Report Galec's Field Trip to American center 25/5/2012

by **tomato_ost** Sat May 26, 2012 2:35 pm

REPORT
GALEC’s Field Trip to the American Center
Public Affairs Section, U.S. Embassy Hanoi
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m, Friday, May 25, 2012
Place: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi

15 minutes prior to the field trip, attendants came to The American Center (AC) and took all the security check needed to get into the AC.
14:00, Ms. Cassie Brenn, an American citizen introduced the AC: books, DVDs, Ipads, computers, CNN channel, … that the AC had been providing. Before going to the next part of the event, many got small prizes from Cassie by answering her quiz.
Cassie then had an amazing speech about nicknames in the U.S. these days. According to her, if you knew someone go by the name of “Bob”, “Rob”, “Bert”… his real name would probably be “Robert”. Thanks to her talk, attendants knew how Americans stuck with some nicknames.
Below are some pictures from the event:

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Volunteers tried to pick up nicknames themselves: (go from the left) Cassie chatty, Linh sweetie, Kitten, Stock, Stork and the final one was “man of steel”.

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Attendants raised their hands to grab a chance of answering Cassie’s questions.

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“There are 14 computers in the AC”

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AC is an ideal learning corner for students and working people alike

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On the face of on-and-off-rain outside, many students dicided to come to the AC with GALEC. That means the world to us.

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Our beloved speaker

After the workshop, attendants discovered the library world in AC and had some small, personal talks with Cassie.
Thank you all for coming and supporting GALEC on this event. We hope that with the events to come, we still have your support. GALEC is nothing without you.
Thanks for that.
See more pictures of the workshop here:
https://s1083.photobucket.com/albums/j382/clbtienganhgalec/?start=all
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GALEC ENGLISH CLUB
Website: http://galec.vicongdong.vn/default.aspx
Forum: https://galec.forumvi.com/
Galec 1: 3pm-5pm every Sunday, Enci English Center, No 76 Giai Phong
Email: galenglishclub@gmail.com
Contact: Đỗ Quang Toản (Mr.): 01689.987.205
Galec 2: 6h30-8h30 pm every Thursday, SmartLink English Center, No 3, Lane 196 Thai Thinh
Email: galec2club@gmail.com
Contact: 0973374532-Ms Loan