French-learning Students Compete for Best Spelling

On April 10, Ms. Elly Tzogalis Corbaz, the First Secretary of Swiss Embassy in Russia, was invited to give a written dictation to the Bachelor’s degree students who study French. Ms. Corbaz dictated a story about the origins of the L’Escalade holiday in Geneva.

The students with perfect spelling will receive gifts from the Swiss Embassy and memorable certificates on April 25.

Ms. Corbaz also spoke of language diversity in Switzerland and lead a short game on differences of Swiss French.

The event was arranged by the Romance Philology and French Language Education departments of the MCU Institute of Foreign Languages.