TEACHERS’ TRAINING at WOA Dnipropetrovsk

DOUNB Library was visited by a group of the English language teachers who attend a course at the Training Center of the local Education Department.
At the Foreign documents Department of the DOUNB Library they were offered a wide choice of modern literature on teaching methods for TEFL.
The WOA center Head, Svitlana Usenko, made a presentation about books and films available at the center. She informed the teachers about the free resources available on-line and recommended by the US State Department. The topics for educational activities with children were suggested to the teachers.
The PC volunteer Patrick Kelly invited the teachers to attend the weekly sessions of the WOA’s speaking club where they can listen to the American English.
The guests were impressed by the range of the technical equipment available at the WOA center – several PC stations, multimedia projector, modern gadgets (Kindle and iPad), Rosetta Stone software, etc. All these resources can help anyone to study English.
The teachers enjoyed the New Year’s photo display about a town in North Dakota state – “Winter Wonderland in Fargo”.
The number of visitors – 10 persons.