Upcoming events

Writing Workshop with Warrior Writers
Sign-up to attend an in-person writing workshop at America House Kyiv from American non-profit organization Warrior Writers. Together with a group of participants, you’ll explore writing as a tool to put your thoughts on paper, share experiences to build community, and find ways to navigate current realities.

Writing Workshop with Warrior Writers
America House Kyiv is continuing its joint workshop series with trainers from WW (Warrior Writers) — a U.S. national non-profit with a mission to create a culture that articulates veterans’ experiences, build a collaborative community for artistic expression, and bear witness to war and the full range of military experiences.

Writing Workshop with Warrior Writers
America House Kyiv invites you to participate in a virtual writing workshop led by trainers from WW (Warrior Writers) — a U.S. national non-profit with a mission to create a culture that articulates veterans’ experiences, build a collaborative community for artistic expression, and bear witness to war and the full range of military experiences.

Creative Writing Program
America House Kyiv is launching its fourth round of its creative writing program — the perfect opportunity to improve your writing skills, expand your creativity and see your name (and writing!) in print.

Virtual Program: Writing Workshop
Designed for University students, researchers, and professors, Writing Workshops are for advanced writers who need assistance and an opportunity to ask questions regarding writing academic papers or essays. This workshop will focus on Referencing and Citing Sources.

Virtual Program: Writing Workshop
Designed for University students, researchers, and professors, Writing Workshops are for advanced writers who need assistance and an opportunity to ask questions regarding writing academic papers or essays. This workshop will be provided online and will focus on formatting, outlines, and punctuation.

Virtual Program: Writing Workshop
America House’s Writing Workshops take a targeted focus on the most important aspects of Academic Writing. Designed for University students, researchers, and professors, these workshops are for advanced writers who need assistance and an opportunity to ask questions regarding writing academic papers or essays. The workshop will be provided online.

Writing Workshop: Brainstorming and Overcoming Writer’s Block
America House’s Writing Workshops take a targeted focus on the most important aspects of Academic Writing. Designed for University students, researchers, and professors, these workshops are for advanced writers who need assistance and an opportunity to ask questions regarding writing academic papers or essays.

Спілкування з професорами та приймальною комісією
Радник EducationUSA з питань вищої освіти в США допоможе тобі дізнатися, як зробити перші кроки на шляху до коледжу твоєї мрії та отримати перевагу над іншими абітурієнтами за допомогою ефективних прийомів спілкування.

English for Career Development: CVs / Resumes
Finding and applying for jobs requires time, energy, and a keen understanding of what is necessary to stand out from the crowd. In order to help empower those who need some guidance in their skills related to English and сareer development, we are offering this five-session program.

Building Your Resume for U.S. Universities
Let’s talk about efficient resume/CV building techniques for admissions purposes. If you are aiming to get admitted to a school of your choice, your task will be to market yourself effectively. Alena Savitskaya, Student Outreach Associate for Minerva Schools at KGI, will give expert advice about creating the perfect resume.

Як писати мотиваційні листи та есеї в американські університети?
Разом ми розглянемо загальні і конкретні правила та поради для написання виграшного есе, що значно посилить Ваші шанси при вступі в університети США.

Writing Your Winning Essay for Hubert H. Humphrey Program
Вебінар на тему «Як написати есе та перемогти у конкурсі» проводитиметься для учасників конкурсу на отримання стипендії за Програмою ім. Губерта Гамфрі, щоб допомогти їм презентувати себе перед відбірковою комісією. Під час вебінару будуть обговорюватимуться форма та зміст, а також конкретні питання щодо написання есе.

Написання ефективного резюме для вступу
Під час лекції ми поговоримо про ефективні техніки написання резюме/CV для вступу до коледжів та університетів у США. Приходьте та дізнайтеся, як можна зацікавити собою приймальну комісію лише за кілька сторінок свого резюме!

Writing a Successful PhD Research Proposal
Come learn how to write a successful research proposal from our speaker Bret Barrowman who is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Global Impact at the International Republican Institute.

Writing Workshop: The Diamond Text
Shining Scribes is back and ready to collaborate with you! Join us for our first session of the new year as we work our way through some truly spine-tingling writing exercises.

Teachers Training: Teaching Writers of English
Pick up your pencils and prepare to write. We're looking at activities and strategies for teaching writers of English.

Writing Workshop: The Adjective Clause
This week we will further our work with sentence variety: Behold the mighty adjective clause!

TOEFL Preparation: Writing
For those preparing to take the TOEFL (advanced exam in English) to prepare for university admission in the USA, this week we're focusing on writing. Bring your pen, paper, and willlingness to share. See you then.

Writing Workshop: The Participial Phrase
We will now turn our writerly minds to participial phrases. These highly useful and infinitely diverse modifiers can add sparkle and verve to your writing, and who among us doesn’t want some more of that?

Wednesday English @America House: Writing Dancing
Continuing their research into a physicalized exploration of the process of translation, and on the heels of their recent four-city tour across Ukraine, choreographers Peter Kyle (USA) and Anton Ovchinnikov (Ukraine) will conduct an open choreographic process workshop.

Writing Workshop: Subordinators
We’re getting a bit technical this week, folks. For Shining Scribes volume 13, we’ll review dependent and independent clauses, and work with the savvy subordinate conjunctions that make sense of the whole thing.

Writing Workshop: The Descriptive Essay
Take us there. We’re ready. This is our chance to capture and share in words something memorable—a unique person, a special place, a strange thing, a beautiful animal, an indelible experience, whathaveyou—that fairly demands a full-on sensory description. Join us for Shining Scribes volume 12, the Descriptive Essay.

Teacher Training: Film Scenes
In this session we’ll be working with dialogues from movies as a means of language development.

Writing Club: How to Write a ‘How to’ Essay
For this session we are delving into the process of process writing, wherein we will share our knowledge about the crucial steps that one should take to complete a certain task.

Writing with Academic Integrity: Keys to Success
The workshop is aimed at providing University faculty staff who teach English Language courses or courses in English with a unique opportunity to hone practical skills for ELT with a special emphasis on developing writing skills.

Writing Workshop: Parallel Structure
Writers use parallel structure to emphasize, contrast, and connect ideas. This week we’ll be using it—and using it well!— our first session of the new year. Join us if you have a moment to nurture your craft.

Shining Scribes: It’s debatable!
We will read about, respond to, and debate some hot topics of the day. We’ll practice writing engaging ‘hooks’, and providing evidence to support our views.

Shining Scribes: Finding Your Voice (Part 3)
We will interview and write brief stories about one another; craft a character sketch in response to a song; and use the starting cue from an iconic ‘confessional’ poem to write letters to persons of your choice.

Shining Scribes: Finding Your Voice (Part 2)
Shining Scribes volume 5, in which we continue to stoke the flow of those creative juices that were so pleasingly unleashed last session: We will write poetic letters to persons of your choice, practice flash fiction through the use of the elements of literature, and collaborate on stories with each participant adding a sentence or two.