Телемосты (Telebridges) Russian Conversation Exchange Site

Fall 2021

This open-access conversation exchange site offers topics and conversation tasks for students learning Russian and English. The goal of this pilot project is to support exchanges between students in English-speaking and Russian-speaking countries.  The conversation topics included are aligned with common college-level Russian language curricula, grouped by levels defined by {{% resource_link "7df593e2-151c-4439-adcf-6eedea7e512f" "ACTFL proficiency standards," %}} and utilize {{% resource_link "25432436-4277-452d-9c4f-c1abb82ae1e8" "OPI (Oral Proficiency Interview)" %}} practices. Topics include vocabulary, questions, and interactive activities that can be used in conversations as well as in individual practice. {{% resource_link "c1608dab-0c61-4d52-bfd9-768b2fbbcf34" "Maria Khotimsky" %}} (MIT) initiated this project based on {{% resource_link "20f15b7c-55ef-4d53-a256-ac9686479f18" "conversation exchanges" %}} between SkolTech and MIT students, in collaboration with Dr. Marina Alexandrova (UT Austin) and Irina Kogel (Boston University). The Телемосты website is published under a {{% resource_link "d0af43df-40b2-47e0-bdbe-42be7bc65078" "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-NC-SA) International" %}} license.