Program Description

USNA SUMMER STUDY IN RUSSIA

Intensive language instruction, five hours per day, Monday-Thursday with cultural excursions on Friday. The Russian LSAP program takes place in Vladimir, 115 miles northeast of Moscow. It is a 4-week program held at the accredited KORA Language Institute. The program is managed by ACTR, the foremost exchange program with Russia. Classes meet 5 hours a day and are held exclusively in Russian. In addition, there are weekly seminars on elective topics (such as news media, literature, folklore) that the students may pick from.

While in Russia midshipman live with host families and interact in Russian all the time they are there. The program includes a peer-tutoring program, whereby midshipmen are each assigned a college student who will help them improve their spoken Russian outside the classroom.

The group makes cultural trips around Vladimir and the medieval town of Suzdal. Mids can also arrange optional trips to Moscow or Saint Petersburg.