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Course Information and Syllabus
FLR 101 – Beginning Russian I
Section 001
FALL 2009
3 Credit Hours
Course Description
This is the first of four consequitive language courses offered by Russian Studies Program at NCSU. Beginning Russian I includes introduction to the Russian sound system, pronunciation, and handwriting and covers approximately one third of basic grammar. Successful students (at least a 'C' final grade) will aquire a working vocabulary of about 300 words, elementary reading, writing and speaking skills.
Learning Outcomes
Students who pass this course with at least a 'C' grade will be able to:
• understand simple Russian sentences spoken by the teacher in class or on audio files when based on previously studied material.
• speak Russian at the Beginner's Level using previously studied grammar and vocabulary, ask and answer simple questions on selected topics previously covered in class, participate in group activities with classmates.
• write in cursive Russian at the Beginner's Level using previously learned grammar and vocabulary.
• will understand and able to apply and explain basic grammatical concepts covered in the course.
• will learn basic facts about the origin and historical development of the Russian language, its cultural significance and modern norms.
Course Structure
A typical class will include a review of home assignment, short lecture, recitation, and group activities.
Instructor
Dr. Vladimir Bilenkin
Email: vladimir@social.chass.ncsu.edu
Web Page: http://faculty.chass.ncsu.edu/bilenkin/
Course Web Page: http://faculty.chass.ncsu.edu/bilenkin/101/
Phone: 919-515-9316
Fax: 919-515-6981
Office Location: Withers, room 409
Office Hours: MWF 1:30 - 2:30 & by appointment
Course Meetings
Days: MWF
Time: 12:25pm - 1:15pm
Campus: Main
Location: 04211 Broughton Hall
Required Course Materials
1. Russian for Everybody – Baker, et al.
Edition: 6 or latest
ISBN: 0828530017
Cost: $20 . On sale in the University Bookstore.
2. Online handouts for model sentences drills
3. Online audio files
Requisites and Restrictions
Prerequisites
None.
Co-requisites
None.
Restrictions
None.
General Education Program (GEP) Information
GEP Category
This course does not fulfill a General Education Program category.
GEP Co-requisites
This course does not fulfill a General Education Program co-requisite.
Transportation
This course will not require students to provide their own transportation. Non-scheduled class time for field trips or out-of-class activities is NOT required for this class.
Safety & Risk Assumptions
None.
Grading
Grade Components
Component Weight Details
Class participation 30%
Homework assignments 20%
Combined tests and quizes grades 30%
Final exam 20%
Letter Grades
This Course uses Standard NCSU Letter Grading:
97 ≤ A+ ≤ 100
93 ≤ A < 97
90 ≤ A- < 93
87 ≤ B+ < 90
83 ≤ B < 87
80 ≤ B- < 83
77 ≤ C+ < 80
73 ≤ C < 77
70 ≤ C- < 73
67 ≤ D+ < 70
63 ≤ D < 67
60 ≤ D- < 63
0 ≤ F < 60
Requirements for Credit-Only (S/U) Grading
In order to receive a grade of S, students are required to take all exams and quizzes, complete all assignments, and earn a grade of C- or better. Conversion from letter grading to credit only (S/U) grading is subject to university deadlines. Refer to the Registration and Records calendar for deadlines related to grading. For more details refer to http://www.ncsu.edu/policies/academic_affairs/courses_undergrad/REG02.20.15.php.
Requirements for Auditors (AU)
Information about and requirements for auditing a course can be found at http://www.ncsu.edu/policies/academic_affairs/pols_regs/REG205.00.5.php.
Policies on Incomplete Grades
If an extended deadline is not authorized by the instructor or department, an unfinished incomplete grade will automatically change to an F after either (a) the end of the next regular semester in which the student is enrolled (not including summer sessions), or (b) the end of 12 months if the student is not enrolled, whichever is shorter. Incompletes that change to F will count as an attempted course on transcripts. The burden of fulfilling an incomplete grade is the responsibility of the student. The university policy on incomplete grades is located at http://www.ncsu.edu/policies/academic_affairs/grades_undergrad/REG02.50.3.php.
