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The U.S. Embassy in Moscow provided Kindle E-Readers to American Centers and Corners in Russia! You may use these Kindles in the American Center to enjoy free access to dozens of English-language fiction and non-fiction covering topics such as U.S. business, history, culture, and education.
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Washington's Birthday is a United States federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday of February in honor of George Washington, the first President of the United States. It is also commonly known as Presidents Day (sometimes spelled Presidents' Day or President's Day). As Washington's Birthday or Presidents Day, it is also the official name of a concurrent state holiday celebrated on the same day in a number of states. |
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We are happy to announce that PepsiCo Company has sponsored purchasing of more than 30 titles published by Harvard University Press, Oxford University Press, Longman etc. for 25 American Centers and Corners in Russia. The list of the titles includes Introduction to American Studies, Anthologies and basic texts, Classics in this field, Selected books in American Studies and American Studies for ELT. |
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On Sunday (April, 17th)at 2pm we met with Kristen again at the American Corner. There were not so many people, just 10 patrons who are close friends now. We drank tea and talked about news. Kristen spoke in Russian a little bit. Then we took part in the charitable action and donated money for Tyumen student Alexei Sitnikov (http://alexsit.ru/). He's very ill (cancer) and in need of our help. |
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On April 14th in honour of 285 anniversary of J.Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" the presentation about this book was held. The 3 "A" and 2 "B" grades of school #22 attended this event. They took part in quiz on "Gulliver's Travels", watched the presentation, the diafilm about "Gulliver in Liliput island" and the Gulliver's interview on his voyage to Brobdingnag occupied by giants. |
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