This course continues to develop all four language skills in Russian, speaking, reading, listening comprehension, and writing. It covers new points of Russian grammar, continues to build vocabulary, and introduces aspects of traditional and contemporary Russian culture. In addition to regular classes with Professors Osipovich, you have to work on the audio materials related to your textbook. This material can be accessed and downloaded at http://moodle.lclark.edu: Significant progress in Russian  can be made if  you apply yourself consistently and conscientiously on your own. Set aside some time every day to practice Russian, even if there is no class that day.

MATERIALS (Материалы):

1. Начало (Book Two), second edition, 2002; Workbook and Laboratory Manual to accompany Начало textbook. See the publisher's web site for the book here. 2. Adio material for this textbook is located on the the ILC Moodle files: http://moodle.lclark.edu: login with your LC user name and password; click on the category "foreign languages;" find and select the course called "ILC-Interactive Learning Center" -- explore! 3. There are some additional video and audio materials availble at http://moodle.lclark.edu and at the Russian Club website at: http://lclark.edu/~russkie/links.htm

The instructors of this course  suggests  that you use a hi-liter for underlining important points in your textbook and workbook and  that you acquire a  packet of index cards to make your own Russian vocabulary flash cards.

ATTENDANCE AND GRADING:

Daily attendance is crucial to  acquiring and practicing language skills. Cutting classes will take its toll in your language development and will reflect unfavorably on your grade. During the semester we will have (1) a quiz after every lesson; (2) a final exam. All written homework has to be turned in at the end of each class. Keep all your returned corrected homework in chronological order in a binder, so that you are able to access it easily for your review.

An approximation of grading emphasis follows:

Some useful websites (интернетные ресурсы):

Typing & translating are easy in Russian at: http://www.translit.ru/

Online dictionary: http://www.rususa.com/dictionary/russian.asp

Вайкипедия по-русски: http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Russian search engine "Yandex" with the Russian keyboard emulator: http://www.yandex.ru/index_engl_qwerty.html

Some more Russian language resources at Russnet:

Some information about Russia (информация о России):
• Map of Russia
• Russia: History, Geography, Government & Culture
• Country Profile: Russia (U.S. Department of State)
• Russian /American Cultural Contrasts
• Russia Profile (Russian politics, economics & society)

Russian Poetry Site for your Russian project. (hundreds of Russian poems vailable at this site)

Home work assignments /Домашняя работа/

RUSSIAN TUTORS
Fall 2009

Please get in touch with the tutor yourself by phone/e-mail and make the arrangements directly with her/him.

You are entitled to 2 hours/week free instruction as a student of Lewis & Clark College. However, no tutoring during the finals week.

Name / Phone / E-mail/ Level/

David Kroman (101-351 -- dkroman@lclark.edu

Andrea Liamzon (101-351) -- aliamzon@lclark.edu

Kim VanKoten (101-202) -- kav@lclark.edu

Jessica Houston (101-202) -- jmh@lclark.edu

Rebecca Cloud (101-201) -- cloud@lclark.edu

Russian poetry collection on "youtube":

Anna Akhmatova
Marina Tsvetaeva
Mikhail Kazakov resites poetry: Brodsky, Akhmatova
Boris Pasternak
Nikolai Gumilev
Sasha Chyorny
Innokenty Annensky

Below are Moodle instructions you need for accessing your Russian 101 audio and video materials:

In order to access the ILC Moodle files:
1. go to <http://moodle.lclark.edu> and login with your LC user name and password.
2. click on the category"foreign languages"
3. find and select the course called "ILC-Interactive Learning Center" (teacher Lindsay Saperstone)
4. the enrollment key is: ILC (make sure it is all capital letters)
5. from now on, when you log in to Moodle, you simply need to look on the right hand side to the box called "my courses" and the link will be there

***Important***Moodle works best with Firefox, I strongly recommend downloading it if you don't already have it. Additionally, you should have either Quicktime or Windows Media Player installed on your computer.

If you have questions or problems please email ilc@lclark.edu
Lindsay

THE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION IN RUSSIA (Праздник Нового года в России).

Russians love the New Year holiday (Новый год). You can read about their New Year tradition (новогодняя традиция) here. As some of you know, the most popular song (песня) for this holiday is a children's song "В лесу родилась ёлочка" (V lesu rodilas yelochka). Every Russian knows it. It is something that no winter holiday can do without. You can read the text of the song and its translation here ; listen to the song here and here . Maybe you are intersted in watching a cartoon about the New Year Tree -- then click here. See some fun videos on "youtube:" Baba Yaga and Ded Moroz and Grey Wolf

Новогодние песни: №1 и №2