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Hybrid STEP<\/span><\/h1>\n

STudent Exchange Program<\/strong><\/h2>\n

in the second language classroom<\/h2>\n

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February 2025 – January 2028<\/p>\n

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Welcome!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Velkommen!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

\u0414\u043e\u0431\u0440\u043e \u043f\u043e\u0436\u0430\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c!<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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About\u00a0STEP<\/span><\/h2>\n

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One of the biggest educational challenges for foreign language instructors today is the lack of spaces for authentic language exchange, where learners can use language spontaneously, with authentic partners, and for authentic purposes. The parameters of authenticity and purposefulness are even more challenged in cases of less commonly taught languages, including Russian. Opportunities for study-abroad and exchange programs with Russia and other Russian-speaking countries have become dramatically reduced, or even eliminated. Such semester-long exchange programs, however, have been essential not only for improving students\u2019 language skills in an authentic environment, but also for developing their global literacies, professional mobility, and sense of purpose in the global community.<\/p>\n

As a replacement for traditional study-abroad programs of language immersion, this project proposes a Hybrid STEP (STudent Exchange Program) in the second language classroom, which combines the components of a long-term virtual exchange and a short-term face-to-face cultural immersion experience. The long-term component includes the creation of an international Russian language learning online community, where students from Norway and the United States engage in regular structured and semi-structured authentic communicative activities in Russian. In this virtual collaboration, American and Norwegian students will use the Russian language to explore each other\u2019s cultures through the prism of learning Russian culture and the way it is represented both in (i) Russian-speaking countries and (ii) Russian-speaking diaspora across the globe.<\/p>\n

Following the Framework of Intercultural Citizenship (Byram, 2008), this project goes beyond a reductionist approach to comparisons of cultures. Instead, it fosters global citizenship by engaging students into long lasting interactions on different meaningful activities and in different authentic environments. Also, through a set of pre- and post-surveys and reflection papers, this project challenges students to reflect on their learning the same language as carriers of two different lingua-cultures, as well as to critically reevaluate their beliefs, values, and sense of responsibility. The combination of long-term exchange and short-term immersion makes language learning the process and product of becoming a global mobile citizen, in a most financially responsible manner and with minimal disruptions to students\u2019 educational paths and lives.<\/p>\n

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STEP steps<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Long-term virtual exchange<\/h4>\n

Creating an international Russian language learning online community, where students from Norway and the USA engage in regular structured and semi-structured authentic communicative activities in Russian\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Online lectures<\/h4>\n

A series of online lectures featuring guest speakers from public-sector organizations and universities in Norway, the USA, China, South Korea, Japan, and Brazil\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Short-term face-to-face cultural immersion<\/h4>\n

Travel
abroad experience, where student participants from Norway and the USA spend ten days in each other\u2019s host countries
for intensive cultural immersion<\/p>\n

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STEP Team<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Svetlana Sokolova<\/h3>\n

Project Lead, Norway<\/p>\n

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Anna Endresen<\/h3>\n

Project member, Norway<\/p>\n

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Olesya Kisselev<\/h3>\n

Project Lead, USA<\/p>\n

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Ekaterina Ausheva<\/h3>\n

Project Assistant, USA<\/p>\n

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Other\u00a0<\/span>Participants<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Tore Nesset<\/h3>\n

Project member, Norway<\/p>\n

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Alena Subzow<\/h3>\n

Project Assistant, Norway<\/p>\n

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Margje Post<\/h3>\n

Project member, Norway<\/p>\n

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Judith E. Kalb<\/h3>\n

Project member, USA<\/p>\n

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Angelina Rubina<\/h3>\n

Project assistant, USA<\/p>\n

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Mark Stenersen<\/a><\/h3>\n

Technical support, Norway<\/p>\n

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Casey Caroll<\/a><\/h3>\n

Technical support, USA<\/p>\n

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STEP Partner Universities<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Our Funding<\/span><\/h2>\n

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