Today members of English Speaking club GABFEST in Dnipro Window on America center (Ukraine) had a wonderful chance to discuss «Eurovision Song Contest: challenges and advantages of hosting in Ukraine». Elizaveta Stepanishina successfully debuted as moderator – prepared an interesting video for watching and discussing, text for reading and translation, questions for discussion.
New members introduced themselves and shared their motivation for learning English with the group.
In the end of the meeting members of the club communicated in the Speed English format on topic «Travelling. Dreams we had and dreams that came true. Cities or nature. Landmarks. Seaside resorts»
All visitors have left the Library fulfilled with great mood and new skills and knowledges.
Moderator: Elizaveta Stepanishina
Pictures: Svitlana Usenko
Number of participants – 28 persons.
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As many of our membered enquired, we decided to renew Speed English games.
Our beloved by all Speed English was first played this year with “New Year celebrations” topic.
Volunteer Aleksandra Myrgorodska, the NMetAU lecturer, monitored this section. We shared our experiences of unusual New Year celebrations, expectations for the coming year and those of the last one. We discussed how to organize a holiday. The newcomers were excited about the game!
Several Speed English matches decided to continue the communication. Ok, you are welcome until the library is open!
Participants number – 50 persons.
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This afternoon the Gabfest Club (Dnipro Window on America, Ukraine) was attended by our foreign friends Mr. Armando from the UK and Mr. Jason from the USA. As a warm up the group has briefed the guests about the different names of our city and explained the history behind the numerous name changes.
The official topic of the session was “Chinese New Year”. We had a conversation about the Chinese horoscope, the rituals of New Year celebration (dress code and menu).The basic elements of the Chinese celebration were also discussed – the lanterns, the coins, the fireworks, the dragon dances and parades.
Our foreign guests told the group about the celebrations in the UK and in the USA and explained the presence of the big Chinese communities in their countries.
The Ukrainian club members shared their experiences of travelling to China.
The session was educational and funny.
Participants number – 54 persons.
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This afternoon the Gabfest Club members (Dnipro Window on America center, Ukraine) were observing the International Mountains Day. The group was offered a slide show about mountains mentioned in the Bible. The club members learned a lot of new biblical terms and refreshed the knowledge of popular biblical stories: the Noah’s Ark and the flood, the Babel tower construction, etc. We mentioned such famous mountains as Ararat, the Sinai, the Calvary, the Temple and the Olive Mountains.
The spoken part of the session was dedicated to the sacred mountains of Ukraine. Our foreign friends
Mr. Jason and Mr. Stephen (USA) and Mr. Michelle (France) learned a lot about hills of Kyiv, Shevchenko memorial, Goverla mountain , popular cliff monasteries and castles, etc. They had a chance to recommend Ukrainian attractions connected with mountains and cliffs.
Number of participants – 31 persons.
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Students of all generations attend the Basic English lessons in Dnipro Window on America center at the DOUNB Library. The Group was founded as a training site for people who never studied English or for those who need to return to the basics of the language.
This afternoon the Basic English group 4.8. has practiced reading the vowels and combinations of consonants. They are now able to talk about “About myself” in English.
Instructor: T. Gavryliyuk
Pictures: S.Usenko
All the participants found the session educational and helpful.
Number of participants – 35 persons.
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The Activate English Group at DOUNB library is an integral part of the EXPRESS-ENGLISH course offered to the Window on America Dnipropetrovsk readers in year 2016.
The year 2016 in Ukraine is the year of the English Language. The Activate English Group - 4 was created for people who have been studying English for several years, but are too shy to speak.
The objective of the course is to activate the passive knowledge and enable the students of English to express themselves in English no matter how small might be their vocabulary.
The participants of the group will be offered some revision activities to refresh their grammar skills. The vocabulary for the topics will be presented and illustrated with native-speaking videos to activate their comprehension skills.
The activation of the speaking skills will take place during the conversation pair practice.
The materials for the Activate English Group are compiled and presented by the qualified ESL teacher. They are based on original textbook by the reputable language house “Macmillan” and various free on-line resources for ESL study.
All the participants found the session educational and helpful.
Number of participants – 31 persons.
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Presentation of recourses for English learners: eLibraryUSA.
