Student in Russian language class. File photoDUSHANBE, May 21, by Lidia Isamova.North Caucasus Federal University is holding events in Dushanbe to promote the Russian language, which include refresher courses for teachers of Russian studies, educational programs for beginners, a correspondent reports RIA Novosti. One of the courses «Russian as a foreign language» is held on the basis of the Slavic cultural and educational center of Dushanbe for refugee children from Afghanistan, and these classes were organized by the representative office of Rossotrudnichestvo in Tajikistan together with the North Caucasus Federal University at the request of the Afghan diaspora and a public organization » Kamarband var rokh» («Belt and Road»). It is expected that language courses will help teenagers and young people adapt to life and learning in schools and universities in Central Asia. More than 70 Afghans attended language courses in Dushanbe, and people from 8 to 60 years old came to study. Families come to language courses.
MSU rector supported the creation of a Russian language center in Yerevan»The courses are designed to help people adapt, as in the education system in Russian language in schools and universities, and be able to work and communicate in Russian,” said Ivan Ivanov, head of the Rossotrudnichestvo office in Tajikistan. The site of the Slavic Center was held by the Megafon-Tajikistan company, the site's capabilities allow it to hold online events of various formats and for different audiences.
