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 lxthinh71
 
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							| Dear my colleagues, 
 I am going to organize an English club for my students aged 18-22. The club will be for
beginners. What activities are we going to do? Please help me with ideas, activities, suggestions.
 Thanks a lot for your help! |  22 May 2013      
					
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 basma zerelli
 
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							| Hello, I think you could prepare a magazine together( i myself prepared one with my pupils and it was successful as well as enjoyable).you might encourage them to write articles,design games,puzzles,draw pictures... |  22 May 2013     
					
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 ELOJOLIE274
 
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							| if they like music - and you �re quite musical yourself - you could organize a choir (like in Glee) and sing/learn songs in English... |  23 May 2013     
					
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 s.lefevre
 
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							| You could organize dinner or tea parties. Each student prepares something typical for a meal. |  23 May 2013     
					
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 alex1968
 
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							| Get the students to make a list of their interests....things they �d be interested in learning about/ discussing.  Ask them which areas of their English they �d like to improve (e.g. speaking skills) and what they expect to achieve by attending the club (e.g. learn more collequial English etc).  This will help you choose materials. 
 I like the magazine idea that basma_zerelli suggested.  Also you could make comics.  Have a look here
 
 Also you could use short videos and discuss them. You can find a lot of interesting ideas and short films & lesson plans here
 
 Music is always a good idea.
 
 You might also consider a book club...reading adapted books and discussing them.
 
 How about web-searches (if you have internet access) and presentations (by students)?
 
 Why not prepare a play with your group?  I showed a short video to my pupils, then got them to write the dialogues etc & finally we acted it out.  It was good fun.
 
 
 
 
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 starovasnik.petra
 
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							| I have also tried blogging, which is nice because they can practice reading and writing and you can post interesting links etc. and film-making this year (for example they make short films about a certain topic and then you can watch them together or use them as a way of revising etc.     I wish you best of luck :) |  23 May 2013     
					
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 lxthinh71
 
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							| Dear my colleagues, 
 Thank you very much for your interesting ideas and valuable advice.
 
 
 
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