In October, the students convened a large meeting at which the setting up of the English Club is proposed. We get a committee elected and we encourage them to prepare a schedule of activities. A good English Club is one whose meetings leave the participants with the desire to attend the next one. RESOURCES:
We use what is available bearing in mind that the purpose of the English Club activities i
s to provide opportunities for learners to practise the language in a stress-free atmosphere thus promoting learner’s autonomy. We encourage learners to read stories from the materials available in Sacred Heart School library or in the different resource centres (British Council, American Cultural Center, etc…)
We encourage them to make a good use of the computer, the net. We tell them about the advantage of listening /watching English language programmes on radio/TV
SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES:
Drama and sketches
School magazine
Special classes of remedial work
Parties
Songs
Film viewings
Word games (scrabble, hangman, crossword, puzzles, etc…)
Competitions (poems, quizzes)
Debates and/or round tables on controversial issues
Guest speaker (native speaker from Anglophone Countries)
Celebrations in honour of well known personalities from English speaking World (Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, etc…)
Celebrations of important events or festivals in English speaking World (Halloween, Thanksgiving, Valentine’s day, Saint Patrick’s day, etc…)
English Club’s festivals
Simulations of elections in the United Kingdom/USA
Trips to an Anglophone Country, Pen friends, Inter Club exchanges, linkages, networking through the net
Designing and implementing projects via internet with students around the World
Coordinator: Mr Christian Waly DIAFATTE, English teacher
Deputy: Mr Ernest DIASSY, English teacher
THE BUREAU:
Chairwoman: Yaye Astou Fall, TL2B
Vice chairman: Jasmine Angèle TL2A
Secretary General: Seyni Male Samb,TL2C
Vice Secretary : Ndèye Amie Lo, 3eM6
President of external relationships: Sloan Hounyovi, TL2C
Deputy : Anta Wade TS2B
President of the Organisation committee: Camille CissokoTL2A
Vice Presidents of the organisation committee:
_Gorane Sarr 1S2B
_Inès Sephora TL2A
_Sophie Dia TL2A
- Fatoumata Sambou 3eM4
Responsibles for the Drama: Jean Charles Ba 3eM4
Responsibles for choral: Anastasiie Gomis TL2A
PURPOSE: The setting up of a students’ association, aimed at the practice of English in Sacred Heart School.
