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
Jun. 7 – 21	Spark!Lab – Everyone Can Be an Inventor Apply here	American Center
Jun. 1, 11:30 -1:00	Pronunciation Workshop, Week 12	Melissa Judy, ESL Educator
Jun. 1, 2:00 – 3:30	Women in Leadership: Inspiring Positive Change!, Facilitated Discussion #3, Register (required) here	Amy Baum, ESL Educator
Jun. 1, 5:30 – 6:30	Marketing Fundamentals: Who Is Your Customer, Facilitated Discussion #3, Register (required) here	Nikki Nguyen
Jun. 1, 5:00 – 6:50	Pronunciation Workshop, Session 2	Helen Huntley, ESL Specialist
Jun. 2, 10:00 – 11:00	Conversation Hour	David McAuley, U.S. Embassy Hanoi
Jun. 2, 3:00 – 5:30	Film Screening and Discussion “Hidden Figure” (2016)	Marcia Anglarill, U.S. Embassy Hanoi
Jun. 5, 5:15 – 6:50	Pronunciation workshop, Session 3	Helen Huntley
Jun. 6, 5:00 – 6:30	U.S. Culture	U.S. Military Cadets
Jun. 7, 1:00 – 2:15	World Oceans Day Panel	Vietnamese and international marine environment experts
Jun. 7, 2:30 – 4:30	Film Screening: “A Plastic Ocean”	Alison Davis, Deputy Chief, Environment Science Technology & Health Unit, U.S. Embassy
Jun. 7, 5:00 – 6:30	Sports in America	U.S. Military Cadets
Jun. 8, 11:30 -1:00	Pronunciation Workshop, last session	Melissa Judy, ESL Educator
Jun. 8, 2:00 – 3:30	Women in Leadership: Inspiring Positive Change!, Facilitated Discussion #4, Register (required) here	Amy Baum, ESL Educator
Jun. 8, 5:30 – 6:30	Marketing Fundamentals: Who Is Your Customer, Facilitated Discussion #4, Register (required) here	Nikki Nguyen
Jun. 8, 5:00 – 6:50	Pronunciation Workshop, Session 4	Helen Huntley, ESL Specialist
Jun. 9, 10:00 – 11:00	Conversation Hour	David McAuley, U.S. Embassy Hanoi
Jun. 12, 5:00 – 6:30	College Life in the U.S.	U.S. Military Cadets
Jun. 13, 5:00 – 6:50	Pronunciation Workshop, Session 5	Helen Huntley
Jun. 14, 9:00 – 12:30	U.S. Ambassador’s Entrepreneurship Challenge: National Final Competition	U.S. Embassy Hanoi
Jun. 15, 2:00 – 3:30	Women in Leadership: Inspiring Positive Change!, Facilitated Discussion #5, Register (required) here	Amy Baum, ESL Educator
Jun. 15, 3:30 – 5:30	Preparing for Leadership	Judy Le
Jun. 15, 5:30 – 6:30	Marketing Fundamentals: Who Is Your Customer, Facilitated Discussion #5, Register (required) here	Nikki Nguyen
Jun. 15, 5:00 – 6:50	Pronunciation Workshop, Session 6	Helen Huntley, ESL Specialist
Jun. 16, 10:00 – 11:00	Conversation Hour	David McAuley, U.S. Embassy Hanoi
June 21, 4:00 – 6:00	American Movie Musicals – A Film Genre to Discover: Wizard of Oz	Molly Stephenson, U.S. Embassy Hanoi
Jun. 22, 5:00 – 6:30	American English Club	American Center
Jun. 23, 10:00 – 11:00	Conversation Hour	David McAuley, U.S. Embassy Hanoi
Jun. 29, 5:00 – 6:30	American English Club	American Center
Jun. 30, 10:00 – 11:00	Conversation Hour	David McAuley, U.S. Embassy Hanoi

Conversation Hour

Fridays, 10:00 – 11:00 am
David McAuley, 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, starting from 5:00 PM. This fun upcoming program will feature performances of some well-known and beloved songs. After the musical performances, the audience will join the host to learn how to sing one of these memorable tunes as a warm-up activity. Then, the club will continue with its interesting activities that will give you the opportunities to improve your English speaking skills, enhance your vocabulary, and have a lot of fun discussing and presenting on STEM-related issues (June 22) and Summer Activities (June 29).

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.

AC Student News

American Center Interns
Adapted from the CNN Student News, this program encouraged participants to reflect on and discuss international issues, while using opportunity to sharpen English language skills, especially listening and speaking.

Pronunciation Workshop

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:00 – 6:30 p.m.
Helen Huntley, ESL Specialist

In this series of workshops, the consonants and vowels that typically cause difficulties for Vietnamese speakers will be reviewed and communicative activities to address these problem areas will be explored and practiced. Participants will also learn about sounds (Aaah!, Huh? etc.) that have communicative meaning in English and practice using them to respond to common situations. Participants will also review a series of activities to understand how syllables, word stress, sentence stress, speech rhythm, thought groups, focus words, final sounds, linking, intonation, reductions can affect comprehensibility. Overall, participants will be encouraged to self-monitor their own speech to perceive patterns of strengths and weaknesses in their own pronunciation of English.

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 May 31, 2017.

Pronunciation Workshop

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:00 – 6:30 p.m.
Helen Huntley, ESL Specialist

In this series of workshops, the consonants and vowels that typically cause difficulties for Vietnamese speakers will be reviewed and communicative activities to address these problem areas will be explored and practiced. Participants will also learn about sounds (Aaah!, Huh? etc.) that have communicative meaning in English and practice using them to respond to common situations. Participants will also review a series of activities to understand how syllables, word stress, sentence stress, speech rhythm, thought groups, focus words, final sounds, linking, intonation, reductions can affect comprehensibility. Overall, participants will be encouraged to self-monitor their own speech to perceive patterns of strengths and weaknesses in their own pronunciation of English.

By vnmission | 26 May, 2017 | Topics: American Spaces, Events