On February 5 at the Dnipropetrovsk information and resource center Window on America there was the meeting of people who would like to improve their knowledge of English and learn more about the United States of America.
A volunteer of the Center Nataly Karmaz a student of National Metallurgical Academy has prepared the material for this meeting. She has drawn attention of members to the book exhibition Black History Month and acquainted them with interesting information about the Civil rights era for Afro-American population.
The members of English speaking club have learned more about the leaders of this movement Martin Luther King and Dr. Carter G. Woodson. At first, we have discussed the history and reasons of foundation the tradition of celebrating Black History Month. During our meeting, we have answered such questions as the problem of discrimination of Afro-Americans nowadays and the issue of racial harmony. Owing to our guest from California Joseph Battilega, we had a possibility to compare the racial situation in the USA and Ukraine
Contemporary American culture honors not only historical figures. American calendar has many unusual holidays. In the second part of the meeting, we have discussed the tradition of Groundhog Day and Random Acts of Kindness Day. We used Internet resources of our Center and reviewed some interesting videos about these holidays from YouTube.
The Speaker of this meeting Nataly Karmaz was successfully monitoring the discussion, she had prepared the questions that made people thinking about their actions. We were talking about the kind actions and charity in Ukraine. By the end of our meeting, we had made a conclusion that we should make good actions to each other not only 1 day annually but also every day of our life.
The third part of our 3-hour meeting - was free communication.
Number of participants - 25. (Teachers of English - 1, specialists - 14 students - 5, pensioners – 2, pupils - 2, Librarian -1).
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