Tag "ideas & experience" – News

Adila Ulfia Maula Tontowi is a third-year student of the Bachelor’s in Foreign Languages and Intercultural Communication. After moving from her hometown in Indonesia to France for a year, she decided to broaden her horizons even further and study at HSE University in Moscow. In this interview, Maula talks about navigating intercultural interactions, how the International Prep Year helped her adapt to life in Russia, and what she’s learned about traditional Russian celebrations like Maslenitsa—which is taking place this week.

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.

The HSE Department of Foreign Languages has hosted a 3-day seminar "Establishing Effective Writing Centers" - an intensive series of workshops and presentations which was held in Moscow on November 30 - December 2, 2015. The seminar was devoted to building strong links between Russian Academic Writing Centres and focused on their ways of their developement. The participants have come from various regions of Russia to attend lectures, seminars, workshops and presentations. The key trainers were an EFL specialist Eve Smith and Professor from Skolkovo Ivan Eubanks.