Late Assignments
I will deduct one grade point for late assignments. No late assignments will be accepted after the class meeting that follows the due date unless the student provides one of these documents: 1) a valid medical evidence, 2) a letter from a parent about death in the family, 3) a written request from a NCSU program for a leave of absence (military excersize, field trip, sport competition).
Attendance Policy
Regular attendance is a university requirement. For every unexcused absence in excess of three (3), the semester grade will be reduced by 1 point. If you miss more than 10 minutes of a class, it may count as an absence, but it is still recommended that you attend the remainder of the class in order to learn the material. DO NOT miss classes because you feel unprepared! Just tell me not to call on you. If you accumulate 9 or more unexcused absences, your semester grade will be F. If you miss three (3) consecutive weeks without contacting your instructor, you may be dropped from the class roll or receive an F for the semester. If you are absent it is your responsibility to get information on the missed material and any changes in the assignments from a class mate. For more detailed information on attendance regulations and on what constitutes an excused absence consult http://www.ncsu.edu/policies/academic_affairs/courses_undergrad/REG02.20.3.php .
Academic Integrity
Students are required to comply with the university policy on academic integrity found in the Code of Student Conduct found at http://www.ncsu.edu/policies/student_services/student_discipline/POL11.35.1.php
Academic Honesty
See http://www.ncsu.edu/policies/student_services/student_discipline/POL11.35.1.php for a detailed explanation of academic honesty.
Honor Pledge
Your signature on any test or assignment indicates "I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid on this test or assignment."
Electronically-Hosted Course Components
Students may be required to disclose personally identifiable information to other students in the course, via electronic tools like email or web-postings, where relevant to the course. Examples include online discussions of class topics, and posting of student coursework. All students are expected to respect the privacy of each other by not sharing or using such information outside the course.
Electronically-hosted Components: Wolfware discussion board. This is a place for FLR 101 students to discuss and ask questions about course matters.
Accommodations for Disabilities
Reasonable accommodations will be made for students with verifiable disabilities. In order to take advantage of available accommodations, student must register with the Disability Services Office (http://www.ncsu.edu/dso) located at 1900 Student Health Center, Campus Box 7509, 515-7653. For more information on NC State's policy on working with students with disabilities, please see the Academic Accommodations for Students with Disabilities Regulation at http://www.ncsu.edu/policies/academic_affairs/courses_undergrad/REG02.20.1.php.
Policy on Discrimination
NC State University provides equality of opportunity in education and employment for all students and employees. Accordingly, NC State affirms its commitment to maintain a work environment for all employees and an academic environment for all students that is free from all forms of discrimination. Discrimination based on race, color, religion, creed, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation is a violation of state and federal law and/or NC State University policy and will not be tolerated. Harassment of any person (either in the form of quid pro quo or creation of a hostile environment) based on race, color, religion, creed, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation also is a violation of state and federal law and/or NC State University policy and will not be tolerated. Retaliation against any person who complains about discrimination is also prohibited. NC State's policies and regulations covering discrimination, harassment, and retaliation may be accessed at http://www.ncsu.edu/policies/campus_environ or http://www.ncsu.edu/equal_op. Any person who feels that he or she has been the subject of prohibited discrimination, harassment, or retaliation should contact the Office for Equal Opportunity (OEO) at 515-3148.
Course Schedule 08/19/2009 - 12/04/2011
Abbreviations used: TB – Textbook, WB – Workbook, HMWK – homework.
Home assignments are due on the date they are listed. Please put it on my table before the class starts.
August
19. General. Course objectives and organization.
21. Lesson I: Introduction to the Russian sound system
HMWK: TB pp. 11-20; tape 4H|01(side A) or audio files
24. Lesson II: Introduction to the Russian Writing System
HMWK: TB pp. 20-34; tape 4H|01(side B) or audio files ; written assignmt.
pp.33-4 (use а separate sheet of paper)
26. Lesson III: Hard Versus Soft Consonants
HMWK: TB pp. 34-46; tape 4H|02(side A) or audio files ; written assignmt.
pp. 44- 46.
