| Alumni Roundtable at Dashoguz American Corner |
 There was an alumni roundtable conducted in the Dashoguz American Corner on July 18th. During the roundtable there was one major highlight welcoming back the new alumnae Malica Hojaniyazova 10 (AK). Everyone asked Malica about her experience in Alaska and found it incredibly fascinating. After that some of the alumni decided to edit the Dashoguz FLEX Alumni board and put the pictures of new 2010 alumni there. Shahnoza Seidmedova 09 and Olga Seytmuradova 10 were putting the pictures on the board, while Jadira Bekdisinova 10, Muhammed Hanov 09 and Malica Hojaniyazova were cutting the pictures and typing the information about the new alumni. Everybody discussed their plans for the month of August and decided to organize some events, clubs and classes. The alumni were glad to meet and talk about the alumni activities and their life in US. At the end of the roundtable Olga Seytmuradova 10, who is replacing the Alumni Assistant in Dashoguz American Corner, encouraged everyone to apply for the Opportunity Grants, and the Democracy Outreach programs. Muhammed Hanov 09 was interested in the OG program and was given the information about the program and the directions on how to fill out the application form.
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On July 31st, there was a presentation on fire safety in Dashoguz American Corner. The presentation was organized by a local Fire Department Representative Durdy Sabyrov and the Dashoguz American Corner Manager Arzygul Kochkarova. At the beginning of the presentation the presenter made an opening talk about the significance of knowing about fire safety and being able to act in a right way in case of the inflammation. Then he explained how to prevent inflammation in an every-day life by turning off all the electrical equipment during the night time, because no one will be able to notice the flame and make arrangements on preventing the fire. Then he explained how to act in a case of inflammation and how to use a fire extinguisher. The lecture was interesting and useful for both visitors and staff of the American Corner.
On July 25th, Jadira Bekdisinova 10 conducted a TOEFL class in Dashoguz American Corner. At the beginning, the students reviewed their homework from the previous lesson, which was to make up sentences using the grammar problems that they have learned during the previous class. Then the students learned a new grammar problem - 2nd Conditional Unreality and Dreams. After that the students did some example exercises to better understand the new problem. Next, Jadira explained the new vocabulary words that the students found in the exercises. At the end of the class Jadira gave homework to the students. The homework was to make up 10 sentences using the new problem and the new words.
On July 17th Olga Seytmuradova 10 taught to play one of the most popular American table games Monopoly. She explained that it is a very exciting game and that it is very useful for those who want in future work in business administration, or open their own business, or even be a banker. The FLEX alumnae told the visitors that the game is very popular in America, and that she used to play it a lot with her host family during her exchange year in US. After that the players divided into pairs and were taught the rules of the game. The players truly loved the game and said that they would like to play it more often.