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• Diving into Internationalization: ITMO’s English Upgrade

  The word “robot” was first introduced to the English language in 1921 by the Czech playwright Karel Čapek. His play, Rossum’s Universal Robots (RUR), explored the dark reality of humanity’s future if we build robots to do our bidding. Last Friday’s performance of RUR by ITMO students is one of the many projects and developments advanced by the Foreign Language Training Center, established just over three and half years ago.

  22.05.2018

• Arizona University Expert: Pros and Cons of English as a Global Language

  In our global world, English is being increasingly regarded as an inevitable necessity, the common global language that everyone has to learn. The main problem with that is that native English speakers have an advantage over non-native speakers, and it feels like a new round of colonialism, noted Karen Barto, a teacher of English as a Second Language from the University of Arizona, who came to ITMO University to the More than ESP conference. Ms. Barto also told ITMO.NEWS about why you can’t judge people by how they speak English and why the most important thing is to be open-minded.

  25.04.2018

• More than ESP: Teaching English with Digital and Print Content

  Research shows that the English language education industry continues to grow worldwide, and demand for training will keep growing. Yet today, the usual “teacher – student” process is joined by a third party – digital technologies. Duncan Christelow, business development manager at Cambridge University Press, who came to ITMO University for the second international conference More than ESP: Empowering Students to Progress, explains how the right combination of digital and print content can facilitate effective learning of the English language.

  10.04.2018

• We Are the Champions: ITMO’s English Courses at "Sirius" Center for Talented Children

  The November session at the Sirius educational center for talented children is going full blast. Three weeks every month, its students work on projects and participate in workshops under the supervision of Russia's leading scientists, artists, musicians and experts in other fields. This time ITMO University that already organized one the project sessions for the center, takes up a new role and conducts courses in English.

  21.11.2016