{"id":65978,"date":"2015-04-28T09:01:52","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T13:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=65978"},"modified":"2019-07-05T10:19:13","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T14:19:13","slug":"free-summer-program-to-learn-russian-language-offered-to-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/free-summer-program-to-learn-russian-language-offered-to-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Summer Program to Learn Russian Language Offered to Community"},"content":{"rendered":"
An intensive three-week program to teach Russian language and culture to Central Florida residents will be offered free this summer at Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½. The goal of the July 6-25 program is to teach anyone in the community to the level of making a successful business trip to Russia.<\/p>\n
The federal STARTALK Program is the result of an $89,000 grant secured by Alla Kourova, a Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ assistant professor of Russian, and is available to anyone at least 15 years old. The program, sponsored by The National Security Language Initiative and U.S. Department of Defense, was established to expand and improve the teaching of strategically important world languages that are not widely taught in the U.S.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is very important because many students have never left Florida, and they need to learn another culture,\u201d Kourova said.<\/p>\n
The morning language sessions will be held from 9 a.m. to noon, followed by lunch provided by Lacomka, a Russian bakery and deli in Winter Park, and Russian cultural activities from 1 to 3 p.m.<\/p>\n
The course will be in the Modern Languages and Literature Department of the College of Arts & Humanities with the support of the Russian-American Community Center in Orlando.<\/p>\n