Tatsiana Cherkes, senior teacher of the Department of Language Training of Belarusian and Foreign Citizens of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, shared the experience of teaching Russian as a foreign language for colleagues from Gdansk University

In the framework of the agreement on international cooperation between the Department of Language Training of Belarusian and Foreign Citizens of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno and the Department of Communication Pragmatics and Linguodidactics of the Institute of Russian and Oriental Studies at Gdańsk University, Tatsiana Cherkes completed a two-month internship at Gdansk University.

Tatsiana Cherkes worked in the groups of students of the initial and advanced stages of teaching on the departments of Russian philology and oriental studies at the Polish University, where she shared her experience of teaching the Russian language. She also took part in the scientific and methodological seminar of the Department of Communication Pragmatics and Linguodidactics, perfomede with an analysis of the peculiarities in teaching Russian as a foreign language in Gdańsk and Grodno universities. During the conversation with the staff of the department Tatyana Cherkes told about the possibilities of the courses for teachers named "Innovations in teaching Russian as a foreign language", which for the first time were organized in YKSUG in August 2017.

At the meetings with the students of the University of Gdansk, Tatsiana Cherkes presented the opportunities of the winter and summer schools of the Russian language, initiated and organized by the Department of Language Training of Belarusian and Foreign Citizens for three years, and also answered questions from Polish students.

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The agreement on international cooperation of the Department of Communication Pragmatics and Linguodidactics of the Institute of Russian and Oriental Studies at the University of Gdańsk and the Department of Language Training of Belarusian and Foreign Citizens of the Yanka Kupala State University were signed in 2015. Within the framework of the agreement, the representatives of the departments publish collective monographs and scientific articles. Employees of Gdansk and Grodno universities are taking part in scientific conferences in Belarus and Poland, and students of the Polish University since 2015 actively participate in the Summer School of the Russian Language. During the course of 2017, 6 teachers of the Institute of Russian and Oriental Studies from the University of Gdańsk were trained at the Department of Language Training of Belarusian and Foreign citizens, and four became listeners of the courses "Innovations in Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language."