Take your TOEIC test
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The library is an authorised test center for the TOEIC Listening and Reading Test (the Test of English for International Communication). For more information please visit our TOEIC page or to sign up go to the official ETS website.
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Bridge Club
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Come and play (simple) Bridge (cardgame) at the library! Engage in a brain-stimulating sport: the Mini Bridge Exclusive Society. Discover, learn and play Mini Bridge in a relaxed, casual and informal ambiance. Mini Bridge, as developed by MBES allows and encourages
…in a nutshell, MBES (Mini Bridge Exclusive Society) proposes a different concept from the competing conventional Bridge Clubs. It is free and open to members of the library. Please contact the library to join! |
Saturday Reading Group
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The Saturday Reading Group is for anyone who loves to read, socialize in English, and meet new people. For this meeting, the group will read « Before I Go to Sleep » by S.J. Watson. « Before I Go to Sleep (2011) is the debut novel of English writer S. J. Watson. This psychological thriller features a protagonist suffering from amnesia. Forty-seven-year-old Christine Lucas wakes every morning with no memory of who or where she is. Each day she must reconstruct her identity with the help of her journal. Christine also gleans information from her husband, Ben, and a neurophysiologist, Dr. Nash. However, the more Christine discovers, the more she doubts the truth of what she is told. »
Meetings are once a month on Saturday afternoons starting at 3 pm. Open to all library members. To sign up please contact the group coordinator at bookgroup@ellia.org.
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Absentee Ballots for Americans – Session 2
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The English-language Library in Angers is organizing a Voter Information table for US citizens living in Maine-et-Loire. Those who are not yet registered for the November presidential elections can get the necessary information on how to obtain their Absentee Ballot. The sessions are sponsored by Vote From Abroad, a non-partisan association to help Americans outside the USA to exercise their right to vote. |
Absentee Ballots for Americans – Session 1
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The English-language Library in Angers is organizing a Voter Information table for US citizens living in the Pays de la Loire region. Those who are not yet registered for the November presidential elections can get the necessary information on how to obtain their Absentee Ballot. The sessions are sponsored by Vote From Abroad, a non-partisan association to help Americans outside the USA to exercise their right to vote. |
Textile Arts & Crafts Workshop
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Si vous aimez explorer différentes formes d’art textile, cette activité est pour vous. Nous nous appuyons sur différentes techniques (broderie, tissage, patchwork, quiltage, collages, techniques de teinture…) et nous trouvons du plaisir à partager et expérimenter toutes sortes d’approches et de matériaux. Quelques-uns de nos projets sont exposés à la Bibliothèque. Cette année nous avons l’intention d’approfondir le côté artistique de nos créations. Les personnes débutantes sont les bienvenues. |
Write Here, Write Now
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Welcome to « Write Here, Write Now »! Join this series of workshops for people who love to write in English and don’t mind sharing what they’ve written (although this sharing is not mandatory). We’ll explore different themes and genres. Keenan Brown, a library volunteer, will guide you through different ways to stimulate your writing and keep you inspired, all in the company of lovers of literature. “You can make anything by writing” (C.S. Lewis). Following Lewis’s invitation, let’s explore the world at large, as well as your own secret gardens through words… all while discovering the unknown realms of the writing of others. Workshops will be run Wednesday evenings from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the library once a month. They are free for library members (maximum of 10 participants). For more information and/or to sign up, please contact the group leader. |
Film Club – Film TBC
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The film club presents a film in English once a month on a Saturday afternoon, which is followed by a discussion in English. This activity is free and open to all library members. Stay tuned for September’s film selection!
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Reading Shakespeare
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Treat yourself to an afternoon of a collective reading of one of Shakespeare’s plays. This activity consists of watching a BBC production on DVD and then reading relative scenes. This is a great activity for lovers of language and fans of the great wit. Free and open to all library members. For more information or to sign-up, please contact the group coordinator here. The number of participants is limited. |
Bridge Club
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Come and play (simple) Bridge (cardgame) at the library! Engage in a brain-stimulating sport: the Mini Bridge Exclusive Society. Discover, learn and play Mini Bridge in a relaxed, casual and informal ambiance. Mini Bridge, as developed by MBES allows and encourages
…in a nutshell, MBES (Mini Bridge Exclusive Society) proposes a different concept from the competing conventional Bridge Clubs. It is free and open to members of the library. Please contact the library to join!
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