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International Education Week November 14-18, 2011

International Education Week November 14-18, 2011

Find resources: http://iew.state.gov/

International Education Week is an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. This joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education is part of efforts to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn, and exchange experiences in the United States.

We encourage the participation of all individuals and institutions interested in international education and exchange activities, including schools, colleges and universities, embassies, international organizations, businesses, associations, and community organizations.

Start Your Day Right

Introduction Question: 

  If you had to change your profession or studies to something new, what would you choose?
Task with Partners

Ask your partner the following questions: 

- What hobby or activity helps you to feel better when you are stressed?
- Do you remember your very first day of school? What do you remember about that day?

Discussion Topic: Start the Day Right

1.What do you need to do to start your day well? (drink coffee, listen to music, shower, etc.)
2.How much sleep do you need to feel awake and ready for the day?

3.Do you use an alarm clock? What time would you wake up without the alarm?

4.Do you think that your mood in the morning has an impact on your whole day? If you have a bad start to the day, will the whole day be bad?

5.What can you do when you start the day to make sure that the whole day will be a success?
Group Contest

Our Schedule

Thursday, November 17 – 1730
Saturday, November 19 – 1030
Visit Our Group on www.Facebook.com – English Club in Vinnytsia
English Club Blog - www.woavinnitsa.blogspot.com

 To those who like art and who'd like to try herself/himself in quilting! 

You are invited to participate in this activity organized by a volunteer of PC Maggie Hankamp. 

You will get to know more about this art, make your own quilting and practice your English. 

When: November – 19, 26, December – 3, 10 (Saturdays)

Where: Information Center “Window on America”

Time: 9-00, before English Club.

Please, have your needle, threads and some pieces of fabric!

Self-Teaching Other Languages

Self-Teaching Other Languages

Fun Fact of the Day: “Veterans Day is always observed on Nov.11 with speeches and parades across the U.S. The holiday began as Armistice Day on Nov. 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I” (http://workingmoms.about.com). 

 Topic: Self-Teaching Other Languages

1. What is self-teaching? Which ways does it differ from other forms of mastering languages?

2. Why do people choose self-teaching, as opposed to other forms of mastering languages?

3. What qualities should a person possess to be a successful language self-learner?

4. What are the most favorable external factors of self-teaching languages?

5. Should self-teaching languages be based on a certain model, or should it be performed spontaneously?

6. Does such thing as an individual style of learning languages exist?

7. Do you have any experience in self-teaching languages? If so, what can you tell about it (positive and negative aspects, conclusions made)?

8. Do you think problems of mastering languages in different forms should be the focus of discussions at English Club meetings (permanently, periodically)?

Schedule:

Saturday, 12 November at 10:30 a.m.

Thursday, 17 November at 5:30 p.m.

Finish What You Started

Introduction Question:

Task with Partners

Rank the following from 1-8:

- Great Wall of China - Petra, Jordan - Chichen Itza - Great Pyramid - Macchu Picchu - The Coliseum - Taj Mahal - Christ Redeemer

 Discussion Topic: 

FINISH WHAT YOU STARTED

1. Did yiu make any New Year's resolutions this year? Now that the year is almost over, how is your progress towards your resolutions?

2. Have you ever tried to learn how to play a musical instrument or a new language, but were not successful? Why? Is it sometimes hard to read a book until the very end?

3. Why do some goals go away or get weaker, while others remain until we meet them?

4. What can you do to make sure that you reach your goals after the initial energy goes away? How can you stay motivated?

5. As everyone here has learned a foreigh language, what was the key to your success in improving your English?

Group Contest

Announcements and Visitor

Our Schedule

Thursday, November 10 - 17:30 

Saturday, November 12 - 10:30

Visit Our Group on www.Facebook.com - English Club in Vinnytsia

English Club Blog - www.woavinnitsa.blogspot.com

English Speaking Club on "Information and Knowledge"

Is it important in your job and daily life to have access to the most up-to-date information? If it is so then you can discuss this question with us.
Topic: Information and Knowledge

Leader: Anna Maranchuk

Fun Fact of the Day: The United States is “the third largest country after Russia and Canada” (http://funfacter.hubpages.com).

Topic:

1. Is it important in your job to have access to the most up-to-date information? Why or why not? Where do you get most of the information you need to do your job? Which sources of information are the most reliable for you?
2. Is there any difference between ‘knowledge’ and ‘possessing information’? What is knowledge?
3. 

   Have you ever experienced “Woe from Wit”? Can you explain how you felt at that moment?
4. 

   Ignorance is bliss! Do you believe that lack of knowledge can result in happiness? Why are people more comfortable when they do not know something?
5. Ignorantia non est argumentum: Give examples of when a lack of knowledge can be quite harmful and even dangerous?
   

   Schedule: Saturday, 05 November at 10:30, Thursday, 10 November at 5:30.