Russian Textbook for High School

[Jane Shuffelton]

I didn't see the question about levels 3 and 4,  but Face to Face is part
of a four level series, all with workbooks and videos. I used all four
levels with success at Brighton High School.
Jane Shuffelton

On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 3:42 PM, Francoise Rosset <frosset at wheatonma.edu>wrote:

> Dear everyone:
>
> I second Jane Shuffelton and others who argue that a textbook should be
> chosen BECAUSE it was designed for HS and BECAUSE it has all those
> ancillary items (pics, culture, games etc.) that HSers expect.
>
> I did teach HS language classes for one year, at Punahou in Honolulu, and
> those students, courses and expectations were simply utterly different from
> the ones I had at the University of Hawai'i. I taught three different
> languages (sic) at Punahou and two of them at UH, and the differences held
> accross the board.
>
> The one advantage to using a textbook designed for college is that if you
> organize things well, your students may end up going to a college that uses
> the same textbook, and their level will then be obvious.
>
> I cannot answer the question about HS 3 and 4, as I only taught Russian 1.
> It is an important question, and I am cheered to no end by the fact that
> HSs are actually teaching Russian 3 and 4 !!!
>
> -FR
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:54:24 -0400
>  Jane Shuffelton <janeshuffelton at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
>> HS Russian language teachers,
>>
>> When I used Face to Face I found that it had plenty of grammar practice
>> and
>> was structured to develop competency in grammar.  Of course teachers who
>> felt there should be more grammar practice could develop their own
>> materials..  But I think the essential feature of Face to Face that has
>> relevance for a high school program is  the format, much closer to
>> textbooks they would have in other languages (pictures, cultural materials
>> that would appeal to pre-college students.)
>>
>> I actually found myself developing more communicative activities when I
>> used the textbook, especially in reference to re-tooling my program around
>> the national Standards for Foreign Language Learning K-12.
>>
>> Jane Shuffelton
>> Brighton High School (retired)
>>
>>
> Francoise Rosset, Associate Professor
> Chair, Russian and Russian Studies
> Wheaton College
> Norton, Massachusetts 02766
> Office: (508) 285-3696
> FAX:   (508) 286-3640
>
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