Summer Russian, Czech, Hungarian at Beloit

[Patricia L. Zody]

Beloit College
2005 Summer Intensive Russian, Czech, and Hungarian Programs
June 11 through August 12, 2005

The Center for Language Studies at Beloit College is pleased to announce 
its intensive language program for summer 2005. Slavic and East European 
languages offered this summer are (please see below for a list of textbooks 
used in the courses):

1st-, 2nd-, 3rd-, 4th-year Russian
1st-year Czech
1st-year Hungarian

For the 9-week course, students receive 12 semester hours of credit.  4 ½ 
week sessions are also available.

Language and culture are vital components of Beloit's summer 
program.  Participants not only immerse themselves in the language but also 
study the target culture through authentic political and historical texts, 
songs and poetry, the Internet, popular Russian movies, and excursions to 
surrounding areas. Superb teachers, personalized instruction, small 
classes, and a peaceful summer in Wisconsin are just a few of the many 
benefits offered by the program.

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-Partial scholarships available for all qualified applicants accepted by 
April 22, 2005.
-Additional scholarships available for third- and fourth-year Russian 
through a generous grant from the Social Science Research Council (SSRC)
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Applications are being accepted now.  For more information about the 
program, please visit our new Web site at http://www.summerlanguages.com or 
email me off list at cls at beloit.edu. (Other languages offered through our 
program: Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, and ESL.)

Patricia L. Zody
Director, Center for Language Studies
Beloit College
700 College Street
Beloit, WI 53511
608-363-2277
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Textbooks used:
-1st-year Russian, Golosa: A Basic Course in Russian (Book 1 and 2) by 
Richard Robin, Karen Evans-Romaine, Galina Shatalina, and Joanna Robin 
(Prentice Hall, 2003)
-2nd-year Russian, V puti!: Russian Grammar in Context by Olga Kagan and 
Frank J. Miller (Prentice Hall, 1996)
-3rd-year Russian, Focus on Russian: An Interactive Approach to 
Communication by Sandra F. Rosengrant and Elena D. Lifschitz (John Wiley & 
Sons, Inc., 1996)
-4th-year Russian, Political Russian: An Intermediate Course in Russian 
Language for International Relations, National Security and Socio-Economics 
by Natasha Simes and Richard M. Robin (Kendall/Hunt, 2002)
-1st-year Czech, Communicative Czech (Elementary and Intermediate Czech) by 
Ivana Bednárová and Magdalena Pintarová (Prague: Ústav jazykové a odborné 
prípravy Univerzity Karlovy, 1995)
-1st-year Hungarian, Colloquial Hungarian by Carol Rounds (Routledge, 2002) 
and Hungarian for Foreigners by Dorottya Lakos (Budapest, 1998)

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