GLI Online [Christmas Event] Report!

Hello, this is Aya from GLI Online.

It was recently held on December 18 at 10:00 a.m.GLI Online: Christmas Event"The instructor, Mr. Emerey, reported on the situation at the I will introduce it to you along with the actual original text.

The 12/12 event was held with a total of 19 children and their teachers from the Philippines, including online students and again many outside applicants. It was the first time for many of you to have an "online" event!

Now, the theme of this Christmas event isChristmas around the world
In the warm-up, we all practiced "Merry Christmas!" in different languages of the world!

After that, we will break into groups for discussion.
What is Christmas?
How do you celebrate?
What's so fun about Christmas?
and others with the teachers, and spoke in English.

After listening to various trivia about Christmas from around the world, including that Santa's reindeer are named "Rudolf," guest speakers from New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom talked about how they spend Christmas locally.

Other guests from Nepal, Hong Kong, Thailand, and Germany also participated in the video.
In some countries, Christmas is not celebrated, and that also made me think about what "Christmas" is all about.

Next.Kahoot."Games using the

The questions were from the trivia we heard today and from the guests' stories, but you were able to listen well and did a great job.

After that, we challenged them to write a letter to Santa Claus in English!
We wrote honestly (or laughingly) about whether we were "Nice" or "Naughty" this past year, and happily wrote down our wish lists.

I wish you all a happy Christmas!

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GLI Online holds monthly online events.
We hope to provide an opportunity to interact through English with many teachers, friends who usually live in different places, and sometimes guests who live overseas, and to provide an output that is different from a lesson.

By the way, we would like to thank the participants of this eventThe following comment from a student's parentWe received the following

I am always grateful for the opportunity to participate in events that bring me in touch with the seasons and the English language, as these days it is not easy to go to outside events. I am very grateful for the opportunity to participate in events that expose the children to the English language and the seasons, which they look forward to. I look forward to working with you again in the future.

◉She had a great time participating in English communication at the online event. Thank you very much.

I think the GLI has helped me to develop my confidence. I can only thank GLI for giving me many opportunities to make mistakes and correct them.

I am very happy to have been a part of this event and I hope to see you again at other events. We hope to see you again at other events.

I think she had a lot of fun meeting so many of her friends and teachers. He especially enjoyed the game we played at the end. He has downloaded the kahoot! app at home and enjoys playing various games in English. We look forward to seeing her again at another event!

Next time.January 14 (Sat) 12:00~ "Eiken Consultation DayIt is.
By discussing topics that often appear on the EIKEN writing and speaking tests and practicing in the style of an actual interview with the instructors, students will enjoy practicing tips on how to come up with ideas on topics and how to speak in a way that is easy to convey to others!

[Original text
GLI Online had its Christmas event this year on December 18, 2022, from 10:00 to 12:30. This year's theme was "Christmas Around the World. The event was composed both existing students and outsiders, and most had their first virtual Christmas event. There was a discussion with the online teachers about Christmas and some trivia from different countries about Christmas as well. It was an informative event, and some participants asked some questions to the live guest speakers. The children were happy to learn new English words through this activity, and they were able to comprehend the The children were happy to learn new English words through this activity, and they were able to comprehend the discussion as they happily did the next activity, in which we played a game through Kahoot. Also, we had a short letter-writing activity in which participants were able to write about their wishes for Santa. We ended the event by giving them certificates of participation and wishing them a Merry Christmas.

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