[GLN EC] Announcement: Change Location

It is noticed that from now on GLN EC NTD on Saturday afternoon will be organized in Keangnam instead of Nguyen Thi Dinh.

Here are our weekly meetings schedule:
     Meeting 1 - GLN EC Saturday:  2:30PM on Saturday in 10th Floor, Keangnam Office Building, Pham Hung Str, Tu Liem Dist,  Ha Noi
     Meeting 2 - GLN EC Sunday   :  2:30PM on Sunday in 10th Floor, Keangnam Office Building, Pham Hung Str, Tu Liem Dist,  Ha Noi

Once again, please be informed that both meetings will be held in Keangnam. 


Regards,

[GLN EC Keangnam] Topic 31/03: Smoking

There’s a fact we can not deny that smoking is dangerous to health. Smoking increases the risk of pollution, global warming, and diseases in not only people who smoke but also people around them. But why does the number of smokers keep increasing uncontrollably? Do those people lack of awareness about the harmfulness? Or there is no clear law about this issue? Or there are things non-smokers do not know? Come to join us to discuss more deeply to get a comprehensive look about smoking, you may later change your opinion.

SMOKING

2:30pm Sunday, 31^stMarch 2013

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

2:30 – 2:45 Breaking the ice 
  Introduce yourself

2:45 – 3:00 Playing game 
  Crazy frogs 
3:00 – 3: 55 Discussing in fours 

•  What are the risks of smoking to smokers and to people around them?
• Do you/your family members/your close relatives smoke? How do you feel?
• Can you list at least 1 good side of smoking?
• Some people say that smoking is a right of people, and it even has lots of advantages in reducing stress, lowering risks of obesity so banning it is unfair. What is your opinion?

3: 55 – 4:30 Working in groups

•   Imagine that you have went on dates with a nice girlfriend. This weekend she asks you to come to her house to meet her parents. Everything seems to be OK and you feel absolutely confident. However, you’re a smoker and her parents do not like this at all. They oppose your relationship seriously. What will you do?

• Work in group to think of solutions and then play a drama to show it to others.

[GLN EC NTD] Topic 30/03: Advertising slogans

Along with the rapid development of social economy, advertising has penetrated every corner of society. People are exposed to numerous advertising messages every day. To compete with many other similar advertising messages, advertisers use various devices to catch reader’s attention, arouse their desire, and induce their action. Advertising slogan is one of significant messages of ads and it is considered as the soul of ads. Why is it likened as the soul of ads? What make a good ads slogan? To discuss interesting things behind such slogans, let’s come and join us on Saturday afternoon at GLN EC Nguyen Thi Dinh. The meeting is promising to bring you both joys and useful knowledge.

Advertising slogans

2:30pm Saturday, 30^th March 2013

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

2:30- 2:40: Breaking the ice

2:40- 3:30: Discussing in pairs

•        What is definition of the advertising slogan?

•         Can you list some ads slogans? Explain these slogans in English and then translate them into Vietnamese in your own thinking.

•         How many kinds of ads slogans are there? What are they?

•        Why is ads slogan considered as the soul of an advertisement? What are its functions?

•        What make a good ads slogan? What are characteristics of ads slogans to be avoided?

3:30 – 3:45: Playing games

3:45- 4:30: Working in groups

•        Let’s practice creating a meaningful, attractive advertising slogan for any product or service. Then, design a logo with the created slogan in a paper. (Decorate it with color if necessary)

ð After 15-minitue discussion, let’s present your product in front of the other.

[GLN EC Keangnam] Topic 24/3 : Interview

Interview is considered as the very first step for anyone on their way to conquer the ladder of glory, power and success. Getting the job depends much on your performance in the interview. Therefore, preparing carefully is very paramount, which will contribute to impressing your interviewer and increasing the chance of getting the job as well. Come and join us at 2:30pm on Sunday afternoon and experience one of the most concerned topics nowadays.

                                     
                                                                INTERVIEW 
                                          2.30pm, Sunday, 24th March, 2013 
           The 10th floor of Keangnam 72 Landmark Tower, Pham Hung st, Tu Liem dist, Hanoi 
  
2:30 – 2:45: Breaking the ice

• ·         Introduce yourself

2:45 – 3:00: Playing a vocabulary game

3:00 – 3: 5: Discussing in pairs

• What is interview? Why is it important?
• Have you ever been in an awkward moment in an interview before? Tell us your feelings
• What are some difficult questions that you are likely to face in an interview? How can you manage to get over them?
• What should you do to have a successful interview?

