The Dnipropetrovsk WOA's grateful patron Helen congratulates the WOA staff with the Ukrainian Libraries' Day.
The gift Mrs. Helen selected has a special value – it's a copy of the book by the US historian
Timothy Sneider "Bloodlands: Europe between Hitler and Stalin". The resentation of the book at the America House in Kyiv impressed her greatly.
The WOA staff was pleasantly surprised with such meaningful gift and will circulate the book among the patrons interested in modern history.
The "Window on America" center resumed sessions of the "American TEEN club" where students can improve their English skills, learn more about the United States and have a nice time with friends. The sessions are prepared and moderated by the FLEX (Future Leaders Exchange) program graduate Anna Akastyelova who is a long time WOA’s friend and volunteer.
Today’s session was attended also by WOA’s American volunteer Mr. Jason. During the session the club members trained their auditing skills (improved skills of English speech comprehension) and exercised their grammar skills. The Club members watched educational videos, answered questions of the online grammar test, and described wonderful paintings by American artist Norman Rockwell. Young people learned more about this talented New York artist who created outstanding landscapes of the American nature.
New knowledge and good mood are the most valuable acquisitions of the American Teen Club members .
Number of participants – 7 persons.
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“Wednesday Movie Club” at Window on America center Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine.
The film “Melinda and Melinda” (2004) was presented to all who wish to improve their language skills.
Melinda and Melinda is a comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen. It was premiered at the San Sebastian International Film Festival. The film is set in Manhattan and stars Radha Mitchell as the protagonist Melinda, in two storylines; one comic, one tragic.
WOA’s patrons enjoyed the film and the discussion that followed.
Number of participants – 12 persons.
On this festive day the patrons and staff of the DOUNB Library participated in the opening of a bike-parking stand near the main library building entrance in Y. Savchenko Str, 10.
The parking stand was acquired with the assistance of the US Embassy in Ukraine within the framework of the "Windows Go biking" project.
The library patrons who arrived on bicycles demonstrated how to park the vehicles. The rest of the spectators watched them in a symbolic circle.
DOUNB Library Director Nadia Titova together with the Window on America Center Head Svetlana Usenko cut the traditional opening ribbon and invited young people to visit the library more often and participate in its activities. Study English with the help of modern library and free resources!
Remember the motto of the project: "Cycling trains the body, reading books trains the soul!"
Number of participants – 30 persons.
The "Window on America" center (Dnipropetrovsk / Ukraine) had a presentation of free resources for those wishing to improve their English skills. The presentation was arranged for the second-year students group from the Dnipropetrovsk National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine (NMetAU).The students’ major was "Technical Translation".
They listened to the presentation of the useful library resources for languages’ study and free resources for improving the English skills. Students examined the WOA’s technical equipment, the DOUNB Library’s collection of documents in foreign languages at the respective department, the WOA’s book & image display "Be active! Become a tourist!".
Students learned about the numerous activities aimed at future translators:
- free access to the digital “eLibrary USA” to prepare scientific papers,
- possibility to watch US movies with authentic soundtrack ( in a group or individually),
- possibility to meet native speakers at the “Gabfest” English-speaking club sessions.
The students reviewed the promotional trailer about the library resources and received promotional materials. They were invited to follow the WOA’s announcements via the website, social networks (Facebook), to view reference materials and on-line links to the blog (http://woadnepr.blogspot.com/).
Number of participants – 21 persons.
On the eve of the Ukrainian Libraries’ Day the DOUNB Library foreign department staff and "Window on America" (Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine) center were greeted by the long-time partners – the teachers and students of the high school №141. The Librarians’ team heard the words of appreciation for all educational events offered to the students within the cooperation project framework. In return the librarians highly appreciated flowers, sweet treats and especially a musical number. The DOUNB Library staff is motivated to plan and present new events for the inquisitive young generation.
Number of participants – 15 persons.
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Today’ session of the Gabfest Club ("Window on America" (Dnipropetrovsk / Ukraine) was dedicated to the observance of the World Tourism Day. We have visited the official UN site and discussed the theme of the year 2015: "One Billion Tourists, One Billion Opportunities". We also mentioned the impact of tourism on societies – both positive and negative.
The most interesting part of the session was conversation on Ukrainian travel destinations.
Our foreign volunteers – Mr. Eric and Mr. Jason- were present at the session and the club members were to recommend a tourist destination for them in Ukraine and explain why the place is unique. The recommended places ranged from popular tourist brands (Lviv, Kyiv, Carpathian Mountains, Crimea) to less known destinations – Poltava, Petrykivka village, Uzhgorod.
In return the foreign guests told about their recent trips to neighboring countries and asked about popular destinations for Ukrainians abroad.
The session had many funny moments and was quite challenging for the Club members as it required knowledge of cultural trivia.
Number of participants – 33 persons.
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Window on America Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine:
WOA's American Teen Club is back in business with Ania moderating the session.
The amusing TABOO game helped to re-activate the vocabulary after a long summer break.
The club members exchanged their summer travel experiences and impressions. For the second part of the session our US volunteer Mr. Jason join the conversation. He shared his stories about a trip to Poland.
Number of participants – 5 persons.
