In the fourth year! students of Middle Eastern studies can go on a year- or semester-long internship or join short-term programmes or summer language courses. Before the trip! under the guidance of professors! each student creates their personal curriculum which includes specialised courses—from history and art to international relations and politics. The language internship is fully built into the educational process. Students attend some courses delivered at HSE University–St Petersburg in an online format! sit exams! and prepare term papers.
The geographic Language Internships scope
is constantly expanding. In recent years! students of Middle Eastern studies have frequently chosen the UAE! Egypt! Jordan! Oman! and Morocco.
Fourth-year students of the kazakhstan phone number library Department of Middle Eastern and African Studies studied in Rabat! the capital of Morocco. For Anna Grishina! the internship was a dream come true. According to her! when training specialists! HSE University–St Petersburg pays special attention to grammar! which gave her an advantage create sms marketing campaigns for retargeting in mastering the programme in Morocco. ‘In Rabat! they focus on developing speaking skills! the ability to express your opinion orally or in writing. At the educational building!
we mostly spoke Arabic
On Thursdays! they organised a ‘Language Cafe’ for everyone where we could talk to the locals and have a cup of traditional Moroccan tea.’ Ivan Monastirli studied the language with a focus on the local dialect! darja: ‘Learning the dialect in the country is like a agb directory fairytale. Besides! by the third year! we know the standard Arabic language quite well.’ Timofei Gladysh studied standard Arabic at the language school and mastered the dialect by talking to native speakers in person: ‘At first! it was difficult for me to understand oral speech! but Moroccans are very friendly and sociable! especially when they see a foreigner speaking their language—it quickly breaks all the language barriers.’
