Head of the "Window on America" Center Svitlana Usenko participated in the interagency scientific conference "Library of the XXI century: modern aspects and transformations in the process of building the Information Society" (Dnipropetrovsk, DOUNB Library).
She was a presenter at the conference’s workshop "DOUNB Library in social and cultural infrastructure of the region" with a report "The Window on America” center – the 10th anniversary! Steps to the special status of English in Ukraine." In her presentation she generalized the best practices and achievements of the center’s employees over 10 years of participation in the project of the US Embassy in Ukraine. S. Usenko defined the best ways of working with patrons, demonstrated the photos of the most successful events. The WOA’s Head stressed the importance of studying English, enumerated the current challenges facing the center and once again promoted the Free Resources available to all residents of Dnipropetrovsk region.
Number of participants – 22 person.
Dnipropetrovsk alumni conference meeting took place at Window on America center.
Alumni of the FLEX exchange program have discussed the future projects plan and were motivated to make a positive change in their community.
Participants number – 9 persons.
The Head of the Window on America center Dnipropetrovsk Svitlana Usenko invited to participate in the English teachers conference (Dnipropetrovsk district schools).
She showed the slide-show presentation about the DOUNB library, library electronic catalog, free resources and most popular activities of the Window on America center.
The modern literature on teaching methods for TEFLA were offered.
She informed the teachers about the free
resources available on-line and recommended by the US State Department:
- Rosetta Stone software
- the software Trace Effects
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on-line resources (American Online English, Voice of America The
Classroom…) for the English language study recommended by the US State
department.
The donated gadgets iPad and Kindle were presented to the audience.
The topics for educational activities with children were suggested to the teachers.
The English teachers got interested in the collaborations with WOA for students’ lessons.
The number of participants – 23 persons.
