All of the below events are open free of charge to the public. We would like you to plan carefully before registering with us so that we have enough seats for participants. If you register for our events but change your plan, kindly notify us by email. If you would like to be an American Center member, please register.
***REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR ALL EVENTS EXCEPT THOSE NOTED OTHERWISE. Register here. You can also check out our Facebook page to see event schedule and click “Join” to register with us.***
All events take place at 1st Floor of the Rose Garden Tower at 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi, except those noted otherwise. Remember to bring your ID with you. Members of the media are welcome to attend public events at the American Center. However, if you intend to being in still or video cameras, please contact the Media Team at least 24 hours in advance so we can determine whether the speaker is comfortable and, if so, request security access for your equipment. Please note that not all speakers will want to be filmed and interviewed. Thanks for your understanding and cooperation.
Please Note: In the American Center (AC), we usually record, film and photograph our programs and activities to promote the AC and the work the U.S. Embassy does in Vietnam. We regularly use and post these images on our social media platforms. When participating in American Center programs, you provide your tacit consent for your image to be used in this way. If you prefer that your image not be used for non-commercial publicity reasons, please provide your request in writing to a staff member at the Help Desk. Thank you
| Time | Program | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Mar. 16 – May 2 |
2017 U.S. Ambassador’s Entrepreneurship ChallengeApplication deadline: May 2, 2017 |
U.S. Embassy Hanoi |
| Apr. 4, 10:00 – 11:30 | MOOC 30: Social Norms, Social Change I, Facilitated Discussion #1, Register (required) here | Amy Baum, ESL Educator |
| Apr. 4, 5:00 – 6:30 | American English Club: Intellectual Property | American Center Interns |
| Apr. 7, 10:00 – 11:00 | Conversation Hour | David McAuley, U.S. Embassy Hanoi |
| Apr. 10, 5:00 – 7:00 | Leadership Training Series: Building Your Personal Brand | Hoàng Ngọc Bích, Crestcom |
| Apr. 11, 10:00 – 11:30 | MOOC 30: Social Norms, Social Change I, Facilitated Discussion #2, Register (required) here | Amy Baum, ESL Educator |
| Apr. 11, 3:00 – 4:30 | Debate Club | American Center Interns |
| Apr. 12, 10:00 – 11:30 | American English Club | American Center Interns |
| Apr. 12, 3:00 – 4:30 | Becoming a Persuader: How to Use English to Get People to Do What You Want | Olivia Franklin, Fulbright English Teaching Assistant |
| Apr. 13, 11:30 -1:00 | Pronunciation Workshop | Melissa Judy, ESL Educator |
| Apr. 13, 2:00 – 3:30 | Maximize Your Potential for Success, Session 1 | Amy Baum, ESL Educator |
| Apr. 13, 3:30 – 5:00 | APEC 101: Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation | Dawson Law, U.S. Embassy Hanoi |
| Apr. 14, 10:00 – 11:00 | Conversation Hour | David McAuley, U.S. Embassy Hanoi |
| Apr. 18, 10:00 – 11:30 | MOOC 30: Social Norms, Social Change I, Facilitated Discussion #3, Register (required) here | Amy Baum, ESL Educator |
| Apr. 18, 5:00 – 6:30 | American English Club | American Center Interns |
| Apr. 20, 11:30 – 1:00 | Pronunciation Workshop | Melissa Judy, ESL Educator |
| Apr. 20, 2:00 – 3:30 | Maximize Your Potential for Success, Session 2 | Amy Baum, ESL Educator |
| Apr. 21, 10:00 – 11:00 | Conversation Hour | David McAuley, U.S. Embassy Hanoi |
| Apr. 21, 2:00 – 3:30 | Environmental Protection Presentation | James Kendall, Founder of Keep Hanoi Clean |
| Apr. 22, 7:00 – 11:00 |
2017 Earth DayVenue: Thống Nhất Park, Trần Nhân Tông Street, Hà Nội. Register (required) here |
American Center Hanoi in co-operation with Center for Environment and Community Research |
| Apr. 25, 10:00 – 11:30 | MOOC 30: Social Norms, Social Change I, Facilitated Discussion #4, Register (required) here | Amy Baum, ESL Educator |
| Apr. 26, 3:00 – 4:30 | Business Communication: How to Properly Communicate in a Professional Setting | Olivia Franklin, Fulbright English Teaching Assistant |
| Apr. 26, 4:00 – 6:00 | American Movie Musicals – A Film Genre to Discover: Singing in the Rain | Molly Stephenson, U.S. Embassy Hanoi |
| Apr. 27, 10:00 – 11:30 | MOOC31: English for Media Literacy, Facilitated Discussion #1, Register (required) here | Amy Baum, ESL Educator |
| Apr. 27, 11:30 – 1:00 | Pronunciation Workshop | Melissa Judy, ESL Educator |
| Apr. 28, 10:00 – 11:00 | Conversation Hour | David McAuley, U.S. Embassy Hanoi |
| Apr. 28, 11:00 – 12:00 | Family Matters Television Hour | Curtis Johnson, Guest Speaker |
| Apr. 28, 2:00 – 3:30 | Maximize Your Potential for Success, Session 3 | Amy Baum, ESL Educator |
| Apr. 28, 4:00 – 5:30 | Boundless Form: Historical Origins and Jazz Philosophy | Daniel McCullough, U.S. Embassy Hanoi |
Conversation Hour
Fridays, 10:00 – 11:00 am
David McAuley or Diana Johnson, U.S. Embassy Hanoi
Call it a conversation, or any one of this word’s synonyms – chat, colloquy, converse, dialog, discussion, etc. – this is an hour of informal talk and your opportunity to improve your English speaking and listening skills. An American host of the hour will introduce a topic and guide you through discussion around it. Come to chat and learn. Bring your friends and make even more friends!
