Conversation Circle

In April there were three meetings of the Conversation Circle in Skype format. People gathered and communicated via Skype respectively on the 1st, 8th and 15th of April. People exchanged views on different topics – life, hobbies, sports, politics and others. Learned new words and word combinations. As always there were much laughter and personal interest in learning English.

Schoolchildren visit Window on America Center

On April, 25 Sumy Window on America Center hosted schoolchildren who visited our center for the first time. We told them about books and magazines, movies and board games, about interesting events that take place here. The students got particularly interested in using Kindle and iPads. In the end of the meeting our guests played Kinect games, and we invited to come to our center more often, to take part in different programs.

Opportunity Funding

 On 23 of April presentation of

Opportunity Funding Program was held in Sumy Window on  America center. The presentation was given by Natalia Bulgakova EducationUSA adviser from Kharkiv. For those who got interested in getting the education in United States Natalia gave a detailed information about Opportunity Program Application Process( how to complete application form, how to plan the process of choosing the right university, how to pass English language tests). She also answered many questions of future applicants.

Book Display

Last week we received wonderful books from the USA.We thank our friends Don and Martha for their gift of books. We are absolutely thrilled at the selection!!! Look our book display and come to read new books!

Postcards connecting the world

   Sumy Window on America center is proud to present display of postcards, which our patrons received taking part in project called the “Sumy Postcard Project”.

  The display is designed to show people in the Sumy region the power and opportunities which are available to people when they learn a new language. Furthermore, the display will show just how important learning new languages is to communicating in a global environment.

Visit of 8th grade students

On April 2^nd, the 8^th grade students of the School №29 visited the Sumy Window on America Center. It was their first visit here and they were very much interested. They found out about resources of the center used for the learning of English, namely about books and DVD collections, iPads and Kindles. After that kids played Kinect games. They were very happy and excited to visit the Window on America Center and decided to come here regularly in order to learn English better and to learn more about the USA.

Meeting with Sumy Librarians

Librarians from different libraries of Sumy visited the Sumy Window on America Center. It was their first visit. The coordinator of the Center, Tatiana Luchkina, told about work of the Center and spoke in details about new trends in librarianship. Namely she told about work with e books, e library cards, blogs, and after that presented new gadgets used in the Center. Librarians  worked with iPads and Kindles, found out much new information and were very grateful for the opportunity to visit our Center.