Quarantine Diaries is a series of free language lessons from SRAS. Each lesson can take a variety of forms but all focus on building intermediate and advanced vocabulary and listening skills.
Read the text and familiarize yourself with the new vocabulary (you can hover over the bold Russian to reveal its English translation). Then, watch the related video below and see if you can answer the questions! Note that the asterisk (*) usually means that you can find additional cultural/linguistic information at the bottom of the article.ย
The following is an
ย done by The Russian Public Opinion Research Center (known by its Russian acronym: VTsIOM). Between May 14-16, 2020, right at the end of the school year, it polled 1092 parents of recent high school graduates (with a ย of around 3%) as well as 400 students of colleges and technical schools (margin of error: 4.9%) and 800 university students (margin of error of 3.5%). All opinions were taken through telephone interviews using random numbers.In this translation, weโve occasionally used โhigh schoolโ to refer to the range of instructions Russia offers, including
, , and .Likewise, higher education in Russia has several divisions. First, there is the
, which can generally be understood as a university, although the Russian lexicon breaks it down to , ย and .Technical education is also broken down by type.
are technical colleges training specific professions such as metal workers or accountants. are similar, but with more emphasis on theory over longer programs. A degree from a ะบะพะปะปะตะดะถ is more prestigious than one from a ัะตั ะฝะธะบัะผ,ย and qualifies one for a higher position such as senior account or master welder.The translation below is presented with side-by-side translation and should be helpful in the various ways that one can discuss statistics in Russian. This lesson is produced as a compliment to another translation by SRAS, posted to its blog, on the long-term changes that Russian education is likely to face. These statistics help inform the likelihood of online education being accepted in Russia. For additional balance, see the video below the text of Russian students discussing thier experience or this other entry to quarantine diaries, in which a Russian mother discusses her experience.
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ะัะฟััะบะฝะธะบะธ ัะบะพะป ะธ ัััะดะตะฝัั ะฒััะบะฐะทะฐะปะธ ะผะฝะตะฝะธะต ะพ ะดะธััะฐะฝัะธะพะฝะฝะพะผ ะพะฑัะฐะทะพะฒะฐะฝะธะธ | Russian Graduates and Students Give Opinions of Distance Learning |
ะัััะธะต ััะตะฑะฝัะต ะทะฐะฒะตะดะตะฝะธั ะฝะฐัะฐะปะธ ะฟะตัะตั ะพะด ะฝะฐ ะดะธััะฐะฝัะธะพะฝะฝัะต ัะพัะผั ะพะฑััะตะฝะธั 16 ะผะฐััะฐ 2020 ะณะพะดะฐ ะฒ ัะฒัะทะธ ั ัะฐัะฟัะพัััะฐะฝะตะฝะธะตะผ ะบะพัะพะฝะฐะฒะธัััะฝะพะน ะธะฝัะตะบัะธะธ. ะะดะฝะธะผ ะธะท ะณะปะฐะฒะฝัั ััะตะฑะพะฒะฐะฝะธะน ะะธะฝะธััะตัััะฒะฐ ะฝะฐัะบะธ ะธ ะฒัััะตะณะพ ะพะฑัะฐะทะพะฒะฐะฝะธั ะบ ะฒัะทะฐะผ ะฑัะปะพ ัะพั ัะฐะฝะตะฝะธะต ะบะฐัะตััะฒะฐ ะพะฑัะฐะทะพะฒะฐะฝะธั. | Higher education in Russia began to transfer to distance learning platforms as of 16 March, 2020 in response to the spread of COVID-19. One of the demands made by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education was that institutions must maintain the quality of their educational instruction. |
ะะะกะะะ, 27 ะะะฏ 2020 ะณ. ะัะตัะพััะธะนัะบะธะน ัะตะฝัั ะธะทััะตะฝะธั ะพะฑัะตััะฒะตะฝะฝะพะณะพ ะผะฝะตะฝะธั (ะะฆะะะ) ะฟัะตะดััะฐะฒะปัะตั ะดะฐะฝะฝัะต ะพะฟัะพัะฐ ะพะฑ ัะดะพะฒะปะตัะฒะพัะตะฝะฝะพััะธ ะพัะณะฐะฝะธะทะฐัะธะตะน ะดะธััะฐะฝัะธะพะฝะฝะพะณะพ ะพะฑัะฐะทะพะฒะฐะฝะธั, ะพะฑ ะธะทะผะตะฝะตะฝะธะธ ััะพะฒะฝั ััะตะฑะฝะพะน ะฝะฐะณััะทะบะธ ะธ ะพ ะฒะพะทะผะพะถะฝัั
ะฟะพัะปะตะดััะฒะธัั
ะดะปั ะบะฐัะตััะฒะฐ ะพะฑัะฐะทะพะฒะฐะฝะธั ะธะท-ะทะฐ ะฟะตัะตั
ะพะดะฐ ะฝะฐ ัะดะฐะปะตะฝะฝัะน ัะพัะผะฐั ะพะฑััะตะฝะธั. ะะฟัะฐัะธะฒะฐะปะธัั ัะพะดะธัะตะปะธ ะฒัะฟััะบะฝะธะบะพะฒ ัะบะพะป, ะณะธะผะฝะฐะทะธะน ะธ ะปะธัะตะตะฒ, ัััะดะตะฝัั ะฒัะทะพะฒ, ะฐ ัะฐะบะถะต ััะฐัะธะตัั ะบะพะปะปะตะดะถะตะน ะธ ัะตั
ะฝะธะบัะผะพะฒ.
