OREANDA-NEWS. October 12, 2010. bmi and the American University Central Asia are launching a free conversation club for people trying to learn English. Eight conversation club sessions will be held in October with the goal to help people learn English in a fun and social way, reported the press-centre of IBC.

Each session will last an hour and a half and will be moderated by a native speaker English. The conversation club sessions will be held on the following dates: October 12, October 13, October 19, October 20, October 26, and October 27.

Commenting on the conversation club initiative, Country Sales Manager for bmi in Kyrgyzstan, Venera Adigamova, said “As an airline we understand the importance of foreign languages and education and are happy to support this educational initiative in Kyrgyzstan. We are grateful to all participants and looking forward to see them on board our flights.”
 
The Director of Public Relations Office of AUCA, Kemel Toktomushev, commenting on the initiative said, “We are privileged to launch and run free conversation clubs sessions with bmi as these clubs provide an excellent opportunity for people who are keen to learn and improve their English language skills. We hope it is just the beginning, and we will expand our partnership to introduce new innovative methods of teaching and learning English.”

The conversation club is free of charge and open to everyone.

To participate in conversation clubs, it is necessary to register by calling bmi office in Bishkek (66 60 15) or by sending an email to the following email address: elira.t@actionprgroup.com

About bmi
British Midland International (bmi) is the second largest airline at London Heathrow, one of the world’s leading international hub airports. Across its mainline route network bmi operates to Aberdeen; Addis Ababa; Almaty; Amman; Baku; Beirut; Belfast City; Berlin; Bishkek; Cairo; Damascus; Dammam; Dublin; Edinburgh; Freetown; Glasgow; Hanover; Jeddah; Khartoum; London Heathrow; Manchester; Moscow Domodedovo; Riyadh; Tbilisi; Tehran; Vienna; Yerevan.

bmi Regional operates to Aberdeen; Birmingham; Brussels; Copenhagen; East Midlands; Edinburgh; Esbjerg; Glasgow; Groningen; Leeds Bradford; Lyon; Manchester; Norwich; Zurich.

bmi is a member of Star Alliance, established in 1997 as the first truly global airline alliance to offer worldwide reach, recognition and seamless service to the international traveller.  Its acceptance by the market has been recognised by numerous awards, including the Air Transport World Market Leadership Award, Best Airline Alliance by both Business Traveller Magazine and Skytrax. The member airlines are: Adria Airways, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, Air China, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana Airlines, Austrian, Blue1, bmi, Brussels Airlines, Continental Airlines, Croatia Airlines, EGYPTAIR, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, Shanghai Airlines, Singapore Airlines, South African Airways, Spanair, SWISS, TAM Airlines, TAP Portugal, Turkish Airlines, THAI, United and US Airways. Air India has been announced as a future member. Overall, the Star Alliance network offers over 21,200 daily flights to 1,172 airports in 181 countries.

About America University of Central Asia (AUCA)
Located at the very heart of Central Asia, AUCA is a unique international, multi-disciplinary learning community in the finest American liberal arts traditions that develops enlightened and impassioned leaders for the democratic transformation of the region.

With an enrollment of approximately 1,200 students from over 20 countries, AUCA offers eleven undergraduate bachelor-level educational programs and a master’s of business administration (MBA) degree. In addition, AUCA offers college preparatory programs in English, mathematics, computer basics and study skills. AUCA liberal arts curriculum is founded on the relentless commitment to academic excellence, critical inquiry and investigative learning.