Middlebury Russian School

[Benjamin Rifkin]

The Russian School at Middlebury is pleased to announce its academic
and co-curricular program for the summer of 2001.  Teachers, please
recommend this program to your undergraduate and graduate students.
(For information about language gain at the Middlebury Russian
School, see the web site:
http://www.middlebury.edu/~ls/Russian/curriculum/examresults.htm )

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

9-Week Program:  June 8 - August 11, 2001

Introductory Russian (Level 1):  For students who have no previous
Russian language instruction.  Lead teacher:  Karen Evans-Romaine of
Ohio University.

Advanced Introductory Russian (Level 1.5):  For students who have
already had fewer than 150 classroom contact hours in Russian.  Lead
Teacher: Jason Merrill of Drew University.

Basic Intermediate Russian (Level 2):  For students who have already
had 150 classroom contact hours in Russian.  Lead Teacher:  Andrei
Zaitsev of the University of Maryland, College Park.

Advanced Intermediate Russian (Level 3):  For students who have
already had 300 classroom contact hours in Russian.  Lead Teacher:
Benjamin Rifkin of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Advanced Russian (Level 4): For students who have already had 400
classroom contact hours in Russian.  Lead Teacher:  Elena Shchepina
of Russian State Pedagogical University im. Gertsena (St. Petersburg)

6-Week Program:  June 25 - August 11, 2001

Literature, civilization and language courses for advanced students
who have already acquired intermediate high level oral proficiency:

Civilization Courses
Contemporary Russian Political Life, Nikolai Borisov, Moscow State University
Contemporary Russian Economy, Nikolai Borisov, Moscow State University
Issues in the History of Russian Painting, Irina Shevelenko,
Independent Scholar
Russian Drama on the Silver Screen (cross-listed with civilization
courses), Galina Aksenova, Independent Scholar

Literature Courses
Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment , Ilya Vinitsky, University of Pittsburgh
Lermontov and Russian Romanticism, Ilya Vinitsky, University of Pittsburgh
Pasternak:  Poetry and Short Prose Fiction:  Irina Shevelenko,
Independent Scholar
Russian Drama on the Silver Screen (cross-listed with civilization
courses),  Galina Aksenova, Independent Scholar

Language Courses
Advanced Phonetics, Irina Odintsova, Moscow State University
Advanced Conversation, Irina Odintsova, Moscow State University
Advanced Grammar, Nelly Zhuravlyova, SUNY-Albany
Advanced Composition, Nelly Zhuravlyova, SUNY-Albany

CO-CURRICULAR PROGRAM
In the summer of 2001, we are delighted to host writer-in-residence
Vladimir Voinovich for a two-week visit, as well as a one-week visit
by two visiting artists, Andrei and Larisa Ratnikov.  We will once
again host a lecture by noted Russian actor and director, Veniamin
Smekhov.  As always, this year we will have a series of lectures,
concerts, dance parties, picnics, and performances, including two
film festivals ("Contemporary Russian Film" and "Film Adaptations of
Russian Literature").

Students will participate in the following clubs and activities:

sports:  soccer, volleyball, chess
media:  radio station, school newspaper, current events clubs
arts:  choir, theater troupe production, talent show, karaoke, folk dancing

Students eat in a Russian-only dining hall and live in a Russian-only
dormitory together with the faculty.  The dormitory is equipped with
ethernet access in each dorm room; several of the rooms are also
wired for Russian television (by satellite).

Financial aid is available for students participating in both the
6-week and 9-week program.

For more information, visit the web site

http://www.middlebury.edu/~ls/Russian/

or contact the director of the Russian School, Benjamin Rifkin
(brifkin at facstaf.wisc.edu) or the Russian School Coordinator, Margot
Bowden (bowden at middlebury.edu).

Interested students may download an application from the website or
may request an application by contacting the director of the school
(brifkin at facstaff.wisc.edu) or the coordinator of the Russian School,
Margot Bowden (bowden at middlebury.edu).





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Benjamin Rifkin

Associate Prof., Slavic Dept., UW-Madison
1432 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Dr.
Madison, WI  53706
voice: 608/262-1623; fax: 608/265-2814
http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/slavic/rifkin/

Director of the Russian School
Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT  05753
voice:  802/443-5533; fax: 802/443-5394
http://www.middlebury.edu/~ls/Russian/

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