International Summer School: «Cheboksary – Russian Pearl of »

(Federal State Educational Budget Institution of Higher Professional Education «The Ulianov Chuvash State University» Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic, Moskovski prospect 15 “A”, 105)

June 2015 International Summer School of Chuvash State University «Cheboksary – Russian Pearl of Volga» invites foreign students for participating in the educational programs:

Program 1: « and culture»

Timing: June 15-28, 2015

Languages: English, Russian

Language of tuition: Russian

Total number of ECTS credits: 3 ECTS credits

Intensive course of Russian language (72 hours) – 2 ECTS credits

Participation in excursions and cultural events– 36 hours – 1 ECTS credits

Attainment level: all levels from beginner to advanced

Living and nutritive conditions: double room in university hostel, canteens in university buildings.

Price: 20 000 rubles (the price includes: education, living costs, training material, main part of cultural program)

Extra costs: 200 rubles per day

Train from to Cheboksary: state-room – 3000 rub., economy class –1300 rub.

Date Hours Arrangement

June Arrival to the school, accommodation, organizational meeting. 15

3 Sight-seeing Tour «Chuvash Republic – Cheboksary»

June 6 The Russian alphabet. Sounds and letters. 16

Nouns.

Questions who? what? Personal pronouns.

Possessive pronoun. Question whose?

Situations and themes to discuss: Acquaintance (a speech pattern). About myself.

3 Visit of the Chuvash National

June 6 Construction I have, you have ….

17 Lexical group – family relations.

Verb. Present tense.

Verb questions. Question When?

Lexical group - days of the week, months and seasons.

Situations and themes to discuss: My family. My day.

3 Visit to the Museum of the Civil War Hero V.I. Chapaev.

June 6 The number of nouns. 18 Verb. Past tense.

Adjective.

Lexical group – Colour naming, the adjectives with the meaning of value, quality, etc.

Situations and themes to discuss: In the store (pharmacy).

In a hotel.

Travel.

3 Visit to the Centre of modern art. June 6 Construction: to love, to be able, to want, have to + infinitive. 19 Adverb. Question how?

Question Where? Prepositional case

Lexical group – home, room, interior

Situations and themes to discuss: My room.

Interests.

Hobby.

3 Visit to the Memorial Museum of the Cosmonaut A.G. Nikolaev .

June 6 Prepositional case. Questions about whom? About what? On what? In 20 what?

Lexical groups - vehicles, clothes

Verbs with –“ся” (учить - учиться).

Themes: "In the transport." "Leisure time".

3 Boat trip to the sanatorium "". Tour to Ethnocultural park.

June 6 Accusative (questions what? Whom?) 21 Verbs of motion. Question where?

Lexical group - The city

Lexical groups: At the airport. At the train station. At the theatre.

3 Visit to Chuvash village, the ethnographic museum “Guest house of Ludmila Dankova” (Mariinsko-Posadskii district,v. Togaevo).

June 6 Verb. Future tense.

22 Genitive. The expression of negation and quantity.

Numeral.

Lexical group –parts of human body In the theatre. In the city

Situations and themes to discuss: Studying of foreign languages.

3 Visit to the Chuvash Fine Art Museum.

June 6 Dative. Basic values.

23 Impersonal constructions.

Lexical group – Sport

Situations and themes to discuss: , History, culture, traditions. Moscow-capital of Russia. St-Petersburg.

3 Visit to the Chuvash opera and ballet theatre.

June 6 Types of tense.

24 Construction where? where from?

Lexical group – animals, plants

Situations and themes to discuss: Chuvash Republic. Chebokssary – capital of Chuvashia.

3 Visit of The Holy Trinity Monastery (Cheboksary) The Cathedral of the Transfiguration (Cheboksary)

June 6 Ablative case. Questions with whom? With what? Whom?

25 Complex sentence

Lexical group – food

Situations and themes to discuss: Russian cuisine. Telephone call.

3 Celebration of National holiday – Day og the Chuvash Republic.

June 6 Prepositions, conjunctions, modal particles.

26 Situations and topics to discuss: Russia. History, culture and traditions. Holidays Russia.

3 Visit to Young generation theatre “the Worlds”.

June 6 Repetition.

27 Lexical group – food

Situations and topics to discuss: Russia. History, culture and traditions. Holidays Russia.

3 Farewell dinner in the cafe of the Chuvash national cuisine «Ехрем Хуçа».

June Presentation of the certificates to the participants. Departure.

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Organizer - lecturer at the faculty of Russian language Kozhemjakova Ekaterina Arkadievna

Contact person: Nuzhdaeva Elena Vladimirovna

The International Relations Department

Tel.: +8 (352) 58-49-69

Fax: + 8 (352) 45-82-78

Address:

Russia, 428015 Cheboksary, prospect Moskovskii, 15, «А», 105

E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

Program 2 «Chuvash language and culture»

Timing: June 15-28, 2015

Languages: Chuvash, English, Russian

Language of tuition: Chuvash

Total number of ECTS credits: 3 ECTS credits

Intensive course of (72 hours) – 2 ECTS credits

Participation in excursions and cultural events– 36 hours – 1 ECTS credits

Attainment level: all levels from beginner to advanced

Living and nutritive conditions: double room in university hostel, canteens in university buildings.

Price: 20000 (the price includes: education, living costs, training material, main part of cultural program)

Extra costs:

Nutrition: 200 euro per day

Train from Moscow to Cheboksary: state-room – 3000, economy class – 1300 .

Date Hours Arrangement June 15 Arrival to the school, accommodation, organizational meeting.

