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DESCRIPTION:One of the longest-running and most respected Russian language and cultural immersion programs\, RLASP combines intensive classroom instruction with a wide range of extracurricular activities\, including volunteer opportunities and community service\, regional field studies\, conversation partners\, and discussion groups with local students.\n\n\n\nRLASP serves both graduate and undergraduate students as well as working professionals. The academic year\, semester\, and summer programs provide approximately 20 hours per week of in-class instruction in Russian grammar\, phonetics\, conversation\, and cultural studies. Program features include homestays\, weekly excursions\, travel to other regions outside the host city\, conversation partners\, and a wide range of opportunities to pursue volunteering opportunities\, hobbies\, and personal interests in a Russian-language context. Credit for area studies coursework is offered in such subjects as literature and history\, political science\, and contemporary society. All courses are taught in Russian by expert faculty with experience teaching foreign students.\n\n\n\nProgram Focus\n\n\n\nIntensive Russian language study and cultural immersion\; area studies\n\n\n\nLanguage of Instruction\n\n\n\nRussian\n\n\n\nProgram Eligibility\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n\n	At least two semesters of college-level Russian language instruction or the equivalent\n\n	\n\n	\n\n	Minimum GPA of 2.7\n\n	\n\n	\n\n	Applicants must be at least 18 years old by the application deadline\n\n	\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram Locations\n\n\n\nAlmaty (Kazakhstan)\n\n\n\nYerevan (Armenia)\n\n\n\nMoscow\, St. Petersburg\, Vladimir (all programs in Russia temporarily suspended)
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SUMMARY:American Councils\: Advanced Russian Language and Area Studies Program (RLASP) Spring Deadline
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