Study Russian language in Russia - Moscow, St Petersburg, Samara, Volgograd

INTENSIVE 2010
	June 7, 21 July 5, 19 August 2, 16, 23		September 6, 20 October 4, 18 November 8, 22

Language Link has been teaching foreign languages ever since its creation in 1975

June

We’d like to congratulate our students on successfully passing their exams with first class certificates. The following students obtained glowing results of between 85 and 95 marks out of 100: Anabelle Smith and John Brodie (students from the RLUS course), Laurence Ghafar (from France) and Andrew Bluher (from the USA).

May

Language Link acted as a host for the Interacademic Conference for Teachers of Russian as a Foreign Language. The speech on the Development of Selections of Texts for Students of Various Levels of Language Proficiency was presented by O.E. Chubarova, a lecturer at the Centre of International Education at the Moscow State University and an author of textbooks on Russian as a foreign language. Lecturers from different Moscow universities participated in a discussion on the speech, sharing their opinions on the development of interesting and informative texts for foreign students.

The new academic year courses (start in September) are announced in "Bookings and Dates".

April

Language Link would like to take this opportunity to invite anyone wishing to take the TORFL (B1 level) State Exam to do so at our Central School located at 21 Souschevskaya Str. on May 27th and 28th. The exam starts at 10am.
For information about exam times and conditions, please contact us on (495) 258-08-04.

March

A group of young German secondary school students from the Waldorf School in Cologne, Germany visited Language Link in March. These teenagers came to Moscow for the purpose of studying an intensive conversational course for 2 weeks. At the end of their visit, our Moscow teachers and staff were invited to a concert where a group of Russian and German teenagers gave a live performance on the lives of Beethoven and Musorgsky and sang several extracts from Elegy and Boris Godunov. Language Link hopes to continue this type of cooperation in the future.

Starting 1 March 2010, Language Link's International Examination Centre will be conducting state-certified Russian language examinations (TORFL). As an authorized TORFL centre, Language Link, in addition to running TORFL preparation courses, will serve as a venue where test-takers can sit this most prestigious of exams. Applications are now being accepted from those wishing to sit TORFL examinations at the elementary, basic and 1st certification level. Examination dates will be announced at the end of March.

February

We are pleased to announce that enrolment for the 2 p.m. Saturday Complete Beginners Course has begun. Lessons will last for 3 academic hours. The preliminary start date of the course is the 20th of March 2010.

January

Registration for the "Vacation Revision in Moscow" course is now open. This course is aimed at students from European universities who are preparing for Russian language exams. The next course will start on 22nd March. For details please see: http://www.russian.language.ru/univer.htm

It is not too late to enroll for our Russian language evening group for beginners. For details call: 258-08-04.

December

On the 22nd of December the semester program for British students (RLUS) ended. At the traditional party "Russian Tea," the results of the Moscow photography contest were announced. In first place, receiving a matryoshka, was Laura Martens, a student from SSEES|UCL London. The students performed skits, read their favorite poems and sang Russian and English songs.

November

We wholeheartedly congratulate one of our students, Fabian Vigneux, an employee of the Austrian Embassy in Moscow on passing the level 3 TORFL state exam.
This is a tremendous achievement for a foreign student and we are very pleased that we helped Fabian to prepare for such a difficult and important exam.

October

The enrolment of students in the existing group for preparation for the 1st certification level is continuing. Lessons take place on Tuesdays and Fridays from 9.00 onwards. We invite you to join the group for preparation for the 2nd certification level. October 19 will be the approximate starting date of lessons. Lessons will be held two to three times a week in accordance with a timetable that is confirmed by the students.
Registration for the daytime group of general Russian Language for Beginners has begun; lessons will take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Testing is free if a student has prior registration. For more information please call (495) 258-08-04.

September

A large group of students from British universities arrived under the RLUS programme for the new semester. This year, Exeter and Manchester were added to the list of universities which we usually work with. In addition to the British learners, students from Bulgaria, Poland and Finland are also studying under the programme. The students met new friends – Russian students from the Moscow State University of Railway Engineering, which we have been working with since the previous semester. It’s going to be excellent language practice, as well as social and cultural experience.
Welcome!

