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Topic: Astronaut Russian language training
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Apollo-Soyuz
Member Posts: 1205
From: Shady Side, Md
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted 04-12-2015 02:40 PM
   
I am trying to learn the Russian language. How are the NASA astronauts learning Russian? What program does NASA use? How many hours of language training is given? When does the language training start? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-12-2015 03:12 PM
TechTrans International provides Russian language training to astronauts and space station team members under a NASA contract that also covers interpretation and translation. (TechTrans was founded in 1993 to specifically support the International Space Station program.)In an interview with Universe Today, Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques described the training: We have Russian classes one-on-one with a Russian instructor. We get anything between one lesson every two weeks to three, four lessons a week, depending on how you accommodate the training schedule. Most astronauts want as much training as possible. It's part of the requirements for basic training; you have to pass a certain competency test in Russian. There is a standard test that is used by the foreign affairs department, and so we do the same test. It's a verbal test where you call the examiner on the phone and you have a discussion with them on the phone. If you pass a certain grade on that test, you are good to go. As Saint-Jacques further describes, the classroom training is augmented by their being immersed in the language, living and training in Russia, as well as hanging out with their cosmonaut colleagues. | |
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