The Information and Resource Center "Window on America" was visited by the 3rd year students of National Mining University (their major -"Finance", the lecturer - O. Krylova). They had a pleasant surprise – the encounter with the WOA’s American volunteer Mr. Jason.
The students watched the WOA’s promotional video about the new library services, learned about the electronic services of DOUNB library to support the learning process. The young people observed with interest the Xmas tree-shaped book shelf. It showcased helpful materials for English learners - "winter" vocabulary, idioms, phrase verbs, books and films on DVDs.
The students were urged to join the most popular WOA’s projects: the English-language Movie Club on Wednesdays and the English-speaking club "GABFEST" on Saturdays.
Students received promotional materials that will keep good memories about the DOUNB library in the year 2017.
Participants number – 11 persons.
This afternoon the Gabfest Club members at Dnipro Window on America center welcomed to the club a new-comer from the USA – Mr. Cole who arrived to serve in an American church mission. Mr. Cole told us about his home state Iowa and his first impressions about Ukraine. Cole shared with us some things that strike him as unusual in Dnipro and Ukrainian club members explained to him the local habits (not to whistle indoors, not to choose yellow flowers, not to talk to strangers in the public transport).
The official topic of the session was to observe important international dates: International Day for Abolition of Slavery (December, 2) – we watched the UN’s illustrative video about modern types of Slavery, introduced new vocabulary and shared stories about personal experience of working in the slave like conditions; International Day of Persons with Disabilities (December, 3) – since 1992 it has been celebrated annually around the world. The theme for this year’s International Day is “Achieving 17 Goals for the Future We Want”. We talked about types of disabilities and introduced respective vocabulary, the barriers for disabled people that exist in Dnipro city, shared the stories about inclusion of disabled people in social life in Dnipro. The highlight of the discussion was an illustrative video about Nick Vujicic. He was born without limbs, but became a successful citizen of his country.
Participant numbers – 55 persons.
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Students of all generations: Basic English 4.7.
Students of all generations attend the Basic English lessons in Dnipro Window on America center at the DOUNB Library. The Group was founded as a training site for people who never studied English or for those who need to return to the basics of the language.
This afternoon the Basic English group 4.7. has practiced reading the vowels and combinations of consonants. They are now able to talk about “About myself” in English.
Instructor: T. Gavryliyuk
Pictures: S.Usenko
All the participants found the session educational and helpful.
Number of participants – 48 persons.
Book Display “Winter in EnglishLand”.
Christmas tree-shaped book shelf is decorated for you!
The information-resource center "Window on America" presents a book & image display "Winter in EnglishLand". It contains WOA’s materials for learning English against the backdrop of the picturesque winter landscapes from around the United States.
The books were donated to WOA by the US Embassy in Ukraine and the US charity foundation "Sabre-Light". Winter photos were made by Ukrainians who traveled to the USA.
The grammar pictography is provided by the "American English" web-site.
The display is decorated with students’ handcrafts - New Year greetings from WOA’s longtime partner local school No.141.
WOA’s resources collection provides daily surprises and helps everyone to improve their knowledge of English.
The display reviewed by people.
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Introduction of #УкраїнаSpeaking project to students and teachers of Novomoskovsk (Dnipropetrovsk’s suburb)
Within the framework of the educational project #УкраїнаSpeaking DOUNB Library and "Window on America" Center were presented to Novomoskovsk community. The WOA’s staff Svetlana Usenko and Tamara Gavryliuk visited the colleagues at the Novomoskovsk Children's Library.
The WOA staff offered a presentation for the English teachers and the 10th year students of the local school No.18. The presentation started with the big-screening of the motivational video that encourages Ukrainians to learn English (production by the УкраїнаSpeaking project). The audience learned about several essential things:
- the modern services of the DOUNB Library that are assessable 24 hours/ 7 days a week.
- the DONUB Library web site and its online catalog
- the activities plan to observe the "Year of English in Ukraine",
- the various language clubs for different age groups and skill levels skill
- the #УкраїнаSpeaking project that is aimed to help all who wish to improve English proficiency in one way or another . Students were offered a slide show that recommended effective on-line resources: УкраїнаSpeaking, American English, Voice of America, SHAREAMERICA, English is fun and others.
Number of participants – 22 persons.
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Today’s session of the Gabfest Club ("Window on America", Dnipropetrovsk / Ukraine) started with the introductions of the new comers and the presentation of the Club traditions.
