Week #1 - January 23, 2024

Hello English Club Participants

I am greeting you from Denver, Colorado which is one of the western states in the United States. I have been thinking about how best to organize the English club. I have decided to organize the English Club by week. Each week, I will post a thematic topic that will include guided questions and vocabulary to support your discussions. Each week, I will also post an example as a model for you to use as you create your post.

With Fluency,

Susie, English Language Coach @ catchingenglish.com

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General Instructions:

#1 Your assignment is to post a recording about the topic by selecting one of the guided questions to answer. 

#2 Post your recording on WhatsApp

#3 Comment (feedback) on at least three of your classmates' posts.

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Feedback Sentence Starters

Have you thought about trying…?

I liked when you said ….

Have you ever considered …?

Great job, I liked when you shared about…

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#4 I will host periodic live video conference so that we can extend the conversation and deepen our learning.

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Week #1 - Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Theme: Relationships -There are many different types of relationships. We have relationships with our coworkers, spouses, children, family, romantic, and friends. 

Note: Mistakes are welcome! If you aren't making mistakes and practicing, you aren't learning and advancing your English.  I make mistakes all the time! 

Relationship Vocabulary: confrontational, romantic, colleagues, rapport, values, morality, kindness, intense, superior, contradicting, communication, compatibility, collaboration, consideration, subordinate

Instructions: Choose one of the guided questions to answer and post a recording responding to the question. In your recording, include your first name, location, and the question you chose. For intermediate to advance learners try to include a few of the vocabulary words in your recording. After you post, comment (feedback) on at least three of your classmates' posts.

Guided Questions (choose one):

  1. Describe your best friend.

  2. At what age should people get married?

  3. Is it easy for you to make friends?

  4. What's a good way to make a new friend?

  5. Would you rather have a few close friends or many friends you don't know well?

  6. At what age should students be allowed to date?

  7. Describe your relationship with your parents.

  8. What does love at first sight mean to you?

Guidelines / Rules

  1. There are many different cultures and beliefs in our group. Please be respectful of others and their beliefs. Religion, politics, and sex are often heated topics and not appropriate. The English Club WhatsApp group is a safe space for the purpose of improving English not to declare or judge beliefs in a diverse community of learners.

  2. Posts of a sexual nature or linked to nudity will not be tolerated. Additionally, this is not a dating app or a place to initiate romantic relationships.

  3. Kindness is always the most important part of any community. Please be respectful and courteous.