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American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS is pleased to announce fellowship opportunities for U.S. graduate and undergraduate students to participate in the Spring 2010 Advanced Russian Language & Area Studies Program (RLASP) in Vladimir, Moscow, or St. Petersburg, Russia.

Applications for the Spring 2010 program are due October 1st, 2009.
Applications are now available for download from the American Councils website: http://www.actr.org/programList.php

Programs provide approximately twenty hours per week of in-class instruction in Russian grammar, phonetics, conversation, and cultural studies at Moscow International University and at the Russian State Pedagogical University (Gertsen Institute) in St. Petersburg. The KORA Center for Russian Language hosts the Vladimir program. Participants receive graduate- or undergraduate-level academic credit through Bryn Mawr College.

During the semester, students may take advantage of volunteer opportunities or internship placements at sites including local public schools, charity organizations, international businesses, non-profit organizations, and international NGOs. Students are also offered the chance to meet for two hours per week with peer tutors recruited from their host universities.

The Advanced Russian Language and Area Studies Program is also offered for the Fall, Summer or Academic Year. Specialized programs are also available for Heritage Speakers of Russian and participants interested in studying Business Russian. Please contact the Outbound Office for more details.

Application Deadlines
Fall/Academic Year Program: April 1
Summer Program: March 1
Spring Semester: October 1

For more information and an application, please contact:
Russian & Eurasian Outbound Programs
American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS
1776 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 833-7522
Email: outbound@americancouncils.org
Website: www.acrussiaabroad.org

Ericson, B. [FLTEACH] Oct 1 Deadline Reminder: Fellowships for Russian Language Study. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv (FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU, 11 Sep 2009).
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