ACTR's Post-Secondary Russian Essay Contest

Wed Feb 12 20:12:02 UTC 2003

At 09:59 AM 10/17/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>I invite you and your students to participate in the Fourth Annual ACTR
>National Post-Secondary Russian Essay Contest.  We had a successful contest
>in 2002 with 179 participants representing 23 universities and colleges. (I
>will post a separate message to the list announcing the 2002 winners of the
>Third Annual ACTR National Post-Secondary Russian Essay Contest.)
>
>Participation in the Russian Essay Contest is an excellent way
>
>-to have your students compete nationwide with their peers
>-to raise the visibility of your Russian program
>-to compete in a fun, field-wide event.
>
>The contest is for undergraduates at all levels of Russian (1st through
>4th-year), and there are categories for heritage learners.
>
>If you should have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me off
>list.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Patricia Zody
>
>*************************************************************************************
>4th ANNUAL ACTR NATIONAL POST-SECONDARY RUSSIAN ESSAY CONTEST
>
>Students taking Russian in accredited colleges and universities are invited
>to participate in the fourth annual National Post-Secondary Russian Essay
>Contest sponsored by the American Council of Teachers of Russian.
>
>All students must pay a registration fee according to the following schedule:
>Students whose teacher is an ACTR member - $3.00 per registration
>Students whose teacher is not an ACTR member - $4.50 per registration
>Students may not register themselves, but can only be registered by a teacher.
>To register your students, please send a registration form (below) and one
>check made out to "ACTR" to George Morris, ACTR Treasurer, 3109 Yale
>Boulevard, St. Charles, MO 63301-0462. All registrations must be received
>by January 24, 2003. Registrations received after the deadline will not be
>accepted.
>
>When registering your students, please consult the criteria below to select
>the appropriate level.
>
>Teachers whose students are participating in the contest will receive
>directions and the essay topic in late January 2003. Students will write
>their essays between Feb. 1 and Feb. 15, 2003 at a time selected by the
>instructor at each institution. Judges will review the essays in March 2003
>and winners will be announced in early April 2003.
>
>Please note that students cannot use any books or notes and may not work
>together. Essays must be written legibly in blue or black ink The time
>limit for writing the essays will be one hour. The essays must be written
>in blue or black ink on lined or bluebook paper provided by teachers.
>Pencil is not acceptable (as it won't photocopy). After the students write
>the essay, teachers will make four photocopies of each essay as per the
>directions and then send the originals and three photocopies to Patricia
>Zody within 48 hours of the test date. All essays will be evaluated
>anonymously: no essay will be identifiable by the name or institution of
>the student who wrote it. Gold, silver, and bronze ribbon awards
>(certificates), as well as honorable mention, will be presented for the
>best essays at each level.
>
>Teachers may not substitute students for those registered by the deadline.
>No refunds are available for students who don't show up for the essay contest.
>
>Essays will be ranked according to levels as follows:
>Category 1: Non-Heritage Learners (those learners who do not and did not
>ever speak Russian in the home)
>Level One: students who at the time of the essay contest will have had
>fewer than 100 contact hours of instruction in Russian (whether in college
>alone or in college and high school). (This is mostly students in
>first-year Russian.)
>
>Level Two: students who at the time of the essay contest will have had more
>than 100 contact hours, but fewer than 250 contact hours of instruction.
>(This is mostly students in second-year Russian.)
>
>Level Three: students who will have had more than 250 contact hours, but
>fewer than 400 contact hours of instruction. (This is mostly students in
>third or fourth-year Russian.)
>
>Level Four: students who will have had more than 400 contact hours of
>instruction. (This is mostly students in fourth-year or fifth-year Russian.)
>
>Category 2: Heritage Learners
>
>Heritage Learners (1): students who speak Russian with their families and
>who have attended school for fewer than 5 years in Russia or the former
>Soviet Union and may have had to relearn reading and writing skills after
>emigration.
>
>Heritage Learners (2): students who speak Russian with their families and
>who have attended school for 5 or more years in Russia or the former Soviet
>Union and have not had to relearn reading and writing skills after emigration.
>
>Judges will evaluate essays according to content (the ability to express
>ideas in Russian and communicate information about the topic) and length,
>lexicon, syntax, structure (grammatical and orthographic accuracy), and
>originality or creativity.
>
>Awards will be announced in the ACTR Letter and the AATSEEL Newsletter. The
>best gold ribbon essays will be published again this year in the ACTR Letter.
>
>Teachers with questions about the essay contest should contact:
>Patricia L. Zody
>Director, Center for Language Studies
>Beloit College
>700 College Street
>Beloit, WI 53511
>(608)363-2277
>cls at beloit.edu
>
>REGISTRATION FORM FOR NATIONAL POST-SECONDARY RUSSIAN ESSAY CONTEST
>Name of Institution:
>Name of Instructor:
>Address:
>E-Mail Address:
>Telephone:
>Fax:
>Name of Each Student Participating in Test, Category 1 or 2, and
>Level (according to guidelines listed above).
>
>Send to George Morris, ACTR Treasurer, 3109 Yale Boulevard, St. Charles, MO
>63301-0462 before January 24, 2003.
>
>Official Registration Forms can also be found in the Fall 2002 ACTR Letter
>and the October 2002 AATSEEL Newsletter.
>
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