In Russia, students take a university entrance exam when they graduate from high school and they prefer universities according to their scores in that exam. The students in a certain university have close scores in the exam but they are from different cities and regions. Since Russia has many variables in terms of social, cultural, ethnic and economic elements, Russian short-term intensive programs have a very diverse students’ group with different lifestyles, social abilities, beliefs and ethnic origins every year. In such an atmosphere, a prominent step for teachers is to provide or set a common ground for this diverse student group.