American English Club
American Center Interns
Come join our American English Club to improve your English speaking skills and enhance your English vocabularies on variety of topics. This club is also a good chance for you to meet new friends and enjoy lot of fun games, discussions and activities.
Debate Club
American Center Interns
The goal of the American Center’s Debate Club is to create friendly environment where anyone can express and freely debate their ideas on interesting current topics. So if you like to analyze facts, communicates openly, or just interested in debate please make your way to the AC to join our club.
Pronunciation Workshop
Thursdays, 11:30 – 1:00 midday
Melissa Judy, ESL Educator
This 12-week pronunciation course focuses on the pronunciation features of American English and will help students improve their awareness and production of various aspects of pronunciation. Topics include consonant and vowel sounds, stress, intonation, rhythm, and problem areas for Vietnamese speakers of English. Please bring a friend to come join our first session on March 16, 2017.
Family Matters Television Hour
Fridays, 11:00 – 12:00 midday
Curtis Johnson, Guest Speaker
Please come join Curtis Johnson at the American Center’s new series of American television shows Black-ish. With each session consisting of 30-minute episode followed by 30-minute discussion, this program series focuses on African American culture and English Language.
Black-ish
Dre Johnson has it all: a great job, a beautiful wife, Rainbow, four kids and a big home in a classy neighborhood, but as a black man, he begins to question whether all his success has brought too much cultural assimilation for his family. With the help of his mother and father, Dre begins to try to create a sense of ethnic identity for the members of his family that will allow them to honor their background while preparing them to embrace the future.
Maximize Your Potential for Success
April 13, 20, 28, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Amy Baum, ESL Educator
Do you want to develop daily habits that will help you create long-term success? Do you want to find out how to create personal goals and stick to them? This course brings together tips and experiences from highly successful people, covering topics such as time management, task prioritization, and goal setting to help you discover and maximize your unique potential for reaching your dreams.
American English Club: Intellectual Property
April 4, 5:00 – 6:30 p.m.
American Center Hanoi
Come join our American English Club and bring your friends as we participate in exciting activities on the topic of Intellectual Property! We will warm up the program, in the beginning, with several musical performances of popular tunes like Westlife’s Open Your Heart. After that, the Club will let the audience join in a variety of discussions and role-playing sessions, which will improve your English speaking skills, enhance your vocabulary and have a tons of laughter throughout the program!
Becoming a Persuader: How to Use English To Get People To Do What You Want
April 12, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Olivia Franklin, Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Have you ever tried to convince someone to do something for you? Have you ever tried to change someone’s opinion on a topic or issue? How did that work out for you? Changing someone’s mind or getting their support might seem like a difficult, daunting task – however, it is actually quite simple! In this session, you can learn the essential tools to speaking and writing persuasively in English. Surprisingly, all you need to know are three easy steps! The audience will learn how to use the three Aristotelian proofs of ethos, pathos, and logos, to make a persuasive argument.
Olivia Franklin is a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant at Nguyen Trai Gifted High School in Hai Duong City. She has lived in Vietnam for over eight months. Last May, she graduated from The George Washington University in Washington, DC, with a dual degree in History and Communication. She loves discussing communication theories with people, and was a teaching assistant for a Communication class in college that focused on persuasive speaking. Originally from Boston, Massachusetts, Olivia loves to spend her free time traveling, writing, running half marathons, going to the beach, and practicing yoga.
APEC 101: Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
April 13, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Dawson Law, U.S. Embassy Hanoi
As Vietnam hosts the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings this year, come learn about this important organization, regional economic integration and the U.S. priorities.
Dawson Law, the U.S. Embassy APEC coordinator will discuss APEC and efforts to create a more prosperous Asia Pacific region.
Environmental Protection Presentation
April 21, 2 :00 – 3:30 p.m.
James Kendall, Founder of Keep Hanoi Clean
To celebrate Earth Day, James Kendall, an American environmentalist living in Hanoi and Founder of Keep Hanoi Clean, will share his group’s experiences of inspiring thousands of followers to clean up Hanoi’s canals and roadside dumps to keep Hanoi’s public places clean. Come to learn the inside stories about Hanoi, get inspired and find out what you can do to protect our environment.
Business Communication: How to Properly Communicate in a Professional Setting
April 26, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Olivia Franklin, Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Would you ever say “what’s up?” to your boss? Probably not! The English we use in day-to-day conversations is very different from the English used in a professional business setting. In this session, the audience will learn how to communicate both conversationally and through email with co-workers. The Do’s and Don’t’s of English Business Communication will be discussed.
Olivia Franklin is a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant at Ngyuen Trai Gifted High School in Hai Duong City. She has lived in Vietnam for over eight months. Last May, she graduated from The George Washington University in Washington, DC, with a dual degree in History and Communication. She loves discussing communication theories with people, and was a teaching assistant for a Communication class in college that focused on persuasive speaking. Originally from Boston, Massachusetts, Olivia loves to spend her free time traveling, writing, running half marathons, going to the beach, and practicing yoga.
Boundless Form: Historical Origins and Jazz Philosophy
Apr. 28, 4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Daniel F. McCullough, U.S. Embassy
Come join Daniel McCullough for a discussion on historical and cultural factors that created the conditions for the emergence of Jazz as a musical genre in the United State. The speaker will discuss his views on Jazz as a way to cultivate an innovative state of mind. Also you will have a chance to listen to some examples of Jazz recording and two tunes live from our speaker.
