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FLR 102/spring 2008 |
Vladimir Bilenkin
Office: Withers Hall, room 409.
Office hours: MW 12:30-1:30 & by appointment
Tel. 515-9316.
Email: vladimir@social.chass.ncsu.edu
COURSE INFORMATION | CLASS INFORMATION| LEARNING MATERIALS| HINTS| SYLLABUS | LINKS|
SYLLABUS TO PRINT OUT
Audio
Pages | Model
Sentences to print out
Russian Forum
This language course provides the fundamentals of Russian with an emphasis on conversation and basic grammar. The class meets on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for one hour and homework totals up to one hours a night. Completion of the class will provide the student with a working vocabulary of 300 words.
.1. Attendance: Class attendance and participation is a vital part of the learning process and will count for 30% of the final grade. Roll will be taken regularly. Students may take no more than three free cuts per semester. Any further absences, unless previously approved by the professor, may result in a loss of grade points. In case of emergencies, a written excuse should be presented. Since we have only three contact hours a week students are strongly advised to take advantage of the one-on-one tutoring during the office hours. You can also use Free Tutoring-Learning Asst. Center (126 Nelson, tel. 5-3163).
2. FLL Language Lab: There is a requirement to do drills in the language lab. You can use either series H or series I tapes. Tape numbers are listed according to the Lesson #. You may prefer to listen to the audio files on your personal computer. Links to this tapes will be provided in the syllabus for each lesson. Make sure you have the Real Player installed in your PC.
FLL Lab Hours: Monday - Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Saturday Noon - 4:00 p.m
3. Grading policy: class participation--30%, written homework--20%, tests--20%, final--30%. The plus-minus system of grading will be used.
4. Examinations and tests.: There will be two major examinations (a midterm and a final). There will also be a number of short quizzes, announced and unannounced.
5. Make-up tests: There will be no make-ups except in extreme cases of illness or accident, and only upon consultation with the professor.
6. No cheating.
7. Written homework: Homework should be placed on the professor's desk at the end of each class on the due date.
8. Russian Club holds "Russian table" meetings every other week (place and time to be announced later). Speak Russian or English, do your homework (my help will be available).
Books and Other Learning Materials Required
1. Russian for Everybody (a set of three books), 6th edition $21;
2. Model Sentences (print out ten pdf files from this page)
It is extremely
important not
to fall behind in a foreign language.
Of course you should keep
up
with all of your classes, but the
learning of a language MUST
proceed
in sequence. If you fall behind,
you are not likely to catch
up,
because each step in the sequence
becomes a little more
difficult
and is built upon previous knowledge.
Many students do not
realize
this and try to learn a foreign language
as they do history. You
MUST
prepare for class and do assignments on
time. You should also put
special
emphasis on recitation and lab work.
Acquiring a language is
much
like learning to play a musical instrument
or learning to play
tennis--you
must practice. Hence, the importance
of recitation. While you
can
sometimes cram and pass a test in some
subjects, you cannot do
this
in a language. You could not practice
tennis very hard for one
day
and go out the next day and play a
good game; this takes years
of
practice and the same is true of
learning a language.
SOME FURTHER SUGGESTIONS
In translating a
passage, try
to find out what the words mean from
their context. Do not
merely
look up every word. You will have to
read an entire paragraph to
get
the context, but this will benefit
you greatly. You will find
translating
more interesting and learn
to rely on yourself.
One of the best forms of
recitation
is oral exercises with my tapes
and Lab Model Sentences.
You
can do this either in the lab or at home
(just ask the attendant to
make
a copy of the tape for you). Listening
is the most natural form of
learning.
After all, this is how we all
learn our mother language.
If
you do these excercises regularly, you
will learn faster and
better.
Key: ДП=Давайте поговорим
WB=Workbook
january | february | march
| april | midterm |
SYLLABUS
Январь
10 Повторение.
12 Урок 11: The
Accusative Case of Special Modifiers
На дом: Введение.
Грамматика 11.1-3; упр. 1 устно (orally), 2-3 письменно (written);
новые
слова на стр.192-4; Oral
drills 1-3 (handout)
17 Урок 11: Two
Aspects of the Russian Verb
На дом: Грамматика 11.4-8; упр. 5-8 устно. Oral
drills 5-6 (handout).
19 Урок 11:
Практика
На дом: Грамматика 11.9-11; Рассказ
(читать и перевод). Oral
drills 8-10.
22 Урок 11: Практика
На дом: Расказ (вопросы);
ДП, новые слова,упр. 11.21 письменно,
слушать пленку; WB (blanks)
24 Урок 12: The
Dative Case of Pronouns
На дом: Введение.
Грамматика 12.1-3, упр. 1-3 устно, новые
слова стр. 206-8,
Oral
drills 1-8.
26 Урок 12: The
Aspect
of the Russian Verb
На дом: Грамматика 12.4-5, упр. 4-5 (а,б,в)устно, (г) письменно; Oral
drills 1-8.
MEMORIZE the past tense of the verbs пойти, прийти, уйти.
29 Урок 12: Imperfective and Perfective Verb Stems
На дом: Грамматика 12.6 -.12, упр. 7-10 письменно. Oral drills 1-8. & Oral drills 8-10. Рассказ (читать и переводить)
31
Урок 12: Практика
На дом: Рассказ
(вопросы)и
ДП,, слушайте пленку; новые
слова; упр. 12.18
письменно; WB (blanks)
2 Урок 13: НУЖНО/НАДО
На дом: Введение;
Грамматика 1-3, упр. 1-3 устно, новые
слова стр. 219-21.
Oral
drills 1-3.
