20140830, Article, Taichung

[Jasmine0316]

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Time：第 282會，2014年8月30日（週六）下午2:30~5:30點
Place：
viewtopic.php?t=15

Agenda
14:30~15:30 Session One
15:30~15:50 Speech Session
15:50~16:00 Change Group and then Break Time
16:00~17:15 Session Two
17:15~17:30 Happy Time

Host: Micro
Assistant Host:

Topic:
How to Learn English
Source:
http://www.wikihow.com/Learn-English

Please Note:
Venue:台中市南屯區大業路182號 Mos Burger
Thanks a lot for your attention.

Questions:
1. What are the handicaps and joys of your English learning experiences? Which one provided you the most unforgettable memory of your learning time?

2. What are your objectives of English learning? What motivates you to improve English skills? What made a turning point for you?

3. What are your suggestions and personal tips for acquiring the necessary English skills?

4. After developing a high level of English proficiency, what will you expect most to do?


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時間地點須知：
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15
協會章程：
http://www.happyforum.org/Association_Principle.htm
各分會章程：
http://www.happyforum.org/Club_Principle.htm
協會會員會費及各分會會員會費及入場費：
http://www.happyforum.org/15.htm
參與例會，請自行列印當週的討論文章，並帶至現場
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewforum.php?f=33
參與例會，請勿討論政治/種族/宗教/性，經勸導無效者，不得參加本會任何活動
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1766
週六晚餐(Saturday Dinner)
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewforum.php?f=76
戶外活動(Club Outing)
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewforum.php?f=72
所有行程(All Schedule)
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewtopic.php?t=883

[Jasmine0316]

Dear Taichung Happiers,

“A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.
‘Why?’ asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife annual and tosses it over his shoulder.
‘I'm a panda,’ he says, at the door. ‘Look it up.’
The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.
Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves.” (a story from the book Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, written by Lynne Truss) Just because we are not English majors, it doesn’t mean that we can ignore the strange fate of punctuation. “Let’s eat Grandma!” or “Let’s eat, Grandma!”? Ladies and gentlemen, no worries! Welcome to join this weekend’s discussion hosted by Micro--How to Learn English.

Sit down and write the top 10 list of your all time favorite English songs. Why? For we, second language learners, can benefit greatly by singing along with foreign songs. http://zh.scribd.com/doc/48535797/Using-Music-to-Enhance-Second-Language-Acquisition-From-Theory-to-Practice And, speaking of learning English, how can we miss the fun of learning tongue twisters? Don’t stop, until you feel the thrill more exciting than Ice Bucket Challenge. Ready? Go! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJhURDNPfH4

Slow down and try your best to do a close reading. Why? For American journalist Flora Lewis (29 July 1922—June 2, 2002) pointed out “Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things.” However, it is not that we lack patience; it is that the culture barriers we encounter while doing a close reading trouble us the most. To overcome this obstacle, I wholeheartedly endorse the radio program “A Way with Words”, which perfectly blends endless language learning fun with knowledge of history and culture. http://www.waywordradio.org/

Spend some time on studying a poem per week. Why? For it can take us one step closer to the Literature Neverland.

Beginning my studies
By Walt Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892)

Beginning my studies the first step pleas’d me so much,
The mere fact of consciousness, these forms, the power of motion,
The least insect or animal, the senses, eyesight, love,
The first step I say awed me and pleas’d me so much,
I have hardly gone and hardly wish’d to go any farther,
But stop and loiter all the time to sing it in ecstatic songs.

Michelangelo (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), an Italian poet and the greatest living artist in his lifetime, displayed his genuine humility: “If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful at all.” So, dear friends, how to learn English?

All right, if you love English, you should love English for one thousand more years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9ayN39xmsI





Best Wishes,
Jasmine

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20140830, Gathering, Taichung