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ISSUES  >  ISSUE 3/2003 N7 (N3-2003) Vivat academia, vivant professores! In September 2003 the Faculty of Foreign Languages at Moscow State University celebrates its 15th anniversary. Happy birthday, dear Faculty! Many happy returns of the day! "Hello-online" is proud to be one of the Faculty's projects! Quiz The Universe of Universities More >> Crossroads of Cultures Language, Culture and Personality Language and man are inseparable. Language does not exist outside man and man as Homo sapiens does not exist outside language. So, man can not be studied outside language and vice versa. More >> Cultural Shock My name is Anna Godina. I’m 26 years old. I’ve experienced cultural shock at least three times in my life. Each time it was different and yet equally painful. More >> English Today: Symphony or Cacophony? My wife and I recently returned to Russia after several months in America. We had been on short trips to the States many times before, but living there was a different linguistic experience. Our stay brought home to us the importance of the form of spoken English, the way in which people actually speak, the sounds produced when speaking. More >> Why Do Boys All Over The World Play Indians? One of the early explorers of the United States has said, that "America is a young country with an old history." Certainly, the earliest and the most thrilling aspect of the American history and culture is Native Americans, or Indians. I was fascinated since early childhood by these cultures and peoples, and invented Indian names for myself, and became part of what seems to be the general disease; for hadn't Albert Einstein once wondered: "Why is it that the boys all over the world play Indians?" More >> Dr Zhivago – The North America View of Russia Many North Americans know of Russia from one film: Dr Zhivago. The book, written by the famous Russian poet and author, Boris Pasternak, was made into a movie in 1965 by the director/producer David Lean. It starred Omar Sharif as Zhivago, Julie Christie as Lara, his love and mistress, and Geraldine Chaplin (daughter of Charlie Chaplin) as Zhivago's wife. Pasternak received a Nobel Prize for the book in 1958, but before glasnost he could not accept it. He died in 1960, and his son accepted the award in 1989. More >> Russian Orthodox (Pravoslavny) Calendar September More >> Mid-Autumn Festival in China The festival originated in the imperial moon-worshipping ceremonies held when the moon was at its fullest on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month. Later on moon-worshipping was adopted by nobles and high officials. When the practice became prevalent among ordinary people, it became a true national festival. More >> Being Russian University Fatherland Professor Elena Volkova, scholar and lecturer at the Faculty of Foreign Languages at Moscow State University, reminisces about her university life as an undergraduate, postgraduate and teacher and shares her view of the Faculty of Foreign Languages. More >> Towards the 250th anniversary of Moscow State University In this issue of 'Hello-online' we give the floor to the students of Biology Faculty who explain their choice of profession. More >> Spoken English Classroom English Classroom English is the English used by a teacher in a classroom situation. It certainly is a language for special purposes which has to be learned especially. Let's have a look at the most interesting and worth memorising words and sentences a teacher may use during a class. More >> E-Talk IS INTERNET CHEATING R-R-REALLY CUTE?! School Cheats Find The Web's The Way STUDENTS are not only getting music from the Internet - they're downloading good grades. An ENQUIRER investigation discovered an explosion in cheating and plagiarism - made possible by outrageous Web sites. More >> MSU Kids Speak Up: THE DEBATE ON INTERNET CHEATING More >> Teen-oriented Internet Web Sites More >> Hello Encyclopaedia Has the Tatar language ever been taught at Moscow State University? How many times did Lomonosov visit Moscow University? More >> Just for Fun New Employee Code More >> Big Boss More >> Smart Doctors More >>

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