«Window on America» for junior students: “Grasshoppers Club” at WOA Dnipro.
Young schoolchildren, members of the English speaking club "Grass-hoppers" had a pleasant surprise - the National Metallurgical Academy student Sergiy Barabash told them about his trip to a scientific conference in Germany. Mr. Sergiy emphasized the importance of studying English, which is the language of international communication. Knowing English makes international travel easier.
The official club’s session was prepared by the WOA’s volunteer Hanna Motoryna. She checked the students’ homework and graded them. The session was dedicated to improving the auditing skills. New vocabulary was recorded in the notebooks.
The Club members particularly enjoyed the video tutorial from YouTube.
Number of participants – 6 (children and parents).
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This afternoon the Gabfest Club’s session (Window on America center in Dnipro, Ukraine) started the session with the introductions of the newcomers who joined the Club recently. The newcomers represented people of different occupations – IT specialists, doctors, engineers. For different reasons they all need to improve their English skills.
The official topic of the session was the UN English Language Day. It is observed on April, 23 - the birthday of William Shakespeare. We listened to the video with an English-speaking wordsmith who explained the changes that already took place in the English language and predicted the changes that may take place in the nearest future. The expert commented on the arrival of new words (for example, from the WW soldiers’ lexicon) and the role of English language dialects. The group enriched the vocabulary with derivatives of the word “smith” – black smith, locksmith, silversmith, goldsmith, and wordsmith.
Our American volunteer Mr. Jason received a lot of information on another UN working language – Russian. The UN day of this language is observed on Alexander Pushkin’s birthday. As Mr. Jason studies Russian the Club members recommended him to visit memorial Pushkin places in Dnipro and Odessa.
In the second part of the session we discussed the difference between the Ukrainian Labor Day and the American Labor Day. The biggest surprise for Ukrainians was the date and menu of the American Labor Day.
Moderator and pictures: T. Gavryliyuk
Participants – 28 persons.
This afternoon #DniproWOA (Dnipro Window on America center, Ukraine) helped to host a teachers’ training event at DOUNB Library.
The methodology section of the Dnipro city municipal education department together with the world known language publisher arranged a methodology training for the city teachers of English.
The multimedia equipment provided by WOA for two groups of seminar participants helped the Ukrainian teachers to learn new ways to motivate students and teach writing for English final tests.
The WOA’s promotional materials were distributed among teachers.
Participants number – 60 persons.
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