ISO short Russian poem for beginners

[Melissa Smith]

One of my students has become a devotee of the TV program "Zhdi menya", 
which is on the DirecTV version of channel one. Consequently, I decided 
to use Konstantin Simonov's poem in class, and found the language 
fairly simple:

http://www.litera.ru/stixiya/authors/simonov/zhdi-menya-i.html

Svetlana Malykhina wrote:


>Hello Devin,
> 
>I am sending just a few links from my You Tube poetry collection. I 
feel that some poems may exceed the beginner's level, but you as an 
instructor should make a choice, what to present and when. In fact, for 
curious students all these verses are adequate and success depends a 
lot on how much learners can employ all five senses and the sense of 
humor.
> 
>I believe that you've got such a great idea, as 
video-audio-poetry material is designed for different kinds of students 
-- some people are visual learners, some are audio learners ... 
> 
>Best wishes,
>Svitlana Malykhina
> 
>Anna Akhmatova
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH955ypgSMY&feature=related
>Marina Tsvetaeva
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej5BaIbtsDE&feature=related
>Mikhail Kazakov resites poetry: Brodsky, Akhmatova 
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7cSQyO-lYU&feature=related
>Boris Pasternak
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TlMxZclEk4&feature=related
>Nikolai Gumilev 
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEG0ka1DLV4&feature=related
>Sasha Chyorny 
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZezbnSu9jrA&feature=related
>Innokenty Annensky 
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmjtudNAQVU&feature=related
> 



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Melissa T. Smith, Professor
Department of Foreign Languages and 
Literatures  
Youngstown State University
Youngstown, OH 44555
Tel: (330)941-3462

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