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Department of Slavic Languages
and Literatures
Summer Russian Language Institute-2004
Advanced Russian
Course
Description
Morning session (9:00-12:00) Cathedral of Learning ????
Valery Belyanin Ph.D. – äîêòîð ôèëîëîãè÷åñêèõ íàóê,
ïðîôåññîð ÌÃÓ è ÌÃËÓ
Âàëåðèé Ïàâëîâè÷ Áåëÿíèí
Email:
val.belianine@utoronto.ca vab1@pitt.edu vbelyanin@hotmail.com
URL
: www.textology.ru http://www.russianforyou.com
Office:
(412) 624-5906 Home (in
Office
hours: by appointment. Please feel free to ask for a consultation from
me.
Afternoon session (1:00-3:00) Posvar Hall ????
Office: (412) 624-5906 Home: (412)
???-???? Email:
psyholinguistics@gmail.com
Office hours: by appointment.
Please feel free to address your primary teacher J
I.
Required Texts
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Focus on Russian (An Interactive approach to
communication). 2nd ed.
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Sandra F. Rosenbrant, Elena D. Lifschitz. John
II.
Recommended Texts
III.
Prerequisites
At least two years
of Russian at the college level or permission of the instructor.
IV.
Course Content and Methodology
Russian 0230 is an eight-credit course
that meets five hours per day, five times a week. The course has several interrelated
goals:
·
To further develop the five language skills (reading,
writing, listening, speaking and singing)
·
To review and advance students’ knowledge of advanced
Russian grammar (aspect, verb government, verbs of motions (èäòè – õîäèòü, åõàòü – åçäèòü) , verbs of state (ñòîÿòü, ñèäåòü, ëåæàòü, âèñåòü) participles, indirect speech,
etc.)
·
To expand students’ vocabulary by approximately 1000 words
·
The main emphasis of the course will be on the development
of speaking and writing skills at the advanced level of proficiency (ACTR
guidelines). Students
will be working to sustain paragraph-length narration and description in all time frames, using words and phrases of coherence and
cohesion.
·
Cultural aspects of the course include film clips,
interviews, audio recordings, lectures, film screenings, advertisements, etc.
Special attention will be given to Russian and Soviet poetry (classic and
popular) and Russian humor.
·
All this is intended to serve two
functions: provide additional language practice in the target language and
further students’ acquaintance with Russian culture, life, and values.
·
To learn a language one must use it. When speaking a foreign
language it is almost impossible not to make mistakes. That means: making
mistakes is making progress in learning the language. Please do not be afraid
of your mistakes, and speak and write in Russian as much as you can.
V.
Policies
Classroom and participation
All explanations and class work will be conducted in Russian. Because of the course’s
emphasis on communication, students are expected to come to class fully
prepared, i.e., having read, listened to, memorized, etc. the assigned
material. They should also be able to use this material for analysis and
discussion. Students are responsible for all new vocabulary as assigned and
specified by the instructor. In case of new verbs, students are responsible not
just for their meaning but also for their conjugation (ñïðÿæåíèå) and government (óïðàâëåíèå - i.e., cases
most commonly used after them). Class participation will be
graded according to the following formula:
5 points Present,
Completely Prepared, and on time
4 points Presents
and Partially Prepared
3 points Present
but Completely Unprepared
0 points Absent
Homework
Students will spend about 4-5 hours daily on
their homework. Homework will typically
include reading for content and vocabulary, grammar drills, short essays,
working on oral presentations, etc. Written homework must be submitted on the
day it is due, at the beginning of each class. The instructor is not required to accept
or grade late homework. Homework exercises will be graded
according to the following scale:
4 points Submitted
on time, 50%-80% correct
3 points Submitted
on time, less than 50% correct
0 points Not submitted
Films
Scheduled Russian films are screened during regular class hours and are part of the
course. Students are required to attend all films. Each week students will
write essays based on the “movie-of-the-week.” Students can write on any aspect
of the film. The only requirements to the essays are:
Oral Presentations
Students in this course will make some
presentations in Russian. Presentations may be up to 10 minutes long. Topics
and dates of the presentations are to be specified.
