The English Speaking Club (ESC) is NOT being offered during the fall 2011 semester. Check back again in early 2012 to see if the ESC will be offered during the 2012 Winter semester.
The English Speaking Club (ESC) is for International graduate students. All Master, Ph.D. and Professional School graduate students are welcome, and Visiting Scholars.
Join with other International and native English-speaking graduate students to practice your English conversation skills. Each Thursday late-afternoon in Pierpont Commons we discuss in groups of 6 to 8 English idioms and slang, American culture and holidays, and job interview skills to help you feel more confident speaking in English. We have great fun together at the ESC Meetings and we have great fun together at the ESC Parties we have each semester, often in nearby American homes.
The English Speaking Club meets most Thursdays in the second-floor Cafeteria in Pierpont Commons on the U-M North Campus.
The ESC Meeting is from 6:00 to 7:00 pm. We have table conversations, with each group of 6-8 led by a native English-speaking graduate student to help you discuss the topic for the day. The ESC is not a formal class, but meant to be conversational and interactive — and fun! We laugh often.
We hope you will come and bring your friends. It always is interesting to meet graduate students from around the world. Grad students have come to the ESC who are from: Canada, China, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Mexico, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Viet Nam — and the USA. Each week more International graduate students subscribe to the ESC Group Email List.
To learn more about the ESC and know details about the Meetings and Parties:
- Become a FaceBook Fan of the ESC. In Facebook, search for “English Speaking Club @ University of Michigan.”
- Self-Subscribe to the ESC Group Email List. (This is not the gradCRU Group Email List.) You will receive once a week an email about the ESC, including details about upping parties and other opportunities with the ESC. Currently the ESC Group Email List is not operating. If you would like to receive the ESC email, send an email to esc.umich@gradcru.org and ask to be added to the ESC List. Please send your first and last name and email address.
