At Harvard, high school students will learn Russian for free

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Harvard University is registering for a free summer program for Russian-speaking high school students (14-18 years) in the Russian language “Bridge to Russia”. The program will be held at the University base from 1 to 20 August 2016.

The program consists of:

• 75 study hours of Russian classes with a bias in social sciences (history, cultural anthropology, linguistics, geography, political science);
• passing certification exams for proficiency in Russian (ACTFL Assessment of Opportunity in Languages ​​(AAPPL), Oral Proficiency Interview (OPIc), and Writing Proficiency Test (WPT));
• development of literacy and communication skills: the ability to communicate on topics that go beyond everyday life, learning and studying Russian history, culture and language in the process of communication with native speakers from the Hebrew Rehabilitation Center;
• view Russian movies.

The program itself is free, but the cost of registering $ 50.

An informational meeting will be held on 20 May at 19.00 at Harvard University.

To learn more about the program and register, visit: http://scholar.harvard.edu/startalk or go to: [email protected]. Registration deadlines are from April 15 to May 31 (inclusive).
Program Director: Veronika Egorova (206) 458-0479.

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