Fw: Russian anymore

[Andrew Jameson]

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From: Daf <daf at meirionnydd.force9.co.uk>
To: a.jameson at dial.pipex.com
Subject: Re: Russian anymore
Date: 09 June 2000 15:55

Pavel Samsonov wrote
> What I do I write a message of 3-4 sentences on a board and get them to
read
> it. Then I erase some words and get the students to read the message one
by
> one pretending that the words are there, then remove some more words
until
> someone actually reads from the clean board. They get ecstatic because
they
> realize that in 2-3 minutes they can memorize a text of 15-25 words! And
> there is a covert competition among the students.

That's a great idea and one I never thought of. I shall use it. I do quite
a bit of memorising using playing cards. The cards have Russian phrases on
one side in one colour and English on the other in another colour [for
easier sorting]. For an introductory game we play it with the Russian up
and everyone gets to keep the cards that he translates correctly. Then we
go to having the English up and they have to give the exact Russian phrase
that is on the other side. Many sets are sentences that I wrote down from
Russian films so we can have a follow up when they watch the film and see
how many of them they can catch.
Daf
Meirionnydd Languages
[web page- http://www.meirionnydd.force9.co.uk ]

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