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Dear Colleagues,
I am writing to bring to your
attention and with a request to forward to
your colleagues, the members of
your Institution, teachers, students and
people who might be interested,
information on the 'LINKING THE PLANET'
International Summer Language School,
which is the educational
not-for-profit multi-cultural program our
International Language School
Cosmopolitan runs in a picturesque wooded area
outside of the city of
Novosibirsk, Siberia, Russia, with participation of
volunteer teachers and
international students from around the
globe.
For the past few years volunteer teachers from Argentina,
Australia,
Austria, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great
Britain,
Holland, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Malaysia, Singapore, the United
States of
America, as well as university students and school children from
the USA,
Great Britain and Germany have participated in our summer language
school
programs, and would be willing to share their good experiences and
memories.
Thecis themed
"LINKING THE
PLANET" and will take place in four two-week
sessions during
the SUMMER of 2003.
The program is aimed at creating opportunities in a
diverse multicultural
environment and a supportive atmosphere to improve
foreign language
knowledge, to draw attention to major issues that have
global importance and
affect the world, to explore commonalities and
appreciate differences, to
promote cultural awareness and peace, and build
common understanding and
trust.
ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, RUSSIAN, and
other languages classes, as well as
computers, drama and arts, are scheduled
within the educational program of
the Summer Language School. The cultural
program integrates language
education into exciting daily activities which
besides daily language
classes, also include arts and crafts projects,
creative hands-on workshops,
music and drama, games and contests, art and
drawing, inventive engaging
performances and shows, sports and interactive
projects with the use of the
Internet technologies.
The major benefits
of the program are the excellent opportunity to
communicate with colleagues
and students from all over the world, share with
them your knowledge, culture
and experiences, and make a valuable personal
contribution to the world peace
movement, and a great chance to learn the
Russian language and get a
first-hand experience of the Russian culture and
society. The RUSSIAN COURSE
and an exciting cultural and excursion program
are provided for all
international participants covering language studies as
well as Russian
culture, history and society.
We seek participation from as wide a
geographic distribution of cultures and
nations as possible. We are looking
for VOLUNTEER TEACHERS for the
International Summer Language School (TEACHERS
of English, French, German
and other languages and subjects levels elementary
school through
University, SPECIALISTS in other fields such as computing,
business,
journalism, music, arts, drama, etc., MEDIA and TECHNOLOGY
professionals,
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS) who are energetic, enthusiastic, enjoy
camp experiences
and working with teenagers, possess love for children and
the desire to
share their culture.
We also seek people world-wide
(middle school through university STUDENTS,
and ADULTS) to join the
International Summer Language School as
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS, attend the
language classes (Russian, English,
German, French) and participate fully in
all the activities within the
cultural and social program, gain in-depth
understanding of cultural and
international issues and bring a new depth of
appreciation and knowledge
home to their friends and
communities.
VOLUNTEER TEACHERS' and INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS'
RESPONSIBILITES:
- Roundtrip airfare to Novosibirsk.
- Obtaining the
Russian visa and visa fees.
- Participation fee, which covers accommodation,
meals, local
transportation, etc.
For further details on the program
please email us at:
cosmopolitan@online.nsk.su
We
encourage you to contribute to investing in a vision of a better world
by
joining people around the globe willing to support ongoing peace
through
these worthwhile efforts.
We will very much appreciate it if
you could forward the information on our
International Summer Language School
in Siberia to people who might be
interested, and also include it in your
newsletters/listings/web site.
I look forward to hearing from you and
remain hopeful that we could
establish a worthwhile
co-operation.
Regards,
Natasha Bodrova,
Director of
International Language School 'Cosmopolitan',
Novosibirsk, Russia
cosmopolitan@online.nsk.su
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