GUAM\n— When \u201cEnglish\u201d is uttered to a typical college student the first thing that\nmay come to mind is writing and not having an idea of how to write about a\ntopic they could care less about. The English Society wants to change that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen\nyou break it down, English is a language and the purpose of language is to\ncommunicate and share ideas, feelings and information,\u201d said Nick Abrenilla,\nvice president of The English Society. \u201cWe enjoy all different aspects of the\nlanguage, and in The Society, we get to share it with likeminded people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nEnglish Society is a network of English majors and minors that encourage and\nsupport solidarity amongst its members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They\nprovide a platform for students who have a shared interest in literature,\nlinguistics, education or writing to interact with each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This\ngroup of highly motivated college students is determined to bring their love of\nthe art as far as they can. In the past, they have held writing workshops for high\nschool students at Guahan Academy Charter School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sasha\nAldridge a UOG alum and former officer of the organization invited The English\nSociety to Guahan Academy, where she is an English teacher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During\nthese workshops, the members covered topics important to high school students\nsuch as how to write an essay and how to choose a topic for that essay,\nformulate a thesis, gather information, evaluate sources, organize and\nsynthesize data, form ideas into cohesive thoughts, and cite where they got\ntheir references.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aldridge\nsaid that after the first workshop the students were so eager to participate.\nThe high school students notice an improvement in their writings because the\ntechniques they learned took the mystique out of writing essays. The English\nSociety members explained it to the students in a way they understood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cSasha gave us a call and asked if we were\nwilling to come down to the school to help give the students some pointers,\u201d\nsaid Joe Taitano, president of The English Society. \u201cWe held a meeting to\ndiscuss it and the members were excited to jump on the project.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nEnglish Society will be making another trip to Guahan Academy Charter School in\nDecember.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They\nalso hold events such as LIT Talks at least once a month, where members can get\ntogether to discuss literature, poetry, novels, music, movies and graphic\nnovels or long-form comic books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMany\npeople think English only covers books and poetry, but screenwriting for TV\nShows and Movies, lyrics for music also fall under English,\u201d Taitano said.\n\u201cThere are many parts of popular culture that have its roots in literature,\nbasically anything that has words has a connection to the language.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nEnglish Society is open to all who have an interest in the many aspects of\nEnglish or those who just want to make improvements with their writings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\ndon\u2019t have to be an English Major to join,\u201d said Elizabeth Elmore, a first-year\nmember. \u201cRight now, one of our officers Artemia Perez is not an English Major,\nshe is an Anthropology Major.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If\nyou are interested in The English Society, you can check them out on Instagram\n@uogenglishsociety, their blog at uogenglishsociety.wordpress.com or catch one\nof their meetings every other Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. in room 104 of the English\nand Communications building during the semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n