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On January 23, the American Corner Karaganda held an event  on the U.S. Presidential Inauguration. We received print and e-materials from the US Embassy Astana that we used for preparing this event. The participants watched the ceremony of inauguration, listened  to the President Obama's Oath of  Office and his Inaugural address.

Result: the AC Karaganda created a book exhibition and shared with the participants a number of

On January 21, the American Corner Karaganda had a Round table "I have a Dream" devoted to Martin Luther  King, Jr., who was a great civil rights leader and fought against racial discrimination. Some 20 AC patrons learned about his life and his heritage.

The result: the AC patrons learned about the American history, the African-American movement, the Civil Rights Movement and learned many new words. We used materials sent by

On January 17, the American Corner Karaganda organized a presentation on the Teaching Excellence & Achievement Program (TEA) that provides international teachers with unique opportunities to develop expertise in their subject areas in the USA.

The moderator of the event was Gulnaz Zhukenova – a TEA program alumna and a great partner of our American Corner. Gulnaz

On November 27 American Corner Karaganda celebrated National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage month. American teachers of English helped us to make this event very interesting. We invited students from Kazakhstani –American School.

At first we got acquainted with American Indians who contributed much to American culture. We used printed and electronic materials sent by US embassy .The audience

On November 20, Mr. James Agee-Library General Manager from Nazarbayev University Library, (Astana) visited American Corner Karaganda. Mr. Agee also met Dina Amanzholova - director the American Corner host library. As a creative library manager, Dina, wanted Mr Agee to meet with local librarians on the topic:"Best Practices" and "Trends" (from a Western view). More than thirty librarians came to the meeting to