are taking over both family and society tasks-a big change in public view. Should women be treated equally with men in every field? Yes, of course. That’s all about discussing in pair.

The next are the most interesting part - playing games and discussion of groups. We’ve divided into 2 groups: supermen and super girls groups. There are 2 tasks for them: the former has to make gifts to present the girls with the best wishes, the later has to imagine the world would happen if there was no women and then present the reasons for it. Many couples show their performance very well like singing and the luckiest couple received the ticket for movie from the organization.