Siberian Wonderland Winter Language School

Venue: Novosibirsk, Siberia,(Russia)
Period: Jan. 3-12, 2013

The Educational Centre Cosmopolitan will organize a Winter Language School with an educational multi-cultural program. With this opportunity you will meet the Russian schoolchildren, youth and adults, and volunteer teachers and international students from around the globe.
The programme is unique in bringing volunteer teachers and international students from all over the world to Siberia to live, work and study in a residential setting with Russian students and teachers.
This is an excellent opportunity to learn Russian and get a first-hand experience of the Russian culture and lifestyle, celebrate the coolest festive season in Siberia with lots of exciting events, and experience all the winter fun you have ever dreamed of in ten days.
The program is a great chance for international participants to learn the Russian language and get a first-hand experience of the Russian culture. It provides the unique cultural opportunity of daily interaction with the Russian children, youth and adults. The russian course is organized for overseas students and volunteer teachers and includes language studies as well as learning about the Russian culture, history and society.

The programme is open to schoolchildren, university students and adults of all ages and levels of Russian. No previous knowledge of Russian is required.

PROGRAM FEATURES

- Accommodation and full board (3 meals a day + a snack) in a recreational center facility which provides rooms, classrooms, recreational facilities.

- 5 classes of Russian daily for international students, 3 classes of Russian daily for volunteer teachers, classes are taught by well-educated native speakers trained to teach foreigners.

- Exciting cultural and recreational program: contests and competitions, shows, performances, disco, etc.

- Sports and outdoor winter activities.

- Excursion program: a guided tour of the largest Siberian city of Novosibirsk.

- Transportation from/to the local airport in Novosibirsk.

- Visa support (letter of invitation and registration upon arrival).

The Educational Centre Cosmopolitan are looking for native speakers of English, German, French, Spanish and other languages, who would like to be volunteer teachers of their language and/or volenteer creativity workshop coordinators at our winter language camp. No previous teaching experience is required.
University students are eligible to apply as volunteer teachers/creativity workshop coordinators.
They are looking for people who are energetic, enthusiastic, open-minded, sociable, enjoy camp experiences, are willing to share their knowledge and culture.

They also seek people worldwide who are interested in the Russian language and culture (middle school through university students, and adults) and would like to participate in our Winter Language Camp as international students of the Russian course.

Ms Natalia Bodrova
Programme Director
e-mail: cosmoschool2@mail.ru or cosmoschool2@yandex.ru

Mr Stephen Beet
Volunteer Head of Studies
e-mail: stephenrbeet@gmail.com