E-mail etiquette and American undergraduates

[Richard Robin]

If it's normal class business with students I know or who are in my class...
Здравствуйте, студенты! (to the entire class)
Здравствуйте, _______! (ещ фт штвшмшвгфд)

Closing...

Any one of
-R. Robin
- Р.Робин
До скорого,
До завтра,
etc.

In addition, I use a rule that could be characterized "as much Russian as
possible." So first-year students are expected to get in at least
Здравствуйте after the first week of class. By third year, all communication
must be in Russian (if the student wants an answer, that is.)


On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Vardanyan, Ashot <ashot-vardanyan at uiowa.edu
> wrote:

> Uvazhaemaya Prof. Goering!
>
> When I greet my non-first year students in Russian, I write "Uvazhaemye
> studenty" at the beginning of a semester and "Dorogie rebyata" or just
> "Rebyata" later if I turn to more than one student. When communicating with
> one person, I use just his / her name, sometimes preceded by "Dorogoi /
> Dorogaya". Of course, there could be students who may need more formality --
> then I use "Uvazhaemyi / Uvazhaemaya". Just the name is another possibility.
>
> Also, when I write a letter to any student(s) in Russian, I keep the
> Russian style: the address in the middle of the top line followed by an
> exclamation mark.
>
> In closing, I mainly prefer "Vsego dobrogo / xoroshego" or "Vsex blag",
> sometimes -- "Vsego, + the initials of my name and patronymic". Depending on
> the frequency of our messages, for the purpose of diversity, and / or the
> forthcoming meeting or class time, I can also use "Do vstrechi (na uroke)",
> "Do zavtra", "Do vtornika", "Do skorogo", etc.
>
> Regarding my students' communication with me, regrettably, first I have to
> teach them to start with some address, otherwise, they just start with a
> sentence.
>
> Second, I try to expose my students to the "name + patronymic" phrase
> preceded by "Uvazhaemyi" if they want, I don't insist on it. Another version
> is "Zdravstvuite, name + patronymic!"
>
> I also teach them the Russian style of the address position and punctuation
> (comma inside, exclamation mark at the end). As to the closing, I teach them
> to use the same phrases as I do but I also teach them to use "S (iskrennim)
> uvazheniem, + name on the next line" if it's a formal, official letter.
> Sometimes, if my message to them is very formal, I could use this closing as
> well.
>
> I would be glad to know other possibilities as well.
>
> S uvazheniem,
> Ashot (Stepanovich)
>
> Ashot Vardanyan
> University of Iowa
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list on
> behalf of Laura Goering
> Sent: Thu 17-Sep-09 14:56
> To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
> Subject: [SEELANGS] E-mail etiquette and American undergraduates
>
>
>
> Dear colleagues:
>
> I would be curious to know what greetings and closings you use when writing
> e-mail messages in Russian to American undergraduates, and, conversely, what
> you teach them to use with you.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Laura Goering
> Professor of Russian
> Department of German and Russian
> Carleton College
> Northfield, MN 55057
> (507) 222-4125
>
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-- 
Richard M. Robin, Ph.D.
Director Russian Language Program
The George Washington University
Washington, DC 20052
202-994-7081
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