National Foreign Language Center

10/30/2025

Language learning doesn’t have to be scary! Facing authentic Russian media might sound intimidating — fast speech, unfamiliar headlines, idioms everywhere — but with expert guidance and carefully curated resources, it’s anything but frightful.

Our Advanced Russian Evening Refresher Course helps you strengthen your skills and build confidence in understanding the real Russian world around you.

🗓️ November 4 – December 16 (Live online sessions + independent modules)
🕕 Tuesdays, 6:00–8:30 pm ET
💰 $450
Register: https://quikpayasp.com/umd/commerce_manager/payer.do...
More information: https://nflc.umd.edu/advanced-language-course/rus251104

10/26/2025

What’s happening in Russian media this week? In our Advanced Russian Evening Refresher Course, you’ll explore real news and current events—building fluency and insight through authentic materials.

🗓️ November 4 – December 16 (Live online sessions + independent modules)
🕕 Tuesdays, 6:00–8:30 pm ET
💰 $450
Register: https://quikpayasp.com/umd/commerce_manager/payer.do...
More information: https://nflc.umd.edu/advanced-language-course/rus251104

10/22/2025

💬 What makes our Advanced Russian Evening Refresher Course different? Dynamic online lessons that blend reading, media, and meaningful conversation—designed to help you grow.

🗓️ November 4 – December 16 (Live online sessions + independent modules)
🕕 Tuesdays, 6:00–8:30 pm ET
💰 $450
Register: https://quikpayasp.com/umd/commerce_manager/payer.do...
More information: https://nflc.umd.edu/advanced-language-course/rus251104

10/21/2025

💬 “I very much enjoyed the course, far more than other virtual courses I have been a part of in the past.” Experience a unique kind of virtual learning in our Advanced Russian Evening Refresher Course: interactive, engaging, and grounded in real-world communication.

🗓️ November 4 – December 16 (Live online sessions + independent modules)
🕕 Tuesdays, 6:00–8:30 pm ET
💰 $450
Register: https://quikpayasp.com/umd/commerce_manager/payer.do...
More information: https://nflc.umd.edu/advanced-language-course/rus251104

10/19/2025

Each week in our Advanced Russian Evening Refresher Course, you’ll dive into authentic, up-to-date materials — exploring topics that matter today. "Having up-to-date materials in the curriculum has kept things fresh as well as kept us on the cutting edge of current events and studying relevant materials."

🗓️ November 4 – December 16 (Live online sessions + independent modules)
🕕 Tuesdays, 6:00–8:30 pm ET
💰 $450
Register: https://quikpayasp.com/umd/commerce_manager/payer.do?orderType=NFLC-Language-Courses
For more information or questions: [email protected]

10/16/2025

Why build your Russian through media?
Because real-world communication happens beyond textbooks. In our Advanced Russian Evening Refresher Course, you’ll analyze current news, podcasts, and social content - strengthening your Russian while gaining cultural insight.

🗓️ November 4 – December 16 (Live online sessions + independent modules)
🕕 Tuesdays, 6:00–8:30 pm ET
💰 $450
Register: https://quikpayasp.com/umd/commerce_manager/payer.do?orderType=NFLC-Language-Courses

More information: https://nflc.umd.edu/advanced-language-course/rus251104

10/10/2025

NEW COURSE ALERT!!
Our new Advanced Russian Evening Refresher Course: Media Topics helps intermediate speakers refine their accuracy and fluency, and build confidence through real-world materials and guided discussion.

This 6-week, online course is ideal for professionals and lifelong learners looking to refresh their Russian for real communication on contemporary issues. Build your skills through authentic news, videos, and curated media—all at your target proficiency level.

Course Dates: November 4 – December 16, 2025
Tuesdays, 6:00–8:30 pm EST (online)
Weekly commitment: 5 hours (2.5 live + 2.5 independent)
Tuition: $450
Register: https://quikpayasp.com/umd/commerce_manager/payer.do?orderType=NFLC-Language-Courses

More information: https://nflc.umd.edu/advanced-language-course/rus251104

08/28/2024

Connecting Classrooms: A Community of Practice for Teachers in Russia and the USA is a professional learning program for teachers of English in Russia and teachers of Russian in the USA. It was created by the University of Maryland’s National Foreign Language Center in partnership with the US Embassy in Russia's Regional English Language Office (RELO).

We are currently looking for Russian language teachers residing in the United States interested in participating in our upcoming Community of Practice which will take place from early October to mid-November 2024 or early April to mid-May 2025. If you or a fellow Russian educator you know is interested, please consider applying today: https://learn.nflc.umd.edu/connectingclassrooms

06/05/2023

“Our findings are alarming: we’re losing languages, we’re losing language diversity, and unless we do something, these windows into our collective history will close.”

Thanks to our friends at Language Magazine for the article. Special shout out to Simon Greenhill of University of Auckland - Waipapa Taumata Rau and Hedvig Skirgård of Australian National University for their research.

New research accompanying the launch of a grammar database, has revealed a potential loss of significant, global linguistic diversity. Postdoctoral researcher Hedvig Skirgård and Associate Professor Simon Greenhil from the Australian National University and the University of Auckland respectively, ...

06/01/2023

Check out the National Foreign Language Center in the University of Maryland's BSOS Be the Solution magazine for our Team Project Grand Challenges award led by Miranda Abadir and Matthew Thomann on ATLAS, Africa Through Language and Area Studies.

Be the Solution is the annual magazine produced by the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences at the University of Maryland. Our 2023 issue features news and updates from the college community.

06/01/2023

Shout to Maria Vazquez and Gustavo Balderas, D.Ed. for helping to usher in a new era of bilingual education for our students!

Thanks to Renata Buscher Kaminski at Al dia News Al DÍA News Media for the article!

Read about the efforts being made in Florida and Oregon.