Alternative Spring Break in Vladimir, Russia (The American Home)

[Johnson, David Matthew]

Dear Russian Language Teachers, Students, and Others Interested in Russia,

The first application deadline for the American Home's March 2015 ALTERNATIVE SPRING BREAK IN RUSSIA is October 25, 2014 (www.serendipity-russia.com<http://www.serendipity-russia.com/>).

“My first time in Russia had more of an impact on me than I could have possibly anticipated...  the thing that probably has affected me most is not Moscow, not Red Square..., but Vladimir and the things I experienced there. I felt more alive there than I have ever felt before.”  (Adam Treml, ASB participant, March 2012)

VLADIMIR:  Help several community organizations, including the Youth Health and Education Center, Karl Liebnicht Orphanage, Russian Orthodox Church, Handicapped Children's Association “Light” and others, while interacting with Russian university students and experiencing the delight and wonder of provincial Russia.

MUROM:  Help university students at the Murom Institute (an affiliate of Vladimir State University) to improve their English language skills; prepare audio and video materials for their English language program.  During the Soviet period Murom was a closed city.  Today it remains isolated from traditional tourist routes.  Foreign language faculty and students are eager for contact with native English speakers.


Links to pictures, participant blogs, and television news reports are below.  They may give you a sense of some of the things that students can do, see, and experience while participating in the Alternative Spring Break program.



Participants do not have to speak Russian to join the program.


If you have questions about any aspect of the American Home's work, please do not hesitate to contact me.

I hope that we will have the privilege to work with you and your students in Vladimir!

Sincerely,

David Johnson
Coordinator, Intensive Russian Program, American Home (Vladimir, Russia), www.serendipity-russia.com<http://www.serendipity-russia.com/>
Lecturer in Russian, Vanderbilt University, david.matthew.johnson at vanderbilt.edu<mailto:david.matthew.johnson at vanderbilt.edu>
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Blog:

http://theamericanhome.blogspot.com/

http://theamericanhome.blogspot.com/2012/05/our-first-alternative-spring-break.html



Pictures:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151290800166290.1073741825.184076861289&type=1

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150585601736290.373606.184076861289&type=1



Russian Television Reports:
http://www.6tv.ru/news/view/17102/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQu_46YZPnw&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4Yx0VcoQ7w&feature=related
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQu_46YZPnw&feature=player_embedded>
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OTHER PROGRAMS AND DEADLINES:
INTENSIVE RUSSIAN PROGRAM – Applications Accepted All Year (www.serendipity-russia.com/studyrussian.html<http://www.serendipity-russia.com/studyrussian.html>)
Program fee:                        one-to-one instruction       group instruction (2-5+ people, 15-35% discount)
Four weeks                                           $3,990                                                   $3,228 - 2,536
Six weeks                                               $5,522                                                   $4,563 - 3,556
Eight weeks                                           $7,053                                                   $5,898 - 4,576
Longer and shorter programs, including semester, summer, and fall, winter, and spring break programs are also possible.

The benefits of the American Home's long-standing Intensive Russian Program are provided to both individual and group participants:
+              experienced faculty specializing in teaching Russian to non-native speakers;
+              program and schedule customized to the needs of each student or group of students;
+              study from one week to one year;
+              individual home-stay with a Russian family;
+              “Russian friend-conversation partner” program;
+              on-site administrative support;
+              well-equipped classrooms in a comfortable, home-like, atmosphere;
+              excursions to UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Vladimir, Suzdal and Bogoliubovo;
+              opportunities to meet and socialize with some of the more than 400 Russians participating in the American Home English Program and others;
+              opportunities to participate in a variety of activities—for example, volunteering at an orphanage

AMERICAN ENGLISH PROGRAM TEACHING POSITIONS – Application Deadline March 1, 2015 (www.serendipity-russia.com/teach.html)
Program Benefits: small stipend, room and board with a Russian family, three hours per week of one-to-one Russian lessons, teacher training and lesson planning assistance, a pleasant, well-equipped, and organized teaching environment.  Teacher obligations: Plan and teach four (possibly five) classes that meet twice a week, hold office hours, present a brief lecture on any aspect of American culture, airfare to Moscow, visa fee, obtain TESOL certification.

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