Pre-Watching-Movie Club

What were you doing on Sunday, November 2d at 4.30? Hope you spent this time usefully! Because we did... At the MovieClub! We read texts and learned how to be happier. Also we shared our ideas about reincarnation and choosing our lives before our birth! 

Also we watched video and discussed questions that were raised. And as it was the Pre-Movie-watching club we learned new words and words combination that are used in the film. 

One the most important aspects of learning a language - GRAMMAR - wasn't out of our attention. To ease understanding the film, we had a translation practice. We tried our skills in translating from Ukrainian into English and from English into Ukrainian. 

At the end of the Club we learnt general facts about the movie! And to get the idea what is the film about we read the summary of a film and watched a trailer. 

Atmosphere was really friendly, calm and warm! 

Our THANKs for those who participated in Pre-Movie-watching club. We were glad to see new participants. 

So, if you want to feel what we talk about, master your English and get rid of fear to speak English fluently, you're welcome next Sunday at 4.30 pm. This time we'll watch the movie and have a discussion!

Have you missed Bright English Club???

The next our meeting is on Wednesday, 5, at 5 pm. It is dedicated to Halloween.

Everyone knows that Halloween is celebrated in the United States on October 31. The name “Halloween” comes from “All Hallows Eve,” or the day before All Saints Day, a traditional holy day for Christians. Are you interested? Then you have a splendid opportunity to enlarge your knowledge about the holiday. 

Interesting tasks and a discussion are a part of these activities.

Leader: Diana G.

https://vk.com/brightenglishclubvinnytsia

Day 1. # National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month

About Sherman Alexie

Sherman Alexie is an American Indian who grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation in the state of Washington. As a teenager, he left the resrvation to attend high school to get a better education. Although he was lonely there as one of only two Indians, he still became an excellent student and a star basketball player. In college, Alexie studied to be a doctor. After he kept fainting in his anatomy class, he realized he needed to change his career goal. He took a poetry course and decided to become a writer. 

Alexie has written many books of poetry, essays, and fiction and has received many awards for his work. His writing has been made into an award-winning film, Smoke Signals. 

The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian' is Alexie's first book for young adults /American Themes: an Anthology of Young Adult Literature/.

More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Alexie

http://ru.scribd.com/doc/88877163/The-Absolutely-True-Diary-of-a-Part-Time-Indian

NOVEMBER - 2014 - Native American Heritage Month

National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month is celebrated every November to recognize the intertribal cultures and to educate the public about the heritage, history, art, and traditions of the American Indian and Alaska Native people.

In November we'll tell you more on National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month. It aims to recognize and honor National American Indians and Alaskan Natives who are perpetuating and preserving culture through artistic and visionary ventures such as film, photography, music, visual and literary art, performance art and so much more.

Quiz:

https://americanspaces.state.gov/home/sites/default/files/files/American-Indian-Heritage-Quiz.pdf#overlay-context=calendar/5706%3Fperiod%3D2014-11%26almanac%3Dfalse

2014 Загальний конкурс проектів Фонду сприяння демократії

2014 Загальний конкурс проектів Фонду сприяння демократії

http://photos.state.gov/libraries/ukraine/895/pdf/demgrants-small-2014-ukr.pdf

КОНКУРС ФОНДУ РОЗВИТКУ УКРАЇНСЬКИХ ЗМІ – 2014

КОНКУРС ФОНДУ РОЗВИТКУ УКРАЇНСЬКИХ ЗМІ – 2014

http://photos.state.gov/libraries/ukraine/895/pdf/mdf-2014-ukr.pdf

A Discussion on Differences in Perspective between Ukrainians and Americans with Lisle K.

The last activity of the English Club was led by Fulbright Volunteer Lisle Kauffman. It was a discussion on Differences in Perspective between Ukrainians and Americans. The participants had a chance to discuss the following questions: how the Ukrainian view of health is the same and different than Americans; how the Ukrainian view of family is the same and different than Americans; what the differences and similiarities between Ukrainians and Americans thinking are regarding education, patriotism and religion; if there is a difference, what explains the public behavior of Ukrainians, what the historical "roots" of this behavior are, etc. The attendees discussed actively the following question: how American thinking has influenced or changed Ukrainian thinking; has Ukrainian thinking influenced or changed American thinking.