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MOSCOW, 27 MAY, 2020. The Russian Public Opinion Research Center (known by its Russian acronym: VTsIOM) has published data on public satisfaction with online education received from Russian educational institutions. Specific questions were asked about changes to the educational work load and on how the transition to online education might have affected educational quality. Polled were students of universities, colleges, and technical schools as well as the parents of graduates of Russian schools, gymnasiums, and lyceums. |
ะฃะฒะตะปะธัะตะฝะธะต ะฝะฐะณััะทะบะธ ะฝะฐ ะฟัะตะฟะพะดะฐะฒะฐัะตะปะตะน ะทะฐะผะตัะธะปะธ 55% ัััะดะตะฝัะพะฒ, ะพะฟัะพัะตะฝะฝัั ะะฆะะะ. ะัะต 19% ััะฐัะธั ัั ะฒัะทะพะฒ ััะธัะฐัั, ััะพ ะฝะฐะณััะทะบะฐ ะฝะฐ ะฝะธั ัะพะบัะฐัะธะปะฐัั. ะะฐะถะดัะน ะฟัััะน ัััะดะตะฝั ัะฒะตัะตะฝ, ััะพ ะฝะฐะณััะทะบะฐ ะฝะฐ ะฟัะตะฟะพะดะฐะฒะฐัะตะปะตะน ะฝะต ะธะทะผะตะฝะธะปะฐัั (20%). | 55% of students polled by VTsIOM reported that they noticed an increase to teacher work load during this period. 19% felt that it decreased. ย Every fifth student (20%) is sure that teacher workload did not change. |
ะัะธะผะตัะฝะพ ัะฐะบ ะถะต ัััะดะตะฝัั ะพัะตะฝะธะปะธ ะธะทะผะตะฝะตะฝะธะต ัะพะฑััะฒะตะฝะฝะพะน ะฒะพะฒะปะตัะตะฝะฝะพััะธ ะฒ ััะตะฑะฝัะน ะฟัะพัะตัั. ะะพ ะผะฝะตะฝะธั ะบะฐะถะดะพะณะพ ะฒัะพัะพะณะพ ะพะฟัะพัะตะฝะฝะพะณะพ (51%), ััะตะฑะฝะฐั ะฝะฐะณััะทะบะฐ ะฒััะพัะปะฐ. ะ ะพะฑัะฐัะฝะพะผ ัะฒะตัะตะฝั 20% ััะฐััะฝะธะบะพะฒ ะธััะปะตะดะพะฒะฐะฝะธั. ะ ัะพะผ, ััะพ ััะพะฒะตะฝั ััะตะฑะฝะพะน ะฝะฐะณััะทะบะธ ะพััะฐะปัั ะฟัะตะถะฝะธะผ, ะทะฐัะฒะธะปะธ 28% ัััะดะตะฝัะพะฒ. | Students rated the changes to their own workload about the same. Every second person polled (51%) is of the opinion that student workload increased. 20% are of the opposite opinion. 28% report that student workload did not change.