28. Lesson IV: Unaccented Vowels
HMWK: TB pp.46-51 (orally); tape 4H|O2(side B) or audio files
31. Lesson IV: Practice
HMWK: TB pp. 52-56; audio files; written assignmt. pp. 57-8;
September
2. Lesson V: Drills
HMWK: TB: pp.58-66; tape4H|03(side A) or audio files Sounds (A) | Sounds (B) | Sounds (C, E, F) | Intonation (D, G, H, I)|
4. Lesson V: Drills
HMWK: TB: pp. 66-69; tape4H|03(side A) or audio files Review (I) | Self-Test | Cognates ; learn spelling rule #1 (p.70); written assignmt. pp. 70-71
9. Урок (lesson) 1: Grammatical Gender
Read aloud and translate the introductory part (i.e., all sentences up to the first
grammar point). Грамматика (grammar) 1-2; learn новые слова (new words) pp.
74-5; tape 4H|03(B).
11. Урок 1: The Conjunctions ‘И’/ ‘А’
HMWK: L.1:TB: Грамматика 1.3-4; упр.1-13 (ustno=orally); новые слова
стр.79-83 ( стр.= страницa = page); tape 4H|03(B); written assign. pp. 81-2.
14. Урок 2: The Conjugation of Verbs
На дом (=for home, HMWK): TB: Introduction: грам. и упр. 2.1-3 (устно); новые
слова стр. 84-6
16. Урок 2: The Russian Case System
На дом: Грамматика (устно) 2.4-5; новые слова стр.88-9; пленка (tape) 4H|04(A)
18. Урок 2: Рассказ и устные упражнения
На дом: TB: Рассказ ( the story ) стр..90; ДП, упр. 2.7-11(устно);
Новые слова стр. 88-92; пленка 4H|04(A); WB стр. 44-45 (all)
21. Урок 3: The Present Tense of 1st conj.
На дом: TV: L.3 Introduction; грамматика 3.1-4; новые слова стр. 93-5;
пленка 4H|05(A) or Orall Drills.
23. Урок 3: The Prepositional Case
На дом: TB: Learn the 1st conjugation by rote; грам. 3.6-10; упр. 3.4, 3.6
письменно (written); пленка 4H|05(A) or Oral Drills.
25. Урок 3: Рассказ, вопросы (questions), диалоги
На дом: TV: Рассказ (story) , стр.100; ДП; упр. 3.11-16 устно; новые слова
стр. 103, пленка 4H|05(B); WB pp.48-9(1-15).
28. Урок 4: The possesive modifiers
На дом : TB: Introduction; грамматика и упр. (устно) 4.1-2; новые слова
стр.104-6; пленка 4H|06(A), oral drills (4.1)
30. Урок 4: Complex Sentences. Word Order
На дом: TB: грам. 4.3-9; Рассказ стр. 110; пленка 4H|06(B)
October
2 Урок 4: Вопросы, диалоги, разговор
На дом: TV: Рассказ (вопросы), ДП, упр. 4.10-16 (устно), новые слова стр. 113; WB стр. .52-3 (1-30), пленка 4H|06(B)
5 . Урок 5: The Second Conjugation
На дом: TB: Введение (Introduction), грам. 5.1-3,новые слова стр. 102-3;
пленка 4H|07(A) or oral drills (5.1-2)
7. Урок 5: The Nominative Plural of Nouns
На дом: learn the 2nd conj. by rote; TB: грам. 4 - 7, упр. 5.5-7 (письменно), oral drills 5.5
FALL BREAK !
