RELO Russia

📅 Save the date: April 8, 15:00 MSK

Meet James Fester, author of The National Park Classroom, and discover how to bring the power of national parks into your learning environment 🌲📚
See how these methods can help you design engaging lessons and projects in math, science, language arts, and beyond!
Don’t miss this opportunity to reimagine your classroom with inspiration from the U.S. national parks 🌄

Register here: https://iste.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Rf0sn4AvSXy7dO9lxBvXxQ#/registration

Join English Language Specialist Donita Grissom on March 30 at 12:00 or 18:00 MSK for her next session in this course designed to help you energize your classroom and strengthen student engagement. Discover practical, research-based strategies to create safe, motivating, and supportive learning environments!

Learn more and register: https://amc.timepad.ru/event/3791640/ 

Molodets invites you to a special online event for English superheroes!
Ready to unlock your English superpowers? Whether you’re a teacher or learner, join the global Molodets community for a fun, interactive session full of games, connection, and real English practice.

What to expect: a special announcement, interactive games, fresh “teaching superpower” ideas, and global networking and conversation.
The event is FREE, but registration is required.

Choose the time and register: 

Session 1: Wednesday, April 16 — 12:00 VLAT
Session 2: Wednesday, April 16 — 17:30 MSK

🌟 Keep your English growing — just like your teaching. 🌟

The Advanced English for English Teachers course is designed for educators who want to maintain, strengthen, and expand their English through meaningful, practical practice.  Build confidence using English in the classroom, refine your professional language, and connect with a community of teachers who care about growth as much as you do.
A supportive space to learn, share, and keep moving forward — together. 🤝📚

📅 March 26 🕐 13:00 MSK | Online via Zoom

👉 Full schedule and registration details: https://amc.timepad.ru/event/3791619/

✨ Save the date and join Donita on March 30! ✨

Join English Language Specialist Donita Grissom for her next session in this series designed to help you energize your classroom and strengthen student engagement. Discover practical, research-based strategies to create safe, motivating, and supportive learning environments!

🗓 March 30 🕛 12:00 or 18:00 MSK 📍 Online (Zoom) 👥 For K–12 & university English teachers

Learn more and register: https://amc.timepad.ru/event/3791640/ 

Teacher2Teacher Series: Frameworks for Teaching English

Join Marie and the American Center in Moscow for a FREE online professional development series exploring practical frameworks that support effective English teaching.

This series is for teachers of teens, adults, mixed-level classes, and academic English. Learn about modern teaching approaches that save time in lesson planning and support student learning.

📅 Biweekly Thursdays 🕔 17:00 MSK 💻 Zoom

👉 View the full schedule & register here: https://amc.timepad.ru/event/3791542/

🌍 Last Days to Apply! Deadline: March 22

Apply for the U.S.–Russia English Language Exchange (ELEX) Program!
Join a fully funded U.S. exchange program designed to expand your professional impact and global network!

🔗 www.elexprogram.org 

🔥 Attend ISTELive 2026 in Orlando (June 28–July 1)
🤝 Connect with American educators
🏫 Visit leading U.S. universities
🇺🇸 Explore Washington, D.C. during the U.S. 250th Anniversary celebrations
📌 For English teachers in Russia with leadership experience

🔗 Apply now: https://webportalapp.com/sp/login/elex2026

🇺🇸🌽 Culture Share Saturday: Iowa 

This week we’re exploring Iowa — a state known for literature, friendliness, and road travel culture. Iowa is home to Iowa City, part of the UNESCO Cities of Literature network, celebrating books, writing, and literary festivals.

People here are often described as “Iowa nice” — friendly, polite, and indirect (for example, saying, “I might be wrong, but…”). Because the U.S. is so large, semi-trucks transport goods across long distances, and Iowa is known for its major truck stops serving travelers.

💬 Discussion ideas:
• What other facts can you find about Iowa? How is it similar or different from the place where you live?
• Is there a region in Russia known for being especially polite?

📝 Classroom Activity Idea:
Ask students to create a short “Welcome to Iowa” presentation or travel brochure highlighting literature, local culture, and road travel. They can compare it with their home region or another region in Russia.

🎉 Forum Friday!

Have you checked out the latest issue of the English Teaching Forum (Vol. 63, No. 3)?

This issue is packed with fresh ideas, adaptable strategies, and insights to support both you and your learners.
Whether you teach K–12, university, ESP, or EAP, you’ll find ready-to-use techniques and inspiration.

🔗 Explore the journal here: https://bit.ly/ETForum-63-3

🌟 Last call! Course for English Language Learners with AMC🌟

Join an English course made for elementary level adult learners (level A2/B1). Share this announcement with your community!

🗣 Practice speaking English 📘 Learn useful everyday words 💬 Feel more confident using English in daily life. Learn with teachers from the United States.

