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  • On March 04,  Annah Trunick (ELF) was a moderator of an Educational seminar "Kinesthetic Activities for Teaching Grammar in the EFL Classroom". As participants local English language teachers played a lot of games and were very active while creating "Conversation Chain Interviews", " Empty Boxes Activity".(Objective: To practice showing and not just telling in your writing). The most fun was connected with activity "Misplaced and Dangling

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  • The American Corner Karaganda launched the Women's History Month on March 3 having organized a thematic Round table. It started with questions among over 40 participants "Are more teachers / nurses / professional musicians female or male in your country?" Afterwards, they learned about the celebration of the Women's History Month in the United States and its theme in 2013 "Women Inspiring Innovation Through imagination: celebrating Women in Science, Technology,

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  • In the United States, the month of February is dedicated to the African-American culture, and the AC Karaganda organized a special event in honor of this commemoration month. We invited the AC users and English teachers from the International Business Academy. Using the resources available at the American Corner, AC patrons learned about Carter G. Woodson, Martin Luther King, Richard Pryor, Maya Angelou and Rosa Parks. As a group activity, participants read

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  • American Corner Karaganda patrons were fascinated by an amazing event on February 22 – Storytelling through a dance presented by cultural ambassadors – choreographers Paul Emerson and Tara Compton. The American guests were accompanied by acting Cultural Attaché of the US Embassy Drew Peterson.

    There was a lively discussion about modern

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  • On February  24, English Language Fellow Annah Trunick in Karaganda organized a workshop for local high school teachers and students. It was the first workshop in a row of a series of seminars to help the participants improve their fluency in English. This time, Annah focused on "Student   learning  styles" with the goal to discuss learning styles and the way to use the results to teach students and incorporate activities appropriately in

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