Seeking partners for study-in-Russia program
Bryon
bryon at ONLINE.RU
Fri Feb 20 09:51:48 UTC 2004
The magazine has been published here for a bunch of years now (www.cosmopolitan.ru). Only the title is in English. Most Russians would be familiar with it.
The original message is seeking partners. I would suspect that the name of a joint program would be open to discussion. Besides, the word "cosmopolitan" carries other, more widely shared, connotations. It kind of works, in Russian, even if it comes across as a little Soviet. The school would ostensibly draw students from throughout the world. To that end, I'm not sure that marketing for the politically correct in America is the way to go.
Bryon MacWilliams
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From: Leonard J Stanton
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Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 6:13 AM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Seeking partners for study-in-Russia program
natasha!
i am director of a russian program at louisiana state university, in baton
rouge.
i would have a very difficult time persuading the parents of any of my
students to support them in attending a russian-language program called
"cosmopolitan." that is the title of an american journal that exploits
young women ("cosmogirls"), and is splosh da riadom poshlost. thus, the
name of your program sounds silly, not serious.
i think many of my colleagues around the country would agree.
i do have students who have mentioned a desire to study in siberia. come up
with another name for your program. try again.
best wishes,
lenny stanton
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Dear Colleagues,
Our language school located in Novosibirsk, Russia, is seeking partners
outside of Russia who would be interested in developing a
study-Russian-in-Russia program. If your institution/organization is
involved in the Russian studies program and is willing to establish a
partnership with a Russian school to be able to send students to study in
Russia or if you know of any institution/organization willing to do so,
please let us know.
Our school offers high quality Russian language and cultural study
programs, provides volunteer opportunities, runs summer schools and winter
camps for children and teenagers, organizes tourist programs. We are
dedicated to providing everyone with the best program options possible.
I would appreciate hearing from you and remain hopeful that we could
establish a worthwhile co-operation.
Regards,
Natasha Bodrova,
Director of International Language School "Cosmopolitan",
Novosibirsk, Russia
cosmopolitan at online.nsk.su
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