Russian 102-002, First-Year Russian, Part II Evans/Okhara
Winter 2014
M-F, 2-3 pm
Core Objectives
Russian 102 are focused on developing learners’ proficiency in speaking, reading, listening, and writing. These courses also focus on developing learners’ cultural sensitivity. By the end of each course, students will:
Course outcomes
By the end of Russian 102, you will be able to use common nouns and adjectives in all six Russian cases. You also will be able to conjugate basic verbs in past, present, and future tense, and demonstrate increasing control of aspect. Additionally, you will be able to carry on basic conversations in Russian on many topics from your daily lives (e.g., your family, your interests, your schedule, your home, and your studies). You also will be able to write notes or simple letters to Russian friends or keep a basic journal in Russian. Additionally, you will gain the ability to read signs, schedules, maps, etc. in order to meet practical needs; you also will develop your ability to read simple texts on familiar topics with or without a dictionary. You should also be able to understand short monologues and dialogues on a variety of topics, primarily related to personal background and needs. In addition, you will learn about Russian culture and increase your ability to use effective strategies for language learning and communication.
Required text and supplementary materials
1. Голоса (Golosa) Book One, 5th Edition by Robin, Evans-Romaine, Shatalina, & Robin
2. Student Activities Manual (SAM) to accompany Голоса (packaged with textbook)
4. Blue book for writing essays. They can be purchased at the bookstore. You may use your blue book from 101 if you still have it.
3. Supplemental website www.prenhall.com/golosa
Class Preparation and Homework
Doing your homework is an important part of learning the language. If you spend quality time at home learning grammatical points and memorizing new words and phrases, then we will be able to spend our time in class using your new knowledge. We will try to spend our class time communicating in Russian—something that you cannot easily do at home. Reading grammar explanations and practicing forms and vocabulary are best done outside of class, preferably before we begin practicing.
In order to make this system work, you must read ahead of what we are working on in class.
Composition of the Course
Attendance: Regular attendance is required. Quality of preparation and participation impacts both individual students and the class as a whole. You will have five free absences during the semester. Each subsequent absence will result in an overall grade reduction, e.g., A to A-, A- to B+, etc. You must let one of the instructor's know when you are going to be absent and please find out what you missed.
Culture presentations: Each student will give a 5 - 10 minute presentation in Russian on a topic related to Russian culture of his/her choice. The presentation must incorporate PowerPoint or some other technology, and should be captivating and interesting. Topics will be made at the beginning of the semester.
Dialogues: At the start of each chapter, you and a partner will choose a dialogue from the textbook to memorize and personalize and perform in front of the class. For each of these assignments, you will be graded pass/fail. You will receive a grade of "pass" if you are prepared, and fail if you are not.
Conversation lab: Each week, students will meet with a TA for fifteen minutes in 3009G or 3009H of the Joseph Knight Building (JKB) to practice speaking in Russian. Conversations will build on topics and concepts from class. For many of the conversation labs you will be expected to memorize a dialogue and recite it to the lab tutor. Each unit consists of three weeks of class time. For the 2nd and 3rd week of each unit you will expected to memorize a dialogue and recite it with good pronunciation and flow in the conversation lab. See the conversation lab website for details and to sign up for a slot - www.russianconversationlab.weebly.com.
Quizzes: Pop quizzes will be administered periodically at the beginning of class and will cover vocabulary and grammar topics discussed previously in class and/or covered in homework assignments. Quizzes cannot be made up owing to tardiness or absence. There will also be announced quizzes throughout each unit. In total, you should expect a couple of quizzes per week.
Unit exams. Each unit will culminate in an exam scheduled over two days. The first day will cover reading, listening, and grammar; the second day will cover speaking and composition.
Homework: Homework will be assigned daily and will consist of 1) assignments from the Student Activities Manual and/or 2) responses to essay questions indicated below. Late homework will not be accepted.
Student activities manual: You should write your answers out on a separate sheet of paper (or make copies of the pages in the Student Activities Manual). You will be expected to CORRECT your homework prior to submitting it using the key provided. Your homework will be graded according to the following scale:
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5
Homework is complete and self-corrected (where possible). Open-ended exercises are done thoroughly and with care.
3
Homework is incomplete or only partially self-corrected. Open-ended exercises contain many careless errors.
1
Homework is either less than 60% complete or not self-corrected. Open-ended exercises carelessly and hastily completed.
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Short essays: Essays are to be written in a Blue Book, which can be purchased at the BYU bookstore. Use as much newly acquired vocabulary as possible and include transitions to enhance the flow of your essay. Feel free to make things up in order to use more vocabulary.
Essay #1 Due 17 January
Place of living (Genitive singular, prepositional)
Revise Essay #1 and write about the following:
About your family (genitive plural, dative personal pronouns, accusative)
Revise Essay #2 and write about the following:
Shopping and traveling (dative, prepositional, accusative)
Essay #4 Due 25 March
Revise Essay #3 and write about the following:
Food and shopping (prepositional, instrumental, accusative)
Essay #5 Due 14 April
Revise Essay #4 and make sure your final essay has all of the topics including the following:
Your essays will be graded according to the following rubric:
Content /30
Organization /15
Vocabulary /25
Language Use /25
Mechanics /5
Total score: /100
FINAL EXAM. The final exam will be held from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m in 3012 JKB on Wednesday, April 23rd.
Final Grade Breakdown
Culture presentations 5%
Conversation lab 10%
Quizzes 15%
Unit exams 35%
Homework 15%
Final exam 15%
Essays 5%
Letter grades for unit exams, the final exam, and the entire course will be assigned as follows:
95-100 A 84-88 B 74-78 C 64-68 D
92-94 A- 82-84 B- 72-73 C- 0-63 E
89-91 B+ 79-81 C+ 69-71 D+
Assignments Explained
Точка отсчёта: Read through new words and phrases and begin committing them to memory.
