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English Language Fellows at the meeting in the American Center
Ten EFL specialists completed an orientation program in Moscow on
October 10 in preparation for their assignment to locations in western Russia, the Urals,
Siberia, and the Far East. The specialists – known as English Language Fellows – will
assist Russian university professors, secondary school teachers, and elementary school
teachers to learn American approaches to English language teaching. They will also support
local educational objectives by providing Russian educators with new instructional aids
and materials, helping them to participate in U.S. government-supported educational
programs, and undertaking a variety of special projects, such as textbook writing,
curriculum design, and materials development. Each of the Fellows will divide their time
among universities and other educational institutions in the city in which they are based,
but travel within their oblast and in neighboring oblasts to provide teacher training and
to participate in conferences. The ten Fellows will be located in: Irkutsk, Kaliningrad,
Khabarovsk, Moscow, Novosibirsk, Saratov, St. Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don, Ufa, and
Vladivostok where they will be hosted by local universities or other institutions of
higher education. The English Language Program has been active in Russia since 1993 and is
administered by the American Embassy’s English Language Office.
The Director of the American Center, Marisa Fushile introducing the
Minister Counselor for Public Affairs Laurence D. Wohlers and his Deputy David M. Marks
Bridget F. Gersten, Assistant Cultural Attachй For English Language
Programs (right) and Elena Lubnina, ELO Assistant
By John Harrington, Senior English Language Fellow - Rostov-on-Don
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