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English workshop

Status:	active
Thema:	Brush up your english skills with friendly native speakers.
Gestartet:	08.01.2013
Organisator:	Georg and Jay
Homepage:	Englishworkshop
Treffen:	weekly
Zielgruppe:	Beginners, intermediates, professionals, natives and non-natives willing to improve their english skills
Inhalt:	Study group that trying to improve their english speaking and writing skills by peer exchange and practicing together in a very friendly and comfortable atmosphere.
Zuletzt aktualisiert:	2016-10-19

English workshop

Good English skills are considered self evident within the Hacker community (and in many other situations as well), but not everyone is as firm with the language as she/he would like to be. Especially when it comes to spoken English, some might appreciate more practicing.

If anyone is interested in improving his/her English skills, please attend the English workshop!

How?

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:

Books

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (by Douglas Adams)
The cat in the hat (by Dr. Seuss)
How to be an alien (by George Mikes)

Poems

A list of English Poems.

Authors

P.G. Wodehouse
- Wikipedia entry
- Public-domain works at gutenberg.org

Useful web links

Videos to learn English

Wordlist

Some word lists made during the English workshop

Topics

Ideas of other topics we might talk about:

Talk about plans going further than a simple workshop (language barrier free-day, language diversity JF)
Finding more literature and films for the English workshop
Last year, I held a 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?

When?

February 19, 2013

7pm/19:00 Metalab, Bibliothek

Homework due

Make some 3-word sentences and find such sentences in literature. If it contains a word Jay does not know, you get an extra bonus point ;-)
Make sentences with the following words: vein, vane, vain, feint, faint

Who?

Georg
Adrian (not 2013/01/08, next time...)
Jay
Eisbaer
Reckoner
Redplanet
japhy
Pepi
MichiE
…you?

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+|topic=Brush up your english skills with friendly native speakers.
+|startdate=08.01.2013
+|status=active
+|meetings=weekly
+|targetgroup=Beginners, intermediates, professionals, natives and non-natives willing to improve their english skills
+|description=Study group that trying to improve their english speaking and writing skills by peer exchange and practicing together in a very friendly and comfortable atmosphere.
+}}
-While good English skills are considered self evident within the Hacker community (and in many other situations as well), not everyone is as firm with the language as she/he would like to be. Especially when it comes to spoken English, some might appreciate more practicing.
+= English workshop =
+Good English skills are considered self evident within the Hacker community (and in many other situations as well), but not everyone is as firm with the language as she/he would like to be. Especially when it comes to spoken English, some might appreciate more practicing.
 If anyone is interested in improving his/her English skills, please attend the English workshop!
+== How? ==
+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:
+=== Books ===
+* The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (by Douglas Adams)
+* The cat in the hat (by Dr. Seuss)
+* How to be an alien (by George Mikes)
+=== Poems ===
+A list of English [[Englishworkshop/Poems|Poems]].
+=== Authors ===
+* P.G. Wodehouse
+** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._G._Wodehouse Wikipedia entry]
+** [http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/w#a783 Public-domain works at gutenberg.org]
+== Useful web links ==
+* [https://github.com/seclorum/metalab_sessions/tree/master/english_s Jay's Englishworkshop github]
+* [http://dict.tu-chemnitz.de/ BEOLINGUS dictionary]
+* [http://thesaurus.com/ Thesaurus]
+* http://www.englishforeveryone.org/
+* Passive/Active voice:
+** http://www.englishforeveryone.org/PDFs/Active%20-%20Passive%20Voice.pdf
+** http://www.englishforeveryone.org/PDFs/Active%20-%20Passive%20Voice%20-%20answers.pdf
+** http://www.uark.edu/campus-resources/qwrtcntr/resources/handouts/activepassive.htm
+* http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/style-and-usage/mispron.html
+Videos to learn English
+* http://www.englisch-uebung.de/
+* http://www.der-englisch-blog.de/
+== Wordlist ==
+Some [[Englishworkshop/Wordlist|word lists]] made during the English workshop
+== Topics ==
+Ideas of other topics we might talk about:
+* Talk about plans going further than a simple workshop (language barrier free-day, language diversity JF)
+* 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.
+* Why is English currently the preferred language for international communication? Why are we all learning English, but not Esperanto?
+== When? ==
+See also log about [[Englishworkshop/Meetings|past meetings]]
+=== February 19, 2013 ===
+pm/19:00 Metalab, Bibliothek
+==== Homework due ====
+* Make some 3-word sentences and find such sentences in literature. If it contains a word Jay does not know, you get an extra bonus point ;-)
+* Make sentences with the following words: vein, vane, vain, feint, faint
+== Who? ==
+* [[Benutzer:Georg|Georg]]
+* Adrian (not 2013/01/08, next time...)
+*[[Benutzer:ibisum|Jay]]
+*[[Benutzer:Eisbaer|Eisbaer]]
+*[[Benutzer:Reckoner|Reckoner]]
+*[[Benutzer:Redplanet|Redplanet]]
+*[[Benutzer:Japhy|japhy]]
+*[[Benutzer:Pepi|Pepi]]
+*[[Benutzer:MichiE|MichiE]]
+* …you?
+[[Kategorie:English]]
+[[Kategorie:Veranstaltungen]]
+[[Kategorie:Usergroups]]

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