July

We are pleased to inform that employees from the Japanese company Fujifilm have joined our list of corporate clients. Lessons have begun and we hope that this cooperation will be long and prosperous.

The course on methods for teaching Russian as a foreign language has come to an end. The majority of the students were our colleagues - teachers of foreign languages who wanted to gain a specialisation for teaching Russian as a foreign language. The lectures and practical sessions helped them to attain fundamental knowledge in this area. The group of students was active and creative, and as their tutor M. S. Rozina, a senior teacher of Lomonsov Moscow State University said, it was very interesting to work with them. The next course on methods for teaching Russian as a foreign language will begin on the 27th of August.

June

Some pleasant news - Yandex and Eurostroi are now our clients. Yet there is even better news: Russians want to learn Russian! Employees from Yandex have decided to perfect their native language and take courses in practical Russian stylistics, whilst a group of employees from Eurostroi has chosen business Russian.

In June, the regular programme for British students came to an end. They were our first group of graduating students who came here to study on a year-long course. On the 4th of July a traditional Russian tea-drinking session was held, where the students performed short plays and thanked their teachers. As always it was lively and interesting, although it was sad to part with students who had become so close to us over the year.

May

In April, a two-week intensive course on methods for teaching Russian as a foreign language was finished. By listening to lectures given by M. S. Rozina, a senior teacher at Moscow State University, the professional teachers improved their levels of qualification. Considering the audience’s professional training, the course was based on practice instead of theory: modelling and structuring lessons and discussion of aspect orientated teaching with an emphasis on communicative methods of teaching. At the end of the course the listeners received certificates. The next course will begin on the 1st of July and will run for 30 academic hours.

April

The Volgograd Language Link Centre proposes a fascinating trip to the town of Veshenskaya for students studying Russian language, customs and traditions. Students will find out about the life and works of the writer M. A. Sholokhov, visit museums and literary exhibitions, take in the atmosphere of the famous novel, ‘The Quiet Don’, will get to know the life of the Cossacks and sample their national cuisine.

Picnics in the countryside, horse riding, riverside walks along the Don and Cossack songs and dances will make this trip an unforgettable and enjoyable experience.
Trip length: 4 days.
Dates of the next trips: 4th of May, 15th of June.
Accommodation: double, triple and quadruple rooms at a guest house
Cost: 135 euro (includes accommodation, meals and entertainment).

March

On the 1st of March a remarkable event took place. For the first time in the history of the RLUS programme, a meeting was held between British students and their Russian counterparts. Students from the Moscow State University of Railway Engineering, the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia and other institutes of higher education responded eagerly to the Russian as a Foreign Language Department's invitation to organise and hold a meeting.
24 students from Great Britain and 22 students from Russia took part in the event. The meeting began with tea and pancakes because the 1st of March was the last day of Maslenitsa (the week before Lent). The students, who were conversing with ease, moved into a large room where the young teachers from the RLUS programme, E. Stremova and O. Kharina and the Academic Director of the Russian as a Foreign Language Department, E. M. Kallo awaited them.
The students of the Moscow State University of Railway Engineering invited their British colleagues to visit their university locomotive museum and university sports complex with the possibility of playing a football match. Finally, the students swapped numbers and created an LL- Friendship group on Facebook.

February

Registration for two and three week cultural and educational programmes for Spanish-speaking students has begun. The programme begins on the 6th of July and focuses on intensive Russian language lessons and an extensive tour programme. Students can look forward to excursions in Moscow (the Kremlin, Tretyakovksya Gallery, Lev Tolstoy Museum), a visit to the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius and Aleksandrov and also a trip to Saint-Petersburg on the weekend. We welcome beginners and also those who speak Russian at a basic or intermediate level. The cost of the programme starts at 1,450 euro for 2 weeks (including visa support, accommodation with a family, breakfast, lessons and excursions). Applications can be sent by e-mail to mfinashina@llink.ru until April the 15th, 2009.

January

We continue to accept applications for the Easter course for students from European universities. For further details see "Hot Offers". In summer 2009 we plan to hold short programmes for children aged 8 to 16 years old. Follow our news for updates on this.

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