Russian classes at the Scotland-Russia Institute

   

Enjoy learning Russian in small groups with a professional Russian language tutor. Do not worry if you miss a class – you will get the materials by email. Complimentary tea and coffee.

Course Organiser/Head Tutor: Dr Natalia Samoilova (PhD St Andrews)
Dr Samoilova has considerable experience of teaching Russian at all levels and has taught at the Universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow and St Andrews. She is a native speaker. 
Tutor:  Irina Safronova (MA Moscow State University, MCIL).  Irina has taught Russian and English in Moscow, Strasbourg and Edinburgh and also worked as an interpreter/ translator for various international governmental and non-governmental organisations

Contact Natalia Samoilova for further information on all Russian courses:
Tel: 07980004569, email: russiancourses@scotlandrussiaforum.org

All enrolled students will automatically become full members of SRF - reduced rates for SRF meetings, invitations to members-only events, twice yearly newsletter, regular email news bulletins, free use of the SRI lending library and many other benefits.

In 2012-13 we will offer the following classes:

Russian for absolute beginners :: Learn a new alphabet and impress your friends by conversing in Russian.  Textbook Ruslan 1. Tuesdays 6-7.30pm. 
Intermediate Russian for learners with basic language skills :: Improve your communication skills and learn to speak Russian more confidently. Textbook Ruslan 2. Wednesdays 6-7.30pm
Upper Intermediate Russian :: Textbook Doroga v Rossiju, level 3, part 1.  Thursdays 6-7.30pm
Advanced 1 Russian :: Achieve proficiency in communication skills, enrich your vocabulary and master difficult aspects of Russian grammar. Textbook Ruslan 3.  Tuesdays 6-7.30pm.  Not running in Term 2.
Advanced 2 Russian :: For students who have completed Advanced 1. Textbook Odna zhizn' - dve kul'tury, Moscow: Zlatoust, 2011.  Wednesdays 6-7.30pm
Advanced Russian Discussion Group :: Maintain fluency and broaden your knowledge of the cultural, political and economic life of Russia.  Starting Term 2, Thursdays 6-7.30pm

Classes run for 1hr 30mins once a week on a weekday evening.  Fees to be paid termly in advance. See term dates for details.  Cheques payable to The Scotland-Russia Forum.
Please contact the course organiser, Natalia Samoilova, for advice on which class would suit you best: tel. 07980004569 or email russiancourses@scotlandrussiaforum.org

Textbooks:
For more information on Ruslan teaching materials see www.ruslan.co.uk. Our students will receive a discount on textbooks and workbooks purchased at the Scotland-Russia Institute shop.
Other textbooks will also be available for sale at the Scotland-Russia Institute

Other Russian classes may be offered depending on demand:

• Business Russian
• Russian for public examinations such as TRKI*
  
• Individual tuition
• Russian weekends

*TRKI - download test papers here: Elementary level, Bazovii level, Second level , Third level, Fourth level

Some comments from previous years:
"Excellent, patient, thorough, fun", "Excellent, engaging, informed", "Friendly informal style", "Very enjoyable, very well organised", [about the Ruslan textbook] "best of all used before"

Weekend Russian courses at SRI: next course 23-24 February

Some comments on the weekend course we ran in February 2010:
"The time flew by, and I never found it too long", "At no time during the course it felt as if too much was expected of us – and yet looking back to what I learned between Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon seems a huge amount", "I did not really have a particular expectation – but I could not have asked for more" and "It surpassed my expectations".

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Please let us know of any classes we have not listed - srfnews@scotlandrussiaforum.org

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