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ISSUE XIII - MARCH, 09

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IH NEWS

IH NEWS..................................Spring Idioms...........................Meet our teachers - Mark F.......SA opportunity..........................International House History......IH WORD.................................IH QUIZ!!!.................................Laugh with IH...........................

Nice to see you, our respected reader! The IH Team welcomes you among our friends: present and potential clients. All your opinions, comments and wishes regarding the content of IH Compass are highly appreciated. We are always trying to become better and remain your favourite Language Guide :)

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The IH statistics for Term 5: 812 students (KPI), 213 students (Obolon).

International House is on VKONTAKTE.RU! Join the official school group! Share your ideas and impressions with us, discuss all the topics you always wanted to discuss with your teachers and with the IH staff. Share your photos with us take part in discussions and quizzes on-line. Every one is welcome!

Starting from Term 5 IH Kyiv has started 3 absolutely new courses:- Legal English for Translators and Interpreters- Saturday Intensives (General+ Business Eng-lish)- ILEC exam preparation course

The winner of our “IH Quizzz” Vera Pismenko has been awarded the special prize of 50% discount for 1 semester. The prize draw and the presentation can be watched on-line at http://www.ih.kiev.ua/uk/compass/

International House Kyiv took part in the“Day of Legal Practice” conducted by the popular legal newspaper “Yury-dychna Praktika”. The event took place at the “Dnipro” hotel. More details can be found on our web-site.

Hope spring’s eternal Proverb. People will continue to hope even though they have evidence that things cannot possibly turn out the way they want.

spring (forth) from someone or something to come forth from someone or something; to gush out of someone or something, as with a spring of water; to jump from or out of someone or something. The best ideas spring forth from the mind of Mary! What new example of pure genius can we expect to spring from Mary today?

spring at someone or something 1. to jump at someone or something. The cat sprang at me but could not sink in its claws. The spider sprang at the moth and captured it.spring to life 2. to become suddenly alive or more alive. The party sprang to life after midnight. The city sprang to life at dawn.

spring something on someone to surprise someone with something. I hate to spring this on you at the last moment, but I will need some money to travel on. Please don't spring any other demands on me.

spring to one's feet to stand up quickly. He sprang to his feet and demanded that the chairman recognized him. The audience sprang to its feet and cheered madly when the soprano finished.

be full of the joys of spring (British & Australian humor-ous) to be very happy. He bounced into the office, fullof the joys of spring.

SPRING IDIOMSSpring has finally come to Ukraine. We are incredibly happy it has arrived. It will definitely bring us a lot of joy. This is why we will spring to our feet, spring onto the streets of the city to spring our happiness on each other and watch our nature spring to life. We will be full of the joys of spring and will hope that spring is eternal.

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IH Compass - Issue XIII, March 2009

238 9870, 238 9796info@ih.kiev.uawww.ih.kiev.uaMark Forehand

ESP Department

Tell us about yourself, please? I was born in Austin, Texas USA in 1965. I grew up in Tallahassee, Florida USA. I graduated from The Florida State University from the Political Science faculty. I have a Masters Degree from The War College, also in Political Science. I have a Juris Doctor (Doctor of Laws) from Creighton (kray-ton) University. I am studying for a Masters in Teaching Students of Other Languages. I finish this program in May, 2009.

I was a soldier in the United States Army for six years, from 1987 to 1993. While I was a soldier I lived in Washington, D.C. USA and Augsburg, W. Germany. While in the Army I spent time in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Yugoslavia, Poland, E. Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Georgia and Ukraine. My first visit to Kyiv, Ukraine was between May and June 1991. After the Army I was a Corporate Trial Lawyer for 8 years. My specialty was working in court. I decided to stop being a lawyer in 2004. In 2005 I did CELTA at International House London and have been a teacher ever since.

In which countries have you taught before? I have taught in Saudi Arabia, the USA and Ukraine.

Which one did you like the most? Why? Ukraine is the best because it is what is called an “emerging market” and there are many new and exciting ideas in the country right now. Also, I like to watch the boxing events at the Rada.

Do you like Kyiv? Why/Why not? I enjoy living in Kyiv. I like that there are four seasons every year. In Florida we have two seasons of the year, hot and hotter.Another reason I like Kyiv is the zoo. My favorite animals are the lions. I also like all the different colorful people that are always selling something on the street. I never buy anything, but I like to observe. What I don’t like about Kyiv is the customer service. Sometimes it is hard to get anyone to smile, even when you hand them 5,000 UAH for a product. I also think that more carriages need to be added to the Metro so that we are not “packed in like sardines.” Oh yeah, the girls are beautiful.

What is a DOS? ‘DOS’ stands for Director of Studies. A DOS is responsible for maintaining the quality of teaching for a department here at the school. Some DOS’s are in charge of things like Young Learners, Exams or the Corporate Department. And one DOS is in charge of all the other DOS’s. This DOS makes sure that quality is what you expect from your teachers and that all administrative tasks are completed by the teachers. He also has to work with clients and do a lot of general management duties that are in any company.

