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Over 40 faculty members and MA students of Department of Foreign Languages got together on the first day of autumn break, October 24th, to take part in the workshop on teaching ESAP (English for Specific Academic Purposes).

A master’s student of the the HSE School of Foreign Languages Ekaterina Borisova took part in Radboud Summer School offered by the Radboud University Nijmegen (Netherlands).

Master’s students of the HSE School of Foreign Languages have attended the HSE Day.

Kate Borthwick, a Senior Enterprise Fellow (technology enhanced learning) within Modern Languages at the University of Southampton, has conducted a two-day workshop which involved practical work and discussion.

Marina Chashko, HSE Master’s program student, - a delegate of the first University Model United Nations in Venice (VeUMUN 2016)

On Tuesday, May 19, 2016 the United States Embassy in Moscow hosted a Young Professionals Roundtable discussion with Assistant Secretary, Victoria Nuland, and Ambassador in the Russian Federation, John F. Tefft. The purpose of the meeting was to gather a distinguished group of young Russian leaders representing a broad array of disciplines to discuss current challenges and opportunities in the U.S.-Russia bilateral relationship.

Five Russian teachers of English, including Aida Rodomanchenko as a representative of HSE, were lucky to have been selected for the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) entitled ‘Understanding America through its Educational System: Practical Applications for Russian EFL’, which was administered by Cultural Vistas and conducted from April 11 to 19, 2016.The program aimed at receiving a holistic view of a broader cross-section of American society, understanding what educational opportunities are available to American students from different backgrounds, learning how the U.S. system of life-long learning works, meeting with American curriculum specialists, high school and university teachers of English, and exploring key elements of America.The journey started on April 10, straight after the TESOL Convention, from exploring New Orleans.

On April 5, 2016, Andy Curtis, the 50th president of TESOL International Association, opened the Convention. His welcoming talk was followed by an opening keynote presentation by Aziz Abu Sarah, the executive director at the Center for World Religions, Diplomacy, and Conflict Resolution. His talk inspired the audience and made every person in the room believe that everything is possible if we step out of our comfort zone, learn about other cultures, overcome stereotypes, introduce experiential education and challenge our students to learn outside the classroom and gain experience as well as knowledge.

The HSE Department of Foreign Languages is going to hold a festival "The Man for All Times",  dedicated to William Shakespeare and the UK-Russia Year of Language and Literature. A series of events including lectures, seminars, workshops, competitions, film discussions and visiting theatre performances will take place. An interactive quest "The Shakespeare Path" is about to be held in April. On February, 11 a distinguished MSU Professor Irina L. Kukuryan delivered a lecture "Who was Mr. Shakespeare?" to the students of "Foreign Languages and Cross-Cultural Communication" undergraduate programme.