Sight-seeing Tour «Chuvash Republic – Cheboksary»

June 16 6 Chuvash alphabet. Vowels and letters. Stress. Basic phonetic laws and rules of reading. Personal and interrogative pronouns. Quantitative and ordinal numbers. Verbs of present tense. Turns of speech etiquette of greeting, farewell, sorry, thanks. Topics and dialogues « Meeting ». About myself. 3 Visit of the Chuvash National Museum June 6 Nouns of Chuvash language. Plural. Forms of ownership. Paired words. Relative words. 17 Questions in Chuvash language. Confirmation and negation. Topics and dialogues «My family», «My address». 3 Visit to the Museum of the Civil War Hero V.I. Chapaev. June 18 6 Verbs of Chuvash language. Verb conjugation. Verbless sentences Simple sentences. Word order. Time. Year, month, days of week, day. Topics and dialogues «My day», «Sport». 3 Visit to the Museum of Modern Art.

June 19 6 Verb tenses. Present tense. Past tense. Future tense. Abstract verbs. Parts of body. Topics and dialogues «Plans for tomorrow», «My holidays». 3 Visit to the Memorial Museum of the Cosmonaut A.G. Nikolaev June 20 6 Cases of Chuvash language. Declension of nouns and personal pronouns. Topics and dialogues «Transport», «At the station», «At the theatre». 3 Boat trip to the sanatorium "Chuvashia". Tour to Ethno cultural park. June 21 6 Adjectives in Chuvash language. Degrees of comparison of adjectives. Color names. Adverb. Human character. Description of man. Topics and dialogues «My friend», «Weather», «Seasons». 3 Visit to Chuvash village, the ethnographic museum “Guest house of Ludmila Dankova” (Mariinsko-Posadskii district,v. Togaevo). June 6 Structure of Chuvash word. The concept of agglutinative and inflected languages. Derivation of verbs and nouns. 22 Food. Vegetables and fruits. Professions. Topics and dialogues «At the shop», «My favorite dish», «On a visit». 3 Visit to Chuvash National Museum of Art.

June 6 Unconjugated forms of verb. Infinitive and verbal participle construction. The use of unconjugated verb forms in phrases and 23 sentences. Chuvash holidays Topics and dialogues «My favorite holiday», «Countryside», «My profession». 3 Visit to the Chuvash opera and ballet theatre. June 6 Verb category. Imperative. Causative verbs. Subjunctive. Topics and dialogues «Chuvash Republic», «Cheboksary – capital 24 of Chuvash Republic», «Places of interest in Cheboksary». 3 Celebration of National holiday – Day of the Chuvash Republic.

June 6 Tools of speech. Unions. Particles. Postpositions. Verbs of motion. Verbs, denoting the beginning and the end of the 25 action. Onomatopoeic word in the Chuvash language Topics and dialogues «In the forest», «My dream», «Excursion through the city». 3 Visit to the Museum of fine Art, Vedenskii cathedral, Visit of The Holy Trinity Monastery (Cheboksary) The Cathedral of the Transfiguration (Cheboksary) June 6 Complex sentences. Offers direct speech. Intonation and punctuation clearance clauses in the complex sentence. 26 Researchers of Chuvash language. State symbols of the Chuvash Republic. Prominent figures of art and literature in Chuvashia. Direct speech.

3 Visit to Young generation theatre “the Worlds”. June 6 Repetition. Familiarity with samples of written text (the invitation, 27 congratulation, ad). Reading excerpts from the poem "Narspi" K.V. Ivanov and "Spiritual Testament to " I.J. Yakovlev 3 Farewell dinner in the cafe of the Chuvash national cuisine «Ехрем Хуçа».

June Presentation of the certificates to the participants. Departure.

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Organizer – Lecturers of Chuvash philology faculty Ivanova Alena Mihailovna, Egorova Anna Semenovna

Contact person: Nuzhdaeva Elena Vladimirovna

The International Relations Department

Tel.: +8 (352) 58-49-69

Fax: + 8 (352) 45-82-78

Address:

Russia, 428015 Cheboksary, prospect Moskovskii, 15, «А», 105

E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

The procedure of applying for participation in the Summer School:

Sending the completed application forms to Chuvash State University→ Receiving an invitation → Procurement of visas → Arrival → Classes

Making an invitation begins only after a receipt of all requested information, and it takes over 3 months.

A student with an invitation and official letter from the University should contact the Russian consulate for visa.

After receiving the visa, you have to inform us about your arrival time in Cheboksary.

Application for participation in the summer school

Necessary documents:

Motivation Letter (in Russian, English or German);

A completed application form(in Russian, English or German);

Resume (in Russian, English or German);

Copies of a passport

Procurement of visa:

To enter Russia you have to get Russian visa. Visa upon arrival at the airport in Russia is impossible. To obtain a visa you should contact the nearest Consulate or Embassy of the Russian Federation in your country.

Documents for visa:

International passport, valid for at least 6 months after the trip.

International passport must have at least one blank page for the visa.

An official invitation issued by the Federal Migration Service of the Russian Federation or one of its affiliates.

To get an official invitation you have to provide your data to The CSU. The International Relations department will submit an application for the issue of a formal invitation to the Federal Migration Service of the Russian Federation. Execution of invitations takes 30 days. The invitation will be sent to you via mail or courier service (due to receipt). After you get visa at one of the offices of the Russian Federation Consulate in your country, please let us know the dates of your arrival to Cheboksary.

Contact person: Nuzhdaeva Elena Vladimirovna

Application dead line – June 01, 2014.

The International Relations Department

Tel.: +8 (352) 58-49-69

Fax: + 8 (352) 45-82-78

Address:

Russia, 428015 Cheboksary, prospect Moskovskii, 15, «А», 105

E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]