Critical Language Scholarship Program | Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Program Dates:

June 29 - August 21, 2020

Hosting Institution:

National Research Lobachevsky State University

Program Overview

The CLS Program's Virtual Institute for Russian includes approximately 20 hours of language activities per week:

  • Face-to-face small group class time
  • Individual feedback sessions with instructors
  • Homework assignments that reinforce course materials and concepts
  • Directed independent study
  • Meetings with a language partner for conversation practice
  • Structured cultural activities designed to provide insight into historical and contemporary life in Russia

The CLS Virtual Institute for Russian is hosted by Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, a national research institution which was founded in 1916.