CCNN Newsletter - November 2009
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1 Communicative English This program is composed of Elementary, Pre- Intermediate, Intermediate and Upper-Intermediate and Advanced courses taught in twelve levels through which students are expected to develop the four abilities of the English Language: Listening comprehension, oral communication, reading comprehension and written expression. The program is based on a communicative approach of learning a second language. Each course presents topics of great interest to students creating opportunities to generate discussion and promote the development of linguistic and communicative abilities. e month of November begins on All Saints’ Day, also known as All Hallows Day, on the day following All Hallows Eve (or Halloween). is holiday remembers those men and women who lived in ascetisism and spiritual light. Heroes who were stronger than the meaningless wants that drive too many lives. In Nicaragua, the second day of November is the Day of the Dead; a time when people pay their respect to those who forged the family’s history, values and identity. Forefathers and foremothers who are gone and left us a little more alone in this world. On this El Día de los Muertos we also face the mystery of time before the beginning and after the end. On Veteran’s Day, the United States of America cherishes those who gave their youth, blood and (in many cases) lives, to make it the strongest nation in the world; at the forefront of all of modern men’s and women’s fight for justice, equality and progress. e world could not harbor such great ambitions and hope as it does now, if not for the sacrifice of brave American soldiers who made other peoples’ struggles their own. We should not forget those who came before and gave all of us this imperfect world; that they worked on, as best as they could. We are here to continue the most valuable ideas and missions, and to correct the mistakes that limit or undermine the well-being of our neighbors and ourselves. Our saints, ancestors and the fallen have the wisdom in their stories that we need to create the future. e first anksgiving was also the first vision in American history of a nation where people of different colors and backgrounds sit together to share dinner as one large and diverse family. Surviving together, they were thankful to have eachother. Even if not everybody made it to that day; the survivors still built a nation worthy of their loved ones’ memory. e Editor November: The Honor of Gratitude and Sacrifice www.ccnn.org.ni November 2009 Centro Cultural Nicaragüense Norteamericano President Barack Obama hugs Iraq war veteran Tammy Duckwort of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs.
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CCNN Newsletter - November 2009
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Communicative EnglishThis program is composed of Elementary, Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate and Upper-Intermediate and Advanced courses taught in twelve levels through which students are expected to develop the four abilities of the English Language:
Listening comprehension, oral communication, reading comprehension and written expression.
The program is based on a communicative approach of learning a second language. Each course presents topics of great interest to students creating opportunities to generate discussion and promote the development of linguistic and communicative abilities.
The month of November begins on All Saints’ Day, also known as All Hallows Day, on the day following All Hallows Eve (or Halloween). This holiday remembers those men and women who lived in ascetisism and spiritual light. Heroes who were stronger than the meaningless wants that drive too many lives.
In Nicaragua, the second day of November is the Day of the Dead; a time when people pay their respect to those who forged the family’s history, values and identity. Forefathers and foremothers who are gone and left us a little more alone in this world. On this El Día de los Muertos we also face the mystery of time before the beginning and after the end.
On Veteran’s Day, the United States of America cherishes those who gave their youth, blood and (in many cases) lives, to make it the strongest nation in the world; at the forefront of all of modern men’s and women’s fight for justice, equality and progress. The world could not harbor such great ambitions and hope as it does now, if not for the sacrifice of brave American soldiers who made other peoples’ struggles their own.
We should not forget those who came before and gave all of us this imperfect world; that they worked on, as best as they could. We are here to continue the most valuable ideas and missions, and to correct the mistakes that limit or undermine the well-being of our neighbors and ourselves. Our saints, ancestors and the fallen have the wisdom in their stories that we need to create the future.
The first Thanksgiving was also the first vision in American history of a nation where people of different colors and backgrounds sit together to share dinner as one large and diverse family. Surviving together, they were thankful to have eachother. Even if not everybody made it to that day; the survivors still built a nation worthy of their loved ones’ memory.
The Editor
November:The Honor of Gratitude and Sacrifice
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Centro Cultural Nicaragüense Norteamericano
President Barack Obama hugs Iraq war veteran Tammy Duckwort of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Academic Dept. Activities
Another Children’s Program group graduated on October 31st in CCNN’s Campus in the Northern Nicaraguan city of Esteli. Festivities included a guitar concert by a cheerful duo of graduating kids.
Halloween was an all-out celebration in CCNN. Students, teachers and CCNN staff dressed in costume. The Halloween party featured a dance choreography of the modern Halloween classic, the late Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” CCNN’s Halloween party was co-sponsored by Eskimo ice cream and Big Cola soda.
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Children learn through their own curiosity.
CCNN’s Prep programs for children have been developed with the main goal of setting a strong foundation in the student’s learning process. This will be the base of understanding more, at a greater pace, in the more demanding levels.
Programs in CCNN have been carefully designed with the purpose of integrating activities that encourage and make the learning of a new language an entertaining experience.
Students are instructed through methods based on experimentalism and an integral approach to the English language through reading, listening, speaking and writing.
The Experimental Method encourages children to make their own discoveries and to advance at an individual pace, through fun class projects.
Children’s Prep Programs
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Guatemalan Magician Mago César had a fun-filled morning with the kids from CCNN’s Childrens’ Program in CCNN’s IES-UNI in downtown Managua. He shared his one-of-a-kind magic act and told the audience his spectacular magical tales.
Mago César’s special visit was also featured in Nicaragua’s longest running newspaper, La Prensa.
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November 6th: The Adviser and the American Corner Coordinator visited Lincoln Academy´s University Fair. Students visited our table and asked questions about studies in the United States.
October 9th: Three UGRAD program students organized a presentation at UNAN-Managua for their peers. Adviser was invited to give few words about the Advising Center.
November 6th: The Adviser and the American Corner Coordinator visited Lincoln Academy´s University Fair. Students visited our table and asked questions about studies in the United States.
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CCNN’s NewsletterExecutive Director................Mary Helen EspinosaAcademic Director............................Jorge MorenoChildren’s Program........................Asdrúbal CaneloAdult’s Program................................Franklin TèllezLibrarian.................................Maria Victoria MaltesAcademic Registry..........................Yadira CalderónAmerican Corner.........................Nubia ManzanaresEducationUSA Adviser..........Ana Alejandra Alemán
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American Corner
AMERICAN CORNER has a small collection of audiovisual resources on topics like: American Music, American History, and Biographies, as well as three computers with Internet access. It is located on the second floor in the Library’s reading area.
AMERICAN CORNER schedules movie presentations every week or by visitor’s request. All services are free of charge.
Visit Monday - Friday, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Tel. 255-7171 ext 238
[email protected] Floor Biblioteca Roberto Incer BarqueroCentral Bank of Nicaragua LibraryBy Pass 7 sur, Managua, Nicaragua
HAPPY LIBRARIAN DAY
November 8th is Librarian Day in Nicaragua. CCNN congratulates all Nicaraguan Librarians on their day.
On friday, October 30th, American Corner organized its annual Halloween celebration for schoolchildren. A ghostly group of 35 schoolchildren (20 girls and 15 boys) participated in one of the AC’s mst popular activities. Kids dressed up in costumes, they also made their own masks and wrapped their peers up like little mummies.
