Course authors and lecturers

Svetlana Gennadyevna Gladneva

Candidate of Pedagogics, Associate Professor of Pedagogics, Disciplines and Methods of Elementary Level of Education Department of Lev Tolstoy Tula State Pedagogical University, author of over 50 scientific works.

Natalya Alekseevna Tarasova

Departmental assistant of Pedagogics, Disciplines and Methods of Elementary Level of Education Department of Lev Tolstoy Tula State Pedagogical University.

Lyudmila Vladimirovna Khorun

Candidate of Biology, Associate Professor of Pedagogics, Disciplines and Methods of Elementary Level of Education Department of Lev Tolstoy Tula State Pedagogical University, author of scientific works and monographs on adventive flora in Central Russia.

About the course

This course is designed for the younger participants, who study Russian as a foreign language. It will help them learn more about Russian and Russia, where it is widely spoken. We will introduce kids to the main components of the language and tell them about great Russian writers and poets, talk about numbers and geometric figures and discuss the nature of Russia. A curious little fox cub will help us!

Course structure

1. Math around us (10 lectures).

2. Speaking Russian correctly (9 lectures).

3. Russian literature for children.

4. Nature in Russia.

Purpose of the course

Introducing the main components of Russian and basics of literature, math and natural history in Russian.

Required qualifications

This course is designed for children of primary school age, who study Russian as a foreign language.

Course results

Participants will be made familiar with the main components of Russian and rudiments of literature, math and natural history in Russian.