Post-Diploma Training Program
"Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language"

For Whom?
The program was designed for Russian and foreign postgraduates.

When? 
Admission to the program is carried out twice a year:
- from June to August (classes are held from October to March inclusive);
- from November to December (classes are held from February to June inclusive).

Period of Study
5 months.

Course Outline
The course is a balanced combination of lectures on the specialty and methodological seminars, as well as teaching practice in international students groups.

The program includes the following aspects: 

Contemporary Russian Language:

- aspects of phonetics;
- phonemic and phonetic transcriptions;
- the phonemic system of the contemporary Russian language;
- phoneme alternation;
- a syllable and syllabic division;
- word stress;
- intonation;
- orthoepy;
- graphics and spelling.

Linguistic Bases of Description of RFL:

- Russian as one of the world languages and oral activity in Russian;
- specificity of the discipline "Russian as a Foreign Language";
- Russian as a foreign language, Russian civilization, and language comparison in learning.

Methods of Teaching RFL:

- theoretical bases of the methods of teaching Russian as a foreign language;
- the main options and profiles of teaching Russian as a foreign language;
- teaching aspects of the language;
- the process of teaching Russian as a foreign language.

Linguo-Cultural Studies:

- linguo-cultural studies, their object, and subject of study;
- national and cultural language semantics of the language;
- nationally- and culturally-based knowledge and perceptions, and their role in communication;
- country studies through a language as a linguistic and methodological discipline, its subject, and objectives;
- national and cultural aspects of communication;
- the problem of building a culturological competence in a foreign student.

Specialized Seminar "The Basic Course of Russian as a Foreign Language":

- description of the basic course;
- teaching phonetics;
- teaching grammar;
- teaching vocabulary;
- teaching oral communication;
- teaching reading; - teaching writing and written communication.

Specialized Course "Linguo-Didactic Problems of Testing":

- the history of the creation of the Russian state testing system;
- the typology of tests;
- the concept of a communicative competence;
- the main parameters of the language test;
- types of assignments used in test assignments;
- reading as a language activity;
- listening as a language activity and object of testing;
- speaking as a language activity and object of testing;
- writing as a language activity and object of testing;
- a subtext «Vocabulary. Grammar».

Specialized Course "The Grammar Aspect in the Course of RFL":

- the place of grammar in the course of RFL;
- a functional approach to teaching grammar;
- special characteristics of teaching grammar at different teaching stages. Forms of control;
- grammar and language activities.

Specialized Course "The Role and Place of Listening in Teaching RFL":

- listening as a language activity in the practical course of Russian as a foreign language;
- video- and audio-products and multimedia applications as a material for listening skills development;
- listening skills development at the lessons on the language commonly used in the mass media;
- listening at the lessons on the language for special purposes.

 

Learning Outcome
Upon completion of the course the trainees who have successfully completed the program and passed certification collect the St. Petersburg State University Post-Diploma Training Diploma of the standard established by the state.

Language
Russian.

Course Code
В1.1015*

 

Tuition fee

91 000 ₽. 

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Payment can be made in two steps:
- 50% while entering the program;
- 50% in two months after entering the program.