Russian "hook"?

[Lisa A. Frumkes]

As the beginning of the academic year lurches ever closer, a professor at
one of the three post-secondary institutions I support asked me the
following:

Does anyone know of any materials (written, audio, video, multimedia,
web-based, whatever) which could be used to "hook" students whom one is
trying to "lure" towards the study of Russian?

We're not looking for introductory teaching materials.  Rather, we're
looking for materials which might convince someone who is considering
the study of Russian to actually enroll in a class.

The materials probably need to be mostly English-based, but should contain
enough Russian to give prospective students a flavor for the language, but
not so much that they are "scared" away before even enrolling in the
class.

We already have the "Top Ten Reasons to Study Russian" which appeared in
the AATSEEL (American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern
European Languages) Bulletin last year.  We need more.

Thanks for any information which you can provide.

Lisa
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                           Lisa A. Frumkes
               Assistant Director, CTW Mellon Project
                   Language Laboratory, Fisk Hall
                         Wesleyan University
                           262 High Street
                        Middletown, CT 06459
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                        lfrumkes at wesleyan.edu