by Victoria Mitchell | Apr 28, 2017 | Language Zones, Russian Reviews, Russian updates, Russian Zone
Natalia Lyons Ph.D., MITI, DPSI, SFHEA King’s College London This Russian grammar channel (by Dr Curtis Ford) on You Tube presents short videos on essential topics of Russian grammar, which are sometimes covered too broadly in traditional Russian grammar...
by Wendy Newman | Aug 1, 2014 | Russian Culture, Russian news, Russian updates, Russian Zone
Events at the Edinburgh Festivals In Edinburgh this year there will be many international events taking place, containing interesting performances from different nationalities – providing a great place to learn about different cultures and their history: Directed by...
by Wendy Newman | Oct 10, 2013 | Russian Practice, Russian updates, Russian Zone
Mark Payne (University of Sheffield) With the new School Direct initiative in teacher training launched this year, the intention in future is that more student teachers will be trained in schools than in universities (Department for Education, 2013). In brief, the...
by Wendy Newman | Oct 10, 2013 | Russian Culture, Russian Practice, Russian updates, Russian Zone
Elena Bolton (Solihull) INTRODUCTION When I decided to try my hand at teaching Russian I thought I was well prepared for the task. After all, I had experience of teaching English in Russia. I had also spent several years working as a technical translator, a job which...
by Wendy Newman | Oct 10, 2013 | Russian Practice, Russian updates, Russian Zone
Victoria Rolfe and Mark Payne (University of Sheffield) Я читаю – I read Ты читаешь – You read Он/она читает – He/she reads Мы читаем – We read Вы читаете – You read Они читают – They read INTRODUCTION In our experience of teaching and learning in secondary schools in...
by Wendy Newman | Aug 31, 2012 | Russian updates, Russian Zone
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by charlottelr | Aug 31, 2012 | Language Zones, Russian Practice, Russian updates, Russian Zone
Anatoli Berditchevski (Institute of International Economic Relations, Burgenland, Austria) БУМ РУССКОГО ЯЗЫКА По требованию Совета Европы каждый европеец должен в 21 веке владеть, как минимyм, тремя языками: родным, одним мировым и одним соседним. Русский входит в...
by charlottelr | Aug 31, 2012 | Russian Practice, Russian updates, Russian Zone
Jeremy Morris (University of Birmingham) This article reports on a small-scale learning enhancement project conducted with first-year Russian Studies students at Birmingham University over one semester in 2011. The project provided a weekly face-to-face seminar...
by Wendy Newman | Aug 31, 2012 | Russian Culture, Russian updates, Russian Zone
Jane Henderson (King’s College London) LAW AND POLITICS Lenin famously asserted: ‘Law is a political measure, it is politics’. This might sound like the cynical carping of a disgruntled former law student, which indeed he was. However, his original expression «Закон...
by Wendy Newman | Aug 31, 2012 | Russian Practice, Russian updates, Russian Zone
Nadia Griffin (Russian Teachers’ Group UK), Katya Feoktistova (Oxford High School), Natalia Tronenko (Language Vision, London) Судейская коллегия, состоявшая из первоклассных специалистов в области русского слова, провела долгие часы, скрупулёзно оценивая работы...