Russian Alphabet Video - link with sound / alphabet booklet

Mon Feb 10 10:12:14 UTC 2014

Josh, that link gives me the film but no sound. I found a version with sound here:
http://rutube.ru/video/48703643d4d4cabab553c8805368f9e4/
By complete coincidence I published an alphabet starter booklet here last week using the same technique and many of the same words, although I didn't miss out Stalin. www.ruslan.co.uk/alphabetstarter.htm
John Langran
www.ruslan.co.uk 

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Josh Wilson 
  To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU 
  Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 8:10 PM
  Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Russian Police Choir

  The NBC site only works in the States. 

  You can find the Azbuka rolik, though, on RuTube. http://rutube.ru/video/c5f21f8ec23fb8905b61baa87e87a095/?ref=logo 

  Josh Wilson
  Assistant Director
  The School of Russian and Asian Studies
  Editor in Chief
  Vestnik, The Journal of Russian and Asian Studies
  SRAS.org 
  jwilson at sras.org

  From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Jane Shuffelton
  Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 11:30 PM
  To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
  Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Russian Police Choir

  Tom,

  No matter what I try, I can't get that alphabet video to play.  Does anyone have a  way to access it?  When it showed up, I hit the record button on my t.v. as fast as I could, but that's not the same as making it available to students.  I also was emailing a fellow Russianist high school teacher - we agree that the video could be Russia's best gift to our language programs.  Since the alphabet is what attracts many to try Russian, it would be super as a promotion tool.  Not to even get into the implications for the new revised Standards emphasis on "Reflecting on cultural products..." (available at www.actfl.org. Or what one could imagine doing with the video in a more advanced class, or with heritage learners.  I could go on and on - it was electrifying just to think that a country would identify its culure first and foremost with its language/writing system.

  Tom, I agree with you more than 100% about the policeman's chorus and perceptions of Russia.  Was horrified in church this morning to hear prayers for the unfortunate people in the Sochi area whose homes have been displaced -- the only mention of the Olympics.  And that is just one example of the pervasive negative and/or mocking commentary on Russia, now, and so very often.  "Why did they gloss over Stalin in the history segment?"  Really - would we include choreography on slavery or the expropriation of Native American lands in a similar show?  "Jane, don't you think Russia is terribly dangerous?"  That was just before I nearly became a witness at a police shoot out at a suburban Wegmans right here. 

  With apologies for a bit of a blog-sized reply, but have been thinking about that ceremony all weekend.

  Jane Shuffelton

  On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 9:18 AM, Beyer, Tom <beyer at middlebury.edu> wrote:

  It's nice to see the bright and surprising side of Russia, its people and culture. Many of us have devoted a life to understanding and appreciating them better, and to opening the eyes of our students to that world. Another lovely segment is devoted to the alphabet. Share it with your students and prospectives.

  http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/russian-alphabet-comes-life?ctx=top-moments

  This is a proud nation and  proud people. Mutual understanding will not be built upon demeaning or embarrassing them.

  From: Brunilda Lugo de Fabritz <amarilis at BUGBYTES.COM<mailto:amarilis at BUGBYTES.COM>>
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  Date: Saturday, February 8, 2014 at 4:05 PM
  To: "SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU<mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU>" <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU<mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU>>
  Subject: [SEELANGS] Russian Police Choir

  Truth is stranger than fiction. My eyes could not believe it until I saw it. Serious semiotic analysis of this video welcome.
  Humorous. The uniforms and diction do not match --- this
  Russian Police Choir in formal uniform, in operatic voices, sing Daft Punk's Get Lucky.

  http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/russian-police-choir-performs-get-lucky-opening-ceremony?ctx=top-moments

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