Let's talk about what studying Russian in college will give students. To learn Russian, you have to spend time. Is this expenditure justified?
3 reasons why students learn Russian:
- They want to get credit for Russian as a foreign language. In the United States, students need to take two languages - American and foreign. Children with Russian roots who are studying the language may ask for credit for Russian as a foreign language. Then the applicant's scores will increase when applying to some colleges.
- Strive to learn their mother tongue. Strive to learn their native language
- They study Russian as a foreign language to understand the culture of the country. And some students study Russian because they are interested in the country itself, its culture, values and famous personalities.
According to Florida State University, students who have studied Russian have more career opportunities.
They're working:
- engineers at the Johnson Space Center. Johnson Space Center
- internationally
- in the Peace Corps
- in leading audit firms in Russia and the USA
- in large and law firms
- in Russian, European and American press services
- at the State Department
- at the U.S. Department of Commerce
- by English teachers in Russian schools
- in such NGOs as the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the National Foreign Language Center, the U.S.-Russian Business Council, and the American Council for International Research and Exchanges (AYREX) both in the U.S. and in Russia.
If you doubt whether your child needs to learn Russian, isn't the answer obvious?
You can learn Russian at Palme School.
