“Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things.”
Flora Lewis
The Department of Foreign Languages has actively participated in the “Free Live Medical English” sessions for 3 years. Everybody is welcome to share new academic achievements and findings as well as acquire new linguistic skills in medical English. Unfortunately, our colleagues are too busy to attend the sessions.
Meanwhile, English club comes in many different guises. What they do all have in common, however, is that they provide an opportunity for English language learners to practice using English in a relaxed and friendly setting. They can make an excellent contribution to student. English club gives students a chance to practice English in a relaxed, informal environment, and to meet new people.
Some strategies to achieve this are:
- Encourage participants to bring in their own content.
- Ask participants questions about their lives.
- Divide participants into small groups to discuss questions or to do activities.
- Give participants opportunities to express themselves creatively in English, for example, through drama, poetry or storytelling. Alternatively, give them opportunities to explore visual communication, for example art or dance, with a post-performance discussion in English.
A good English club plays and important social role.
An English club can be a chance not only to meet new people and make new friends but to attend and participate in the medical conferences.
A good English club gives people freedom.
A good English club is rooted in the community.
A good English club is fun.
To summarize, English Club is, potentially, a very valuable part of the English language student experience.