5 Урок 13: Aspects of the Verb
На дом: Грамматика 4-9, упр. 4-7 письменно, упр. 8 устно.(for а grade);
Oral
drills 4-8.
7 Урок 13:
Практика
На дом: Рассказ
(читать и переводить), вопросы,
ДП; упр. 13.16 письменно, WB (blanks)
9
Урок 14 : Accusative Ajectival Endings
На дом: Введение;
Грамматика 1-3, упр. 1-2 устно,
упр.3 письменно; новые слова стр. 232-5. Oral
drills 1-3
12 Урок 14 : The
Imperfective Future
На дом: Грамматика 4-10, упр. 4-9 устно, 10 письменно. Oral
drills 4-10
14 Урок 14 :
Additional
Drill on Aspects
На дом: Грамматика 11-15; упр.11-12 устно; упр. 14 письменно
(to be corrected in the class for a grade). Oral
drills 11-12.
16 Урок 14 : Практика
На дом: Рассказ
(читать, переводить, вопросы), ДП, упр.14.23 (письм.), WB (blanks).
19 Урок 15: The
Dative Case of Nouns
На дом:
Грамматика 1-3; упр. 1 письменно, упр. 2-3 устно; новые слова стр.
247-50. Oral
drills 1-2.
21 Урок 15: IMPERSONAL
CONSTRUCTIONS
На дом:
Грамматика 4-6; 4(a-г), 5-6 устно; упр. 4(д) письм. Oral
drills 4-6
23 Урок 15: THE ASPECT
На дом: Грамматика 7-13, упр.7-9 устно. Рассказ
(перевод и вопросы). ДП; упр.15.25 письменно; WB (blanks),
оral drills 7-9.
26 Урок-Повторение III
На дом: Грамматика стр. 261-265 (review); 1,3,4 (устно), упр. 2 (письм.)
28 Урок-Повторение
III: упр. 5 (письменно); 6,7 (устно)
2
Устный экзамен в классе
Take-home
Mid-term Test (due on March 12)
SPRING BREAK ! (5-12)
12 Урок
16: Prepositional Case of Personal and Interrogative Pronouns
На
дом: Введение; Грамматика 1-3; упр.1-3 письменно; новые слова. Oral
drills 1-2
14 Урок 16:The
Multidirectional Going Verb "Ходить"
На
дом: Грамматика 4-10; упр. 4, 5, 6, 8 устно; упр.7 (письменно). Oral
drills 4-9
16
Урок 16: Практика
На дом: Рассказ
(перевод). ДП. устные упр.
19 Урок
16: Практика
На дом: Рассказ
(вопросы),
упр. 19 письменно; WB (blanks)
21
Урок 17: The Prepositional Singular Adjective Endings
На дом: Введение;
Грамматика 1-4; упр. 3 письм.; упр. 1, 2, 4 устно.
Новые слова, стр. 279-80. Oral drills 2-4.
23 Урок
17: The Verbs of Asking
На дом: Грамматика 5-12;упр. 5- 8 устно; Рассказ
(перевод).
Oral drills 5-7.
26 Урок 17:
Практика
На дом: Рассказ
(вопросы),
ДП; новые слова; упр. 19 письменно, WB (blanks)
28 Урок 18:
Formation of the Imperative
На дом: Введение;
Грамматика 1-3; упр.1-2 письменно; новые слова стр.291-3.
Oral
drills 1-2.
30 Урок 18: Indirect Commands
На дом: Грамматика 4-10; упр. 4,6,7 устно. Oral
drills 4-8. Рассказ
(перевод)
2 Урок
18: Практика
На дом: Рассказ
(вопросы) ДП; упр. 19 письменно, слушайте пленку,
WB (blanks).
4 Урок 19:
The Dative Case of Modifiers
На дом: Введение.
Грамматика 1-3; упр. 1-2 устно, новые слова
стр. 305-7. Oral
drills 1-3.
9
Урок 19: The Superlative Degree of Ajectives
На дом: Грамматика 4-10; упр. 8(b) письменно, упр. 4-5, 8
устно. Рассказ
(перевод). Oral
drills 4-8.
11
Урок 19: Практика
На дом: Рассказ
(вопросы),
ДП;
упр. 2(д) и упр.15 письменно, новые слова;
WB (blanks)
13 Урок 20: The
Genitive Case of Nouns
На
дом: Введение;
Грамматика 1-4; упр.3 письменно; 1,2,4 устно; новые слова
стр. 315-7. Oral
Drills 3-4.
16 Урок 20: The
Genitive Case
На дом: Грамматика 5-10; упр. 5-9 устно; Рассказ
(перевод); Oral
drills 5-8.
18 Урок 20: Практика
На дом: Рассказ
(вопросы), ДП; упр.23 письменно.
20 Урок 20: Практика
На дом:
новые слова; пленка; WB (blanks). ТЕСТ.
23 Урок-Повторение IV: Grammar Review, упр. 1
26 Урок-Повторение IV: Grammar Review, упр. 1 (письменно) for а grade
27 Урок-Повторение IV. Grammar Review, упр. 2-4 (письменно).
Review. Oral Practice (audio file)
Russian Observer
http://www.russianobserver.com/
(English translations from current Russian press)
The Russian issues
http://www.therussianissues.com/
(English translations from current Russian press)
How to Russiafy you computer, etc.
Internet Resources for Russian Studies (great resource!)Russian studies
Sher's Russian Index (Internet and WWW Links)
Russian Culture (Daily Update)
Maps of Russia and FSU
Russian historical texts in English
History of USSR
Music
Painting
Index of Russian painters
Icons
Architecture
Photography
Art links
Virtual Tour of Russia
Moscow subway
Customs and Etiquette
