Newsletter - January 2013
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American Spaces Nicaragua NEWSLETTER HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!! Marn Luther King, Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday marking the birthday of Dr. Marn Luther King, Jr. It is observed on the third Monday of January of each year, around the me of King's birthday which is on January 15. This holiday, also called floang holiday, is part of the holidays set under the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which establishes the ob- servance of certain holidays on Mondays, though the Act predated the establishment of Marn Luther King, Jr. Day by 15 years. I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good. Martin Luther King Jr. 2013 January NO.1 Martin Luther King—Jr. Birthday January 15
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Newsletter from American Embassy in Nicaragua, Binational Center and Central Bank Library
Transcript of Newsletter - January 2013
American Spaces
Nicaragua
NEWSLETTER
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday marking the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It is observed on the third Monday of January of each year, around the time of King's birthday which is on January 15. This holiday, also called floating holiday, is part of the holidays set under the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which establishes the ob-servance of certain holidays on Mondays, though the Act predated the establishment of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day by 15 years.
I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm
interested in power that is moral, that is right and that
is good.
Martin Luther King Jr.
2013 January
NO.1
Martin Luther King—Jr. Birthday January 15
2
Trace Effect Database
Improving English Language Teaching
Webinar 9
A couple of English teachers and students visited the American Corner and they each received a one-to-one training on the use of Trace Effect’s database.
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Webinar 9 “Cultivating Habits of Lis-
tening” was held on January 23. Forty
Teachers and students who partici-
pated found the topic very inter-
esting. All learned how to improve
their listening skills.
Sixty enthusiastic university students participated in the BEST Camp 2013. Dur-
ing seven days of intensive training, they improved their English skills and
learned about different aspects of the American culture .
The American Corner partook in the camp and provided a detailed presentation
of the services and materials available for English language students such as
kindles, audio books, American English and elibraryusa.
The students received folders with information about the American Corner,
bookmarks, and also pencils as a souvenir.
BEST Camp English University Students from American Embassy
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Movie Presentation “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”
The American Corner and English Teacher Maria Emilia Flores,
from the Baptist English Academy, partnered up for the presen-
tation of the movie “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”.
The movie was screened to thirty children from the ages 5 and 7.
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Sixteen children participated in the Pop Corn Day activity. The
American Corner Coordinator talked about the story of the pop-
ular snack and presented the ebook “Snakes and other Reptiles
from the eLibraryUSA/BookFlix . During the movie presentation,
the children ate pop corn.
Celebration of Pop Corn Day January 22
Summer Camp at the Binational Center
The American Corner Coordinator
is partnering up with the Bi-
national Center’s Summer Camp
2013. The children visit the li-
brary twice a week to play board
games, slam cards and make
craft.
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English Language Learning Book Fair
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The American Corner Coordinator and
the Binational Center’s Academic De-
partment coordinated a book fair.
The book fair offered an opportunity
for the English students, English teach-
ers and ACCEESS program students to
receive English learning materials such
as magazines and older edition books.
English students from the Binational Center
The film series “I have a dream….” in-
spired by the speech delivered by Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963 in Washing-
ton, D.C was presented at the Binational
Center.
The screening was presented to com-
memorate Dr. King’s Birthday .
Seventy English students participated and
learned about the importance and rele-
vance of this speech.
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Km. 7 Carretera Sur
Managua, Nicaragua
2557171—ext 238
AMERICAN CORNER
EMILY DICKINSON LIBRARY—CCNN
Los Robles casa no. 13. De Alke carretera a Ma-
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