Educational and methodical work – Department of Belarusian and Russian Languages

The department's educational process follows the subject-centered curriculum and the academic regulations of BSMU. The core teaching principle is active communication. The latest teaching methodologies are used alongside modern technical learning resources.

The faculty members have experience working at universities in England, Vietnam, Germany, Denmark, Cuba, Libya, Uganda, and Japan, and they regularly engage in professional development.

Main disciplines:

• Russian as a Foreign Language is taught to foreign citizens at the pre-university training stage (preparatory department) and at the advanced stage (years 1–3 of the Medical Faculty for International Students).
• Беларуская мова: прафесійная лексіка (Belarusian Language: Professional Lexis) is taught to 1st-year Belarusian students of the Pharmaceutical, General Medicine, Paediatric, and Dental Faculties, and to 2nd-year students of the Faculty of Preventive Medicine.
• Belarusian and Russian Languages at the Preparatory (pre-university) Department for Citizens of the Republic of Belarus (preparation for centralized testing).

Head of the Department of Belarusian and Russian Languages, Associate Professor Tatiana Nikolaevna Melnikova, during a Russian as a Foreign Language class with students

Main research and teaching areas of the department

At the Department of Russian and Belarusian Languages, instruction is provided to Belarusian students and to foreign students. The activities of the teaching staff of the department are conducted in the following directions:

• Instruction of foreign citizens in the Russian language at the pre-university training stage (initial stage of instruction). Over the course of one year, foreign learners of the preparatory department master the Russian language and continue their education together with Belarusian students.

Senior Lecturer Lyudmila Merenkova teaching a class at the pre‑university department

Senior Lecturer Lyudmila Boleslavovna Yaros during a class with students of the pre‑university department

Senior Lecturer Snezhana Klimovna Bukhovets during a class with students of the pre‑university department

• The teaching of foreign citizens during years 1–3 (advanced stage of instruction). Russian language sessions accompany the sessions of foreign students in theoretical and clinical departments and are constructed upon the basis of textual materials of medical-biological, medical, and pharmaceutical specialization.

A Russian as a Foreign Language class for 1st‑year students studying in Russian, taught by Senior Lecturer Maya Evgenievna Budko

Senior Lecturer Maria Konstantinovna Gladysheva with 1st‑year General Medicine students during a Russian as a Foreign Language class

Senior Lecturer Alla Anatolyevna Sharapa with 2nd‑year General Medicine students during a Russian as a Foreign Language class

Senior Lecturer Svetlana Feliksovna Koshevets with 2nd-year Dentistry students during a class

Senior Lecturer Daria Romashko teaching Russian as a Foreign Language to 1st‑year students studying in English

Senior Lecturer Olga Gromova teaching Russian as a Foreign Language to 2nd‑year students (English‑language programme)

Associate Professor Elena Grinkevich teaching Russian as a Foreign Language to 3rd‑year students (English‑language programme)

Senior Lecturer Galina Stoika teaching Russian as a Foreign Language to 2nd‑year students (English‑language programme)

• Teaching of the discipline "Belarusian Language (Professional Vocabulary)" in the Belarusian language to first-year students of the Pharmaceutical, General Medicine, Paediatric, Military Medical, and Dental Faculties, and to second-year students of the Faculty of Preventive Medicine.


Associate Professor Alesya Nosik teaching Belarusian Language: Professional Lexis to 1st‑year Dentistry students

Senior Lecturer Elena Stanislavovna Kachan with 2nd-year Preventive Medicine students during a class in Belarusian Language

• Teaching of Russian and Belarusian languages at the preparatory department for citizens of the Republic of Belarus (preparation for centralized testing).


Senior Lecturer Irina Dmitrievna Andros with students of the pre‑university department during a class

Senior Lecturer Lyudmila Mikhailovna Dremezova with students of the pre‑university department for citizens of the Republic of Belarus during a class

The Department of Belarusian and Russian Languages possesses an extensive educational-methodological foundation, represented by textbooks, teaching aids, and methodological materials.