{"id":9267,"date":"2015-10-19T18:05:09","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T18:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.studyabroad101.com\/?p=9267"},"modified":"2015-10-19T18:05:10","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T18:05:10","slug":"cool-program-of-the-week-the-advanced-russian-language-and-area-studies-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.studyabroad101.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/cool-program-of-the-week-the-advanced-russian-language-and-area-studies-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Cool Program of the Week – The Advanced Russian Language and Area Studies Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

Interested in a career in Diplomacy? Now is a great time to learn Russian language. RLASP has options at 4 different university settings, can be done undergrad or grad, and fully immerses you in Russian language and culture making it this week’s cool program:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"American-Councils2-Russia\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Advanced Russian Language and Area Studies Program (RLASP) is for undergraduate and graduate students who are committed to improving their Russian language skills.\u00a0 Designed by experts in linguistics and foreign language acquisition, RLASP has a 40 year proven track record of helping students maximize their Russian language gain.\u00a0 This is done by providing:<\/p>\n

\u2022Expert Russian faculty with decades of experience teaching foreigners Russian
\n\u2022Small group sizes between 3 \u2013 6 participants\u00a0 which allows for more individualized attention
\n\u202220 hours per week of in-class Russian language instruction
\n\u2022Opportunities for students to audit Russian classes
\n\u2022Academic year students with the option to write a substantive research paper in Russian
\n\u2022Monitoring and evaluation of the program through rigorous pre and post-program testing
\n\u2022Experienced and dedicated US and local staff who provide academic, personal, and logistical support<\/p>\n

Students can select to study at Moscow International University, the Russian State Pedagogical University in St. Petersburg, or the KORA Center for Russian Language in Vladimir.\u00a0 In the fall of 2014, American Councils also launched a new location at Kazakh National University in Almaty, Kazakhstan for students who wish to study Russian in an immersion environment but are unable to travel to Russia due to funding restrictions or other concerns.
\nRLASP also provides numerous opportunities for students to engage with Russian culture outside of the classroom.\u00a0 Key components of the cultural program include:<\/p>\n

The academic and cultural components combine to give students all of the tools necessary to make huge gains in both Russian language and understanding of Russian culture.\u00a0 Upon successful completion of the program students receive university credit from Bryn Mawr College.\u00a0 In addition to Russian language, students also receive Bryn Mawr credit in either history or political science.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Interested in a career in Diplomacy? Now is a great time to learn Russian language. RLASP has options at 4 different university settings, can be done undergrad or grad, and fully immerses you in Russian language and culture making it this week’s cool program: The Advanced Russian Language and Area Studies Program (RLASP) is for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_ppma_block_editor_authors":""},"categories":[478],"tags":[560,483,367],"ppma_author":[691],"class_list":["post-9267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cool-programs","tag-american-council","tag-cool-program-of-the-week","tag-russia","author-mark-shay"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t