Russian Language Mentor

[Michael Denner]

Dear Colleagues!

I wanted to draw your attention to a very useful site for teaching
Russian -- Russian Language Mentor
(http://www.marshallcenter.org/CISS/English/FLTCE/courses/rlm_revA/default.h
tm). I haven't seen it referred to on this list serve. The site is
remarkably content-rich -- hundreds of self-contained exercises in listening
and reading comprehension, plus an extensive sort of "knowledge base" --
brief but informative articles on important names, places, events etc. in
Russian culture/history with links to other sites on the Internet.

The site's mostly aimed at the advanced-intermediate and advanced level. The
reading comprehension consists of authentic texts taken from Russian
newspapers, magazines. The audio exercises are mostly drawn from news
reports from Russian television. Each of the "texts" is discussed from the
point of view of grammar, syntax, lexicon, etc. There are also questions
that test reading/listening comprehension. Transcriptions are provided for
the listening exercises, but not until students have answered some basic
comprehension questions. I've really only scratched the surface of what's
there.

In any case, I plan to use the site extensively, assigning sections to my
advanced students for independent work. Most of the work I usually devote to
preparation is already done, probably better than I could do it!

Check it out and send encouragement to its author!

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Michael A. Denner
Russian Studies Program
Stetson University
Campus Box 8361
DeLand, FL 32724
386.822.7381
http://www.stetson.edu/organizations/russian_club/mypage.htm

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