Dear patrons! The library will be closed on Wednesday, January 28 due to the technical problems.

We are pleased to announce the open competition for the 2015-2016 Global UGRAD Program. Global UGRAD provides one-semester scholarships for non-degree, full-time study in the United States to outstanding undergraduate students who are currently studying in the first two years of four-year Bachelor programs or the first three years of five year Bachelor and Specialist programs at Russian universities. Participants will be selected for academic excellence, leadership potential, proficiency in written and spoken English, and flexibility to be an exchange student. Learn more here!

Due to technical problems the Library for Foreign Literature will be closed on Wednesday, January 28.
In this regard, the American Center will be closed as well, and the webinar for teachers, scheduled for 4 p.m., will only be available online.

To login to the course:
Link: http://dos-materialsdevelopment.adobeconnect.com/course15/
Select: “Enter as a guest”
Type: First Name + Country (e.g. Petr Russia)

Join us on Wednesday, January 28 at 4 p.m. for a webinar ” Shaping the Way We Teach English”. It will be devoted to Error Correction by Russel Barczyk and Roger Cohen. This is a series of professional development seminars moderated by John Kotnarowski, English Language Fellow.

Join us on  Tuesday, January 27 at 7 p.m. for  Moscow Toastmasters/Public Speaking Club! This club is a structured club to help members learn better public speaking and presentation skills, and is a registered part of the International Toastmasters Club. This club does have its own six-month membership fee, which is collected and used exclusively by Toastmasters International (and not by American Center or the All-Russia Library for Foreign Literature). First meeting open to all.

Join us on Saturday, January 24 at 11 a.m. for AMC Literature Club. It will be devoted to  “Fahrenheit 451“. It is a novel by Ray Bradbury published in 1953. The novel presents a future American society where books are outlawed and “firemen” burn any that are found.

Join AMC Teens Book Club next Wednesday, January 21 at 6 p.m.! Up for discussion — chapters 6 and 7. Last time we focused on the following episodes in chapters 3, 4 and 5: Hazel at the mall with her school friend Kaitlyn, the “Night of the Broken Trophies”, Hazel’s email to Peter Van Houten and the origin of the title of Hazel’s favorite book “An Imperial Affliction” by the fictitious Peter Van Houten.

Join us on Wednesday, January 14 at 4 p.m. for Webinar: Shaping the Way We Teach English: Lesson Planning 101 by Katie Bain.  This is a series of professional development webinars for English Language Teachers, moderated by John Kotnarowski, English Language Fellow.

Join us on  Tuesday, January 13 at 7 p.m. for  Moscow Toastmasters/Public Speaking Club! This club is a structured club to help members learn better public speaking and presentation skills, and is a registered part of the International Toastmasters Club. This club does have its own six-month membership fee, which is collected and used exclusively by Toastmasters International (and not by American Center or the All-Russia Library for Foreign Literature). First meeting open to all.

Club for teenagers (13-17 y.o.) who love books and would like to meet weekly to discuss works by American authors. Please join us this Wednesday, January 14 at 6:00 p.m. to continue our discussion of John Green’s popular novel “The Fault in Our Stars”.