What do you like more, being a practicing trial attorney or teaching students? Why? When I was a lawyer I liked to help people. Over time I began to think that I wasn’t helping people because the goal was only winning. As a teacher, there is helping and teaching and learning from others. I like this type of job and I also like being a DOS. Living in a foreign country is part of being a teacher of English so I think this also makes the job interesting.

What is ESP? ESP is English for Specific Purposes. These are English classes that focus on specific types of English, such as English for Lawyers, Finance, Accountants and other special vocabulary.

You are teaching three ESP courses at IH? Tell us about the courses please. One of the classes is English for Lawyers. In this class we study Western legal vocabulary and compare Ukrainian law with Legal English. We study Corporate, Contract, Employment, Real Property, Commercial, Intellectual Property and Anti Competition Law. This course is four semesters or 24 weeks. Another class is Legal English for Translators. In this class we study Legal English vocabulary and its Ukrainian or Russian equivalents along with the lexus used by translators when they are translating legal documents. This course is two semesters, or twelve weeks. The final class is International Legal English Certificate (ILEC) preparation. This course is four hours a week for six weeks and meets on Saturdays. This course is a follow up to English for Lawyers and in this course we study the skills of reading, listening, speaking and writing that are necessary to take and pass the ILEC examination. ILEC provides people who pass it with an opportunity to study law abroad or to work in the law abroad.

What is ILEC? How can we get it? Why is it important? ILEC is the International Legal English Certificate and it allows a student to demonstrate to foreign law firms that the student has a proficiency level in Legal English that would allow them to work in other countries. To take ILEC you must be Upper Intermediate English level or higher. It is best that you take the English for Lawyers course first. This is an important course for anyone who wants to study law abroad or work abroad. The examination is accepted all over Europe as evidence that your English level is good enough to practice law in English.

What is ESP - translators? For whom was the course created? Legal English for Translators is a course created to help translators gain experience in translating English to Ukrainian/Russian or Ukrainian/Russian to English legal documents. This course provides students with the knowledge and cultural context they will need to correctly translate documents for either language to understand the other.

What would be your advice to IH Students? The financial crisis will not last forever. When it is over, there will be an even greater demand for Ukrainians who are proficient in English. Learning English can only help you to improve your job opportunities or your educational opportunities. Use the methodology that IH Kyiv uses to learn English, this methodology is accepted and used all over the world and is scientifically proven to teach students to use English in every day situations.

How often do you read IH Compass? What is your opinion of it? I read IH Compass every time it is printed. My favorite part is the recipes and the jokes. I think it is an excellent source of everyday English, lexical phrases and phrasal verbs. Read it, you will learn something!

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This is another attempt to introduce our staff to you. This time we have a very special guest. The DoS of Corporate and ESP Departments, the teacher of Business English, English for Lawyers, Legal English for Translators and Interpreters, Business and ESP trainer Mark Alan Forehand. He kindly answered each of the million questions we asked and left us incredibly grateful for that. ENJOY!

IH Compass - Issue XIII, March 2009

238 9870, 238 9796abroad@ih.kiev.uawww.ih.kiev.ua/abroadSergey & Irina

Study Abroad Department

International House Kyiv would like to thank all the students who took part in our “IH Quizzz!” We were flattered by your interest to the school. Out of 54 entries 4 were abso-lutely correct. The winner of the IH Quizz in term 4 was Vera Pismenko. She got her 50% discount and we believe that she will keep taking part in our IH Compass quizzes. Vera got her prize, and here is the prize for the other 53 participants. This is our history. Enjoy! ;)

International House is one of the largest groups of language schools, teaching English and 25 modern languages in 150 schools in 50+ countries worldwide since 1953. The history of International House begins in Cordoba, Spain, where the first IH School was situated. The school was founded by John Haycraft and his wife Brita with the aim of provid-ing an innovative approach to language teaching. Many International House schools teach a range of languages in addition to English. Although, IH does not teach Scottish, Urdu, Gaelic and Welsh can be studied at International House . However, there is always something that connects all the IH schools in the world. The communicative methodology is something International House is famous for and something that distinguishes IH from all of the other schools. The idea to implement the communicative, friendly approach to language teaching was incredibly successful. That is why the number of IH schools began to grow rapidly. The huge network of International House Schools all over the world was named the International House World Organization (IHWO). International House Kyiv is proud to be a member of IHWO. Created in 1992 with the support from the Soros Foundation it was the first IH School created in Ukraine. IH Kyiv offers a wide range of language services that can meet any requirement of any customer. There are plenty of courses and everyone can choose exactly what he needs. There are courses in general and business English, ESP programs for lawyers and translators, preparation courses for Cam-bridge Exams (FCE, CAE, IELTS, ILEC). We are proud of our teachers who write articles for the IH Journal which is the issue in which teachers of IH share their ideas and discuss innovative approaches to teaching. In the winter IH Journal issue there is an article by our Corporate DoS Mark Alan Forehand. (http://www.ihworld.com/ihjournal/documents/Issue25_FINAL.pdf) - page 22. There are 6 IH schools currently operating in Ukraine. These schools are situated in Kyiv, Lviv, Odessa, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Uzhgorod.

