Cursos de Ruso en Rusia

‚Pieter‘ as the inhabitants fondly call St. Petersburg, looks back at a short but moving history, which resulted in the enlisting of the old town into the UNESCO world heritage list.

A little more than 300 years ago, the area of nowadays St. Petersburg was a swamp area along the river bed of the ’Neva’ which is still dividing the city today. With over 800 Bridges, the water is still present and gave the city its reputation as the Venice of the north.

Today more than 4.6 Million inhabitants live in greater St. Petersburg granting it the status of the northernmost metropolis of the world.
The city is the cultural capital of Russia and hosts one of the biggest museums in the world ‘The Hermitage’ (which holds the largest collection of paintings in the world). Further famous sites are the first stone building of the city the ‘Peter and Paul Fortress’ and the grand palace ‘Peterhof’ which was influenced by ‘Versailles’.

An event, wich is worth a special mention are the White Nights. "The White Nights are a time of celebration in areas such as Saint Petersburg, Russia. Owing to the high northern latitude at 60 degrees, the Sun does not set until after 10 p.m., and the twilight lasts much longer." Source

As the capital of Russia, Moscow is the biggest and most vibrant city in Russia and as such also the biggest city of the European continent with 10 Million inhabitants and 14 Million in the urban agglomeration.

With a history dating back to 1147 as a city, there is a lot to see and explore in Moscow today. Famous landmarks such as the Kremlin and the Red Square, which are both listed as a UNESCO World heritage list, are amongst the most popular sites, next to the Saint Basil’s Cathedral or the Ostankino Tower (the tallest free-standing structure in Eurasia).

You can take a break in one of the many (114) parks and gardens or recuperate in over 600 churches in and around Moscow after a long night partying in one of the many clubs and bars in town.

The language school of our partner in Russia is providing two attractive facilities in the historical centers of St. Petersburg and Moscow.
Both schools are equipped with modern well lit classrooms, libraries and free Internet access (including state of the art technology like DVD sets in most classrooms and wireless LAN).
The language schools combine a demanding and intensive program with a relaxed, personal and friendly atmosphere. The centers are licensed by the local governments as a private language school for teaching Russian as a foreign language and are to date the only private language school which was admitted into ROPRYAL , the prestigious Russian Association for Teaching of Russian Language and Literature.The Schools are official preparation centers for the state exam, Russian as a Foreign Language (TRKI). 

The language school in St. Petersburg is situated in the historical city centre, close to the well known ‘Nevsky Prospekt’ and about 300 meters away from the nearest metro station in a central yet quiet neighborhood.
The school occupies the top floor (4th floor, no elevator) of a 19th century building with 15 classrooms (11 suitable for groups, 4 for mini groups or individuals).
The facilities include a self-access centre (library, DVDs, CD-ROM course material etc.), a cafeteria, internet workstations (free of charge) and a wireless zone for notebook users (free of charge).
Further a booking desk for excursions, theatre tickets and onward travel is offered as a special customer service.

Communicative teaching in small groups makes this course a pleasurable and productive experience. Our Standard Group Course gives participants the chance to talk and play different roles, and to learn communicative skills in "real life" situations. The groups are formed according to an assessment test, which is compulsory for every participant. Usually, each course starts on a Monday and ends on a Friday.

Features:

• Available all year
• 20 Lections per week
• Maximum 10 participants per group
• Minimum age 16 years
• Begins every second week (find Details below)
• Courses start on Monday and end on Friday

100% Beginners may start on the dates indicated with a * (see below) and are advised to be familiar with the Cyrillic alphabet .

For participants of four weeks or longer, subsequent modules build upon the grammar basics of the first module, treating the same grammar topics from a different angle with more in-depth explanations, more complex vocabulary, different exercises and more dialogues and role-play in class.

The morning lessons (20) are taken together with the students who have booked our Standard Group Course. The afternoon supplement (5 lessons on two days – usually Tuesday and Thursday) will be offered at four different levels:

• Available all year
• 20 Lections per week
• Maximum 10 participants per group
• Minimum age 16 years
• Begins every second week (find Details below)

The classroom course is conducted in the schools small rooms. The teacher and the student jointly determine the exact content of a professional One-to-one course.

The student is invited to specify his/her fields of interest by completing a needs analysis (available on request), which allows to pre-select material, establish a study plan and prepare a specific vocabulary.
Variety of intensity by 15, 20, 30 or 40 lesson/week *

Participants may also book additional 5 one 2 one lesson modules (in conjunction with the afternoon intensive group course) as a supplement.
* For 30 lessons or more the student is taught by a team of two teachers

This Total Immersion Courses is a one-to one Course with 20 weekly lessons run outside the school. The lessons are given by one of our teachers who see the student where he lives, typically at his host-family. The course is targeted at people who do not want to have any contact with other non- Russian speakers during their stay in St. Petersburg. Course rates and dates are identical to those of our one-to one.

Features:

• Available throughout the year
• Minimum course length is 1 week
• Courses start on a Monday and end on a Friday

Throughout the year, the school offers you the opportunity to meet and experience the people and culture of Russia.

In St. Petersburg, foreign students can meet Russians who study English, German, French, Spanish and Finnish.

Both centers also organizes several very popular joint events (for instance, boat trips) for our Russian and foreign students to encourage language and cultural exchange. Some activities are free, such as the city centre tours for new students and our Friday cocktails.
Other activities are sold at reasonable rates.

All excursion and guided visits are conducted in Russian. 

Depending on the time of the year and the number of participants a variety of activities are offered.

• Walking city tour (St. Petersburg and Moscow
• Rivers and canals of St. Petersburg (min. 10 pax)
• Secrets of the Romanov family walking tour (St. P.)
• Excursion to the famous Peterhof estate - Versailles of Russia –(St. P.)
• Dostoyevsky in St. Petersburg exploration tour
• Visit of the Pavlovsk Palais (30 km outside of Moscow)
• Day Trip to Novgorod (St. P.)
• Visit of the village Pushkin (St. P)
• Visit of the 'State Russian Museum' (St. P)
  
• Boat trip through the channels of St. Petersburg
• Thanks God It’s Friday!!!! – Vodka tasting (St. P.)
• Thanks God It’s Friday!!!! – Champagne Party (M.)
• Excursion to the ‘Kolomenskoe’ estate (M.)
• Visit of the Kremlin (M.)
• Moscow metro tour, some of the nicest stations in the world

Please be aware that visa applications are necessary for almost all foreigners.

Our partner school provides invitation letters for a tourist visa for all students studying up to 4 weeks. A torusit visa is only valid for a single entry and a maximum stay of 30 days.
For students wishing to stay longer than 4 weeks a student visa needs to be issued. In this case there is a difference between proprietors of a passport from ‘Schengen’ countries and others. None ‘Schengen’ passport holders will get an invitation letter issued by the Russian Ministry of Interior Affairs. This procedure takes at least one month. For all 'Shgengen' passport holders, our partner school is alleged to issue an invitation letter, which allows issuing of the visa at short notice.

Our partner school is an official preparation centre for the Test of Russian as a Foreign Language (TRKI).

The exam measures students' linguistic ability for university studies in Russian, either in Russia or their home country.
The TRKI is recognized by the Russian Federal Ministry of Education and must be taken in one of the appointed regional exam centers.
A TRKI exam can be taken every week of the year. Exam costs are between USD 125 und USD 150, depending on the exam level to be taken and must be paid directly to the exam centre.
For details see ‘exam preparation course’ in the ‘one to one’ section.