12. Урок 5: Indirect Speech & the Particle ' li '
На дом: TV: грам. 5.8-11, упр. 5.10 (устно), Рассказ (перевод) стр. 122;
пленка 4H|07(B)
14. Урок 5: Вопросы, диалоги, разговор
На дом: TB: Рассказ (вопросы), ДП, упр. 5.12-19, новые слова стр.125;
пленка 4H|07(B); WB: стр. 56 (1-21)
16. Урок-Повторение I
На дом: Review Exercises стр. 129-130: упр. 1-3 (письменно), упр. 4 - 6 (устно)
MID-TERM TEST (Lessons 1-5) (Oral test in class/written take home)
19. Урок 6 Midterm take-home test is due
На дом: TB: L.6: Введение, грам. 6.1-2; пленка 4H|08(A) or Oral Drills.
21. Урок 6: Verbs of Motion/Location versus Direction
На дом: TV: Грам. 6.3-6, упр. 6.3 (письменно), 6.4 (устно); Рассказ, стр. 136
(перевод); пленка 4H|08(B). Orall Drills.
23. Урок 6: Вопросы, диалоги, разговор
На дом: TV: Вопросы, ДП, устные упр. 6.7-16; новые слова стр. 139;
пленка 4H|08(B); WB: стр. 63-64 (1-20)
26. Урок 7: Direction vs Location
На дом: TB:Введение; грам. 7.1-2, упр. 7.1-2 (устно), новые слова стр. 140-3;
пленка 4H|09(A)
28. Урок 7: Adjective endings in the Nominative Case
На дом: TB:Грамматика. 7.3 (learn the endings by rote) & 7.4, упр. 7.3
(письм.), oral drills.
30. Урок 7: The Emphatic Particle НИ-
На дом: TV: Грамматика 7.5-10,упр. 7.5 (устно), упр. 7.6,8 (письм.), Рассказ
(перевод) стр.147-8; пленка 4H|09(B)
November
2. Урок 7: Вопросы, диалоги, разговор
На дом: TV: Вопросы (рассказ), ДП, устные упр. 7.11-17, новые слова стр. 151;
пленка 4H/09(B); WB: стр. 68-9 (1-32), oral drills.
4. Урок 8: Telling Time When/Intransitive Verbs
На дом: TB: Введение,грам. 8.1-2,упр. 8.1-2 (устно), новые слова стр. 152-4;
пленка 4H|10(A), oral drills.
6. Урок 8: Days of the Week/Accusative Case of Pronouns
На дом: TB: Грам. 8.3-12, упр. 8.3-7 (устно) , oral drills.
9. Урок 8: Drills, рассказ
На дом: TV: WB стр. 72-3 (1-19); Рассказ (перевод), пленка 4H|10(B), новые
слова стр. 162
11. Урок 8: Рассказ, вопросы, диалоги
На дом: TV: Рассказ (вопросы), ДП, устные упр. 8.13-8.17,18 (письм.)
13. Урок 9: Equivalents of ‘to have’: How to Say in Russian "I Have a Car."
На дом: TB: Введение, грам. 9.1,упр. 9.1(устно), новые слова стр.163-5; пленка
4H|11(A) or Oral Drills.
16. Урок 9: Russian equivalents of ‘it’
На дом: TB:Грам. 9.2-7,упр.3-4 (устно); Рассказ (перевод)
18. Урок 9: Рассказ и диалоги
На дом: TV: Рассказ (вопросы); ДП; устные упражнения 9.8-15,17; упр. 9.16 (письм.); WB:стр. 76-7 (1-24), пленка 4H|11(B), новые слова.
20. Урок 10: The Past Tense
На дом: TV:введение,грам. 10.1-2 новые слова стр. 174-6; упр. 1 (устно),
упр..2 (письм.), пленка 4H|12(A), audio file
23. Yрок 10: The Accusative Case of Animate Nouns
На дом: TB: Грамматика 10.3-8; упр.3-4 (письм.); audio file
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30. Урок 10: The Verbs of Perception
На дом: TB: Рассказ (перевод и вопросы), ДП, устные упражнения; новые слова стр. 182-3; пленка 4H|12(B)
December
2. Урок Повторение II:
На дом: WB: стр. .81-2 (1-18); TB: review (II), стр.186-9
4. Урок-Повторение II: упр. 1-9
Final Exam
