YearofRussianLanguageessaycontest
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Shuffelton at AOL.COM
Mon Jun 11 18:53:33 UTC 2007
This is a reminder that the deadline is approaching for the International
Russian Essay Contest sponsored in the United States by the Russian Cultural
Centre of the Russian Embassy in collaboration with American Councils for
International Education. Essays in Russian on the topic "Russian Language and
Culture in My Life" should be received by July 15, either by email or regular
mail to one of the addresses given in the announcement.
Students at any level of Russian, instructors, and other professionals are
encouraged to submit essays. The only restriction is that essayists must be
traditional learners of Russian. Heritage and native speakers of Russian,
Ukrainian, and Belorussian are not eligible for the essay contest.
If you are involved in teaching or administering a summer program, perhaps
your students could write the essays as a performance assessment activity and
submit them to the contest.
The text of the official announcement follows:
THE RUSSIAN CULTURAL CENTRE OF THE RUSSIAN EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON AND
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF RUSSIAN
ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE A SPECIAL ESSAY CONTEST IN THE UNITED STATES
The International Russian Essay Contest is a major international writing
event for students and learners of Russian at all levels, held in conjunction
with the official “Year of the Russian Language” observance around the globe.
Grand prize winners from each participating country will take part in a
celebration in Moscow in the fall of 2007 with travel expenses paid. The contest
will also name twenty finalists who will be invited to a special ceremony in
Washington, hosted by the Russian Ambassador
and ACTR.
In the United States the Embassy of the Russian Federation, in
collaboration with ACTR, will administer the contest on the topic “Russia — its language
and culture in my life.” Russian Ambassador Yury Viktorovich Ushakov will
serve as Chair of the contest, with Vice-Chairs Dr. James H. Billington,
Librarian of Congress, and Dr. Dan E. Davidson, President of American Councils for
International Education, and a group of leading American teachers and
specialists in the Russian field, professional writers, and journalists also serving
on the jury.
Students of Russian at the pre-college, undergraduate, post-graduate, or
professional level are invited to submit essays in Russian of no more than 500
words. Submissions including full contact information(both email and postal
addresses) should be received by July 15, with awards announced after August 15.
Please submit essays by email either to the special box that ACTR has set up
(<russian-essay-2007 at sbcglobal.net>) or directly to the Russian Cultural
Center (<rcc at rccusa.org>). After the deadline has passed the two sets of essays
will be combined for sorting and judging. Essays may also be sent to the
following address:
Russian Cultural Centre
1825 Phelps Place
Washington, DC 20008
contact: Eugene Agoshikov
<agoshkov1975 at yahoo.com
message posted by Jane Shuffelton
President, American Council of Teachers of Russian
_shuffelton at aol.com_ (mailto:shuffelton at aol.com)
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