Thanksgiving Day

Welcome to English-Speaking Club. Last month we had a vatiety of topics discussed:03.11. Mafia (Game)
10.11. How to express yourself when you’re sick. Idioms.
17.11. The Difference between American and British Variants of the English Language.
24.11. Thanksgiving Day.
That day we were saying goodbye to the volunteers Rebecca Rogers and David Becker. It was the last time they held the meeting so before leaving they wanted to learn more about Ukrainian traditions. Each participant was asked to choose any tradition and to prepare a small report on it. We are very grateful to our guests from the USA for their active participation in the work of our English-speaking club. The meetings of the club have been extremely fascinating and everybody really enjoyed them. A lot of various interesting topics and situations that were of great use for the English learners were discussed during the latest period. Good luck, Rebecca and David!!!

Gaming in library.

Welcome to English-Speaking Club. Last month we had a vatiety of topics discussed:

6.10 The most favourite thing about Ukraine, differences between the USA and Ukraine.

14.10 Word scramble. Games are widely used all over the world by teachers and learners of foreign languages. Games stimulate and make the learning process fascinating. We have prepared lots of word games, puzzles, scrambles. At one of the meetings we made up a quiz. The participants were handed out papers with the tasks. They had to complete few tables according to the instructions. The instructions were like this:
- Write a word that rhymes with each word (use both in one sentence)
- For each phrase choose formal, informal or casual forms.
- Write opposite for each of these adjectives
- Say, what each of these people do
and so on.
20.10 Speaking Etiquette.
27.10 Halloween Word Scramble.

French and Italian Clubs

We are glad to inform that sessions of our French Club will take place every Monday at 17.30 p.m. and Italian Club every Friday at 16.00 p.m.
with participation of native speakers.
Everyone who wants to improve speaking skills, learn more about different countries, discuss different topics or just find some new friends is invited to our clubs.

Debating

Welcome to English - Speaking Club. Last month we had a variety of topics discussed:
1.09.Computer Safety
8.09. Common English Errors
15.09. Debate. Debate is a formal method of interactive argument. There were two teams to debate - one team is proposing for and one team is opposing (against) the argument. The proposing team went first. The first person on the opposing team rebutted the argument. Then the second person on the opposing team stated their argument and the second person on the proposing team rebutted. The judge announced the most convincing team as winner.
22.09 Four Step Rebuttal
29.09 Terms of Endearment

Innovative Outreach for American Corners

Vienna, Austria three-day workshop was designed for AC Coordinators. We learned how to use new media tools: Facebook, YouTube, LibraryThing, Twitter and online resources. It was great to know how to set up a conversation cafe and host different games, such as spelling bee, taboo, scrabble, debate to increase the variety of "Window on America" center programs. We learned about innovative ideas for the successful work of our centers.

American Literature

One of the most popular events among WOA center patrons are lectures delivered by american speakers. On July 27 Jay Treloar, Press Attache Assistant of American Embassy in Kiev, presented american literature and told many interesting things about american literature trends, famous contemporary and classic writers as John Updike and John Cheever. The lecture attracted an audience of more than 30 WOA center patrons, the Peace Corps volunteers, librarians of Sumy Oblast Research Library and had a great success.
Our local radio and TV channel put this event in their news programs.

Educational Resources

On June 17, 17 pupils of secondary school №9 attended Window on America Center to find out more about our educational resources and to watch wonderful movie Toy Story, the first full-lengh computer animated feature film.We also invited everyone to take part in English-Speaking Club and Camp Excite where they have chance to practice their English with native speakers.