akademicheskaia zadolzhennost'

[Edward M Dumanis]

On Tue, 13 May 2003, Alina Israeli wrote:
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> That might be the case when there is a lab to precede the oral exam, or say
> a written test in phonetics which takes place before the "sessija" - the
> exam period begins, when phonetics will be part of the Russian language
> course oral exam. For the most part the grade for "zachet" doesn't matter
> in the long run, but there is one. So if you took the written test in
> phonetics and got an A for it, that's exactly the case you just described.
> Most likely that grade will remeain between the student and the teacher
> (just like the individual grades for exams that I give my students in the
> US). Occasionally, it may make it into "zachetnaja knizhka", usually if
> there is just a written test at the end of the semester and there is no
> oral exam during the "sessija".
>
I would somewhat dissent here. The Final Test might be graded, but its
grade should not be confused with the grade "ZACHJOT" ("Pass") given as
the point of admission to the following exam, or as a Pass-grade for the
course in the Pass/Fail grading system. If the grade for ZACHJOT (where
"ZACHJOT" is used not in the meaning of a grade but in the meaning of a
test) is given, then this test is a so-called DIFFERENTSIROVANNYJ ZACHJOT,
and its grade is entered, as a grade for an exam would be, into
"zachjotnaja knizhka."
It is not occasionally but in those rare cases when DIFFERENTSIROVANNYJ
ZACHJOT is in the academic plan.

Sincerely,

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>

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