Eurolingua - Russian in St Petersburg

Location: Russia: Chelyabinsk, Irkutsk and 2 other cities

Term: Throughout the year

Dates: All Year

Eurolingua Institute

European Liaison Office Montpellier, 34000 France

Description

Welcome to our St Petersburg centre - an outstanding international school located in the heart of St. Petersburg, the "Cultural Capital of Russia", and staffed by one of the most qualified and experienced teams of Russian as a foreign language instructors.

The Institute:
Our teachers and administrative staff have extensive experience in some of the most successful language schools in Russia. Our methods combine western standards of management and service with a lively international atmosphere and traditional Russian hospitality. Our school is founded on high academic standards, with quality programs and a modern communicative approach to learning.

The Programmes:
We provide courses at all levels. We have group courses with a maximum of 8 students per class and individual or two-to-one lessons. Our school is quite flexible in its programmes and coursework, and we are always ready to work out courses specially tailored to suit your particular needs and interests. Whether it is business, history, politics, culture, mass media or whatever, we either already have or can design a course for you. We are an experienced team and have tested accredited programs for all levels with an excellent system of diagnostics and evaluation to accurately place students at a level consistent with their prior studies.

Highlights

Our instructors have taught students from The United Nations, The International Committee of the Red Cross, The BBC, Der Spiegel, Credit Suisse, foreign embassies and consulates in Russia, and universities in Geneva, Paris, London, Zurich, Oxford, and elsewhere. All have given us high marks. Some of our teachers teach both Russian as a foreign language and English, German or French to Russians, which gives them a more profound understanding of people's difficulties with foreign languages. We always encourage our teachers to learn new languages, because we believe that having this experience as students is a valuable source for further improvement of their professional skills. Teachers use the opportunity to learn a second or third foreign language and to be each other's students. Teachers' training sessions take place on a regular basis, so stuff members can tell about their findings, share problems and together look for solutions, discuss and evaluate new teaching materials.

Our teaching methodology stresses the importance of communication and combines learning common expressions used in everyday situations with thorough and systematic work on grammar. This is of vital importance for learning a language like Russian, with a developed system of grammatical forms. We work on all aspects of the language: speaking, grammar, reading, writing and listening comprehension. Conversational topics are given with appropriate grammar structures, while the grammar part of the course proceeds gradually from simple "basic concepts" to more complex issues. One of our teachers authored a book on role-play in teaching of Russian as a foreign language published in Russia and Finland. Our coursebook for beginners "Poekhali!" (Let's Go!), has been adopted by other language institutions in many countries. We are proud to note that this book was written and produced by our school's founder, Stanislav Chernyshov.

Degree Level

Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

Minimum Education

High School

Languages
  • Russian

Languages Used as a Medium of Teaching
  • Russian

Cost in US$:

please refer to the Eurolingua web site

Cost Includes:

Cost Include Description:

Russian classes and accommodation

Credit Available

yes

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participant.

Typical Living Arrangements
  • Apartment/Flat
  • Group living
  • Home-stays
  • Independent living
  • Other

Participants Travel to Russia

Independently or in Groups

Application Process Involves
  • Written Application
Typically The Application Process Time is
2 weeks
Eurolingua Institute's Mission Statement

The Eurolingua Institute facilitates the acquisition of foreign language skills, greatly improving social and professional opportunities for the individual student and contributing to world peace through the better understanding of foreign cultures.

Year Founded

1993

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