1. education
2. english as a second language

October 2014
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
Thursday
1
2
2-5 pm Diagnostic SAT
6-7pm Music Club
6
7
8
9
Qurban Eid
5-6pm Timothy Lawrence
on Vocational Education
3-5pm How to finance your
studies in U.S.
6-7:30 pm Teachers’ Webinar
5-6pm Oleg Yuzefpolsky
6-7pm Music Club
13
14
15
16
2-5pm Intro to US study
Columbus Day
5-6pm Discussion Club
with Dr. Pendleton
3-5pm Diagnostic TOEFL
5-7pm CCC meeting*
6-7pm Music Club
20
21
22
23
5-6pm Discussion Club
6-7:30 pm Teachers’ Webinar
6-7pm Music Club
27
28
29
30
2-5pm Intro to US study
5-6pm Discussion Club
with Jeremy Williammee
3-5pm How to write an essay
for U.S. University
5-7pm CCC meeting
(Book club)*
5-7pm Alumni Talk
Halloween
Library closed
Address:
Begalin State Children’s Library
27, Tole bi Street, corner of Dostyk Avenue
Almaty City
Phone: 291 84 66
Friday
3
10
17
24
31
Saturday
Sunday
4
5
Qurban Eid
Qurban Eid
Library closed
Library closed
11
12
11-12pm English for Kids
2-4pm Debate Club on
International Girl Day
4-6pm Games Club
2-5pm Movie Club:
Love Story
18
19
7pm-12am Once Upon
a Time in America
10-2pm CCC meeting
2-5pm Movie Club:
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
25
26
11-12pm English for Kids
2-4pm Debate Club
4-6pm Games Club
2-5pm Movie Club:
Miss Firecracker
1
2
Columbus Day:
Columbus Day, which is annually on the second Monday of October, remembers Christopher Columbus’
arrival to the Americas on October 12, 1492. This holiday is controversial because the European settlement
in the Americas led to the demise of the history and culture of the indigenous peoples.
*registration required. Please contact educationusa@americancouncils-kz.com
Practice English. Discover America
October 2014
Special Programs
Highlights
Timothy Lawrence
Our special speaker this month Tim Lawrence
has been involved with SkillsUSA for most of his
life. He worked in both labor and management
positions in the manufacturing industry for
nine years while continuing his education, and
received his teaching credentials from Virginia
Tech and his degree in Administration and
Training from James Madison University. At his
presentation Tim Lawrence will address
vocational education issues.
October 7 at 5pm
International Girl Day
In 2011, the United Nations General Assembly
adopted a resolution to declare October 11 as
the International Day of the Girl, to recognize
girls’ rights and the unique challenges they face
around the world. Its aim is to galvanize global
commitments to end gender stereotypes,
discrimination, violence, and economic
disparities that disproportionately affect girls.
Join us on October 11 at Debate Club to discuss
the girls’s rights, challenges and opportunities.
October 11 at 2pm
Dr. Mike Peddleton
On October 14 we invite you to a Discussion
Club with Dr. Mike Pendleton. Dr. Pendleton is
from a small town in Oregon, USA and currently
lives in Louisville, KY. He came to Kazakhstan
as a physician on a Fulbright Scholarship
working with the National Medical University.
Join us to discuss medical careers with our
guest.
October 14 at 5pm
Oleg Yzefpolsky
Come to American Corner on October 9 to
meet Oleg Yuzefpolsky, an American screenwriter, photographer and performer. Oleg wrote
for & performed in Comedy Theater Troupe in
New York, Chicago, New Jersey, Boston USA.
His photo works were published in variety of
editions in India and Bhutan.
October 9 at 5pm
Introduction to Study in the U.S.
Do you want to learn about higher education
in the United States or get professional advice
on selecting the right school to study? Find
out about academic requirements to enroll for
classes. A representative of EducationUSA
provides free advising sessions for students.
October 13 & 27 at 2pm
Shaping the Way We Teach English Webinars
“Shaping the Way We Teach English” Webinar
Course starts 14th series in September.
Webinars are 90-minute web-based seminars
on a variety of topics on English language
teaching techniques & methodologies. The
presenters of this month are Heather Benucci,
Ashley Naranjo, Briana Zavadil White, and
Naomi Coquillon
October 8 & 22 at 6pm
Discussion Club
Join our speaking group! Interact with other
English-learners and native speakers and learn
about a wide variety of topics. This month we
host Dr. Mike Pendleton and Jeremy
Williammee to lead Discussion Club.
Tuesdays at 5pm
English for Kids
This month we continue English for Kids
language courses on Saturdays led by our
volunteers Zhansaya Kuatzhan and Dinara
Shadyarova. Each day will be dedicated to
special topics with outdoor games and
interesting cartoons.
October 11 & 25 at 11am
Alumni Talk
We invite you to our monthly Alumni Talk on
October 30 to celebrate Halloween with FLEX
Alumni! Do not forget to properly dress and
have fun!
October 30 at 5pm
Once Upon a Time in America
Every October the S.Begalin Children’s Library
organizes a Night in the Library event. This
year the American Corner joins the library with
“Once Upon a Time in America” program which
includes quests, games and entertainment.
Check with the AC coordinators about
participation requirements.
October 18 at 7pm
U.S. Consulate General Almaty
Almaty.USconsulate
Regular Programs
USCGalmaty
Music Club
Become familiar with different kinds of
American music and songs with AC Vounteer
Ablay Ispayev. Listen to music in English and
learn new idioms.
Thursdays at 6pm
Movies
Love Story (1970)
A tragedy, the film is considered one of the
most romantic of all time by the American
Film Institute (#9 on the list). Oliver Barrett IV
comes from a family of wealthy, well-respected
Harvard University graduates. At a library, the
Harvard student/hockey player meets Jennifer
“Jenny” Cavalleri, a quick-witted working-class
Radcliffe College student, and they quickly fall
in love.
October 12 at 2pm
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
In the small town of Endora, Iowa, Gilbert
Grape is busy caring for his mentally
handicapped younger brother, Arnie, as they
wait for the many tourists’ trailers to pass
through town during their yearly camp ritual at
a nearby recreational area. His mother, Bonnie
is morbidly obese after years of depression
following her husband’s suicide by hanging
himself in the basement of their house on
October 13, 1978.
October 19 at 2pm
Debate Club
Join the group of debaters at American Corner.
Come to learn the rules and techniques to
become a successful debater.
Saturdays at 2pm
Games Club
Do you like to play board games? Learn
English while playing new games and make
new friends! If you want to have fun and enjoy
learning English, Games Club is an easy way
to do both.
Saturdays at 4pm
Miss Firecracker (1989)
Carnelle enters the Miss Firecracker beauty
pageant in her hometown of Yazoo City,
Mississippi, trying to emulate her cousin Elain’s
win some years previous. Carnelle was taken
in as a waif by her genteel cousins after the
death of her mother and grows up promiscuous, brash, unfeminine and lacking in grace.
October 26 at 2pm
American Corner Almaty
ACAlmaty
www.amcorners.kz