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Russian Folk Industries” is a multi-media, cultural-linguistic learning project about the folk industries of Russia. The majority of craft industries have their roots in centuries-old traditions and are therefore closely woven into the history of our country.

Who is the project for?

This project is for a foreign audience – students, people spending time studying Russian in a Russian-speaking environment and also for a wide circle of people who are interested in art and the cultural traditions of Russia.

Also, the project is created with the help and support of Russianist colleagues (in Russia and abroad) who are trying to draw the attention of their students to Russian culture and history, raise interest in studying this in more depth and show the richness of our cultural heritage.

The level of prior knowledge required

Foreign users should have a knowledge of Russian at least to B1 standard (or similar).

Aims and objectives

  • To acquaint foreign users with Russian folk industries.
  • To present Russian folk industries as part of Russian culture in an accessible and colourful format.
  • To teach perception and understanding through the spoken word in a socio-cultural setting of communication by using materials and texts of a narrative-descriptive nature and with elements of debate.
  • To teach perception through listening and understanding of information contained in the spoken word, to identify themes, basic ideas, gist and additional details of each extract used with sufficient fullness, depth and accuracy.
  • To develop the skills of perception through listening and understanding, for gist, the contents of the audio text in which explicit ways of expressing content are used.

The structure of the themed materials

Student materials
  1. Activities prior to approaching the theme
  2. Activities leading into the theme
  3. A video film
  4. Activities after watching the film
  5. Media materials
Teacher materials
  1. Transcript of the texts used in each film
  2. Recommendations for approaches to the materials and teaching methods.