20 Participants from Asia and Africa Graduated from the Summer School for Teachers of Russian as a Foreign Language

The International Summer School for teachers of Russian as a foreign language completed its work at INRTU. This year, 20 participants from China, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, and Nigeria came to improve their skills and exchange professional experience. In a month of intensive work, they immersed themselves in modern teaching methodologies and learned about new trends in the Russian language.

At the closing ceremony, Head of the International Affairs Department, Anna Melenteva, addressed the attendees. She congratulated them on the successful completion of the Summer School:

“Over four years, 106 teachers from different countries have undergone advanced training at our International Summer School. We thank you, the teachers, for promoting the Russian language among students in your home countries. We hope that the knowledge you have gained here will help you in your professional activities”.

A certificate of completion of the training at the Summer School was presented to Gombodorj Naranchimeg, a lecturer at the Mongolian National Defense University. She believes that the Russian language is essential for the training of officers who will attend advanced training and professional retraining courses in Russia.

Adeola Oluwafemi, a staff member of the Department of European Studies at the University of Ibadan (Nigeria), is attending the Summer School for the second year running. According to him, each time he learns new techniques and aspects of teaching Russian:

“Two years ago, when I first came here, I not only improved my level of Russian language proficiency but also received many recommendations on teaching methodology. I presented a report on Russian phonetics in a multilingual Nigerian classroom. I want to continue developing my students' communication skills”.

Dagvadorj Tuya, a lecturer at the Center for Continuing Education (Töv Province, Mongolia), also participated in the Summer School. The linguist shared that she followed in the footsteps of her father, one of the first teachers of the Russian language in Mongolia:

“My father loved the Russian language very much and dreamed of visiting Russia.

This inspired me to study the language and pass this knowledge on to the younger generation”.