Vocabulary Building
Vocabulary building is a regular program which is always held on the third week of every month. Vocabulary building combines three essential elements that is English reading skill, speaking skills, and English grammar learning system in which the vocabulary building the ECC members who attend will be given a sheet of paper with a short story in English and after the story is read, each member was asked to fill out and answer any vocabulary in the story behind the paper, and must construct a new short story using vocabulary-existing oral vocabulary. Present members were not given the opportunity to draw up a blank piece of paper for a story telling time, members are given a time limit and have a few minutes to meet the target vocabulary - so all of the vocabularies in the paper is used. Not only that, the other members should also carefully scrutinize any stories submitted by other members and must examine every sentence that comes out whether the arrangement meets the requirements of English grammar.
Speaking Mania
According to the tittle of the program, Speaking Mania is addressed to
improve English speaking skill. In this program ,everyone will discuss and talk
about a topic that comes from the recent and hot issue at the present. The
discussion is concepted in a fun way as well as the other ECC weekly programs
since the atmosphere of the program is far from a ridig ambience where people
hardly to laugh and deliver the idea freely. In contrast, this program has a
fun way where everyone will discuss a fun topic in a fun way since they can
deliver their idea with their expression. But the essential of improving
English speaking skill will not be lost for a fun way since in this program
everyone has to correct the grammar of the speaker.
Listening Corner
Listening corner is one of ECC weekly programs that focuses on improving
listening skill. This program is concepted in a fun activity as well as ECC that is run in a fun way also. In
Listening Corner, people who join in this program will listen to a west song as
ECC is created for improving English skill. The rule of this program are people
will listen to the song for three times and they have to fill the blank space
in the lyric of the song while they listen to the song. In the last session all
people who come in this activity will discuss about the message of the
song and they will sing together for
fun.
Free Topic Discussion
Free topic discussion is a special program routine in the end of the month that is always eagerly awaited by all members of the English Conversation Club Yogyakarta. This FTD ECC match the needs of community members who crave a field program, the latest news and talk to its conclusion or a topic related to their on-campus courses. The themes that have been discussed before is Bintaro tragedy, song and first love, foreigner hunter, etc. The majority of the ECC members were so enthusiastic to discuss and participate in this free program so that in the end of this development program has always had new entrants in every meeting.