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ะะพะฒะพัั ะพะฑ ััะพะฒะฝะต ะฟัะตะฟะพะดะฐะฒะฐะฝะธั ะฒ ะดะธััะฐะฝัะธะพะฝะฝะพะผ ัะพัะผะฐัะต, ะฑะพะปะตะต ะฟะพะปะพะฒะธะฝั ัััะดะตะฝัะพะฒ ะพัะตะฝะธะปะธ ะตะณะพ ะบะฐะบ ะฒััะพะบะธะน ะธะปะธ ัะบะพัะตะต ะฒััะพะบะธะน โ 53%. ะะฐะถะดัะน ััะตัะธะน ะพะฟัะพัะตะฝะฝัะน ะฝะฐะทะฒะฐะป ะตะณะพ ััะตะดะฝะธะผ โ 32%. ะะธะทะบะธะต ะพัะตะฝะบะธ ััะพะฒะฝั ะพะฑัะฐะทะพะฒะฐะฝะธั ะฒ ะบะพัะพะฝะฐะฒะธัััะฝัะน ะฟะตัะธะพะด ะดะฐะปะธ ะปะธัั 12% ัััะดะตะฝัะพะฒ. | More than half of all students (53%) gave a high or above average evaluation of the instructional quality received during distance education. Every third respondent labeled it as average โ 32%. ย A low evaluation was given of education during the coronavirus period by only 12% of students. |
ะัะธ ััะพะผ ะฟะพะดะฐะฒะปัััะตะต ะฑะพะปััะธะฝััะฒะพ ัััะดะตะฝัะพะฒ ัะดะพะฒะปะตัะฒะพัะตะฝั ัะตะผ, ะบะฐะบ ะพัะณะฐะฝะธะทะพะฒะฐะฝะพ ะดะธััะฐะฝัะธะพะฝะฝะพะต ะพะฑัะฐะทะพะฒะฐะฝะธะต ะฒ ะธั ะฒัะทะต ะฒ ััะปะพะฒะธัั ัะฐัะฟัะพัััะฐะฝะตะฝะธั COVID-19. ะะฑ ััะพะผ ัะพะพะฑัะฐัั 72% ัะตัะฟะพะฝะดะตะฝัะพะฒ, ะฟัะธัะตะผ ะบะฐะถะดัะน ัะตัะฒะตัััะน ะณะพะฒะพัะธั ะพ ะบัะฐะนะฝะตะน ััะตะฟะตะฝะธ ัะดะพะฒะปะตัะฒะพัะตะฝะฝะพััะธ โ 25%. ะ ัะพะผ, ััะพ ะพัะณะฐะฝะธะทะฐัะธั ะดะธััะฐะฝัะธะพะฝะฝะพะณะพ ะพะฑัะฐะทะพะฒะฐะฝะธั ะพัััะตััะฒะปะตะฝะฐ ะฒ ัะพะน ะธะปะธ ะธะฝะพะน ััะตะฟะตะฝะธ ะฝะตัะดะพะฒะปะตัะฒะพัะธัะตะปัะฝะพ, ะฒััะบะฐะทะฐะปะธัั 26% ัััะดะตะฝัะพะฒ. | A large majority of students of higher education reported being satisfied with the organization of their distance learning courses. 72% reported it as satisfactory or better. Furthermore, 25% of respondents valued the organization at the highest possible level. Dissatisfaction at any level was reported by 26% of students. |
ะัะตะฝะบะฐ ััะพะฒะฝั ะพัะฝะฐัะตะฝะธั ััะตะฑะฝัั ะทะฐะฒะตะดะตะฝะธะน ะพะฑะพััะดะพะฒะฐะฝะธะตะผ, ะฝะตะพะฑั ะพะดะธะผัะผ ะดะปั ะฟัะพะฒะตะดะตะฝะธั ะทะฐะฝััะธะน ะฒ ัะดะฐะปะตะฝะฝะพะผ ัะพัะผะฐัะต, ัะปะตะดัััะฐั: ะพัะตะฝะธะปะธ ะตะณะพ ะบะฐะบ ะฒััะพะบะธะน ะธะปะธ ัะบะพัะตะต ะฒััะพะบะธะน 38% ัััะดะตะฝัะพะฒ, ััะตะดะฝัั ะพัะตะฝะบั ะดะฐะปะธ 38%, ะฐ ะฝะฐะทะฒะฐะปะธ ะตะณะพ ะฝะธะทะบะธะผ ะธะปะธ ัะบะพัะตะต ะฝะธะทะบะธะผ 19% ัะตัะฟะพะฝะดะตะฝัะพะฒ. | Evaluations of efforts to equip educational institutions with the equipment needed to carry out distance learning were as follows: 38% of students gave a high or above average rating, low or below average ratings were given by 19% of respondents. |
