Over the past 4 years, the number of students from Egypt in Russian universities has increased 5 times. In order for Egyptian citizens to study Russian not only in full-time, but also in a user-friendly distance format, the Agency for Professional Independent Expertise in Education launches the project «Information and Educational trajectory "Open Education in Russian"». The initiative, implemented with the support of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, includes a pool of free online courses on the Russian language, intercultural communication, Russian culture and art. Classes will be held during October-November 2022.
The
project's objective is to organize open learning of the Russian language,
intercultural communication and traditional arts and crafts for Egyptian
citizens. The initiative will also promote acquaintance and immersion in
Russian culture and creativity, motivate to study the Russian language and
literature, improve the existing knowledge of the target audience, and will
also contribute to the formation of a positive, deep and versatile image of
Russia in the international arena.
In
total, the initiative includes 20 courses, the topics of which are related to
the Russian language, culture and Russia as a whole. An important
distinguishing feature of the curriculum is the involvement of specialists of
creative professions who will be able to fully demonstrate and share unique
techniques and knowledge that allow them to get acquainted more effectively
with various fields of arts and crafts. In addition, cooperation with leading
experts is intended to form, expand and deepen the knowledge of the project
participants in such areas as the art of artistic expression, business
intercultural communication, the language of scientific research and other
topics significant for the Russian-speaking audience.
"Russian is already
among the top ten most popular languages in the world: it ranks sixth in terms
of the number of people speaking it and has an official status in a number of
major international and regional organizations. Nevertheless, recently the need
to form a positive image of the country in the international arena, strengthen
the position of the Russian language, popularize Russian identity and culture
has been particularly acute. The activities of the project «Information and
educational trajectory "Open Education in Russian"» are intended in
such a way as to approach the solution of these tasks comprehensively: on the
one hand, it is to increase interest in the Russian language among Egyptian
citizens, and on the other hand, to translate the desire to study it into a
practical plane and provide all the necessary tools for this”, comments Irina
Chernyaeva, Director of the Agency.
Detailed
information about the project and the schedule of training events is available
on the website https://apnexpert.ru. You can sign up for Russian as a
foreign language courses at the link: https://openedurus.getcourse.ru/registration.
