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We welcome all our Graduates to take part in our contest!

The prize is Tuition for free in Summer 2014!

The relay of the Olympic Flame is a large sports related celebration, which precedes the Winter Olympic Games 2014. Thousands of torchbearers over the course of several months carry the Olympic Flame across the territory of Russia, the host country of the future Games, symbolizing the approaching Olympics.

Karelia is a well-known sports region, the main specialization of which is winter sports. During Soviet times, Karelian Sortavala made "Karelia" skis known to the whole country. Famous skier Larisa Lazutina and Evgenya Medvedeva were born in Karelia.

 So, tomorrow our town meets the Olympic Flame!!! Our citizens and guests of the town are invited to the festival! It will be held on Kirov square! start at 18:00!

The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially the XXII Olympic Winter Games, or the 22nd Winter Olympics, are scheduled to take place 7 to 23 February 2014, in Sochi,[2] Russia, with some events held in the resort town of Krasnaya Polyana. Ninety-eight events in fifteen winter sports will be held. Both the Olympics and 2014 Winter Paralympics are being organized by the Sochi Organizing Committee (SOC).

 

 

Hi everybody! The sun is shining in Petrozavodsk, but it’s really frosty today +4! Only one student, Emma from UK, continue studying Russian language in our school! She has improved Russian very much! We cannot allow her to be bored. She spends her free time taking part in different events, where she tells Russian people about UK, about the culture of UK, they watch movies!!  

 You can also come to our Russian language school. We offer various programs. You can choose individual or group tuition. For organized groups (from 2 people) we offer special prices! Find your perfect course here.
You can spend here 2 weeks (language course in a mini-group + homestay with breakfast) for 400 € only!
Come to “Enjoy Russian” and you won’t regret!!!

 

 

 

 

Yesterday our students could see first snowflakes!!! Yep! I’m not kidding! In the end of September! It is unusual even for us! The weather is really poor this year. The summer was only in June (Victor, do you remember our +36C outdoor and lessons in cafes ?! ), July and August were changeable!

But however we had a great season full of interesting meetings, exciting moments and sad partings. More than 100 students came to our school! Hope to improve this number next season)
We are waiting for new and old friends 

Did you know that today it is the European Day of Languages!!! Next few weeks we are going to visit some of our Petrozavodsks’ school s, to present our project “Colorful Europe”. Our international students Emma and Arend are going to amuse kids, to quiz them, to tell some interesting facts about Europe!

 

 

In fact, we are always ready to such projects! If you want to join us (as a creator, participant, volunteer) – we are very welcome!!!!

 

Этим летом в центре "Инициатива" проходил детский лагерь. Иностранные студенты, обучающиеся в центре, принимали участие в различных мероприятиях с детьми. Это был очень полезный опыт как для иностранцев, так и для детей. Ведь и те, и другие получили уникальную возможность пообщаться на иностранном языке. Иностранные ребята смогли попрактиковать свои навыки русского языка, который они изучают в центре, а русские дети разных возрастов (от 7 до 16 лет) смогли собственными глазами увидеть иностранцев и пообщаться с ними на английском.

Первую половину дня русские ребята были заняты уроками английского, на которых так же присутствовали иностранцы, выступающие в качестве волонтеров. Вторая же часть дня представляла собой разнообразную развлекательную программу. Дети рисовали на футболках, ходили на скалодром, рисовали на песке - иными словами, эти дни были невероятно насыщенными и интересными. Что касается детей постарше, старшеклассников, то с ними проводились занятия по профессиональной ориентации. Профессиональные психологи и журналисты приходили для того, чтобы помочь ребятам понять, чего они хотят в жизни.

В общем и целом, время пролетело интересно и с пользой как для иностранцев, так и для русских учеников!!!

 

Last week was the 10th anniversary of Center “Initiative” and celebration party, which was held on this occasion, was just perfect for our staff, students and guest and we thank everybody for coming and participation in games and contests. It was one in a lifetime event and we are glad we could share this moment with such a great number of people who cares about our center and wants to be a part of it.

 

Today, the 13th of September, our students will have a National food party, which turns out to be a Goodbye party for some them=( Students will present some food common for their countries. We will be able to taste national food from all across the Europe – Slovakia, Czech Republic, Austria, Belgium, Italy, etc. We hope this will be an unforgettable experience for students, who leave our country this weekend.  But while some of our students are leaving us, we are waiting for new ones, who will arrive this weekend too. This time our school meets two students, one of them is Thomas from Austria, another – Armin from Estonia. We are looking forward to see you guys!

 

Another event, which we are looking forward to have in the near future, is the European Day of Language, celebrated on 26th of September. During the week of this holiday our foreign volunteers will visit different schools in Petrozavodsk and conduct various entertainment events in English language which will be both, fun and helpful for Petrozavodsk pupils and volunteers.