Sydney Mandarin and English Social Club: Introductions and First Conversations This session is designed to get everyone speaking from the start. The focus is simple: prepare a short introduction, use it with multiple people, repeat it, adjust it, and get more comfortable speaking out loud. You do not need to be fluent. You do not need perfect pronunciation. You can read from your phone if you need to. What matters is coming prepared and being willing to speak. When: Wednesday, May 6, 2026 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM AEST Where: Sydney Town Hall 483 George St, Sydney Before the session: Please prepare your lines on our website before you arrive: https://chinese-english.github.io/sydney-mandarin-english-social-club/ If you are an English speaker learning Mandarin, use the Chinese prep page: https://chinese-english.github.io/sydney-mandarin-english-social-club/chinese.html If you are a Mandarin speaker learning English, use the English prep page: https://chinese-english.github.io/sydney-mandarin-english-social-club/english.html Use the prep page to choose your level, select your lines, fill in your own details, and build a short introduction that feels natural for you. Please post your prepared script in Slack before the session begins: https://join.slack.com/t/english-mandarin/shared_invite/zt-3wuw68g1c-tjv8s2\~DBCpo8RYU_V0htQ If you are learning Mandarin, post your introduction in Mandarin. If you are learning English, post your introduction in English. It does not need to be perfect. The point is to arrive ready to practise. How it works: We will start with a short welcome and quick explanation. Then everyone will practise their introduction in pairs or small groups, speaking in the language they are learning. We will rotate partners every 10 to 15 minutes so you can repeat the same ideas with different people. That repetition is where confidence, fluency, and clearer pronunciation start to build. After the structured part, we can continue with more relaxed conversation. This is a friendly and supportive environment. It is completely okay to make mistakes, pause, repeat yourself, or read from your phone. Topic for this session: Introductions and first conversations