1st-year Russian

[Vlad Tumanov]

Survey of Universities Regarding 1st-year Russian:
Textbook used, # of contact hrs./wk., lab, # of students enrolled in 1st
year, # of students expected to complete 1st yr.

*U of Manitoba: Troika, 4 hrs/wk.
*U of Toronto: Nachalo, 5hrs/wk, no lab, 25 students in 1st year
*Texas Tech: Golosa, 5 hrs/wk, lab every other Friday during scheduled
class hour, 24 students in 1st year (expect to keep 20)
*Seattle: Nachalo, 5 class hours, lab 20 min/day, 87 students in 1st year
(expect to keep 50-60)
*An unidentified community college in US: Golosa,14 students initially in
1st year (9 left in Oct.), 5 hours/wk + 1 hr. lab
*SUNY in Albany: Nachalo, 4 hrs/wk, optional lab, 32 students in 1st year
(hope to keep 20)
*Rouhier-WIloughby: Golosa, 4hrs/wk, 19 students in 1st year (will keep 10-15)
*Texas A & M: Ben Clark's Russian 3d ed.; 4 hrs classroom & 1 hr. lab
(mandatory)
*Western Illinois U.: Nachalo, 4 hrs/wk + optional lab, 11 students in 1st
year (expect to keep 5-7)
*Queen's U. in Kingston Canada: Ben Clark's Russian
*US Military Academy: Nachalo, 2.5 hrs./wk, lab (mandatory), 120 students
(expect to keep 115)
*Colby College: Russian Alive, 5 hrs./wk, lab (some mandatory and some
optional?), 9 students in 1st year
*Middlebury: Russian Now (Barron's), 6 hrs./wk, no lab, 25 students in 1st
year (hope to keep 20-22)
*George Washington U.: Golosa, 4 hrs/wk (with an intensive 8 hr./wk track),
mandatory but unmonitored lab, 38 students in 1st year in 3 sections + 10
in the intensive section
*Southern Illinois U.: Golosa; 4 contact hrs.; no lab; 16 students in 1st yr.

Vladimir Tumanov, Associate Professor
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
University College 115, University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario, Canada N6A 3K7
Telephone: w. (519) 661-3196, h. (519) 471-3429
Fax: (519) 661-4093
Electronic Mail: vtumanov at julian.uwo.ca