UrFU Representatives on Their Way to Mongolia to Hold “Cyrillic Fest”

12:47, June 21, 2019

For three weeks they will help students of Ulaanbaatar get acquainted with the Russian language

Yesterday the team of Ural Federal University’s linguists took a train from Ekaterinburg to Ulaanbaatar to hold the language festival “Cyrillic Fest”.

The festival will be held on June 23 – July 13 in three universities: Mongolian State University of Education, Mongolian University of Science and Technology and National University of Mongolia. The main goal of the festival is to help high school and university students become better acquainted with the Russian language and eventually pursue education in Russia.

The immersion into the Russian language will not be based on lectures. Our linguists lean towards the informal, unconstrained methods of teaching: through singing, dancing, trivia games, theatrical and sporting events, etc. According to the team leader, Prof. Olga Mikhailova, all of the above-mentioned will help students immerse in the language environment to the fullest.

‘We invite everyone who wants to learn Russian to our festival,’ Olga Mikhailova says, addressing all the Mongolian high school and university students. ‘We welcome both those who took part in our Russian language distance learning program and those who just learned about the festival. We will be glad to see everyone! There is a fascinating program planned. I’m sure that everyone who will spend these three weeks with us will remember it for many years to come!’

The “Cyrillic Fest” festival is organized by Ural Federal University and the Sverdlovsk Regional Fund for the Support of Youth Initiatives, which received a grant intended specifically for this purpose by the Presidential Grant Fund. Well-known UrFU alumni, currently living and working and Mongolia, such as Zandaakhüügiin Enkhbold, Head of the Mongolian President's Administration, have supported the project as well. UrFU Alumni Association is contributing to the festival’s organization meaningfully.

In order to take part in the festival, contact one of the universities where the “Cyrillic Fest” is to be held or directly Olga Mikhailovna (krolishna@gmail.com).