The school year is fast approaching! Vinnytsia English Club About Education

Fun Fact about America: As of August 2011, the U.S. has about 311,000,000 people. Only 604,000 live in Washington, D.C. Relatively small capital!

Education

1.   The school year is fast approaching! Last class we talked about memories. What was your favorite time in school? Did you have a favorite year in school? Why?

2.   How important is doing well in school for your current or future careers? Do you think international studies are important? Why or why not?

3.   Do you think it is essential to get a degree after secondary school? Why or why

not?

4.   What is the most important thing you ever learned in school? If you could change your past experiences in school, what would you change? Would you study more or less? Would you try to study abroad?

5.   If you could go to school anywhere in the world, where would you go? What would you study?

Next class: Saturday 13 August at 10:30!

Конкурс на участь в дистанційному курсі для викладачів англійської мови

Конкурс на участь в дистанційному курсі для викладачів англійської, які працюють зі студентами з вадами слуху, зору тощо. Цей безкоштовний 10-тижневий курс проводитиметься американським університетом в штаті Oregon. Детальну інформацію про курс “Special Education in TEFL” можна знайти на сайті Посольства: http://ukraine.usembassy.gov/relo.html, а також:

Alyona Sukhinina

RELO Assistant

U.S. Embassy, Kyiv

Tel: 380-44-490-4145

Fax: 380-44-490-4050

Cell: 380-50-330-1502

E-mail: SukhininaAV@state.gov

Website: http://ukraine.usembassy.gov/relo_eng.html

Facebook: www.facebook.com/usdos.ukraine

A Presentation on "Exchange Programs"

Opportunity Program (Belarus, Russia and Ukraine)

2010-2011

www.EducationUSA.state.gov 

http://www.educationusa.info/

Welcome To EducationUSA

Quality:

U.S. colleges are known worldwide for the quality of their facilities, resources, and faculty. Accreditation systems ensure that institutions continue to maintain these standards.

Choice:

The U.S. education system features many types of institutions, academic and social environments, entry requirements, degree programs, and subjects in which you can specialize.

Value:

A U.S. degree offers excellent value for the money. A wide range of tuition fees and living costs, plus some financial help from colleges, make study in the United States affordable for hundreds of thousands of international students each year.

Flexibility:

U.S. universities and colleges offer flexibility in choice of courses, but more importantly there is also the option for students to move from institution to another. Completing the first two years of a degree at one institution, usually a community college, and then moving to another, is very common.

"One year in the U.S. opened a new world of opportunities, which enabled me to grow personally and professionally. I chose to study in the U.S. because of the enormous opportunities that are available for people seeking personal and professional growth."

– Rustem, from Kazakhstan

                     Heather Fabricant – Assisstant Cultural Affairs Officer

Yasko Natalia – Information Resource Center Assistant
PC Volunteers in Vinnytsia

                                                                Yay! The ipads arrived :) 

A Presentation "Exchange Programs"

At the Information Center "Window on America"

(Heather Fabricant with co-workers of the Center)

Submit a photo that shows your pride about independent Ukraine

Beautiful, unusual, symbolic, or any other idea that shows your pride about independent Ukraine

Prizes

iPad2

Merriam-Webster Illustrated Children's Dictionary

Two Embassy Coffee Cups

Rules

1. Open to people living in Ukraine, age 18 and older

2. Only one photo can be submitted by each person

3. Dates for submission are August 5 to August 19

4. Winners selected by the number of Facebook "Likes" through August 21

5. Employees of the United States Government and their families are not eligible to participate in this contest.

6. Entries must be submitted by the original photographer. Do not submit a photo taken by someone other than yourself. You must be the sole owner of the copyright of any image submitted. Your submission of the photo is your guarantee that you are the author and copyright holder of the photo.

7. Photos must be appropriate for posting on a public government website. Obscene, provocative or otherwise questionable content will not be considered. U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine retains sole discretion as to what constitutes inappropriate content.

8. Three prizes will be awarded based on top three numbers of likes

9. First Prize: iPad2 

10. Second Prize: Merriam-Webster Illustrated Children's Dictionary

11. Third Prize: Two Embassy Coffee Cups 

http://www.facebook.com/usdos.ukraine

http://www.facebook.com/usdos.ukraine

Discussion Topic: What would you do?

Task with Partners

Rank the interesting World city to visit (1-8):

Sydney: Tokyo: Rio de Janeiro: Vancouver:

New York:       Cape Town:      Beijing:         Cairo:

Discussion Topic:

What would you do?

When is it okay to tell on someone else? Is it ever okay to talk to the police about what someone else does?

1. You knew that your colleague was stealing from your company.

2. You found out that your neighbors were doing some illegal activity from their home.

3. You learned that your neighbor was committing a crime, and this crime put a child in danger.

4. Imagine you were working in a different country, and there you learned that people from your country were committing a crime and embarrassing your nation.

Group Contest

Announcements

Our Schedule

Saturday, August 6 – 1030 Library

                                                    

Wednesday, August 10 – 1730 –Library

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First Annual Investigative Journalism Competition

The Embassy of the United States of America and Ukrainska Pravda are excited to announce the first annual Investigative Journalism Competition for young journalists, journalism students, and others who are interested in or have already begun a career in journalism. The competition is addressed to young people between 18-25 years old. Contestants may pick their own topics, in which they exhibit their skills as investigative reporters. Reports must be no longer than 5 pages. The first prize winner and two runners up will be announced during the 2011 Global Investigative Journalism Conference, which will be held in Kyiv October 13-16.

Entries must be submitted via the website http://konkurs.pravda.com.ua/ by September 22. Entrants will be able to update their own submission at any time prior to the deadline. A jury selected from among editors, senior journalists, media experts and watchdogs, media lawyers, and government spokesmen will rate the submissions by the end of September. Entries will be judged primarily on quality of writing, newsworthiness, and excellence of investigative skills. Winners must be deemed fit for publication, including accuracy and the ability to substantiate claims made. Final selection of the top three winners will be made by the U.S. Embassy, in consultation with Ukrainska Pravda and guided by the jury's evaluation. 

The first prize winner will be sent on a short journalism training and familiarization program to Washington, DC, and New York City (the winner must qualify for a visa to take the trip). The first runner up will receive an Apple iPad and a Canon digital SLR camera. The second runner up will receive an Apple iPad. All three will have their winning entry published on the Ukrainska Pravda website and featured on the U.S. Embassy website and Facebook page. They will also be offered the chance to have an internship with Ukrainska Pravda.

The competition is open to original, unpublished reports, as well as current, previously-published reports written in 2011, provided that Ukrainska Pravda and the U.S. Embassy receive rights from the copyright holder to publish them without cost. Ukrainska Pravda reserves the right to publish other entries in the competition besides the three winners.


Public Affairs Section
United States Embassy Kyiv
4 Hlybochytska St.
Kyiv 04050 Ukraine
(380 44) 490-4026, 490-4090
Fax (380 44) 490-4050
http://ukraine.usembassy.gov/
kyivpress@state.gov

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