ะะพะปััะธะฝััะฒะพ ัะพะดะธัะตะปะตะน ะฒัะฟััะบะฝะธะบะพะฒ, ะพะบะฐะฝัะธะฒะฐััะธั 11-ะน ะบะปะฐัั ะฒ ััะพะผ ะณะพะดั, ะพัะผะตัะธะปะธ ัะฒะตะปะธัะตะฝะธะต ััะตะฑะฝะพะน ะฝะฐะณััะทะบะธ ัะตะฑะตะฝะบะฐ ะฒ ัะฒัะทะธ ั ะฟะตัะตั ะพะดะพะผ ะฝะฐ ะดะธััะฐะฝัะธะพะฝะฝัะน ัะพัะผะฐั ะพะฑััะตะฝะธั. ะะฑ ััะพะผ ัะพะพะฑัะธะปะธ 62% ัะพะดะธัะตะปะตะน, ะฟัะธัะตะผ ะพ ัััะตััะฒะตะฝะฝะพะผ ะฒะพะทัะฐััะฐะฝะธะธ ะฝะฐะณััะทะบะธ ัะพะพะฑัะธะปะธ 36%. ะะฐะฟัะพัะธะฒ, ะพัะผะตัะธะปะธ ัะพะบัะฐัะตะฝะธะต ััะตะฑะฝะพะน ะฝะฐะณััะทะบะธ 24% ัะพะดะธัะตะปะตะน ะฒัะฟััะบะฝะธะบะพะฒ. ะกัะธัะฐัั, ััะพ ะฝะฐะณััะทะบะฐ ะพััะฐะปะฐัั ะฝะฐ ะฟัะตะถะฝะตะผ ััะพะฒะฝะต, 13%. | A majority of the parents of graduating seniors for this year reported that their children had experienced an increase in educational workload under distance learning. This was reported by 62% of parents, with 36% calling the increase โsignificant.โ 24% of graduatesโ parents felt that workload decreased. 13% felt that the work load was unchanged. |
ะ ัะพะน ะธะปะธ ะธะฝะพะน ััะตะฟะตะฝะธ ัะดะพะฒะปะตัะฒะพัะตะฝั ะพัะณะฐะฝะธะทะฐัะธะตะน ะดะธััะฐะฝัะธะพะฝะฝะพะณะพ ะพะฑัะฐะทะพะฒะฐะฝะธั 44% ัะพะดะธัะตะปะตะน ััะตะฝะธะบะพะฒ 11-ั ะบะปะฐััะพะฒ. ะกัะตะดะธ ััะฐัะธั ัั ะบะพะปะปะตะดะถะตะน ะธ ัะตั ะฝะธะบัะผะพะฒ ะพะฑ ััะพะผ ัะพะพะฑัะฐัั 74%, ะฐ ััะตะดะธ ัััะดะตะฝัะพะฒ ะฒัะทะพะฒ โ 82%. | 44% of graduatesโ parents gave a satisfactory or above rating to the organization of distance learning for their children. 74% students of colleges and technical institutes and 82% of students of institutions of higher education gave similar satisfactory ratings. |
ะะฝะตะฝะธะต, ััะพ ะฟะตัะตั ะพะด ะฝะฐ ะดะธััะฐะฝัะธะพะฝะฝัะน ัะตะถะธะผ ะพะฑัะฐะทะพะฒะฐะฝะธั ัะฒะตะปะธัะธะป ะฝะฐะณััะทะบั ะฝะฐ ััะธัะตะปะตะน, ะฟะพะดะดะตัะถะธะฒะฐะตั ะบะฐะถะดัะน ะฒัะพัะพะน ัะพะดะธัะตะปั ัะบะพะปัะฝะธะบะพะฒ ะฒัะฟััะบะฝัั ะบะปะฐััะพะฒ โ 56%. ะ ัะพะผ, ััะพ ััะพ ัะบะพัะตะต ัะพะบัะฐัะธะปะพ ะฝะฐะณััะทะบั ะฝะฐ ะฟัะตะฟะพะดะฐะฒะฐัะตะปะตะน, ัะพะพะฑัะฐัั 25%, ะฐ 9% ััะธัะฐัั, ััะพ ะพะฑัะตะผ ะฝะฐะณััะทะบะธ ะฝะต ะธะทะผะตะฝะธะปัั. | 56% of graduatesโ parents are of the opinion that distance learning increased teacher workload. 25% believe it decreased. 9% believe it was unchanged. |
ะคะธะฝะฐะปัะฝัั ะฐััะตััะฐัะธั ะฒ ัะพัะผะฐัะต ะะะญ ะฝะตะพะฑั ะพะดะธะผะพ ะพัะณะฐะฝะธะทะพะฒะฐัั ะฒ ะบะพะฝัะต ะธัะฝั โ ะฝะฐัะฐะปะต ะธัะปั ัะตะบััะตะณะพ ะณะพะดะฐ โ ัะฐะบ ััะธัะฐัั 65% ัะพะดะธัะตะปะตะน ะพะดะธะฝะฝะฐะดัะฐัะธะบะปะฐััะฝะธะบะพะฒ. ะขะฐะบะถะต ะบะฐะถะดัะน ะฟัััะน ััะธัะฐะตั, ััะพ ะปัััะต ะฟัะพะฒะตััะธ ััะพ ะผะตัะพะฟัะธััะธะต ะฒ ะฝะฐัะฐะปะต ะฐะฒะณัััะฐ (19%), ะฐ 13% ะฝะฐะทะฒะฐะปะธ ะดััะณะธะต ะฟะตัะธะพะดั ะดะปั ะฟัะพะฒะตะดะตะฝะธั ัะบะทะฐะผะตะฝะพะฒ. | The unified state exam, used for college admissions in Russia, should be given in late June-early July, said 65% of graduatesโ parents. Every fifth (19%) believes that it should be held at the start of August, and 13% gave other opinions of when to hold the exam. |
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