Russian Courses at the Summer/Winter Language Camps in Novosibirsk - Siberia
Description
The program is unique in bringing international students from all over the world to Siberia to live, work and study in a residential setting with Russian students and teachers. This structured residential system seeks to develop language, social, communicative, educational, cultural and health-promoting skills to all participants in an interesting way according to age and ability.
The aims of this comprehensive program are achieved through the use of role-play, creativity workshops, exciting cultural and social activities, and excursions, which, in addition to the structured lessons, more than provide for a truly unique and beneficial experience which is not to be missed.
We have been running these programs for fourteen years already. For the past years international participants from Argentina, Australia, Austria, Canada, China, Denmark, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Holland, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Poland, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, the United States of America have participated in our programs.
It is a fact that many international participants return to the program year after year as a testament to the success of the program.
Our Russian lessons structured within the camp program are aimed at achieving practical fluency and confidence in the use of the Russian language with the focus on the integration of all the four language learning components and skills (speaking, listening, reading and writing) and the emphasis on communication.
All our teachers are well-educated and qualified to teach Russian to foreigners. We use the direct approach which means that the student and the teacher speak only in the language being learned, and this forces you to think in your new language. At the same time if you face a serious problem in understanding, all our teachers speak English and can explain the most difficult language issues in English. You can expect a warm and friendly atmosphere along with professional service.
The Russian Course outline:
- Development of proper pronunciation and intonation habits,
- Acquiring communicative speech skills and development of the student's
oral comprehension,
- Systematical study of essential Russian grammar, lexical and grammar
phrase formation, use of proper sentence structure,
- Vocabulary expansion, vocabulary being introduced gradually and
systematically,
- Accumulation of the cultural country knowledge with the aim of
understanding social background,
- Reading and comprehension of the Russian texts,
- Building up writing skills.
Interacting and speaking with local people is the fastest and most effective means of learning a language, and knowledge of other cultures is priceless.
The program includes exciting and interesting outings and excursions that enable international participants to learn more about the city of Novosibirsk and the Russian culture, as well as to practice their Russian in real life situations. On completion of the session, excursions to other historically and culturally important destinations can be organized.
Highlights
Being comprehensive and unique, and offering very competitive prices, our program is a very attractive option.
The individual communicative approach and complete language and cultural immersion that we apply in our school are the most effective methods of language learning. The aim of our methodology is to make you comfortable using your new language in the practical situations that you encounter in everyday life.
Siberia has been opening up to the West and offers a range of still unexplored experiences and opportunities. As the cultural, scientific and educational center of Siberia and the third largest city of Russia (after Moscow and St.Petersburg), surrounded by picturesque wooded and field areas, Novosibirsk is an excellent place for immersion in the Russian language and culture, and provides many opportunities to experience the hospitality and cordiality Siberians are famed for.