MOBILE LIBRARY - Visit to Miguel de Cervantes High School – Public School.

This activity was attended by 108 students from different levels (5th, 2nd and 1rst grade) and Miss Teresa Fonseca who received ´´Biblio Rueda´´ from Binational Center Library  and American Corner Nicaragua. As part of this activity students could listen about Binational and American Corner ´s Services. We promoted our different resources to improve English learning and how to investigate in the library. They were able to read about the Children literature, played with table games and they tried to express themselves painting some photocopies.

108 Students

‘’ Telling stories on wheels’’ – Mobile Library

In this occasion “Biblio-Rueda” visited a group of 20 children in Martha Quezada Neighborhood with the objective to partner ´´Telling Stories to the children ´´ and playing some games with them. We share scenery with José Maria Campos and Betsy McWilliams, an American volunteer who works for ´´Telling Stories Nicaragua``, this woman accompanies the initiative of José Maria bringing joy to the children.

Part of the program included:  children literature such as: The little chicken in the basket, The stew of wolf, When elephant walks and Willy the shy performed by Betsy; two more participations: Stories of bears by José Maria and Family tree by AC. To finish this meeting, children played a math game which they were able to proof their smartness.

USA Education Fair 2015 - Opportunities for U.S Colleges and Universities.

On March 20th, 2015 was the USA Education Fair 2015.   American Corner and the Library from Binational Center Participated in this activity.  16 universities participated with the stands from  Birmingham-Southern College Dallas Baptist University, EF International Language Centers, Florida State University, Fox Valley Technical College, Metropolitan State University of Denver/Spring International Language Center IEA, LLC, Morehead State University, Southern Illinois University Carbondale and the Center for English as a Second Language, Universidad Central de Bayamón, University of Arizona, University of California, Berkeley Extension, University of Florida, University of North Alabama, University of Oklahoma Center for English as a Second Language, University of the Pacific.  The visitors received information about Barchelor´s, Master´s Degree, Professionals programs.

Invitation

Access Student Reading at the Children Corner.

Book Club: ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"

In this occasion 8 people participated to the book club to discuss about The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; this book introduced one of the most famous characters in all of literature. He is introduced in this book and reappears in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Its writer Mark Twain lived from 1835 to 1910. Primarily a humorous writer, Twain also is known for his descriptions of American life in the 19th century. 

 The cool things about this book is that the characters spoke the way regular people did – the slang of that time period. This element of Twain’s writing made the characters, especially Tom, very approachable.

Feria Educativa USA - 2015

MOBILE LIBRARY - BIBLIO RUEDA

Mobile library with books category over the United States  
Reading promotion

Information Oklahoma Baptist University / Access Students.

On March 11, 2015 EducationUSA Adviser coordinated an activity with ACCESS Students .  The presenter was Matthew Regier, the International Admissions Counselor for Oklahoma Baptist University (OBU) gave information about the college and Pre-Professional Programs.

Books Exhibitions ¨Internationals Women´s Day¨

STUDENTS FROM PADRE FABRETO SCHOOL VISITED THE LIBRARY FROM BNC / March

On March 10th, 160 students from Padre Fabreto School visited the Library from Binational Center.  The Library coordinator explained at the students about the materials available at the Library and also explained about the different services.

WEBINAR 15—AMERICAN CORNER Content and Language Integrated Teaching

The last session of Webinar Course 15 on February was attended by 9 people. The topic was ‘’Content and Language Integrated Teaching’’. The presenter, Heidi Howland show us the different advantages for students and teachers. Now we know that our students can learn within a context, practicing different skills and about other topics at the same time.

It was really useful to know about the 4 C´s (Content, Communication, Cognition and Culture). These 4 basis things are going to help us to prepare our class, that´s why we always should have them on mind.

University of American (UAM) - International Fair

UAM (University of America) invited us to be part of the Interchange fair to promoting programs that we are part, American Corner and IRC explained about resources have available for the public, especially whom wants to study in USA, knowing more about its culture or how to improve themselves if they want to study English as second language. In this activity we shared time and space with colleagues from different countries: Colombia, Argentina and 3 Steps program to USA.

Data Base - Trace Effect Training / English Students from Binational Center

On February 5th, 2015 English Teacher Cecilia Berrios and the Chief Librarian of BNC  coordinated the Training about the Database U.S Department of State Trace Effect.  10  English Students Level 1st received information about English Language video game experience for students.  The students create an account.

BULLETIN BOARD—BLACK HISTORY MONTH / February

Summer Camp - ACCESS Students

American Corner Assistant and Library Coordinator from  Binational Center visited the Summer Camp organized by “Access Program 2015”.  The aim of the summer camp was to create an English speaking environment for children   where they will get more familiar with the American traditions, history and culture. American Corner coordinator described the functions and missions of American Corner program to students. She described the resources and activities held at the American Corner.

385 ACCESS Students participated in this activity

Cine Forum - Blue Jazmine.

On January 19th,  the Library Coordinator from  Binational Center coordinated a Cine Forum.  In this activity participated 11 English Students of 8th  level .  The students watched the Movie ¨ Blue Jazmine ¨.  English Teachers from BNC and students shared  their opinions about the movie.  At the end of the activity the students were able to write a summary report about the activity.

Webinar15 - BNC Library

On January 14th, the library coordinator  from  Binational Center Library hosted the second meeting of the webinar courses for 14 English teachers from BNC. The theme was "Lesson Planning 101: Structuring Activities to Maximize Learning".  Leda Chavarria English Language Coordinator from US Embassy visited the group and explained about the Application for the SIT Graduate Institute at World Learning´s SIT-TESOL Certificate Course at teacher training Costa Rica and Centro Espiral Mana.

POPCORN DAY CELEBRATION

The Children Corner from Binational Center hosted 8 Children Of CCNN's workers . The children watched a Movie ¨The Cinderella¨ to celebrate the Popcorn Day.The Children With their parents enjoyed this activity and ate pop corn together.

Webinar ‘’ Networking: Making Connections that Last´´

‘’Networking:  Making Connections that Last´´ by Amy Pascucci. This is a series of professional development seminars moderated by John Kotnarowski. In this occasion was attended by 7 Frequent participants who visit American Corner Nicaragua. It was a great space to share of different points of view about topic day, at the same time practicing speaking & listening skills.