Name: 📚 English for Curious Minds – 6-Week Conversation Course
Start: 2025-09-09T17:00:00+03:00
End: 2025-09-09T18:30:00+03:00
Location: Runeberginkatu 22-24

**Course Overview**
Improve your **English conversational skills** while exploring life-changing ideas from bestselling non-fiction books. Each week, you’ll:

* 📖 **Read & listen** to a book summary
* 📚 **Learn useful vocabulary** linked to the theme
* 💬 **Share your own opinions & experiences**
* 🤝 **Discuss inspiring ideas** with like-minded classmates
* 🗣 Build **confidence in speaking and listening**

**Course Dates:** 9 September – 14 October 2025 (6 sessions)
**Day & Time:** Tuesdays, 17:00–18:30
**Level:** B2 / C1
**Location:** Helsingin Aikuisopisto, Runeberginkatu 22–24, Helsinki
**Price:** €65
**Teacher:** Daniel Palmer, MA Education, TEFL
**Sign up:** https://uusi.opistopalvelut.fi/helsinginaikuisopisto/fi/course/178229/

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**Weekly Topics**
**Week 1 – *Thinking, Fast and Slow* – Daniel Kahneman**

We discuss:

* The two ways the mind works: fast instinct vs. slow logic
* Why we sometimes make poor decisions
* Vocabulary for discussing choices & problem-solving

**Week 2 – *Atomic Habits* – James Clear**

* How small daily actions lead to big results
* Breaking bad habits and building good ones
* Vocabulary for habits and change

**Week 3 – *The Power of Now* – Eckhart Tolle**

* Living fully in the present moment
* Reducing stress and staying focused
* Language for mindfulness, awareness, and inner peace

**Week 4 – *How to Win Friends and Influence People* – Dale Carnegie**

* Building trust and improving communication
* Persuasion, empathy, and rapport
* Role-playing real-life social situations

**Week 5 – *Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind* – Yuval Noah Harari**

* The story of human development and civilizations
* Summarising major events in history
* Debating the most impactful human inventions

**Week 6 – *Happiness* – Matthieu Ricard**

* What makes a happy life
* Comparing different views on happiness
* Vocabulary for emotions, values, and well-being

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