recommendations for second-year text

[Lila W. Zaharkov]

At 01:40 PM 07/18/2005, you wrote:
>Dear SEELANGers,
>
>
>
>I've decided to change textbooks for our second-year Russian course,
>which meets five days a week. The students will have completed Live from
>Moscow and have, I feel, a very firm grasp of the grammar contained
>therein. I've used Welcome Back for years, but I don't feel that it's a
>terribly effective book, and I've ended up adding so much additional
>material, and still am dissatisfied, that I thought I'd give another
>book a shot. Years ago, I used V puti, and, while there's much to
>recommend in the book, I found its lexicon to be far too broad and
>insufficiently integrated. That said, I remember there being a lot of
>very excellent grammar and reading sections, but no film.
>
>
>
>A long windup to a simple question: Does anyone out there have a
>second-year text that they love, that they would unhesitatingly
>recommend? What are my choices? Can anyone share syllabi? I'm willing to
>adopt a hodgepodge approach, using various resources, if anyone could
>share their approach.
>
>
>
>Any help will be appreciated. Pls reply off-list. I'll be happy to
>collect the responses and provide them to anyone who wants them.



>Had the same experience with both of books you mentioned. Have switched to 
>the second book of Golosa-same thmese covered, but with more user-friendly 
>and fun things to do as well as materials and web-sites.
>
>
>Best,
>
>mad
>
>
>
>()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
>Dr. Michael A. Denner
>Editor, Tolstoy Studies Journal
>Director, University Honors Program
>
>Contact Information:
>Russian Studies Program
>Stetson University
>Campus Box 8361
>DeLand, FL 32720-3756
>386.822.7381 (department)
>386.822.7265 (direct line)
>386.822.7380 (fax)
>http://www.stetson.edu/~mdenner <http://www.stetson.edu/~mdenner>
>
>
>
>
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription
>   options, and more.  Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at:
>                     http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription
  options, and more.  Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at:
                    http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------