WOA resources presentation

The Window on America center  in Dnipropetrovsk was visited by a group of students and teacher from the nearby high school # 28.
The WOA center Head, Svitlana Usenko, made a presentation about the history of the facility and the resources available at the center. She informed the group 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 teachers and students were invited 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 improve the English language skills.
A book displays «American Writers - memorable dates of February» and «The Presidency» were also presented to the group.
The WOA Head and the teacher Julia Borovskaya made plans for future cooperation in March.
The number of visitors – 10 persons (1 – teacher, 9 – kids).

4 Kindles

The first acquaintance with Kindle.

The book collection of the Window on America center Dnipropetrovsk has received new electronic books. In July, 2012 The USA Embassy has donated to each WOA center a collection of 4 Kindles with 57 electronics books in each. The donated e-books include classical and modern American fiction, educational and scientific books, works written by famous politicians and artists, the Oxford dictionaries, vocabulary enriching word games, etc.

According to the conditions of the cooperation with the US State Department new arrivals will be added to the collection in the future.

Nastya is at a loss- which  device to use for reading: iPad or Kindle!

The game "Tread Words" is interesting for Illya and Irina

The first acquaintance with Kindle.

All the students of English are invited to the WOA Center to familiarize themselves with the new e-book readers!
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The presentation of Kindle and iPad

 Head of Window on America center Svitlana Usenko presented Kindle and iPad to the library staff of Dnipropetrovsk Universal Scientific Library.

(about 40 persons)

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Play and Learn: Gaming for students

The students of the National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine together with their lecturer Alexandra Myrgorodskaya visited the center.
They watched a language teaching film and practiced spoken language discussing it.
 
The students reviewed the exhibit "Leаrn English together!!", the phonetics and grammar teaching program Rosetta Stone.
 
 
The last donations by the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine were also introduced – electronic gadgets iPad and Kindle.
EF Hight Flyers, World Abacus, Kids World Map programs (apps) were presented.
All new visitors were provided with the opportunity to practice the new devices.
The number of participants – 9 persons.
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