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Russian Gap Year

Russian Gap Year Courses to suit YOU! 
Perfect if you want to seriously improve your Russian.

CESA offers "Academic Year" and "Languages for Life" Russian language courses in Moscow and St Petersburg for students who really want to get to grips with their Spanish language skills.  These programmes are perfect if you want to combine your Russian language study with first-hand discovery of the local culture for an extended period, by living and studying in Russia.

Students with beginner to intermediate level Russian, should aim to achieve fluency over several months.  The Programme ensures rapid acquisition and long-term retention of all aspects of language knowledge and is an invaluable way of focusing on your language skills development, with like-minded people.  It provides a solid grounding in core skills and can lead to recognised Russian Language Diplomas (TRKI exams), giving you something concrete to add to your CV, by the end of your course. 

Initially beginners/elementary students will find that the course concentrates on developing and enriching basic spoken language skills.  Continually promoting the use of verbal communication permits students to learn Russian “naturally”, to unite theory and practice and increases your knowledge quickly and with confidence.  Higher level classes will incorporate a greater amount of written language work, thoroughly covering all aspects of the language.

St Petersburg

	"I found the college staff really friendly and learning was the best bit! The college was central, so after school you could go pretty much anywhere -- a museum or a bar, depending on how the lessons had gone! A Year Out course enabled me to combine going to a different country and experiencing a different way of life with actually learning the language and living there. I was not a tourist who 'does' St Petersburg in a day, but a student. You feel as though it's your town towards the end and because you're learning the language, you feel so much more comfortable and welcomed, rather than just imposing on everyone." Kathryn  Russian Academic Year Course, St Petersburg

Moscow

	"In the first month of my gap year, while I was still at home wondering what to do with myself... I got sick of hearing everyone talking about Thailand, Vietnam, Australia and all the other places gappers seems to go to 'get away' from home - the best way of doing so, it seems, is meeting other westerners in these places and recreating their home thousands of miles away.  So, in a fit of pique, I decided I wanted to go to Russia, where, I was assured, nobody would tolerate attempts to make the country more like Britain. I would just have to blend in. So in order to do so, I needed to learn the language. Very few agencies in the UK offer language courses to Russia, for obvious reasons... The gap year experience is one I'll never forget!" James Appell,  Russian Academic Year Course, Moscow

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