In Korea hiring a private tutor for an hour can cost between $25 ~ $50 an hour. So whenever people hear about an English Room or an English Zone (read: Free) they get excited. It is the opportunity to practice the language without having to pay dearly for it.
Our school has been talking about opening our own English Room for awhile and after getting a native speaker and pushing from the parents of the students, we have now opened the English Zone. We are holding a contest as well to get a better name for the room.
In certain countries you can measure the success of something by the pairs of shoes outside. For opening day we had a good turnout. With the guys on one side playing board games or other games and on the other side the girls were chatting and starting on a puzzle.
We've got a really good selection of various games, puzzles, movies, and soon will have a great selection of books.
For opening week MiYoung and myself will be manning the room every lunch and dinner. After the initial startup time we will each be manning the room only once a week.
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Hi Rick,
That's exciting, the English Room looks very popular. That's quite a crowd in there. It's funny that you can see if somethings popular by the number of shoes outside the door.
Hopefully it won't be too much longer until the books arrive.
What a good idea to have a contest to rename the room.
Love,
Mom and Dad
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