Among several types of Russian-language immersion programs implemented in Daugavpils, Latvia, Learn Russian in the EU offers a short-term Winter Program. This program is targeted at undergraduate students and individual learners.

Our Winter Program helps boost practical communication skills, extend active vocabulary, refine grammar, and discover Russian and Latvian cultural features and traditions.

Learning Russian through immersion includes the following key factors:

• Russian language classes run by experienced native instructors, mostly in Russian;
• conversation practice with native Russian communication tutors;
• homestays with vetted and trained Russian-speaking host families;
• spontaneous informal contacts in various contexts with residents of Daugavpils, a city where Russian is spoken as the primary language everyday communication.

In addition to the opportunities provided by the study program, students engage in communicative practices in various situations. They may participate in direct conversations with locals, they may acquire spoken language nuances just listening to local people around them, students’ participation in social and cultural life broadens awareness of the Russian language, etc.

All this helps students rapidly improve fluency, comprehension, expand active vocabulary, and strengthen active grammar.

Daugavpils is the second largest city in Latvia and the largest Russian-speaking city in the European Union. Daugavpils is a Russian language enclave. Modern standard Russian is the language of daily communication in this city. You may find more about Daugavpils at Daugavpils, Latvia: unique cultural environment for Russian immersions.

Useful information is also available at Russian Host Families, Communication Tutors, and Study in Latvia Visa-Free.