안녕하세요 여려분! Welcome to our Meetup series for Korean/English Language Exchange. These meetups will be intended for serious language learners who are at least at a conversational level in the language they wish to practice. We'll have a variety of activities targeted at fostering some significant practice time and perhaps have a little bit of cultural exchange along the way.
For this Meetup, we ask that you make a decision with your RSVP by 9 AM the day of the meetup, so as to give others a chance to attend if you can't make it.
For this session:
Let's make a trek to Centreville to Jireh Cafe!
For the first half hour or so, as people gather and find food/seats, talk freely to each other and try to introduce yourself with everyone in the language you're practicing or catch up if you with friends you know!
Once everyone gets settled into groups, take turns at the table allowing everyone to answer the following prompts:
Prompt #1: Describe something that you've learned how to fix yourself, either something in your house, on your car, etc. Tell the story about how and why you learned this skill.
Beginner prompt: What is something you learned to fix yourself and what incident prompted your need to learn it?
Prompt #2: How might your life be different if you no longer had a mobile device? Would there be relationships or tasks that would get neglected? Would there be anything gained that you might appreciate about the change?
Beginner prompt: What is one way that your life might be different if you no longer had a mobile device?
After the activity above, feel free to continue practicing in conversation as you wish, but if so inclined, try one of the activities below:
A.) Two truths and a lie about (fill in the blank)......decide as a group on a topic for group play and have each person take turns giving two true statements and one false statement in any order and allow others to guess which statement is false
B.) Word association......start by naming a common word and go around the table as long as you can with each person giving a word (in the language that you're practicing) that is COMMONLY associated with the previous word given. If the group calls you out, be ready to defend your answer.
C.) Story time.......start off telling the first sentence of a story and go around the table letting each person add a line to the story until you reach the end...or a breaking point.
D.) Ditto.......Each player will need to be able to write on paper or an electronic device for this one. Have one person pick a category of common nouns (ex. vegetables, sports equipment, things you see at the circus, etc.) and have another person pick a starting consonant (or vowel, if playing in English). Allow two minutes for everyone to write down as many nouns that both fit the selected category and start with the selected consonant/vowel. When two minutes are up, compare and contrast your answers. Whoever has the most matches wins. For further challenge, try playing the inverse way to achieve unique answers rather than matches.
Another adventure may break out afterwards if the group is so inclined.
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