Tourist programme - course for those who work with Russian tourists
1. Introduction. General course (alphabet, phonetics, reading and pronunciation).
System of vowels/consonants in Russian language, reduction of vowels, correlation of consonants. Accent in Russian language.
General questions (who, what, where, where from (the difference between location and direction in Russian language).
2. Grammar (conjugation of verbs, pronouns, modal verbs, case grammar,
verbs of movement (with the prefixes and without). Simple sentence, impersonal sentences.
Russian verb (conjugation, system of tenses, types of verbs).
Verbs, expressing different types of modality: "want", "can", "like", the short form of the adjective "must".
Verbs of movement go, walk, come and the verbs with a prefix.
Simple sentence (of time, aim, manner, place). Structure: subject, predicate, direct and indirect object.
Impersonal sentences (category of state: "It is cold. It is hot." etc.)
3. Thematic vocabulary: the professor and students perform situations.
Theme 1
Reception of group of Russian tourists in the hotel, placing in the hotel
(your room, key from the hotel room, guest card, your room on the 1st, 2d, 3d floor, receive the key;
dinner, breakfast, supper in your hotel since… till…, the restaurant…, the safe are situated…).
Theme 2
The room in the hotel (bathroom, TV, air-conditioner, telephone, bed, bed linen, soap, gel).
Theme 3
Nutrition (breakfast, dinner, supper, all inclusive, half-board, the name of products, drinks).
Òåìà 4
Animation in the hotel (let`s carry out a contest, quiz, conjugation of the verb "participate", "who knows…", "sing", "dance").
Theme 5
Excursion, subscription to the excursions (we offer to you an excursion, who want to subscribe).
Theme 6
A work of the receptionist, a needed vocabulary.
Theme 7
Departure from the hotel.
Theme 8
Force majeur situations (Russian tourist lost the passport, is in the police, got lost).
Why Speak Russian language?
Russian belongs to the most widespread languages of the world.
It takes the fifth place in the world (after Chinese, Hindi together with close to it Urdu, English and Spanish languages).
Approximately 500.000 millions people master Russian language; it is studied in 140 countries of the world.
The majority of those who speak Russian, live in Russia and other former republics of USSR.
The analysis of geographic distribution of Russian language allows to reveal the role of Russian language abroad
and to attribute Russian to the international languages.
In comparison with other languages, included in the system of international languages, Russian was on the modest position
not long ago.
Down to XX century it did not compete with other international languages even in areal scales (excepting the slavic world).
As the result of interaction of objective and subjective factors (economic, social, cultural), Russian language spread abroad.
And today we have the situation when considerable social stratums (employees, businessmen, public figures, etc.) in different
countries use Russian language in various communicative spheres. Nowadays Russian language is one of official and working languages
in the international organizations (the United Nations, UNESCO, WHO, UNICEF, etc.).
The literary norm and standards of modern
Russian in Russia are the examples for people who use it as means of international dialogue, therefore the care of correctness
of Russian speech is important not only for native speakers of Russian.
So, for example, language of advertising, a standard of speech of journalists, a level of political rhetoric, etc. are capable
to affect correctness of use, and also on the attitude to Russian language.
On the other hand, the use of Russian in the international dialogue, in business and the industry, in mass-media of Russian diasporas,
in world systems of the communications, first of all on the Russian-speaking Internet, faxes, e-mail, databases, etc. influence on its
development in Russia.
The leading European organizations - the European Union and the Council of Europe - encourage measures for assistance
of multilingual education, particularly approve functioning and learning Russian in all European countries
According to the inspection of "Eurobarometer" (1997) led by EU in 34 countries Western, Central and the East Europe
(including the CIS), Russian is the main language of 35% people in these countries, English language - 28 %,
German language-20 %, the French language - 17 % and Italian - 10 %.
Advantages of individual language studying
Training can be arranged on a one-to-one basis at a time and place to suit you.
This is a very effective method of learning Russian more effectively. If you want to get up to speed quickly in a specific language program or task, you can have Russian training tailored to your particular needs.
Individual training is a good option when there is not a scheduled course that fits in with YOUR schedule.
Individual tuition is normally undertaken in our training rooms at the University Main Building or at the participant's workplace at a mutually convenient time.
Experienced Teaching Professionals
Personal attention that encourages and motivates
every student
Practical experience teaching Russian
Classroom experience in teaching Russian as an
international language
Proven & Innovative Teaching Methods of Russian language
Emphasis on real-life Russian communication and interaction
Training in both spoken Russian and formal written
composition
Appropriate and up-to-date materials on Russian
culture and dialect
Adaptive teaching to the different learning styles
of each individual
In-class participation with an emphasis on
practicing what is learned
Customized & Convenient Russian classes
Designed for specific purposes: business, academic,
tourist, etc.
Russian courses for students, businesspeople, or
specific organizational needs
Multiple Russian course offerings at different times and at
various locations to fit individual schedules
In addition to your individual course you can choose group course.
We always prepare individual and group Russian courses for our clients in order to focus on very particular areas of need and interest. In consultation with the client & course participants, we put together a carefully tailored and targeted programme.
Our Russian programmes are, depending upon the course type, directed towards participants who want to discover the country, its language, and its culture. They include university students and students-to-be as well as professionals needing general linguistic or specialised training.
Russian courses are offered throughout the year and are distinguished by their variety and flexibility in regard to dates, duration and intensity.
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From the references:
"This russian language course was best for me and I learned a lot. I want to thank my teacher for this course and introduce to the other Japanese about it.
Thank you very much."
Yanagi Yamada, Japan, tuition from 1.08.2007-31.08.2007
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