Students are not allowed to use any written text
during their talks. They may, however, use an outline
and a list of new words. Students are encouraged to use audio-, video-, and
print materials to illustrate their points (PowerPoint is great way of illustration).
Guest Speaker
Every week a guest speaker will lecture
for the students. The topics will cover political and cultural life in
Attendance
Students are expected
to attend all classes and to arrive on time. No make-ups for missed quizzes
are allowed. More than five (5) hours (one full day) of unexcused
absences will affect the grade. Absent students are responsible for acquiring
relevant class notes and handouts from their classmates.
Quizzes
The quiz grade will consist of the
average of all the vocabulary, grammar, and other quizzes given by both
instructors. Quizzes may be announced and unannounced, and administered at any
time during classes.
Tests and Exams
Each week will conclude with a test
(written, oral, or both). The test will cover topics, vocabulary, and grammar
covered in the last unit(s). Written tests will consist of fill-in-the-blanks
and translation passages, listening and reading comprehension tasks, and short
essays. More specific information will be provided in
advance of each test.
The Midterm and the Final exam will be
similar in format to the unit tests. They will mostly contain the old material.
Both exams will be comprehensive: the Midterm will cover the material of the
first half of the textbook, the Final Exam will cover
the second one.
VI Course Grade
Extra
credit: To improve their grade, students may write 3-4 pages of fiction
prose (a fairy-tale, a story, a parody, etc.). The grade for the extra credit
assignment will be counted as an additional Unit Test
grade.
All extra credit assignments should be
printed and submitted before 25 July.
VII Course Outline
(tentative and subject to change)
1. 07-11 èþíÿ Óðîê
1 11 èþíÿ Êîíòðîëüíàÿ ðàáîòà (óðîê 1)
2. 14 -18 èþíÿ Óðîê
2 18 èþíÿ Êîíòðîëüíàÿ ðàáîòà (óðîê 2)
3. 21-25 èþíÿ Óðîêè
3 è 4 23 èþíÿ Êîíòðîëüíàÿ ðàáîòà (óðîê 3)
25 èþíÿ Êîíòðîëüíàÿ
ðàáîòà (óðîê 4)
4. 28 èþíÿ-02 èþëÿ Óðîê
5 02 èþëÿ Midterm Exam
5. 07-11 èþëÿ Óðîêè
6 è 7 09 èþëÿ Êîíòðîëüíàÿ ðàáîòà (óðîê 6)
11
èþëÿ Êîíòðîëüíàÿ ðàáîòà (óðîê 7)
6. 12-16 èþëÿ Óðîê
8 16 èþëÿ Êîíòðîëüíàÿ ðàáîòà (óðîê 8)
7. 19-23 èþëÿ Óðîêè
9 è 10 22 èþëÿ Êîíòðîëüíàÿ ðàáîòà (óðîê 9)
23
èþëÿ Êîíòðîëüíàÿ ðàáîòà (óðîê
10)
8. 25 – 29 èþëÿ Óðîê
11 29 èþëÿ Ïîâòîðåíèå ìàòåðèàëà ê ýêçàìåíó
·
31 èþëÿ Ïèñüìåííûé ýêçàìåí
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1 àâãóñòà Óñòíûé ýêçàìåí Âå÷åðèíêà. Âñå
ñìåþòñÿ, âñå äîâîëüíû.
Something else
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The teacher will try to do everything possible to give you the schedule for the coming week. But language schedule is not a bus schedule. Besides textbook
and teacher there are also students who are real
subjects of the process. Some material may take more time than scheduled.
Please be ready for some changes during the week.
·
Doing home
work ahead of time without getting necessary explanations in the
class may result in numerous mistakes. Please proceed to the home
work after you understand what you are supposed to do.
·
Please feel free to ask me for personal
consultation on the material missed or
misunderstood.
·
You may be able to find some of the materials on the website http://www.russianforyou.com
Let me express my confidence that
you will master Russian language
Âàø ïðåïîäàâàòåëü: Âàëåðèé Áåëÿíèí.