In December Teacher Training Workshops and Presentations will take place
on **Wednesdays from 4:00 to 5:15 PM**. Friday Open Presentations will
be held on **Fridays from** **4:00 to 5:00 PM**. Please sign up in
advance for a particular seminar at the circulation desk, by phone (044)
238-6610, or by e-mail: **<etrc_kyiv@yahoo.com>[.]{.underline}**

**[Teacher Training Workshops and Presentations Schedule]{.underline}**

[**Wednesday, December 5** from 4.00 - 5.15 PM]{.underline} **[Business
Communication]{.underline}**

Presenter -- **Carol Palecki**, English Language Fellow

In this seminar the presenter will explain how to teach the writing of
business letters, e-mails and memos.

[**Wednesday, December 12** from 4.00 - 5.15 PM]{.underline} **[Teaching
Topic: Christmas]{.underline}**

Presenter -- **Carol Palecki**, English Language Fellow

How do you teach about Christmas? In this workshop we'll discuss
effective activities and tasks of teaching Christmas in the English
classroom.

**[Open Presentations by Ukrainian Presenters:]{.underline}**

**[a) "Defying Hollywood" Seminar]{.underline}**

This is the last seminar dedicated to the history of independent
American cinema presented by **Mariya Ustymenko,** Ukrainian Fulbright
Scholar 2006/07 and lecturer of the National Shevchenko University. The
seminar is dedicated to the early history of American independent cinema
(1940-1960s). The class offers ample time for the following activities:
brief lecture introduction on the lecturer's part, video material
viewing and most importantly the individual attendees' participation and
discussion time.

# [Friday, December 7 from 4.00 - 5.00 PM]{.underline} ["Pop Art as a Cultural Revolution" (Part II)]{.underline}

Andy Warhol worked across a wide range of media --- painting,
photography, drawing, and sculpture. In addition, he was a highly
prolific filmmaker. Between 1963 and 1968, he made more than sixty
films. Viewing various abstracts from the artist's filmography + parts
of "Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture" documentary which deal with
Warhol and film production.

**[b) Teacher Training Seminar]{.underline}**

[**Friday, December 21** from 4:00 to 5:30 PM]{.underline} **["Mind
Mapping Opens Creativity of the Brain"]{.underline}**

![](media/image1.png){width="1.2520833333333334in"
height="1.2277777777777779in"}Presenter -- **Svetlana Kuzmych**, Senior
English Instructor, Philology Chair, State University of Information and
Communication Technologies, Kyiv

If it is difficult for your students to organize their ideas, you will
get some tips on how to help them with this problem. The presenter will
demonstrate how mind mapping can help your students organize their
thoughts on any subject effectively. Using Mind Maps in the classroom
helps your English language learners acquire words quickly and easily,
plan presentations and essays, and revise for exams. To see how it
works, come to the workshop.

**[English Language Conversation Club Topics]{.underline}**

We invite you to attend our speaking club in December.

![](media/image2.wmf){width="1.0in" height="0.6361111111111111in"}The
discussion topic is the following:

***[December 4]{.underline} -* "Human Rights."**

The meetings of the English Conversation Club are held on Tuesdays, from
4:30-6:30 PM. If you wish to come, please **RSVP** to the ETRC at
**[etrc_kyiv@yahoo.com]{.underline}** or by phone (044) 238-6610.

**English Teachers Learn about a New Online Program for Legal English.**

![](media/image3.jpeg){width="0.875in"
height="0.9138888888888889in"}**On November 21,** Debra S. Lee, an
expert on Legal English invited to Ukraine by the RELO Office of the
U.S. Embassy, conducted a workshop for ESP (English for Specific
Purposes) teachers on legal English.

![](media/image4.png){width="1.8125in" height="1.3590277777777777in"}
During the workshop, teachers learned about **Language4Law**
(<http://www.l4law.org/>), a new online multimedia law and language
program created by educators in the U.S. and Central and Southeast
Europe. The program, provided at no-cost to public universities in
Central and Southeast Europe, uses a case-study approach to introduce
the language of the law to students in an interactive format. Each
module (unit) begins with a legal problem in audio or video format.
Students then read the required library materials, which include a
highlighted dictionary with pronunciation of the terms. Debra explained
and demonstrated how the resource works and how ESP teachers can use it
for their own classes.

At the end of the workshop Debra has created a new resource
[http://www.etrckyiv.pbwiki.com](http://www.etrckyiv.pbwiki.com/), which
can be used by all English teachers to share their ideas about teaching,
organizing and conducting lessons, activities that might be used in the
classrooms and other issues. To sign in, it is necessary to enter the
name: ETRC and the password: ukraine. All those who have something to
share with others are welcome to participate in the creation of the
resource.