TOMSK, Oct 30 – RIA Tomsk. The Russian language learning center for migrant children start working on the basis of the regional center for the development of education in Tomsk; 50 teachers will conduct classes, 100 children will become the first students, the director of the center for educational development Nadezhda Lyzhina reported RIA Tomsk on Tuesday.
According to her, teachers of the institution, which opened in Tomsk on the basis of the regional center for educational development (Tatarskaya street, 16), will teach migrant children the Russian language as non-native. There was no such institution in the Tomsk region before.
“We work with children who do not speak or have poorly know Russian language, we organize training for them ... Fifty teachers improve their qualifications in programs for teaching children the Russian as non-native. They are trained by teachers of our center, Tomsk universities, and Moscow and St. Petersburg universities”, – Lyzhina reported.
According to her, children are trained in mini-groups of up to eight people and individually with teachers. This school year, 100 children will attend classes. According to preliminary data from the center for the development of education, in the Tomsk region there are more than 500 non-native children (carriers of a foreign language – Ed.) who need Russian language training or additional classes to improve their knowledge.The interlocutor added that the center also implements programs for all members of migrant families. Psychologists, speech pathologists and speech therapists will conduct classes with them.