Courses

Our courses for 2002-2003

Course type	Course levels	# of lessons	Course length	# of students in each class
General Russian	Beginner/ Elementary	20	4 weeks	7-10
Intensive Russian	Beginner to Advanced	30	12 weeks	5-7
Business Russian	Intermediate to Advanced	20 or 30	4 weeks minimum	5-7
Summer Russian courses	Beginner to Advanced	20 or 30	2-12 weeks	7-10
Tailor - made courses	Any level	Varies	Varies	1-2

PLEASE NOTE: 1 lesson = 45 minutes

For the price-list information please click HERE

General Russian

This course focuses upon the four basic language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Students will take classes in foundations of Russian Grammar and in Conversation including such topics as "Family", "Post office", "Shop", "Hotel", "Transport", "City", "Theatre", which will help you to survive in Russia.

Intensive Russian

This course is the most effective and efficient way to learn the Russian language. As well as in General Russian course students are supposed to have classes of all the essential language skills with emphasizing on speaking and listening.

Business Russian

This course is oriented to those students who need Russian of specific spheres of Business, Law, Accounting. The course of 30 lessons per week combines General Russian lessons with Business Russian ones. Our teachers will train you to read unadapted texts in these spheres, acquaint with samples of the latest documents regulating the activity of Joint Ventures and Banks on the territory of Russia.

Intensive private lessons ( one student only ) are available at all levels and for all specialized courses.

Tailor-made courses

These courses can start at any time and last required numbers of weeks
(from 2 to 50 ). A tailor-made course program is produced on the basis of your personalized demands and of evaluation of your placement test. We offer teaching Russian of specific spheres of human activities: business, arts, literature, economics, politics and so on. Individual tuition will guarantee you the most individualized approach and the best results in learning Russian.

You can also combine different types of courses upon your needs.

Summer courses

These courses are designed for you to have more free time for vacation activities in order to combine travelling and learning Russian in summer. Everything you learn in class you can practice and train in a friendly atmosphere of everyday Russian life. For these purposes we offer 20 lessons per week of General Russian concentrated upon understanding and speaking Russian in practical situations, and 10 role-play lessons per week directly in a shop, a post office, a hotel or some other places related to the topic of a lesson. Tape-recordings and listening comprehension exercises will help you overcome pronunciation difficulties and improve your understanding of the spoken language. On weekends you will be able to prove your weekly success in learning Russian during different study trips to Saint Petersburg’s environs.

Teacher training course in summer will provide you valuable learning experience, developing the confidence and skills for your career in Russian language teaching.

There are classes 5 days a week (Monday to Friday , except public holidays). A lesson lasts 45 minutes. Computer tests will prove your successful completion of the course.

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