an interesting survey

Tue Jul 15 13:46:39 UTC 2008

Those who have been taking an interest in this survey may or may not be relieved to learn that Nicholas II has now overtaken Stalin in the voting.

http://www.newsru.com/russia/15jul2008/nikolay.html

Incidentally, I realise that as subscribers to this list, we are by definition above such matters, but just in case if anyone is interested in organising a flash-mob of their own, Turgenev is at present in last (50th) place, just behind Potemkin, Blok and Shaliapin (and quite a long way behind Il'ia Muromets).

John Dunn.

-----Original Message-----
From: Alexandra Smith <Alexandra.Smith at ED.AC.UK>
To: SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:38:49 +0100
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] an interesting survey

Dear colleagues,

I've just heard about a curious survey that attempts to identify the  
most representative "cult" figures of Russian history (its' called  
"The name of Russia"). 766 292 people voted so far, and the first 6  
people are as follows: (1) Stalin, Vysotsky, Lenin, Nicholas 2,  
Pushkin, Esenin,etc. You could view the results on this  
site:http://www.nameofrussia.ru/rating.html

Surprisingly, Peter the Great occupies only the 13th place and he  
scored only 72 205 votes... Yeltsin is slightly ahead of him...

All best,
Alexandra

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Department of European Languages and Cultures
School of  Languages, Literatures and Cultures
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Quoting Ben Rifkin <brifkin at TEMPLE.EDU>:

> I would like to point out to SEELANGers that there are other
> computer-mediated options for learners and that these options, which may be
> better integrated with textbooks, might be a better match for those learners
> who will happily spend more time using a computer-based program than
> completing pen and paper exercises.  (Indeed, this is the thesis of my
> article,  "Criteria for the Assessment of Foreign Language Instructional
> Software and Websites, " ADFL Bulletin 34.2 (2003):  53-56.)
>
> For those looking for other options for computer-mediated instruction, I
> would mention the Russnet exercises (www.russnet.org), the exercises
> correlated with Golosa ( http://www.gwu.edu/~slavic/golosa/), for more
> advanced-learners, RAILS (http://www.languageinstitute.wisc.edu/rails).
> There is more information at
>
> http://slavica.com/teaching/rifkin.html
>
> Lastly, I also recommend the Ruslan series for those who are interested in a
> beginning program well integrated with computer-mediated activities.
>
> With best wishes to all,
>
> Ben Rifkin
>
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