Новини
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Hello from sunny California
21.02.2019 09:36On February 20, an unusual English lesson was held in the department of foreign languages. Invited guests came to this lesson. They were Americans from different states: Utah, Oklahoma and California. They communicated in their native language with our students, talked about their states and played language ...
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Are You Ready For Election Day?
18.02.2019 10:44Debate is an ancient art form. English Speaking Club members attended it on 17 February. «Window on America» Center organized a debate “Privacy or National Security.” At the end of the meeting, the club guests watched a fascinating video about Arkansas.
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Why does the library present dollar bills
11.02.2019 10:53Everyone had a dollar bill at WOA on February, 10. It was a souvenir banknote. Our guests were watching a TED video “What gives a dollar bill its value” and discussed it. In fact, monetary policy is set by an independent Federal Reserve System in the USA. The members talked about the purpose ...
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Journey to the Four Corners
06.02.2019 07:47The Four Corners Monument marks the quadripoint in the Southwestern United States where the states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah meet. Moreover, there is U.S. Route 160 and the Grand Canyon carved by the Colorado River here. On Sunday 3, 2019 the visitors of the English Conversation Club ...
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«Write On! » We are waiting for results
05.02.2019 08:47Yesterday, for the first time, the Kherson “Window to America” joined the “Write On!” creative writing contest, which is held annually by the Peace Corps in Ukraine. Pupils, of 6-11 grades of Kherson specialized school No. 30 and gymnasium No. 6, came at the regional stage. The ...
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English as formal and non-formal language
29.01.2019 11:28Many countries have declared English an official language at the local or regional level. English speakers from different countries and regions use a variety of different accents. The combination of differences in pronunciation and use of local words may make some English dialects almost unintelligible ...
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ALASKA – THE LAST FRONTIER
21.01.2019 11:53Alaska is a U.S. state in the northwest extremity of North America. There, in the ice-blue underwater world you can communicate to whales. And the Klondike Gold Rush was a migration of prospectors but majority went in vain. The USA purchased Alaska from the Russian Empire in 1867 for the sum of $7.2 ...
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WINTER WONDERLAND
14.01.2019 12:08Learning about the history and traditions of your nation, going back to your roots is important. The Old New Year or the Orthodox New Year is an informal traditional holiday in Ukraine, celebrated as the start of the New Year by the Julian calendar. The Old New Year falls on January 14 in the Gregorian ...
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'YELLOWHAMMER" FROM ALABAMA
08.01.2019 11:45Alabama is nicknamed the Yellowhammer State, after the state bird.The yellowhammer became the official state bird of Alabama in 1927. Soldiers from Alabama were nicknamed “yellowhammers” in the Civil War due to their grey-and-yellow uniforms, which matched the colors of the bird. We watched ...
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CHRISTMAS SURPRISES
24.12.2018 10:20The United States of America has many different traditions and ways that people celebrate Christmas, because of its multi-cultural nature. In the first half of the 19th century, Christmas was a very different kind of holiday than it is today. People did not have a set way of celebrating. Christmas was ...