The nation-wide project “УкраїнаSpeaking” was introduced to the group and its objectives explained. We even discussed the quality of the promo video for the project and the controversy about it.
The Bunny toy as a centerpiece of our round table reminded the group about the forthcoming US holiday – Easter. We talked about traditional Easter games for children – Egg hunt and Egg roll. The club members were reminded to send Easter greetings to all their American friends.
The official topic of the session was “Organizational Culture and Consumer Rights”. The club members shared their opinions about their workplace atmosphere and tried to make conclusions about the respective organizational culture. The people who do not have a work place shared their experience as consumers and made conclusions about the organizational culture of the bad service companies.
We explored an image “The Iceberg of Organizational Culture”, learned the terms for its elements and tried to give examples from real life (organizational policies, procedures, feelings, values, etc.).
The highlight of the session was a video about the TripAdvisor – an American search engine that helps people to make their travel arrangements without the help of professional travel agents, allows to leave comments about the quality of tourist attractions, hotels and restaurant service. The video showed the atmosphere of the TripAdvisor office and feed-back of the staff about their employer.
The session was a full house and was considered very educational by all participants.
Number of participants – 33 persons.
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Within the framework of the educational project #УкраїнаSpeaking DOUNB Library and "Window on America" Center were presented to new comers.
Members of new Activate English Club learned about the modern library service which operates 24 hours 7 days a week through its website and online catalog. Head of the "Window on America" center Svetlana Usenko told the members of Activate English Club about the planned activities to observe the "Year of English in Ukraine" and УкраїнаSpeaking project that will help all who wish to improve their knowledge of English.
Library members were acquainted with the WOA Center’s book collection and learned about the opportunity to use its free resources for learning English: attending Movie club and English-speaking club, access to e-LibraryUSA, the vocabulary board games. The students watched a slide show that highlighted on-line resources such as УкраїнаSpeaking, American English, Voice of America, SHAREAMERICA, English is fun and others.
In the second part of the meeting the participants were offered a funny activity – “Speed English” conversation. This form of training is recommended to practice students’ speaking skills. The members of the group had conversations in pairs with several counterparts by changing their seats in the room. The conversations lasted only few minutes (speedy), but with several different people in a row. This activity enables the learners of English to practice the same material several times.
In a short time the question was changed and the procedure of changing counterparts was repeated.
The rotation of questions and participants was organized by the librarian. She prepared a slide-show with questions that helped to have a conversation with the topic “Meeting New People."
Number of participants – 34 persons.
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Within the framework of the educational project #УкраїнаSpeaking DOUNB Library and "Window on America" Center representatives attended Dnipropetrovsk Conservatory. Students learned about the modern library service which operates 24 hours 7 days a week through its website and online catalog Head of the "Window on America" center Svetlana Usenko told the students about the planned activities to observe the "Year of English in Ukraine" and #УкраїнаSpeaking project # that will help all who wish to improve their knowledge of English.
Students were acquainted with the WOA Center’s book collection and learned about the opportunity to use its free resources for learning English: attending Movie club and English-speaking club, access to e-LibraryUSA, the vocabulary board games. The students watched a slide show that highlighted on-line resources such as УкраїнаSpeaking, American English, Voice of America, SHAREAMERICA, English is fun and others.
Number of participants – 10 persons.
Today the Window on America center Dnipropetrovsk was visited by a group of the 9th year students from school No.23. This school is a long-time partner of the WOA Center as it has a focus on English study.
The «УкраїнаSpeaking» project was presented to the group and the students were urged to follow the project’s pages in the popular social networks.
The aim of the high school students’ visit was to talk about up-coming Valentine’s Day and its observance in the USA.
A slide show with 12 popular idioms and slang words about love and dating was presented to the group. Finding of Ukrainian equivalents to all idioms was quite a challenge.
The second part of the session was a conversation about “bad dates”. The group was offered a slide show with beautiful views of Chicago and a story of a Chicago girl about her Valentine’s Day date that went wrong. We talked about the situations when a date is considered a bad date.
To wrap up the conversation the WOA staff asked the students to recommend an English song that might be a perfect Valentine’s Day background music. The students suggested the song “Only you”.
Number of participants – 15 persons.
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