Russian language is one of the six UN official languages. More than 260 million people speak Russian all over the world. Russian is the 4th language in the world after Chinese, English and Spanish. Russia is combining into European community, therefore, the interest for learning Russian for study or business is understood.
Ukraine as a former part of USSR is multilingual country. The language of Ukraine belongs to Slavic group of languages together with Russian. The people who want to live and study in Ukraine need to have knowledge in both languages.
There are large numbers of foreign students at Ukrainian institutes of higher education, most of them from Asia, Africa and Arab countries. The main attraction is Ukraine’s good- quality advanced education at a low cost in comparison to other countries.
Ukraine Language Course/Study
The study of Ukrainian language course in Ukraine is also known as preparatory course. It’s an 8 month (November to June) extreme study of Russian language, Ukrainian Language and its culture and traditions. Other subjects along with the Ukrainian language are Mathematics and some other main combined subjects. After language course, a student can choose to opt for the main course in Russian language or English language, still it’s cheaper to study in Russian language than in English.
Mostly, the foreign students live in hostels by the school/college at low cost, keeping their charges low. Students will have to get a student VISA for admission to a Ukrainian university.
A number of language schools/college are around the country that offer well-organized Russian and Ukrainian instruction for foreign students, and numerous private language teachers offer their services also.
During the language course, the instructors constantly take students on walk and give them tasks to perform using the language they are learning.
This 8 months language course provide the students a diploma certificate in the Language course. After finishing the course student, will now chose the language to study for main course either in BSC, MA, PHD, MBBS or PGD etc.
Russian language teaching includes grammar, speaking practice and reading. The students are involved into real- situation speaking and use audio and video tools. The course have from beginner to advance level.
Ukrainian Is Spoken By Millions
Ukrainian has the 26th place among the most spread languages in the world with more than 46 million people speaking it. And it’s the alternate most wide Slavic language after Russian.
Ukraine is a beautiful country with a rich culture and kind people.
In English we don’t use the definite composition with countries’ names such as it’s Italy, not The Italy; and it’s France, not The France, after each, it’s a huge grammatical mistake if you are using it in Ukraine.
Also, its capital, when translate from the Ukrainian language, is Kyiv not Kiev, as most of you might suppose.
The Requirement to Learn Ukrainian for Education
It’s worth to studying in Ukraine
The country is open for international students. And its universities offer number of programmes and knowledge for applicants from other countries.
Ukrainian education is famous among students from Africa and Asia countries like Libya, Bangladesh, India, China, Nigeria, Egypt, Jordan, and many more.
A variety of programmes and fairly low cost of education makes Ukraine attractive for students wishing to get a medical or engineering education abroad.
Difficulties to Studying In Ukraine Are Only Verbal Ones
Educational institutions in Ukraine have four different educational languages Ukrainian, Russian, English, and French (for medical programs).
International students who are looking for Ukrainian universities have three options:
Take a language proficiency test.
Spend one academic year in Ukraine, attending the introductory faculty and learn the Ukrainian language there.
Choose a program in English or French languages, and learn Ukrainian as a separate course.
Even a basic knowledge of Ukrainian language would be a good skill to have.
Ukrainian language is The World’s 3rd Most Beautiful Language. On the basis of the results of the languages competition, that took place in Paris in 1934, Ukrainian is the third most beautiful by its phonetics, vocabulary, phraseology, and judgment structure after French and Persian languages.
Ukrainian language is officially the alternate most lyrical language in the world after Italian language. So it comes as no surprise that many people admit that the Ukrainian language reminds them a nightingale’s song. To make sure it’s true, you might want to hear to world-notorious Summer time by George Gershwin and Carol of the Bells in their original language, which is … Ukrainian!
The inspiration of Summer time is the ancient Ukrainian lullaby Oi Hodyt’Son Kolo Vikon. (you must hear to it also)
Carol of the Bells, a Christmas song we all hear and sing yearly, comes from Ukrainian musician Mykola Leontovych. PeterJ. Wilhousky shaped its lyrics, following the original performance of the Ukrainian National Chorus at Carnegie Hall in 1921.
The Studying Ukrainian Language is Truly Flexible for All
With above five million synonyms, Ukrainian is versatile and different.
According to the Detail Synonym Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, the biggest number of synonyms, which is 45, goes to the word “ бити” (to beat).
Ukrainian has less homonyms, which says a lot about the verbal wealth of the language.
Ukrainian is unique with its alphabets i.e. ABC, it has two letters you won’t find in any other language.
Learning Ukrainian Helps You Easily Understand Other Languages
Once you learn Ukrainian, you can easily understand Polish, Czech, Belarusian, or other Slavic languages because they are fairly similar.
Coming from the same family of languages, they have common sounds and roots of words.
For instance, those who learn Ukrainian will ultimately know 70% of Polish dictionary and a third of its grammar rules.
But if you want to understand Russian language, Ukrainian language won’t help you, as the Russian language differs from other Slavic languages. Although, it shares most grammar rules with them, it still need a lot of Ukrainian, Polish, and Belarusian elements.
Ukrainian people are bilingual, and they understand both Russian and Ukrainian. But if you want to travel to the western regions of the country, you must learn their public language.
Ukrainians are proud of their graceful language. However, there’s a big chance they will respond in Ukrainian, if you speak Russian with them.
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