Linguistics: Russian

Profession

Linguistics is the science of different languages, which has a thousand-year history. The modern world is striving for globalization, and in the context of increasing international contacts, the profession of a linguist is of fundamental importance. The most intensive development of linguistics falls on the XIX-XX centuries. It was during this period that, in addition to the theoretical aspects of linguistics (morphology, syntax, semantics, etc.), its applied branches were actively developing: lexicography (compilation of dictionaries), stylistics, translation studies, linguistic expertise (for example, in judicial practice), etc. In order to explain what a linguist is today, one must combine in one person a specialist in languages, a historian, a sociologist, a psychologist, an anthropologist and an ethnographer. Recently, it is thanks to the broad outlook of linguists that many areas of linguistics have appeared: neurolinguistics, psycholinguistics, cognitive linguistics, etc. With the development of IT, computer linguistics, i.e. machine translation, information retrieval, and computer lexicography is becoming especially popular.

Educational Process

The main contingent is foreign students who decided to master two foreign languages: Russian and English. The program is designed to prepare highly qualified specialists able to engage in pedagogical or scientific activities, act as interpreters or translators.
During the training, students not only learn foreign languages, but also learn a lot of interesting information about the evolution of languages and dialects, gain deep knowledge in the field of speech phenomena, about the relationship and differences of world languages. A language is an interdisciplinary concept, the development of which is based on a system of knowledge, universal competences obtained by students while studying general psychology, pedagogy, linguistics, philosophy, and literary criticism.
All students of the program study 2 foreign languages: Russian and English. Language classes are held in small groups, not only traditional, but also interactive forms of classes are practiced using multimedia and online technologies.
The main disciplines of the program: “The Russian language and culture of speech”, “Modern Russian”, “Methods of linguistic research “, “Ancient languages and cultures “, “Modern linguistic theories”, “Methods of teaching foreign languages”, “Practical course of professional translation”, “Theoretical phonetics of the Russian language”, “Theoretical grammar of the Russian language”, etc.,

Practice

Students practice as translators, teachers of the Russian language in a foreign-language audience, and together with teachers participate in research projects.

Career

Traditionally, professional linguists are engaged in scientific, expert, teaching, translation or consulting activities.
A variety of ways of professional realization open up before graduates — excellent knowledge of one or more foreign languages allows to choose a job according to your interests. It is not necessary to teach foreign languages to others or to write textbooks. You can translate fiction, films, computer games. People who speak foreign languages professionally are also in demand in journalism, publishing, tourism, and marketing. Experts in foreign languages are needed in the field of data processing and analysis, the media, the IT industry, and advertising. They are accepted into the diplomatic service, invited to transnational companies. They have good prospects in freelancing, which is now popular: thanks to the Internet, linguists have been able to offer their services without intermediaries. They can even create and sell their own training courses, printed materials, software.