Why students do not study Russian anymore

[E. Boyle]

Something that contributes to the "unattractiveness" of Russian, if that's
what it is, is the good old GPA: many students to not have the time to put
in the work required to get an A, or a 4.0 in Russian, and they simply
drop it in favor of a "simpler" language.  They tell us that they have to
keep their GPA up in order to get a good job later.

I do not think we need to alter the grammar.  We need to change the way we
present the language though.  No one will become enthralled with anything
that's presented as merely so many grammatical structures.

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Eloise M. Boyle
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
University of Washington
Box 353580
Seattle, WA  98195

(206) 543-7580 (office)
(425) 483-4130 (home)
e-mail: emboyle at u.washington.edu

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