CURS Conversational Evenings, weekly

…thanks once again for your help with my (and everyone’s) Russian. It has certainly paid off in my case as my Russian has helped me to find a rather exciting IUCN job as Biodiversity Programme Coordinator for the southern Caucasus.
	Tobias Garstecki

Was the Conversational Evening successful? A quote from Dima Dubovitskij: “The Conversational Evening entertained me, and also energized me for my next business meeting”. As for myself, I learnt several new proverbs during the Evening, and was astonished that I nearly forgot some of the commonly used Russian words. But certainly the most enjoyable part were the jokes that naturally accompanied the narration of Katya and Draga. Those guys who attended the Evening in order to learn and practice the Russian language have quickly realised that CURS is great fun.

(23.10.2008) Siarhei Maslau

Conversational Evenings have proved very popular among the Society’s members learning Russian. Native Russian-speaking volunteers (often Committee members) help intermediate and advanced level learners to improve their Russian in a friendly and informal atmospere. We aim to provide at least one native speaker for three learners. Conversational Evenings are usually held on a weekly basis during term time, and sometimes – depending on demand and availability of helpers – out of term time. Unfortunately, due to the volunteering nature of the Evenings we are unable to provide any formal training in Russian and refer you to one of the other means for learning Russian in Cambridge.

• WHEN: Wednesdays, 8-9pm
• WHERE: Granta Bar, University Centre (ground floor)

Materials from the conversational evening 15 Oct 2008 are available here. More recent ones are also russian_holidays_events, russian-sayings-and-folk-wisdoms and bards_songs.