Why We Started World International Language Lovers

 WILL short for World International Language Lovers is a new club starting ASAP. We are looking for supporters to attend a Zoom demo meeting rehearsal. This Thursday Sept 14 at 8.15 pm Singapore time. Contact sponsor and President Angela Lansbury.

Or Mentor and VPE Carolyn Street DTM

Can you give a five minute speech on the joys and challenges of learning another language. Please tell your multilingual friends.

Angela +65 9627 6046

Carolyn +65 82851319

Zoom Link 

585 559 0657 no passcode

Link to the Supporters' Group

https://chat.whatsapp.com/DuAlsgCn0NU4MEWaSZ9jJi 

This is the message which we composed. I sent it to several Toastmasters International speakers' training clubs.

INTRODUCTION BY THE PRESIDENT TO BE, Angela Lansbury CC CL PM5 EH5

Dictionary

I have been collecting word lists for years, in my dictionary, words based on Latin and Greek Hebrew, French and German, Spanis, Italian and Portuguese, Chinese and Japanese, with a word or two from Romanian, Swahili and other languages. 

Duolingo

On Duolingo I hopped around starting one language after another. I learned that Chinese and Japanese used the same symbols. 

Facebook

On Facebook I jhave joined three polyglot group.

 I teach English to English speakers and as a foregn language. I wanted to start a Polyglot group. My good friend Carolyn, a teacher of French and German, had the same idea. As the saying goes, great minds think alike.  

I am the sponsor. Carolyn is a mentor.

Our NEW Toastmasters International Club will follow the usual format.   It begins with The Sergeant At Arms, opening the zoom meeting.

Everybody introduces themselves. A joke section. Everybody is welcome to contribute a joke about language.

Toast

GLOSSARY

Toastmasters International speakers' training organization, started in 1924.

Now worldwide with

364,000 members (says Wikipedia).

in nearly 16,000 clubs

in 142 countries.

The printed manuals are in the eight languages supported by Toastmasters International -

English, Arabic for Saudi Arabia and UAE, Spanish, French for Canada, Chinese Traditional for Hong Kong and Taiwan and Chinese Simplified for Chinese speakers in  China, Malaysia and , Portuguese, German for Germany and Austria.

Phrase of the Day

Hello and welcome, bonjour et bienvenue, 

We now have supporters for our first meeting,

1 Angela, Sponsor, President to be (opening and closing speeches), 2 Carolyn, VPE to be, language evaluator, Zoom SAA, 3 Clement TMD and Mentor,  4 Arun Table Topic. 5 Srinivasan, speaker, 6 Velika timer, 7 Yuniati 8 Joanna.

and well wishers such as Eleos, those unable to attend because of meeting clashes who sent apologies, Titin, and Shan Shan.