THE ENGLISH CLUB HANDBOOK For English Club Leader s americanenglish.state.gov THE ENGLISH CLUB LEADER GUIDE ii THE ENGLISH CLUB LEADER GUIDE © 2018 by The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Office of English Language Programs. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License, except where noted. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Author: Kathleen F. Malu, Ph.D., with Bryce Smedley All images CC0. Please see https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ for details. This publication is available free of charge online at: americanenglish.state.gov Office of English Language Programs Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs United States Department of State Washington, D.C. americanenglish.state.gov americanenglish.state.gov iii TABLE OF CONTENTS The English Club Leader Guide .............................................................................................1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................1 What is an English Club? ........................................................................................................3 Leaders and members ..............................................................................................................5 Advice for English Club Leaders .............................................................................................7 Suggestions for preparing club activities ................................................................................11 Small group roles ...................................................................................................................14 Organizing a debate ...............................................................................................................17 Debate sequence and timing ..............................................................................................18 Debates and conversations: Useful vocabulary and phrases ..............................................20 Inviting and interviewing a guest speaker ..............................................................................23 Part 1: Preparation .............................................................................................................23 Part 2: Communicate with the speaker ...............................................................................23 Part 3: Confirm guest speaker ............................................................................................24 Part 4: Coordinate the meeting ...........................................................................................24 Talking about sensitive topics: Trauma and mental health .....................................................25 Creating a vision board ..........................................................................................................27 The first English Club meeting ...............................................................................................28 Rules for active listening .......................................................................................................30 Rules for brainstorming .........................................................................................................32 English Club activities ...........................................................................................................34 Children’s Rights ....................................................................................................................35 Introduction ..........................................................................................................................35 A skit .....................................................................................................................................36 An interview .........................................................................................................................40 Do children have rights? ........................................................................................................44 Convention on the Rights of the Child ...............................................................................45 Guest speaker presentation & interview ................................................................................48 Debate topics .........................................................................................................................48 americanenglish.state.gov iv Vision board ...........................................................................................................................51 Group activities ..................................................................................................................51 Individual reflection ...........................................................................................................52 Leadership ...............................................................................................................................53 Introduction ..........................................................................................................................54 A skit .....................................................................................................................................54 An interview ..........................................................................................................................57 Characteristics of good leaders ..............................................................................................61 Rules for brainstorming .....................................................................................................61 What makes a good leader? ..................................................................................................63 Characteristics of a good leader .........................................................................................63 What makes a good follower? .................................................................................................64 Characteristics of good followers .......................................................................................65 Leader or follower? A skit ......................................................................................................66 Truth & reconciliation: Awarding amnesty .............................................................................68 Activity ..............................................................................................................................69 Guest speaker presentation & interview .................................................................................72 Debate topics .........................................................................................................................72 Vision board ...........................................................................................................................75 Group activities ..................................................................................................................75 Individual reflection ...........................................................................................................75 Free Speech ............................................................................................................................77 Introduction ...........................................................................................................................78 A skit .....................................................................................................................................79 An interview ..........................................................................................................................82 Guest speaker presentation & interview ................................................................................88 Debate topics .........................................................................................................................88 Vision board ...........................................................................................................................89 Group activities ..................................................................................................................89 Individual reflection ...........................................................................................................89 americanenglish.state.gov v Democracy ..............................................................................................................................91 Introduction ...........................................................................................................................91 A skit .....................................................................................................................................92 An interview ..........................................................................................................................95 Quotations about democracy ..................................................................................................97 What is democracy? Two stories ..........................................................................................100 Story 1: Protests in Hong Kong ........................................................................................101 Story