🕒 Class schedule (MSK):
• Group 1: Mon & Wed, 10:30–12:00
• Group 2: Mon & Wed, 12:15–13:45
• Group 3: Mon & Wed, 17:00–18:30
• Group 4: Mon & Wed, 18:30–20:00

👉 View the full schedule & register here: https://amc.timepad.ru/event/3809672/

✨ Save the date and join Donita on March 9! ✨

Join English Language Specialist Donita Grissom for our next session in this dynamic series designed to help you energize your classroom and strengthen student engagement. Discover practical, research-based strategies to create safe, motivating, and supportive learning environments!

🗓 March 9 🕛 12:00 or 18:00 MSK 📍 Online (Zoom) 👥 For K–12 & university English teachers (ESP/EAP welcome)

✨ Because motivated students create powerful learning—and empowered teachers make it happen.

🗣️ Teaching Tip Tuesday: The English Stress System

Feeling stressed about teaching stress? Don’t worry — this is the good kind of stress. 😄

Here’s a quick refresher for the classroom:
🔹 Word Stress – One syllable takes prominence: REcord vs. reCORD.
🔹 Sentence Stress – Content words carry meaning: “I NEED to CALL my FRIEND.”
🔹 Contrastive Stress – Shifting stress changes focus: “I said HE stole the money.”
🔹 Rhythm & Timing – English is stress-timed: “I WANT to GO to the STORE.” (regular beats on stressed syllables)

👏 Try marking stress in dialogues or having students tap the rhythm to build awareness.

📚FREE Resources for English Teachers

Looking for fresh classroom ideas? Explore Libby App and dive into thousands of eBooks and audiobooks from the American Spaces Library collection!
From engaging short stories to lesson-ready nonfiction, these materials can spark creativity and help your students enjoy English in new ways.

👉 Visit: https://libbyapp.com/library/amspaces

🌍 U.S.–Russia English Language Exchange (ELEX) Program 2026 is here!

Calling English Teachers in Russia!

This is your opportunity to join a fully funded U.S. exchange program designed to expand your professional impact and global network!

🔗 www.elexprogram.org

Join the U.S.–Russia English Language Exchange (ELEX) Program 2026 and:
🔥 Attend ISTELive 2026 in Orlando (June 28–July 1)
🤝 Connect with American educators
🏫 Visit leading U.S. universities
🇺🇸 Explore Washington, D.C. during the U.S. 250th Anniversary celebrations

📌 For English teachers in Russia with leadership experience
⏳ Apply by March 22, 23:59 (Moscow Time)
🔗 Apply now: https://webportalapp.com/sp/login/elex2026

Lead. Connect. Inspire. 🌎

🇺🇸✨ Culture Share Saturday: Discover Michigan! ✨🇺🇸

📅 Did you know? Michigan became the 26th state in the United States on January 26, 1837. Its nickname is “The Wolverine State” 🐾 — even though wolverines are rarely found there today!

🌊 Geography fun fact: A peninsula is land almost surrounded by water but connected to the mainland. Thanks to the Great Lakes, Michigan has two peninsulas! The Lower Peninsula is famously shaped like a left mitten 🧤.

📬 One of a kind: Michigan is home to the only floating post office in the world 🚤📦. Mail is delivered by boat across the Great Lakes to island communities.

🚗 Motor City: Detroit earned the nickname “Motor City” because it became the center of the U.S. automobile industry, home to companies like Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler.

🤔 Classroom Discussion
• Does your region have a fun or interesting nickname?
• What’s a famous industry or product from your hometown or country?
• Do you know of any other geographical features that are shaped like another object?

🎉 Friday Fun: Idiom Spotlight — “Break the Ice” 🧊

Sometimes it can be hard to get a conversation started — in class, at a meeting, or before giving a speech. That’s when we break the ice!

👉 To break the ice means to say or do something that helps people relax and start interacting.

🎤 Speaking tip: When giving a speech, try breaking the ice by asking the audience a quick show-of-hands question or sharing a short, relatable moment. It helps create a connection right away.

🎓 Webinar: Connecting Students and Classrooms Globally — Organizing and Running Virtual Global Exchanges

🗓 Feb 24 (Tue) | 17:00 (CET) / 19:00 MSK

How can schools create meaningful cross-cultural collaboration online — beyond “one-off calls”?

This session is a practical deep dive into designing and running virtual global exchanges: structured online learning experiences where students work with peers in other countries. We’ll focus on the organizer’s toolkit — formats that drive real engagement, routines that keep collaboration productive across time zones, and steps that help make exchanges safe and manageable in real classroom conditions.

During the webinar, we’ll also invite you to the Pro2Pro learning platform for continued peer learning, experience exchange, and networking.

🎤 Speaker: Dr. Judithanne McLauchlan, Associate Professor of Political Science and Founding Director of the Center for Civic Engagement at University of South Florida St. Petersburg.

👉 Register: https://luma.com/h3mcpk5t 

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