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Child Stories,Tongue Twister, and Games

1/21/12 – Eight participants came to the "Funny English" club.  After our introductions, we worked on a tongue twister: Around the rugged rocks ran ragged rascals; the kids were able to get pretty quick at saying this twister.  Next, we had a listening exercise around similar ...

Your Pocket Library

Martin Luther King Jr.

The American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. would have been 83 years old on Sunday, Jan. 15, so it was fitting that members of the library's Talk Lab English Club spent part of the day learning about his life, the important cause that he died for, and how he is honored in the United ...

Christmas in USA

The winter season in America has something festive for everyone, with the Christmas holiday on Dec. 25 and New Year’s on Jan. 1 having the most popular celebrations. Other festivities include the Jewish Chanukkah, African-American Kwanzaa, and Chinese and Vietnamese New Year’s. Members ...

Christmas Holiday

Journalism and our world

Every December, American journalists spend hours preparing reports on the top news stories of the year. On Sunday, Dec. 11, members of the library's Talk Lab English Club took on such a job as they nominated and voted their choices for the most important and interesting events of 2011. There ...

New devices, and new sites for our teachers

From Kherson to America's Yellowstone National Park and back

From Kherson to America's Yellowstone National Park and back – all in less than two hours. Such was the fun excursion for members of the library's Talk Lab English Club on Sunday, Dec. 4, and the only thing that participants had to carry with them was their spirit of adventure for trying ...

Deutch Nobel Prizes Writers

Mr.Bean: master of actions without dialoques

This week we talked about Mr. Bean.  Mr. Bean is an English character whose comedy is based on action, with very little dialogue.  We watched three short skits and the students discussed what they thought about Mr. Bean and his antics.  For one skit we worked on predicting events and ...