Celebrating the U.N. English Language Day by distributing “English to Everyone” posters in Dnipropetrovsk!
Our Library, supports the Year of English in Ukraine!
Our Window on America Center in Dnipropetrovsk supports the Year of English in Ukraine!
On William Shakespeare’s birthday the DOUNB library staff and readers-volunteers took part in the flash mob aimed at promotion of English among the local hospitality establishments personnel. The posters which presented the Ukraine-English phrases essential for servicing the foreign visitors were distributed at the local restaurants and cafes. Printing of colorful phrase-posters was a courtesy of the US Embassy in Ukraine. Restaurant and café employees are interested in improving their English skills to provide good services to foreign customers. They are willing to cooperate with the DOUNB library.
DOUNB library and the "Window on America" Information and Resource Center support the” Year of English” in Ukraine and are offering free express courses of the English language to the library patrons.
The second enrollment to the “Express English” groups starts as follows: May, 17 – “Activate English” and May, 19 – “Basic English”.
Today’s session of the Gabfest Club (Window on America center Dnipropetrobsk, Ukraine) took place a few days after the Orthodox Christmas. It was a good opportunity to return to the basic elements of the Nativity Scene and re-introduce important terms to the learners of English. The club members were given a task to describe and explain important things about the Orthodox Xmas icons presented to the Club members.
The new vocabulary of Nativity terms was drilled as the words escaped the memory after the Western Xmas.
The second part of the session was a conversation about Ukrainian traditions of Christmas celebration. Once the appropriate article introduced the specific terms the conversation focused on culinary traditions. It’s a challenge to the English learners to describe Ukrainian dishes to foreigners in an adequate way. Our foreign volunteers Mr. Jason and Mr. Paul managed to understand the attempts of the Club members. After this conversation the club members will be able to speak about Ukrainian Christmas traditions.
The session was very educational and was enjoyed by all the participants.
Participants number – 21 person.
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