"Bitter truth" about Russian language competence

[Kristine Shmakov]

Please send a copy of the article to me at kshmakov at pdxlink.com

Thank you,

Kristine Shmakov
On Feb 4, 2010, at 12:08 PM, Willis, Oksana wrote:

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> Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 11:08 AM
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> Subject: [SEELANGS] "Bitter truth" about Russian language competence
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>      If you are interested in reading about what Russians think about
> the state of the literacy, you may find it interesting to read the
> article, published this Monday in the magazine “Smena”. It deals  
> with
> public response to the proposed change of the rules (coffee, etc.) and
> with journalists’ reflections about literacy and verbal behavior in
> modern Russia. The article is pretty eclectic, though – to my  
> mind –
> it reflects the way Russians think.
>      «Горькое правдо: мы не знаем  
> собственного языка». // Смена, 2010,
> № 2, стр. 5-13.
>      “Bitter *Trooth: We do not Know our Own Language” // Smena,  
> 2010,
> # 2, pp. 5-13
>      I was asked a couple of questions by the journalists and they
> allowed me to send my colleagues the article itself, since it will
> appear in the Internet only in March. Those who are interesting in
> getting the article please contact me, and I will send you two files
> in *pdf with the article (in Russian). [112 and 612 Kb]
>      Valery Belyanin, PhD.
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