American Council of Teachers of Russian
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American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR) is a professional organization that advances research, training, and materials development in the fields of Russian
and English language
; strengthens communication within and between communities of scholars and educators in language, literature
, and area studies
in the United States
and the countries of eastern Europe
, Russia
and Eurasia
; and furthers educational reform through training, institution building, and technical assistance. It was founded in 1974.
The current president of ACTR is Dan E. Davidson.
In the mid-1980s with the gradual opening of Soviet society, the ACTR board established The American Council for Collaboration in Education and Language Study (ACCELS). ACCELS undertook the administration of U.S. government-funded exchanges for a variety of audiences, including high school and undergraduate students, teachers, professionals, and academics.
In 1998, ACTR and ACCELS united to one organization. Now ACTR and ACCELS continue as divisions of American Councils for International Education
. ACTR is the professional association and the focus of educational, training, and research programs for U.S. citizens; ACCELS administers exchange, training, and technical assistance programs with the countries of eastern Europe, Russia, and Eurasia.
ACTR is also a member organization of the International Association of Teachers of Russian Language and Literature (MAPRYAL).
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
and English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
; strengthens communication within and between communities of scholars and educators in language, literature
Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
, and area studies
Area studies
Area studies are interdisciplinary fields of research and scholarship pertaining to particular geographical, national/federal, or cultural regions. The term exists primarily as a general description for what are, in the practice of scholarship, many heterogeneous fields of research, encompassing...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and the countries of eastern Europe
Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is the eastern part of Europe. The term has widely disparate geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic readings, which makes it highly context-dependent and even volatile, and there are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region"...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
and Eurasia
Eurasia
Eurasia is a continent or supercontinent comprising the traditional continents of Europe and Asia ; covering about 52,990,000 km2 or about 10.6% of the Earth's surface located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres...
; and furthers educational reform through training, institution building, and technical assistance. It was founded in 1974.
The current president of ACTR is Dan E. Davidson.
In the mid-1980s with the gradual opening of Soviet society, the ACTR board established The American Council for Collaboration in Education and Language Study (ACCELS). ACCELS undertook the administration of U.S. government-funded exchanges for a variety of audiences, including high school and undergraduate students, teachers, professionals, and academics.
In 1998, ACTR and ACCELS united to one organization. Now ACTR and ACCELS continue as divisions of American Councils for International Education
American Councils for International Education
American Councils for International Education is an international, non-profit, educational organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices and / or representative branches in over 25 countries, including most of the countries of the former Soviet Union .-Mission:American Councils for...
. ACTR is the professional association and the focus of educational, training, and research programs for U.S. citizens; ACCELS administers exchange, training, and technical assistance programs with the countries of eastern Europe, Russia, and Eurasia.
ACTR is also a member organization of the International Association of Teachers of Russian Language and Literature (MAPRYAL).
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See also
- American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European LanguagesAmerican Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European LanguagesThe American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages is an academic organization founded in 1941.AATSEEL holds an annual conference each December and publishes the Slavic and East European Journal , a peer-reviewed journal of Slavic studies.AATSEEL is currently run by...
- American Association for the Advancement of Slavic StudiesAmerican Association for the Advancement of Slavic StudiesThe Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies is a scholarly society dedicated to the advancement of knowledge about the former Soviet Union and Eastern and Central Europe...