Today the staff of the Foreign literature department and Window on America center visited school No.141. This school is a long-time partner of the DOUNB Library as it has a focus on English study.
The aim of the visit was to tell the children about a popular American Holiday Valentine’s Day and its observance.
The children were offered a slide show about the holiday’s background and legends about Valentine.
Several sing-along songs were very popular with kids: they learned how to spell the word “HEART” and remember the pretty colors for Valentine cards.
To wrap up the presentation the WOA staff offered big-screening of the iconic Disney cartoon “Chip and Dale and Miss”. Children of all ages enjoyed the funny chipmunks’ love story.
The children were fascinated with the songs and stories, eagerly answered rather complicated questions and impressed the WOA staff with their interest in English study.
Number of participants – 130 persons.
Head of the Information and Resource Center "Window to America" Svitlana Usenko addressed a group of students from partner schools №23, №141 and community College for Culture.
She made a presentation "Academic Integrity - a path to study at the American University”."
At first, the students learned several fun facts about the DOUNB Library history and the mission of the Window to America center. They watched a video about the modern services offered at WOA and learned about the opportunity to improve the English skills in the library for free. Students watched an educational video that emphasized the need to work hard and daily to acquire academic knowledge. Students learned the terms "plagiarism" and "academic integrity", the rules of citation that allow to use only up to 20% of the quoted text in academic writing. The students were surprised to know that Wikipedia is not a source of academic information.
In senior classes ambitious students start to write research papers for scientific projects, they need to prepare themselves for the Graduation Tests and University studies. The ability to distinguish plagiarism from non-plagiarism, familiarity with the quotation rules, and the awareness of the codes of honor in colleges – all these steps will lead today’s school kids to a successful academic career.
A selection of English-language videos revealed the importance of the plagiarism problem in American universities and the inevitability of punishment for its use.
The presentation also used the “Strengthening Academic Integrity in Ukraine” Project (SAIUP) materials. Now a bigger number of Dnipro city students will think about academic integrity and its benefits for future academic life.
The number of participants – 45 persons.
on October, 9 and 10 – "Fundamentals of Academic Integrity" Project for schools students.
"Window to America" Information and Resource Center has many partner schools in Dnipro city. For school students we offer events that improve their English skills.
But this academic year the WOA staff started to familiarize students with the concepts of "plagiarism" and "academic integrity." The Window to America Head Svetlana Usenko presented a slide show aimed to emphasize to the students that knowledge acquisition is hard and independent work they should do on a daily basis. In senior classes students begin to write scientific papers for different projects, they will need to prepare themselves for the Final Tests and University studies. The ability to distinguish plagiarism from non-plagiarism, familiarity with the quotation rules, and the awareness of the codes of honor in colleges – all these steps will lead today’s school kids to a successful career.
The participants number – 11+8 people.
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on October 9/10-
“The Old Man and the Sea”- the 65th anniversary.
This afternoon the WOA Dnipro was visited by a group of students from school No. 141.
They listened to a presentation about the popular E. Hemingway’s book. The information was illustrated with the YouTube videos about the writer and his novel. We focused on the most important things that one must know about the novel.
The highlight of the presentation was the DOUNB Library’s book – a bi-lingual (English and Ukrainian) edition of “The Old Man and the Sea”. It was translated in1974 by Volodymyr Mitrofanov and published by Dnipro Publishers (Kyiv) in 1991 with wonderful illustrations by a Ukrainian artist Mykola Pshinka.
The students were impressed with the story and the symbolism of the novel. Some of them promised to read the original novel.
Participants number – 11+8.
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Observing the 25th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Ukraine and the US "Window on America" Information Resource Center continues partnership with educational establishments of the city.
This afternoon the Center was visited by the group of the 5th years students from school №141 to meet the biggest regional Library - DOUNB.
The Head of the WOA Center, Svetlana Usenko, explained to the group the main objective of the library center – to provide relevant information about the United States and help to learn English.
The students watched informative slide-show "Meet the United States of America." The children learned many fun facts about the US geography and history, the US symbols (the national flag and coat of arms), prominent personalities of the USA, its largest cities.
The students were impressed with the images of the capital city architectural attractions. Educational YouTube video about Washington highlighted the spring attraction of Washington - the National Mall and the pale pink blossom of Japanese cherries.
Participants number – 21 persons.
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Window on America center / American Corner Dnipropetrovsk and DOUNB Library staff received warm greetings from the longtime partner – local school # 141 with focus on foreign languages study. Young gentlemen from the 6th grade arrived to the DOUNB Library to tell a lot of nice things to the ladies-librarians.
The pleasant 8th of March surprise was enhanced by sweet treats and a money tree with the US dollars.
The group was offered a slide show “Women’s World of America” about the outstanding American women. The boys demonstrated good translation skills and learned the term “The First Lady”.
The visit was concluded with a speedy craft lesson of origami. The boys left with paper tulips for their mothers.
Participants number – 14 students + 1 teacher.
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The Dnipro Window on America center (Ukraine) was visited by a group of the 7th grade students from the local school No.141 (with focus on English study).
The WOA’s Head S. Usenko briefed the group on the history of the center and presented its resources. The official part of the meeting was dedicated to the President’s Day holiday in the USA. We decided to start with a Presidential Quiz from the Share America resource. The group managed to answer all questions correctly. Mr. Usenko told the group about her trip to the USA and illustrated the story with a slide show about Washington (DC) – the capital of the USA.
The auditing skills of the students were challenged by the YouTube video which presented the biography of the president D. Trump.
The students and the teachers enjoyed the visit and found it very educational.
Participant numbers – 23 persons.
Presenter: T. Gavryliyuk.
Pictures: S.Usenko.
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Information and Resource Center "Window on America" (Dnipro Ukraine) prepared for students of school № 141 an educational and entertainment presentation «Winter in our city».
WOA’s Head Svetlana Usenko and the WOA’s volunteer Sergiy Barabash demonstrated to the children how one can have fun and study English in winter, even when the winter holidays are over.
For two lessons the students watched a slide show and entertaining videos. They have learned many new words for the topic “Winter”, drilled the new words, actively answered the questions. The sessions were interactive as the students were not afraid to use the microphone while answering questions. The students enjoyed the videos about birds and animals that live in the Arctic. The kids were offered to sing along English songs about winter and they did it with pleasure.
The WOA’s visit took place a few days before the Valentine's Day. The children greeted the WOA representatives with warm wishes and Valentine cards! The WOA’s volunteer Sergiy received the biggest number of Valentine cards!
Participants number – 142 persons.
