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On 24th of March a seminar on Language Education and Academic Programs took place in Tomsk American Center. “Study Group” Regional Director (Russia and Eastern Europe) Will MacIver told the audience about higher education in the United States and about the education opportunities in the universities of the USA. |
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On March, 23 Tomsk American Center was visited by the English language teachers of secondary schools. They were acquainted with AC collections and programs. Also AC employees told them about the English Language Office in the U.S. Embassy and about the books, CDs and DVDs issued there. Many teachers, after having visited the American Center, are going to visit it with their pupils in order to show them a lot of interesting books and DVDs on USA, American life and culture.
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In February two meetings of Tomsk AC movie club were dedicated to the celebration of Black History Month. At first our visitors saw the historical movie “Amistad” directed by Steven Spielberg after William A. Owens’ Slave Mutiny. Then on February, 25 Brendan Mulvihill chose for showing and discussion “The Tuskegee Airmen” by Robert Markowitz. Both films made the impression on the auditory, helped them to learn a lot about Afro-American history and racial antagonisms in the United States, to feel the complexity of these problems in modern society and progress in their solving.
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On February, 13 students gathered at Tomsk AC to celebrate St. Valentine’s Day. Last public readings within the framework of the American Literature Year program were also dedicated to the St. Valentine’s Day.Also a new book exhibition dedicated to St. Valentines Day was presented to all who was involved into celebration. |
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Tomsk AC is continuing the program “American Literature Year” by opening a new literature contest on Frank Baum’s book “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” (See Materials for Visitors). On February,2 employees of Tomsk AC took part in the Conference for high school ESL teachers held by Tomsk Methodological Center. Teachers were told about the rules of the contest and were invited to take part in it.
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