Dear Colleagues,
Many of our
students who came to
for people with the
limited budget for traveling
Do not miss this unique opportunity to visit
We invite
everyone to visit
Our School
“Open Your Russia” is based at Petrozavodsk Teacher
Training College which is situated in
the center of Petrozavodsk, in the socalled “green zone” (natural park areas), far from main roads. Near the college there are sports
grounds as well as parks where our participants may rest after class. Five
minutes’ walk from the college there is a cafe where our participants may have
meals.
Location:
Period: March– December 2006
Programs:
Summer Active Russian Language Youth Program,
Intensive Language courses for Adults,
Special Course “Ten days in a
Russian village”,
One-to-one Russian Language course,
Russian Language program in
Costs: Registration fee 50 euros, tuition fee 180 – 200
euros (for 4 weeks), homestay 100 euros (without
meals), cultural program from 50 euros.
Application procedure starts in January.
Scholarship: We have
offered the scholarship for tuition in the previous year, and now we propose
two scholarships covering the tuition fee for Summer Active Russian Language
Program for youth in July or August 2006. We do it for people who would like to
study Russian and visit
Why come to the
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Our programs offer an alternative to the standard
academic summer programs. We pay special attention to the designing of
specialist courses. We avoid the standard general course format and
offer original courses including extra-curricular activities .
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Our classes are held not only in the classroom but
also in authentic locations; in real cafes, shops, bookstores, streets, post
offices, in other words,
everywhere where you can learn day-to-day Russian.
We use a unique tutor
system. Our tutors are Russian students who help our foreign students to adapt
to local conditions and involve them in Russian everyday life more. Our tutors
go with foreign students to the cinemas, to the bars, to the concerts, to the
museums, to the night clubs, and even organize parties (for ex, National Food
Party, Russian Food Party).
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ours is more flexible enabling it to cater to the students’ needs and is
always willing to alter the program if
our participants request this.
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Our
coordinators organize sight-seeing tours aimed at giving a full introduction to
Here are some comments from our past course-participants:
˛ "I must
say that I have been left with an excellent impression, not only of the program
but also of
˛"The coordinators & other
people of the organization have set up a really good program; with good
teaching methods and activities by which we were able to get to know each other
better & better. Because the groups aren’t too large, the program is
flexible and it has been possible to integrate activities many people wanted or
changes into program.”
Please take a look at our site http://education.karelia.ru
and contact our
coordinator, Ms. Alya
Mugacheva by e-mail: international@karelia.ru
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Russian Language School in Karelia "Open Your
Center "Initiative"
Studencheskiy pereulok
13-a, office 119
http://education.karelia.ru
e-mail: international@karelia.ru
tel/fax +7 8142 78 11 30