{"id":104575,"date":"2020-11-13T12:00:49","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T17:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//?p=104575"},"modified":"2025-06-17T16:46:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T20:46:39","slug":"ucf-russian-professor-celebrates-culture-beyond-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//ucf-russian-professor-celebrates-culture-beyond-classroom/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//","title":{"rendered":"Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ Russian Professor Celebrates Culture Beyond Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Associate Professor Alla Kourova was a fifth grader in Moscow when she heard a song that sparked her love for languages /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/u00ad/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/u2013&nbsp;<em>Yesterday</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//em>&nbsp;by the Beatles.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/u201cFrom then I wanted to learn English so I could learn to sing it and play on the piano,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/u201d says Kourova, who grew up in Russia, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Germany and Hungary.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/n<p>Now a speaker of five languages /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/u2014 English, French, German, Russian and Ukrainian /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/u2014 Kourova has been an associate professor of&nbsp;<a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//degree/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//teaching-english-to-speakers-of-other-languages-tesol-ma/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/">Teaching English Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//a>&nbsp;at Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ for 13 years. She also has been teaching&nbsp;<a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//degree/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//russian-studies-minor/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/">Russian</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//a>&nbsp;for the past decade.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/u201cI really love teaching and my students. Teaching is in my blood since my mom was a home economics teacher,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/u201d says Kourova, who received an Excellence in Teaching Award from the Central Association of Russian Teachers of America.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/n<p>As<a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//global.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//resources/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//iew/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/">&nbsp;International Education Week takes place Nov. 16 to 20</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//a>, she reflects on her passion and profession for the past 30 years. While the general focus of Kourova/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/u2019s courses is language, she incorporates culture into her lesson plans because she knows it is essential for retention of the language.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/n<figure id=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/"attachment_115560/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/" style=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/"max-width: 225px;/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/"figure float-left/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/"><noscript><img decoding=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/"async/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/" width=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/"225/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/" height=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/"300/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/"figure-img  img-fluid w-100 wp-image-115560 size-medium/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/" 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class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/"figure-caption/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/">Associate Professor Alla Kourova with a group of Study Abroad students visiting Russia before the pandemic. (Photo courtesy of Alla Kourova)</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/n<p>Like many other teachers this year, she has had to adapt her instruction plan due to the pandemic. While she wasn/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/u2019t able to host her typical summer trip with <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//global.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//programs/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//russian-studies-partnership/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/">Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ Abroad students to Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//a>, she has been working to develop a virtual version of the experience, during which students usually spend mornings learning Russian and afternoons visiting local sites such as Red Square and the emperors/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/u2019 Winter Palace in St. Petersburg.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/n<p>But for the past ten years, Kourova has included digital component in her intermediate courses /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/u2014 long before Zoom became a norm for teaching. Through a connecting classrooms project, these students email and video chat once a month with students in Russia while discussing a given topic, such as their backgrounds or schools. Kourova says interacting with their peers allows her students to learn Russian language and culture better and develop friendships that last long after they/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/u2019ve earned their degrees. And since the pandemic she has been working with Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/u2019s <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//cdl.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/">Center for Distributed Learning</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//a> to redesign and expand the project to include cultural games, interviews and more engaging practices through Zoom.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/u201c[My American students] can see that Russian students are the same. They have the same ambitions in life and interests. People are people everywhere,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/u201d Kourova says.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/n<p>At 10 a.m. on Nov. 20, Kourova open up a connecting classrooms video chatting session about the differences between American and Russian education systems to the <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//ucf.zoom.us/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//j/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//96697989120?pwd=UUx4RzZzd2pHdUZzNFRabjhBVTZOQT09#success/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/">public via Zoom</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//a>. The event is part of <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//global.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//resources/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//iew/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/">Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/u2019s Global week-long programming</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//a>, which will also include a virtual discussion on Nov. 18 with Don Gentile, Workforce Shaping Group chief, on the importance of Russian and four other critical languages in the U.S. intelligence workforce.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/n<p>Kourova will be demonstrating how to make a Russian dish and dessert during a <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//ucf.zoom.us/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//j/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//91585168504?pwd=a1d6L2JLOS93N1dXWjJDRzlob3duQT09#success/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/">Zoom cooking show</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//a>, which she has begun hosting this year for the Russian American Student Association, on Nov. 20 at 3:30 p.m. The student organization is mainly made up of American students who want to learn more about Russia, but also includes international students native to the county. As faculty advisor Kourova, helps members with language-based questions, applying for scholarship and fellowship opportunities, and consults on engagement opportunities.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/u201cDr. K is nice, kind and understanding,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/u201d says Alesia Lokshina, the former RASA president and Russia native and <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//degree/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//biomedical-sciences-bs/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/">biomedical sciences major</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//a>. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/u201cShe cares about all her students and members in the organization. She is strict, but it/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/u2019s because she really cares. She tries to make people do better, so she asks a lot of them./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/n<p>On Monday, Nov.6, Kouvora and RASA will also host a presentation on Russian culture and history through a virtual tour of the country/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/u2019s embassy. <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//ucf.zoom.us/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//j/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//94461265841?pwd=NmhCSDdkR3lTYWNyT3krUTA2QzVjQT09#success/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/">The Zoom event takes place at 5 p.m.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//a> and will include guest speaker Natalia Rydvanov from the Cultural Office of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Washington D.C.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/n<div class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/"embed oembed oembed-video d-flex flex-column align-items-center/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/">/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/n<div class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/"><noscript><iframe title=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/"Get to know the Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ Russian Club/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/" width=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/"500/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/" height=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/"281/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/" src=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//www.youtube.com/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//embed/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//L9psIxf5qq8?feature=oembed/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/" frameborder=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/"0/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/" allow=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/" referrerpolicy=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/"strict-origin-when-cross-origin/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/" allowfullscreen></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//iframe></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//noscript><iframe title=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/"Get to know the Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ Russian Club/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/" width=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/"500/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/" height=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/"281/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/" frameborder=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/"0/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/" allow=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/" referrerpolicy=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/"strict-origin-when-cross-origin/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/" allowfullscreen data-src=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//www.youtube.com/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//embed/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//L9psIxf5qq8?feature=oembed/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/" lazyload/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/"></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//iframe></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//div>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/n</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//div>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/n<p>Kourova, who studied at Moscow State University and was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Montana, understands first-hand the high demands and struggles students may face with studying languages and cultures. While at UM, she learned new research methods that used computer data and published a book on the difference between Russian and American education systems. She also visited Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ for a language conference.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/u201cSince that time it was my dream to live in Florida and teach at Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ because I was impressed by the university, the students and professors I met,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/u201d Kourova says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/u201cI think I/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/u2019m really blessed to have a really great group of people working with me./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/n<p><em>Learn more about how Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ Global is celebrating&nbsp;</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//em><em><a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575//global.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/104575/">International Education 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