English Speaking club dedicated to IRF

English Speaking club dedicated to The International Renaissance Foundation (IRF). It was held by the head of the center Svitlana Usenko and the President of Speaking Club Vasil Tofel.
The International Renaissance Foundation (IRF) was founded in April 1990. IRF is an integral part of the International Soros network which incorporates national and regional foundations in more than thirty countries around the world. These foundations share a common goal of supporting educational, social and legal initiatives that promote the development and establishment of an open society.
The International Renaissance Foundation finances projects and programs which foster the development of civil society, promote rule of law and independent mass media. Funds are also allocated for diversification of information resources for the third sector, democratization of education and public. health, advancing of social capital and academic publications, as well as ensuring protection of national minorities rights and their integration into Ukrainian society.
Over the period from 1990 to 2008 the International Renaissance Foundation supported numerous Ukrainian non-government organizations (NGOs), community groups, academic and cultural institutions, publishing houses etc. in the amount of over $ 100 million.

Anatoliy Rybalko

Anatoliy Rybalko:
As always, it was very interesting to meet new people at our Club`s meeting. We paid attention to George Soros charity activity and International Renaissance Foundation. In addition, we discussed the practice of charity in Ukraine.

Hellen Anufrieva:
I’ve met a lot of new people and found out their opinion about charity. It was extremely interesting to find out about George Soros charity foundation and their activity in Ukraine.

Excursion of the librarians

Excursion of the librarians of district libraries of Dnipropetrovsk region who visited the educational seminar in Dnipropetrovsk Regional Science Library. The librarians got acquainted with the resources and possibilities for learning of the English language.

English Speaking club dedicated to the American Poetry

The meeting was dedicated to the American Poetry. It was held by Svitlana Kolesnikova.
The center was visited by 3 young guests, American-mormons Gruver, Hukill, Turhblom. They declared some verses and told the members of the club about their favorite poems.
The book exhibit «April is a National Poetry Month» acquainted the visitors with the best examples of creativity of American poets.
The members of the meeting discussed the creative work of such well-known poets as Emily Dickenson, Robert Frost, Edgar Allan Poe, Langston Hughes and others
During the preparation to the meeting the materials from the site Popular Culture Universe were used
http://pop.greenwood.com/browse.aspx?id=H2831017

Svitlana Kolesnikova:
The meeting devoted to Poetry was merely amazing! Everybody prepared some poems of their favorite American poets and declared them. Besides we had a wonderful opportunity to communicate with Americans, they also agreed to declare some poems. Furthermore the Members of the Club found out a lot of new information about American poetry in general and appreciated the chance to learn some facts of the most significant American poets like Emily Dickenson and others.

English speaking club

The topic is  1 April – Fool’s Day. The topic of discussion was humor in everyday life. The club-members had an opportunity to see American humour by watching videos.

A slide show with humoristic pictures upped the mood.

Svitlana Kolesnikova:

The meeting was really very funny – hehe.  American humour is quite specific, but I liked the videos very much , we laughed a lot and couldn’t help laughing. I think that  this holiday has the right to exist. It’s good to have one day in a year to play a practical joke on somebody.

Informational hour

 Informational hour about the birthday of American (of German origin) psychologist, sociologist Erich Fromm (1900 - 1980).
The students from The National Metalurgical Academy with their teacher Alexandra Myrgorodskaya visited the Center WOA.

English Speaking club

The meeting was prepared and held by Svitlana Usenko and Svitlana Kolesnikova. The topic of discussion was Psychology, Sociology and philosophy in our life. The topic was interesting to everybody. Especially it was interesting to discuss the children psychology. The club-members who have children shared the experience of children growing-up.

Thanks to the text, everybody learnt the main facts of the Erich Fromm biography, the video about the scientist  impressed everybody.

A school-girl Polina Aladyina prepared a slide show about the country of philosophy India.

Book display "Psychology is around us"

Book display Psychology is around us is devoted to the birthday of american (of german origin) psychologist, sociologist Erich Fromm.

English Speaking club dedicated to The Academy Award Oscar

The meeting was prepared and held by the head of WOA Svitlana Usenko and Svitlana Kolesnikova.

There were exhibits Oscar and You’ve seen the movie… Now read the book.

The club-members discussed modern film-industry, Oscar and its winners.

1)Would you like to work in the movie industry?                  

2)Which movie would you like to live in?

3)What’s the best movie you’ve ever seen?

4)Do you prefer watching movies at the cinema or on TV?

5)Which country makes the best movies?

6)Who is your favourite movie star?

7)What’s the worst movie you’ve ever seen?

8) Are movies good for us?

9) Do you think movies have made society more violent?

10) What movie genre do you like best?

11) Who would you want to play you in a movie based on your life?

12) Would you like a job as a movie critic?

13) What makes a great movie for you?

14) What was the first movie you saw at the movie theater?

15) If you could make a movie, what would it be about?

16) Do you prefer to watch a good movie or a good game of sport?

English Speaking Club

The Center was visited by 5 foreign quests from Brazil (Jassika, Robson Corvalho), Portugal (Joao Teixera), Egypt (Bahaa Hussain), Poland (Karolina). All of them are members of AIESEC – the biggest International non-govermental organization in the world, that provides young people with opportunities to develop leadership, professional and personal traits for positive influence on the society.

Robson Corvalho

The conversation was dedicated to International Woman’s  Day. It was interesting to learn the history of this holiday in the USA and modern traditions of its celebration in different countries.

Small book exhibit responded the question “Woman is…”.

The men of Speaking Club congratulated  the club’s women with the International Woman day.

Karmaz’ Natalka:

Jassika and Karolina

The atmosphere  was so pleasant and friendly. It was so interesting to listen to the stories told us by foreigners.  We had  a nice possibility of communicating to educated people from  different countries. The participants  told us about the  AIESEC organisation in other countries. The young man from Egypt  who has been working in  AIESEC for 7 years informed us about the advantage of his work . Then the participant from Portugal told us about his experience of visiting another countries There were also  international students from Brazil and Poland. We were discussing the traditions in celebration of International Women  Day. It was interesting to know that in Portugal men present flowers only for their beloved women, at work they give women only chocolate. We had wonderful time practicing of English.