“COLUMBUS” of the UKRAINIAN STEPP.
This afternoon the session of the #GABFEST Club at #DniproWOA was truly international – our Australian and American friends came over to join our conversation club. For the warm-up we had an introduction of the newcomers and cracking some jokes in Ukrainian (with explanations for the foreigners).
The official topic of the session was “COLUMBUS” of the Ukrainian Stepp ”.
The group was offered to render into English for our guests the information about the prominent citizen of American Corner Dnipropetrovsk – Mr. Alexander Pohl. The slide show gave the most important facts about Pohl’s projects – the Dnipropetrovsk province iron ore deposits discovery and construction of the railway between iron ore and coal regions. The industrial glory of Dnipro was prepared by this enthusiast. A. Pohl also started the collection of the local history museum .
The second part of the session was a Q&A. The foreigners were asking about the City Day events and entertainment. The club members recommended them good places for concerts and shows for the city’s birthday.
Mr. Eric also arranged the tasting of the Australian heritage – the vitamin spread Vegemite.
The session was educational for all participants.
Participants number – 42 persons.
Basic English at Window on America Dnipro / American Corner Dnipropetrovsk.
This afternoon the Basic English group in Dnipro WOA has practiced reading the vowels and combinations of consonants. They are now able to introduce themselves in English. The new topic was “My Day”.
Instructor: T. Gavryliyuk
Pictures: S.Usenko.
Number of participants – 35 persons.
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Wednesday Movie Club at Dnipro Window on America center.
The film Avatar was offered for big-screening at WOA’s Movie Club.
Avatar (marketed as James Cameron's Avatar) is a 2009 American epic science fiction film directed, written, produced, and co-edited by James Cameron, and starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, and Sigourney Weaver. The film is set in the mid-22nd century, when humans are colonizing Pandora, a lush habitable moon of a gas giant in the Alpha Centauri star system, in order to mine the mineral unobtanium, a room-temperature superconductor. The expansion of the mining colony threatens the continued existence of a local tribe of Na'vi – a humanoid species indigenous to Pandora.
The film's title refers to a genetically engineered Na'vi body with the mind of a remotely located human that is used to interact with the natives of Pandora.
WOA’s patrons enjoyed the film and the discussion that followed.
Participants number – 18 persons.
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Today’s session of the Activate Group was very helpful. It was attended by our American guest Mr. Spencer. Mr. Spencer briefly introduced himself and told about his home state Florida and the state where he studied at the University (Utah).The students had a chance to introduce themselves to the foreigner and ask questions about his shopping habits. They recommended him the best buy from our region – Petrykivka decorative painting.
The students discussed what do they plan to buy and why. The new material – constructions for thanking people.
Participants number – 30 persons.
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Speed English at Dnipro Window on America center.
Today, our Speed English was orientated towards one topic “Jobs and Money”. Our guests from Australia, Mr. Eric and Ms. Irina, helped us a lot and it was interesting to discuss how much the life in Australia and Ukraine is similar at one side and different at the another ones. “What professions are prestigious in your country?”, “What was your first job for money?” and “Do you prefer to spend money or save money?” were actively discussed.
After the official part, our club members were reluctant to leave the library. We continued communication and discussion. And even after passing into the library hall with the purpose to leave, we continued asking questions and discussing issues. It is difficult to say “good buy” to the friend which became dear to us.
Participants number – 30 participants.
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FATHER’S DAY and other Australian holidays.
This afternoon the Gabfest Club’s session was dedicated to the introduction of the Father’s Day. The group was familiarized with the American tradition to celebrate this holiday (June). The illustrative video mentioned that YMCA was one of organizations that helped to spread the idea of the Father’s Day celebration in the USA. The iconic YMCA song by Village People was introduced to the Club members as well as the popular YMSA disco dance.
The second part of the session was dedicated to the Father’s Day celebration in Australia – this year it is September, 3. Our Australian volunteers Mr. Eric and Mrs. Iryna made a presentation about Father’s Day traditions. They also introduced other unique Australian holidays – Wattle Day (September, 1), ANZAC Day, Boxing Day, etc. They have told the group about unique Australian plants – wattle flower, waratah flower, macadamia nut. We mentioned other Australian things – vitamin spread VEGEMITE, BYO restaurants (where you can bring your own alcohol), and plastic wine cask.
The group enjoyed the conversation with foreign guests very much.
Participants number – 39 participants.
After meeting IRYNA shared the INSIGHTS into Australian Life with the Gabfest activists.
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The WOA’s Basic English group started to read texts and to prepare introduction speeches. This afternoon we formulated statements about family and professional background.
Participants number – 21 persons.
Dnipro WOA's volunteer Oleksandra Myrgorodska who had conducted summer sessions in the center for young and adult learners, is congratulated with the start of Academic year in Ukraine!
On his first day at school our young friend Sergey got
some stationary with WOA’s logo.
