English Book Club. Tips. Organizing a book club. It is a presentation at the 3rd 1000 speaker conference in English on Feb, 7th of 2014.

1. 1000 Speakers Conference in
English, 3rd
Hiro Yoshioka
2014/2/7
Rakuten
#1000eng
http://1000.doorkeeper.jp/events/8534

2. • English book club
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3. Book Club
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Chose a book
Read the book with your friends
Talk about the book with them
It’s easy. Let’s do it.
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4. English Book Club
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Chose an English book
Read the book with your friends
Talk about the book with them
It’s easy. Let’s do it.
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5. Tips
• Reading English book is a little bit
tough for me. I need colleagues.
– Find colleagues; office, SNS, friends,
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• How do you find a good book?
– Your professional area. e.g., IT; Jolt
award
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6. Tips
• Read a chapter by chapter.
– Assign a person to the chapter.
– The person explains or summarize the
contents.
• Discuss the contents with
participants.
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7. Pros
• You can get information of leading
edge technology.
• You can know it early than others.
There is no Japanese translation or
it will take several month or years to
be translated into Japanese.
• It is very good English training.
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8. Examples
• http://www.drdobbs.com/joltawards/jolt-awards-the-bestbooks/231500080?pgno=7
• http://www.drdobbs.com/joltawards/jolt-awards-the-bestbooks/231500080?pgno=2
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