PAS Program Calendar
Events in June 2008
You can register to these events by email (irchanoi@gmail.com), phone (844-850 5000, ext. 6207, 6149) or fax (844-850 5120).
Our office is located at the Rose Garden Tower (RG), 170 Ngoc Khanh Street. You can leave your vehicle at VKO Supermarket's vehicle keeping area. Remember to take your ID with you.
Public Speaking Skill
Time: 17:30 - 19:30, June 04, 2008
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
Public speaking skill is sometimes considered one of the most importantly valued skills that an individual can possess. This skill can be used for almost anything. Most great speakers have a natural ability to display the skills and effectiveness that can help to engage and move an audience for whatever purpose. Language and rhetoric use are among two of the most important aspects of public speaking and interpersonal communication. Having knowledge and understanding of the use and purpose of communication can help to make a more effective speaker communicate their message in an effectual way.
Come to join this training at the American Center!
You also have a chance to practice your skill and overcome your fear of speaking in front of the group as practice makes perfect.
Register now or you will be late, only the first 60 registers can be accepted.
Footloose (1984)
Time: 14:00 - 16:00, June 6, 2008
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
Classic tale of teen rebellion and repression features a delightful combination of dance choreography and realistic and touching performances. When teenager Ren (Kevin Bacon) and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock. Though he tries hard to fit in, the streetwise Ren can't quite believe he's living in a place where rock music and dancing are illegal. There is one small pleasure, however: Ariel (Lori Singer), a troubled but lovely blonde with a jealous boyfriend and a Bible-thumping minister for a father, who is responsible for keeping the town dance-free. Ren and his classmates want to do away with this ordinance, especially since the senior prom is around the corner, but only Ren has the courage to initiate a battle to abolish the outmoded ban and revitalize the spirit of the repressed townspeople. Fast-paced drama is filled with now-famous hit songs. The movie is based on the 1978 events in a small farming Oklahoma town where dancing had been banned for nearly 90 years until a group of high school teens challenged it.
The American Center Open House
Date: Saturday, June 7, 2008
Time: 9 a.m – 12 noon
• Open to the general public
• Learn more about The American Center’s free services, products and resources
• Browse the American Center’s collections of print and online information
• Free books and CD ROMs
• Free Internet Access
• Refreshments served
Our Center is located at the Rose Garden Tower (RG), 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi. You can leave your vehicle at VKO Supermarket's vehicle keeping area.
Remember to take your ID with you.
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Reading Fluency
Time: 14:00 - 16:00, June 10, 2008
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
Improving Reading Fluency in English: Tips and Techniques
Participants in the Reading Fluency Workshop will review the features of fluent reading and how reading purposes and their own reading techniques may influence the rate of reading. They will learn how to calculate their own reading speed for both intensive and extensive reading and practice several techniques to improve their own reading rate
Film showing: "Some Like It Hot"
Time: 14:00 - 16:00, June 13, 2008
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
Joe, the saxophone player, is Josephine in the all girls band that he joined with Jerry, the bass violin player, to be one step ahead of the mob after witnessing the 1929 St. Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago. After a train ride that sets a record for number of people in an upper berth, they are In Miami. Joe decides to be the man of Sugar Kane's dreams and invites her out to a yacht he doesn't have. But he can use Osgood Fielding's yacht if Jerry -- as Daphne -- will keep Osgood dancing. The pace gets even giddier when the Chicago mob arrives in Miami for a convention.
The United States in Nguyen Quang Thieu’s Eyes
Time: 15:30 - 17:30, June 18, 2008
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
Nguyen Quang Thieu, a Vietnamese writer, is going to share his impressions of the United States with readers at the American Center. This is a good chance for you to learn more about various aspects of American life, the country, and its people.
His talking points are as follows:
• The United States before and after 1975 in his eyes
• Changes in his impression of the United States, after his working visits to the country and exchanges with American writers and scholars
• How Americans “behave” or “deal with” Vietnamese culture
Your attendance would be highly appreciated.
Service Learning Presentation
Time: 9:00 - 11:00, June 19, 2008
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
Service Learning is a form of experiential learning whereby students apply content knowledge, critical thinking and good judgment to address genuine community needs. To be effective, orientation and training, creating meaningful service, a time for reflection and a demonstration of learning should take place. Students can be partnered with a school, college, university, or community partner or business. Such programs entail producing a mission statement, policy, organizational structure and resources, ultimately giving students some professional development skills. Assessing needs, setting goals, forming partnerships, planning and budgeting resources and implementing a project are all skills that are valued in the job market. It is one way students can get work-related experience, build knowledge and benefit from engaging in meaningful and structured volunteering.
Film showing: "The Emperor's Club"
Time: 14:00 - 16:00, June 27, 2008
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
William Hundert, a retired "old-school" classics teacher is passionate about his subject. Moreover, he strongly believes in moulding his students by using principles. However, his methods are put to the test by a new student, Sedgewick Bell who shakes Hundert's controlled world and threatens to undermine all that he stands for. Hundert's challenge is to change this young man while maintaining his integrity. Lessons abound for the students and teacher culminating in a reunion 25 years later.
1950’s Rock and Roll
Time: 17:30 - 19:30, June 27, 2008
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
Join us for a presentation on American rock music from the 1950’s.
Presentation will include a performance of classic 50’s rock and roll songs by Hanoi’s own Don and the Dynamos!
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