query: reviving language in native speaker who has forgotten it

[KALB, JUDITH]

Dear colleagues,
I wonder if any of you can help me with a student who was born in Russia, adopted at age 8 after a very difficult stint in an orphanage, grew up in NY, and is now enrolled in first-year Russian language.  He does not remember his Russian but is interested in reviving it.  He has had a lot of trouble with grammar, reading, etc., but when I have him listen to conversations, etc., he can repeat them beautifully-so the language is still somewhere in there, apparently.  He's interested in working over the summer to try to get further with it.  Do you have suggestions on methods, programs, etc. that might be helpful?
Many thanks!
Judith

Dr. Judith E. Kalb
Associate Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature
Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
jkalb at sc.edu<mailto:jkalb at sc.edu>


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