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== How? == | == How? == | ||
We plan to simply meet and | We plan to simply meet and talk about random topics in English, as well as reading some English literature. Participants with better knowledge of the language will support others or help to explain the texts read if necessary. | ||
== Literature == | |||
A list of literature we intend to read and discuss: | |||
* The cat in the hat (by Dr. Seuss) | |||
* Still I rise (Poem by Maya Angelou) | |||
* How to be an alien (by George Mikes) | |||
== Useful web links == | |||
* [http://dict.tu-chemnitz.de/ BEOLINGUS dictionary] | |||
* [http://thesaurus.com/ Thesaurus] | |||
== Topics == | == Topics == | ||
Ideas | Ideas of other topics we might talk about: | ||
* Talk about plans going further than a simple workshop (language barrier free-day, language diversity JF) | * Talk about plans going further than a simple workshop (language barrier free-day, language diversity JF) | ||
* Finding literature for the English workshop | * Finding more literature and films for the English workshop | ||
* Last year, I held a [[Git|Git Workshop]]. It was a basic introduction and we stopped when a discussion about project management and work-flow started. If there is interest, a group discussion about ''software development work-flow best practices'' could fit here, too. | * Last year, I held a [[Git|Git Workshop]]. It was a basic introduction and we stopped when a discussion about project management and work-flow started. If there is interest, a group discussion about ''software development work-flow best practices'' could fit here, too. | ||
* Why is English currently the preferred language for international communication? Why are we all learning English, but not Esperanto? | * Why is English currently the preferred language for international communication? Why are we all learning English, but not Esperanto? | ||
== When? == | == When? == | ||
=== January 15, 2013 === | |||
7pm/19:00 Metalab, Hauptraum | |||
=== January 8, 2013 === | === January 8, 2013 === | ||
7pm/19:00 Metalab, Hauptraum | 7pm/19:00 Metalab, Hauptraum | ||