Events for the Public
August 2009
Note: The AC closes from 1:30-3:00 on August 26, 2009.
All of the below events are open for the public. We would like you to plan carefully before registering with us so that we have enough seats for participants. If you register for our events but change your plan, kindly notify us by email to irchanoi@gmail.com. Please click here to register for event(s) you want to attend.
Date/Time | Event | Host |
| Aug 1, 9:30-11:30 | American English Club: Traveling/Motel | American Center |
| Aug 5, 2:00-3:30 | Discussion: Student Life in the United States | American Center |
| Aug 7, 2:00-4:00 | Film Show: Adventures of Huck Finn | American Center |
| Aug 8, 9:30-11:30 | American English Club: Intonation | American Center |
| Aug 13, 2:00-3:30 | Discussion: Teamwork Skills | American Center |
| Aug 14, 2:00-4:00 | Film Show: Daddy's Little Girl | American Center |
| Aug 19, 2:00-4:00 | English Language Training: Listening and Speaking Practice Activities No. 1 | Fulbright English Teaching Assistants |
| Aug 21, 2:00-4:00 | Film Show: Holes | American Center |
| Aug 22, 9:30-11:30 | American English Club: Back to School Preparation/Leaving Home | American Center |
| Aug 26, 2:00-4:00 | English Language Training: Listening and Speaking Practice Activities No. 2 | Fulbright English Teaching Assistants |
| Aug 28, 2:00-4:00 | Film Show: Tortilla Soup | American Center |
| Aug 29, 9:30-11:30 | American English Club: Job Interviewing Skills | American Center |
If you would like to be an American Center member, please register. Our office is located on the 1st Floor of the Rose Garden Tower at 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi. You can leave your vehicle at VKO Supermarket's vehicle keeping area. Remember to take your ID with you.
Time: 14:00-16:00, August 7, 2009
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
Huckleberry Finn, the half-literate son of a drunk, runs away from home and follows the Mississippi River with an escaped slave named Jim. Along the way, the duo encounter adventures with some colorful characters. Jim also re-educates Huck away from the racist views that he has grown up with. (from imdb.com)
Discussion: Teamwork Skills
Time: 14:00-15:30, August 13, 2009
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
Come join an AC intern and our group of students in a discussion on team work. We will discuss about the ability to work effectively in multicultural teams (work groups) in organizations, communities and within your school.
Film Show: Daddy’s Little Girl
Time: 14:00-16:00, August 14, 2009
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
A mechanic enlists the help of a successful-but-lonely attorney while trying to wrest custody of his three daughters from his treacherous ex-wife and her larcenous boy friend. Along the way, the working relationship between the blue-collar dad and his uptown attorney grows into something more. (from imdb.com)
English Language Training: Listening and Speaking Practice Activities No 1
Time: 14:00-16:00, August 19, 2009
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
Students are invited to attend an activity session in which they can practice their listening and speaking skills in a variety of interactive activities taught by American Fulbright English Teaching Assistants.
Film Show: Holes
Time: 14:00-16:00, August 21, 2009
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
When Stanley Yelnats IV is wrongfully convicted of stealing, he is sent to 'Camp Green Lake'. At this camp, the Warden and her two henchman command the campmates to dig hole after hole after hole. But for what reason? Stanley plans to find out. (from imdb.com)
English Language Training: Listening and Speaking Practice Activities No 2
Time: 14:00-16:00, August 26, 2009
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
Students are invited to attend a follow-up activity session in which they can further practice their listening and speaking skills in a variety of interactive tasks taught by American Fulbright English Teaching Assistants.
Film Show: Tortilla Soup
Time: 14:00-16:00, August 28, 2009
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
A Mexican-American master chef and father to three daughters has lost his taste for food but not for life. Along the way, he and his family discover that the recipe for happiness may call for some unexpected ingredients. (from imdb.com)