International House Kyiv7 Vandy Vasylevskoi str. (“Politechnichnyi Instytut” Metro Station)tel.: (380 44) 238-98-70, 238-97-96,email: abroad@ih.kiev.uaweb: www.ih.kiev.ua/abroad/

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An anecdote is a short tale narrating an interesting or amusing biographical incident. An anecdote is always based on real life, an incident involving actual persons, whether famous or not, in real places. However, over time, modification in reuse may convert a particular anecdote to a fictional piece, one that is retold but is "too good to be true". Sometimes humorous, anecdotes are not jokes, because their primary purpose is not simply to evoke laughter, but to reveal a truth more general than the brief tale itself, or to describe a character trait or the workings of an institution in such a light that it strikes in a flash of insight to their very essence. Note that in the context of Estonian, Lithuanian, Bulgarian and Russian humor anecdote refers to any short humorous story without the need of factual or biographical origins.The word anecdote ("unpublished", literally "not given out") comes from Procopius of Caesarea, the biographer of Justinian I, who produced a work entitled Ανεκδοτα (Anekdota, variously translated as Unpublished Memoirs or Secret History), which is primarily a collection of short incidents from the private life of the Byzantine court. Gradually, the term anecdote came to be applied to any short tale used to emphasize or illustrate whatever point the author wished to make.

Don’t be confused by the words that seem to be known to you, but are truly unknown. Those are your false friends! Your IH Compass will guide you through all the difficult paths of English vocabu-lary. This word is given by our teacher John Hall - the Head of Exams Department.

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Dear Compass Readers, please send all your comments and ideasregarding our newspaper to info@ih.kiev.ua or leave the information on

www.vkontakte.ru/club7645724. See you in May!SEE COLOURED VERSION OF THE NEWSPAPER ON OUR WEBSITE!www.ih.kiev.ua

International House Kyiv gives you a chance to learn more about IH schools and about different English-speaking countries. This quiz is designed especially for you to find out more about London.

So, go ahead and send us the correct answers on info@ih.kiev.ua or bring them to the office. The lottery will be held on Monday 30.03 at 19.30. The deadline is 19.00 on 30.03. The video of the prize draw and

the photo of the winner will be published on our website. Hurry up! This is your chance to get

a 50% discount for one semester in any option!!!!

IH QUiZZZ

1. What is Big Ben?a. a clock b. a bell c. a tower d. a famous wrestler

2. There is a small statue of a child who never grew up in Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park. What's his name? a. Christopher Robin; b. Peter Pan; c. Adrian Mole; d. Harry Potter.

3. 1814 saw the last real Ice Fair on the River Thames, when it froze over for the last time. What stopped the River freezing? a. It flowed faster than before; b. It contained more salt than before; c. The temperature got warmer; d. Ice Breakers were employed to destroy the ice.

4. Booklovers can find what they want in which street? a. The Strand; b. Regent's st; c. Charing Cross Rd; d. Bond St

5. Americans make up the largest number of foreign visitors to London - which group make up the second largest? a. Germans; b. Japanese; c. French; d. Canadians.

6. In 1975 the future US President, Ronald Reagan, bought something unusual at Harrods. What was it? a. Gore Vidal hair cream; b. A baby elephant; c. A policy document published by CND; d. A signed photograph of Margaret Thatcher.

7.The statue of Eros in Picadilly Circus is in memory of which Victorian gentleman? a. the Duke of Wellington; b. Mr Disraeli; c. Charles Dickens; d. Lord Shaftsbury

8.When did we start calling the London Underground “the Tube”? a. 1875; b. 1890 c. 1956 d. 1963

9. Which of these stations has the most platforms? a. King's Cross St. Pancras; b. Euston; c. Baker Street; d. Liverpool Street.

10. What is, or was, the Tyburn Tree? a. A tree from whose branches people could look down into the Queen's Chambers at Bucking- ham Palace. b. A famous willow on the river. c. A gallows for public executions. d. A boat with a mast that resembles a tree.

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A wise schoolteacher sends this note to all parents on the first day of school: "If you promise not to believe everything your child says that happens at school, I'll promise not to believe everything he says that happens at home."

In promulgating your esoteric cogitations or articulating your superficial sentimentalities and amicable philosophical or psychologi-cal observations, beware of platitudi-nous ponderosity.

Let your conversational communications possess a compacted conciseness, a clarified comprehensibility, a coalescent cogency and a concatenated consistency.

Eschew obfuscation and all conglomera-tion of flatulent garrulity, jejune babblement and asinine affectations. If you are really interested to know, the above means: "Be brief and don't use big words."

With the exception of victimless crimes (which need not concern us here), every single crime commited in this nation of ours involves a victim.

A school teacher injured his back and had to wear a plaster cast around the upper part of his body. It fit under his shirt and was not noticeable at all. On the first day of term, still with the cast under his shirt, he found himself assigned to the toughest students in school. Walking confidently into the rowdy classroom, he opened the window as wide as possible and then busied himself with desk work. When a strong breeze made his tie flap, he took the desk stapler and stapled the tie to his chest. He had no trouble with discipline that term.