qualifying to teach Russ., etc., in US

[E Wayles Browne]

Continuing the discussion:
There is one well-known person who is a professor
precisely of Russian language (not literature, not
linguistics), and that is Frank Miller of Columbia
University.
The website of the AATSEEL (American Association of
Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages) has
an interview with him about his career:

http://www.aatseel.org/frank_miller

In general I would advise Mrs. Pashkovska to look at
the organization's site: http://www.aatseel.org/
and if possible read its newsletter and its quarterly
journal Slavic and East European Journal (SEEJ);
also to look at the job listings at
http://members.aatseel.org/jobs/job-index.asp

If one joins AATSEEL, one can attend its meetings
and hear presentations of papers on literature, on
linguistics, and on language pedagogy. See
http://www.aatseel.org/program for information
about its meeting in Chicago December 28-30.

Another organization that one should know about
is ACTR (American Council of Teachers of Russian),
which is one part of the American Councils
for International Education; see
http://www.americancouncils.org/index.php

More specifically about ACTR: look at
http://www.americancouncils.org/actrMembership.php

ACTR publishes a newsletter with many discussions
of methodology of teaching. You can download it
from this same site:
http://www.americancouncils.org/actrMembership.php

ACTR has also recently taken over an older journal,
Russian Language Journal.

Yours,
-- 
Wayles Browne, Assoc. Prof. of Linguistics
Department of Linguistics
Morrill Hall 220, Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14853, U.S.A.

tel. 607-255-0712 (o), 607-273-3009 (h)
fax 607-255-2044 (write FOR W. BROWNE)
e-mail ewb2 at cornell.edu

> Dear colleagues and Ms Pashkovska:
>
> Since in the US there are many holders of the Ph.D. who are experts
> in Russian language and literature, it seems possible that there
> would be reduced demand at this time for such experts who are
> LIMITED to Russian.  I suspect that the job openings which do
> appear tend to emphasize Russian PLUS OTHER Slavic languages
> and literatures. --  Such as Russian plus Ukrainian language and
> literature,  for instance?
>
> I agree with Prof Browne that a specialization in Slavic-language
> pedagogy as such is probably much less in demand than,   as I
> suggest,   specialization in Russian plus "secondary" Slavic
> languages and literatures...
>
> Happy holidays to all,
> Steven P Hill,
> University of Illinois.
> _____________________________________________________________________
>
> Date: Sat 8 Dec 11:23:34 CST 2007
> From: <LISTSERV at BAMA.UA.EDU>
> Subject: Re: GETPOST SEELANGS
> To: "Steven P. Hill" <s-hill4 at UIUC.EDU>
>
> Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 04:10:52 +0300
> From: Kateryna Pashkovska <pashkovska_k at MAIL.RU>
> Subject: teaching Russian
>
> Dear every one,
> let me ask you once again what qualifications I should have to be eligible
> for a
> position of a professor of Russian language in the US or Canada? May be
> you can
> advise specific institutions? I find various programs, but no courses like
> methods
> of teaching Russian language at the PhD level, but to my mind, these
> methodological courses are most vitally important.
> Thank you,
> Kateryna Pashkovska,
> Utah State University.
>
> -----------------------------

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