Faculty of International Economics Administration: “English as an International Language” Program 2nd MEETING SUMMARY

GENERAL MESSAGES

Yesterday at English Club (May 24^th) EIL discussed topic “Self-confidence in public speaking” and how everyone apply those experiences in English. Most people had an enjoyable time with others.

Speakers Thanh Bach and Trang Do introduce several key points such as:

·         Definition of self-confidence in different approaches.

·         Improve knowledge about public speaking.

·         Improve your public speaking skills. The most important thing that you can do is to practice.

·         Improving your experience requires that you get up in front of a crowd and speak.

·       Visualizing a positive outcome will allow you to grow in confidence of the situation because you can believe that things will go well

Next, we continued with the discussion of how does speaking in small groups. Next section, we will continue with the game and puzzle which relevant to self-confidence.

IN CONCLUSION

There are some outcomes that EIL team records from attendants and the feedback is very positive:

·         Public speaking can enrich the speaker's personal and professional life, and also provide opportunities to influence the outside world.

·         If you would like to change the world, remember--public speaking is an effective platform for spreading revolutionary ideas.

·         How to overcome fears and boost self-esteem.

Here are a few suggestions for you to answer for next 2 weeks:

•           7 rules for excellent English (A.J. Hoge) 

•           What are the advantages and disadvantages of those rules?

Attendance has been average this time. We are sure this meeting content will attract more students in next time because of its interesting. We hope more people will attend in next 2 weeks.

Minh Quân