ABSTRACT

In this chapter, you will: read an advertisement for a Russian university as well as online reviews made by students and alumni on the quality of education and student life there; watch a commercial for a Russian university; talk about your own university, what you like and don’t like about it; learn to ask and answer questions about your university; write a personal blog post about your university; write a short advertisement for your university website for Russian high school students; create a video blog post about your university and make a TV commercial for your school.

Grammar content: The future tense: using aspect in the future tense; complex sentences: aspect and tense in “when,” “if,” “after,” “before” clauses; the conditional mood: real and unreal conditions; connectors for ordering and adding information.

Cultural notes: Is university in Russia free?