teacher-simon  +  692064 Sun, 29 Mar 09 05:08 AM I regularly attend English Corner's in Beijing and recently I have been asked to host some smaller groups of around 10-15 students. Currently I am looking for some more ideas about what topics would be interesting for teenagers to discuss. Some of the students have a strong grasp of English and so far I have found topics such as time travel, and being a vegetarian interesting topics to discuss. Would greatly appreciate any other topic ideas. teacher-simon Joined on Sun, Mar 29 2009 Beijing, China New Member 02 Speak English, Languages, Countries, China, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Students

	hohhot  +  692090 Sun, 29 Mar 09 08:58 AM Hi,I am a Chinese. Students (from kindergarten to college) in China would be the group who have great  enthusiasm for learning English. We have totally addicted to it. you know, what is called "the little red book" nowadays in China? it is not the quotation from Chairman Mao, now the GRE vocabulary book, of which the cover is red. if I attend the English corner, I would like to talk about something about social issues, hot topics on the internet. I am not sure what kind of the tops that post-90 generations are interested in. perhaps 1.imagine what your life would be when you study overseas? 2. hot topics on the forum like Tianya, Xiaonei, Douban? 3 what online games are you guys playing now? 4 for girls.could you talk about all the brands girls want to get them all like LV, Gucci or others and, pronounce these brands correctly (full name)? hohhot Joined on Mon, Mar 23 2009 New Member 10 Learning English, Vocabulary, Languages, Asia, Countries, China, Colours, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Students, Online

	teacher-simon  +  692193 Sun, 29 Mar 09 01:43 PM So what kind of social topics do you like to discuss? World topics or local topics? It's interesting to see the mix of people at English corners. There are so many different opinions there. teacher-simon Languages, Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain

	hohhot  +  692765 Tue, 31 Mar 09 08:40 AM Hi, I would like to talk about Chinese political topics, say the corruptions of the governments and many rumors about the leaders, like Taizidang (princelings) which probably are unsuitable to the English corners. I like talking about local issues as well, since I am from Hohhot Inner Mongolia, where a interesting social topic is Hohhot Vs Baotou. Hohhot is the capital and Baotou is the industry hub in Inner Mongolia, Baotou natives dislike Hohhot native, saying they deserved to be the capital city of the province, Hohhot is just a country with poor people. such topics in China is pretty common, Beijinger do not like shanghainess, millions netizens have been debating online about which city has the largetest square, highest building, shining streets, modern magemalls. I considered these stuff are truly dumb. maybe you can talk about Beijinger Vs shanghainess.    hohhot Languages, Asia, Speaking, Chat, Countries, China, Friendships, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Online