3: 55 – 4:30: Working in groups 

• Make a group of three people and conduct an interview which includes one interviewer and 2 interviewees. Your group can choose any kinds of jobs. Let’s take turn to do your task. Then, one most outstanding group chosen by MC will show their performance in front of the others.

[GLN EC NTD] Topic 23/03: 9/11 – The End Of The Twin Towers

Good evening! Today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberated and deadly terrorist acts…”

It is the quotation from President G.W. Bush on the evening news lived from CNN about the attack on the World Trade Center during the morning of September 11th, 2001. More than 6000 Americans lost their lives; even more lost their families and the economy of the United States have never fully recovered after the incident. Today, twelve years had passed, we will take a look back at the darkest day of American history – our fellow members – today we’re going to talk about the collapse of the World Trade Center of New York in the day of 9/11.
                                                                 

                               9/11 – THE END OF THE TWIN TOWERS
                                 2:30pm Saturday, 23rd March 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 do you know about the 9/11 incident? Could you share with us what you know?
• Who do you think should be blamed for the extremely high casualties of 9/11 incident? US government? Al-Qaeda? Or the lack of preparation towards the imminent threat?
• 10 years after the incident, the US Special Forces operatives claimed their “success in revenge for the fallen victims of 9/11” by killed Osama bin Laden. What do you think about this action? Do you agree that this action would make thousands innocent lives lost in 9/11 finally rest in peace?
• Some believe, it was not the terrorist who launch the two airplanes into the towers – but the government of the United States did. Do you agree with these people? Could you make us clear about your point?

3:30 – 3:45: Playing games

3:45- 4:30: Working in groups

• Imagine that Keangnam Tower of Hanoi was under that such catastrophic attack like 9/11 of New York. What would you do to survive when you’re on the 60th story? Brainstorming about a way to make clear your ideas.

[GLN EC Keangnam] Topic 17/03: International Organizations

Along with the social and economic development and integration of the world, many international organizations were born with their own missions and objectives, for examples of some well-known organizations, WTO- World Trade Organization, WHO- World Health Organization, UNICEF, UFO, AFTA, ASIAN, EU …Why were they set up? What are their objectives and goals? How can one country take part in these international organizations? Let’s find out the answers and enjoy our discussion with GLN EC at 2:30 Keangnam branch!!

                                                 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

                                                           Sunday,17th March 2013

                           The 10th floor of Keangnam 72 Landmark Tower, Pham Hung st, Tu Liem dist, Hanoi

2:30 – 2:45 Breaking the ice

Introduce yourself

2:45 – 3:00 Playing a vocabulary game

3:00 – 3: 55 Sharing: discussing in pairs

1. What are international organizations? Can you list some well-known international organizations as well as their missions and objectives?
2. How many international organizations that Vietnam has taken part in so far? Let’s tell brief history of its path to join those organizations (EX: WTO- WHO-ASIAN)
3. Why do goverments and countries over the world want to join those organizations?

3: 55 – 4:30 Working in groups à Writing practise

 Write a paragraph (about 250 words)to express your felling with your most respectful person as impressive and meaningful as possible.

[GLN EC NTD] Topic 16/03: Blind Love

Love is the strongest feeling when two people really need each other and want to make his or her partner happy. People love their lovers by their own way. Most people can balance their loves with the other aspects of their lives. But sadly, the others are not able to do this and drown in so-called blind loves. What is blind love ? Why can many people accept blind loves ? All the questions will be discussed at GLN EC on this Saturday afternoon. Let’s come and join us!

                                                      

                                                           BLIND LOVE

                                                   Saturday,16th March 2013

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

2:30 – 2:40 Breaking the ice

Making friends with others

2:40 – 3:30 Working in pairs

1. What is blind love ? Give us some examples from the literature or from the real life?
2. What are the causes that make people drown in blind loves ?
3. What are the consequences of blind loves ?
4. How can people especially the young do to avoid falling in blind loves ?

3:30 – 3:45 Playing a game

3:45 – 4:30 Working in groups

 Supposing that you have a friend and she fell in love with a handsome and rich man but he didn’t really love her. Then, he made her pregnant and left her alone. But your friend still loves him and  she has still tried to contact him and take him back. What do you do to convince her to give up her love. Let’s make a drama or a play to resolve this situation in groups.