The ever-challenging 3rd-year Russian language course

[Marina Brodskaya]

Nicole,

I have recently put together a multimedia reader of
Zolotoj telenok (Il'f and Petrov-- hilarious, part of
the Russian vernacular).   Hats off to Richard Schupbach for creating the
original reader some time ago, which has been a staple of Third-year
Russian at Stanford.

What I've done is upgrade the text reader for the
the 'digital generation'  and create a cross-platform
(PC and MAC) super-easy to use multimedia reader with text, sound files for
the entire text, movie files, pictures,glosses, links, comprehension
questions, which can beeasily linked to your email, class webspace, etc..
The students found it helpful on many levels and super
easy to use. I am still tweaking it, trying to make
the file size smaller, adding things to it, but the
main elements are all there and the rest can be added
as needed.  Oh, and you don't need to buy any special
program to be able to use the multimedia reader.

Let me know if this is something you might be
interested in and I'll be happy to share it with you.

Marina Brodskaya


Quoting Nicole Monnier <monniern at MISSOURI.EDU>:

> Dear SEELANGStsy!
>
> HELP. 11th-hour changes find me scrambling to put together a
> first-semester
> 3rd-year (to use the terminology of our program) Russian language course.
> While I have taught this semester of Russian before, it is my Waterloo
> (I'm
> Napoleon, not the Duke of Wellington in this scenario). As it is
> envisioned
> in these parts, the course is meant to be a reading / preparation for
> reading course, with some emphasis on grammar.
>
> The students will have had two solid years of Russian (1st-year = Live
> from
> Moscow in two 15-week semesters with 6 course meetings per week; 2nd-year
> =
> Live from Moscow: Welcome Back! in two 15-week semesters with 4 meetings
> per
> week).
>
> I've taught three different versions of this course, each with a
> different
> set of texts and supplementary materials, but with far less success than
> I
> would hope. Ideally, I envision putting together a set of "teachable
> texts"
> (a mix of literary and otherwise) together with a good reference
> textbook/grammar (Wade? Offord?).
>
> I know some of this is last-minute panic, but I'd LOVE to hear from those
> of
> you who have taught this course and been pleasantly surprised by your
> successes. Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Nicole
>
>
> ****************************
> Dr. Nicole Monnier
> Assistant Professor of Instruction
> Director of Undergraduate Studies (Russian)
> German & Russian Studies
> 415 GCB
> University of Missouri
> Columbia, MO 65211
>
> phone: 573.882.3370
>
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