Диалоги: Listen to the dialogues on your CD and repeat them. Be able to read others with appropriate pronunciation and intonation.
Грамматика: Read the textbook explanations. You do not need to do the exercises in the textbook.
Oral Drills (Устные Упражнения): Listen to the drills and do the prompts orally. You do not need to write out answers.
Written Exercises: Write out answers on a separate sheet of paper.
Числительные, фонетика, и интонация: Listen to the exercises on your CD and complete the accompanying exercises in writing.
Winter 2014
M-F, 2-3 pm
Core Objectives
Russian 102 are focused on developing learners’ proficiency in speaking, reading, listening, and writing. These courses also focus on developing learners’ cultural sensitivity. By the end of each course, students will:
- speak, read, listen, and write at a level equivalent to Novice High or higher on the American Council of Teachers of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) proficiency scale.
- demonstrate control over basic aspects of Russian grammar, such as case usage and verb conjugation in controlled settings.
- demonstrate an emerging awareness of Russian cultural norms in a limited number of contexts within the scope of learning experiences.
Course outcomes
By the end of Russian 102, you will be able to use common nouns and adjectives in all six Russian cases. You also will be able to conjugate basic verbs in past, present, and future tense, and demonstrate increasing control of aspect. Additionally, you will be able to carry on basic conversations in Russian on many topics from your daily lives (e.g., your family, your interests, your schedule, your home, and your studies). You also will be able to write notes or simple letters to Russian friends or keep a basic journal in Russian. Additionally, you will gain the ability to read signs, schedules, maps, etc. in order to meet practical needs; you also will develop your ability to read simple texts on familiar topics with or without a dictionary. You should also be able to understand short monologues and dialogues on a variety of topics, primarily related to personal background and needs. In addition, you will learn about Russian culture and increase your ability to use effective strategies for language learning and communication.
Required text and supplementary materials
1. Голоса (Golosa) Book One, 5th Edition by Robin, Evans-Romaine, Shatalina, & Robin
2. Student Activities Manual (SAM) to accompany Голоса (packaged with textbook)
4. Blue book for writing essays. They can be purchased at the bookstore. You may use your blue book from 101 if you still have it.
3. Supplemental website www.prenhall.com/golosa
Class Preparation and Homework
Doing your homework is an important part of learning the language. If you spend quality time at home learning grammatical points and memorizing new words and phrases, then we will be able to spend our time in class using your new knowledge. We will try to spend our class time communicating in Russian—something that you cannot easily do at home. Reading grammar explanations and practicing forms and vocabulary are best done outside of class, preferably before we begin practicing.
In order to make this system work, you must read ahead of what we are working on in class.
- Prepare all assignments to hand in (or perform) on the date indicated.
- Write out answers on a separate sheet of paper.
- You must CORRECT your own homework with a colored pen that is different from the one you used to answer the questions. You can get the answer keys from under the Материалы tab. Please write "no corrections" if you did not need to change any answers. Also, please indicate that you completed the oral drills by writing somewhere on your homework that you completed them. Many of oral drills do not require you to write anything, but I would like to know if you have completed them.
- Regular work with the audio program also will help you to understand, pronounce, and speak Russian. Access the files online at http://www2.gwu.edu/~slavic/golosa/. Click on “Book 1,” then on the right hand side of the page, select “5th edition Book 1.”
- There is NO late work. There are many assignments, so missing one or two will not hurt your grade. If you need to miss class, please arrange turning in homework with me.
- Please do not do homework during class! You will not receive credit for it if I notice.
Composition of the Course
Attendance: Regular attendance is required. Quality of preparation and participation impacts both individual students and the class as a whole. You will have five free absences during the semester. Each subsequent absence will result in an overall grade reduction, e.g., A to A-, A- to B+, etc. You must let one of the instructor's know when you are going to be absent and please find out what you missed.
Culture presentations: Each student will give a 5 - 10 minute presentation in Russian on a topic related to Russian culture of his/her choice. The presentation must incorporate PowerPoint or some other technology, and should be captivating and interesting. Topics will be made at the beginning of the semester.
Dialogues: At the start of each chapter, you and a partner will choose a dialogue from the textbook to memorize and personalize and perform in front of the class. For each of these assignments, you will be graded pass/fail. You will receive a grade of "pass" if you are prepared, and fail if you are not.
Conversation lab: Each week, students will meet with a TA for fifteen minutes in 3009G or 3009H of the Joseph Knight Building (JKB) to practice speaking in Russian. Conversations will build on topics and concepts from class. For many of the conversation labs you will be expected to memorize a dialogue and recite it to the lab tutor. Each unit consists of three weeks of class time. For the 2nd and 3rd week of each unit you will expected to memorize a dialogue and recite it with good pronunciation and flow in the conversation lab. See the conversation lab website for details and to sign up for a slot - www.russianconversationlab.weebly.com.
Quizzes: Pop quizzes will be administered periodically at the beginning of class and will cover vocabulary and grammar topics discussed previously in class and/or covered in homework assignments. Quizzes cannot be made up owing to tardiness or absence. There will also be announced quizzes throughout each unit. In total, you should expect a couple of quizzes per week.
Unit exams. Each unit will culminate in an exam scheduled over two days. The first day will cover reading, listening, and grammar; the second day will cover speaking and composition.
Homework: Homework will be assigned daily and will consist of 1) assignments from the Student Activities Manual and/or 2) responses to essay questions indicated below. Late homework will not be accepted.
Student activities manual: You should write your answers out on a separate sheet of paper (or make copies of the pages in the Student Activities Manual). You will be expected to CORRECT your homework prior to submitting it using the key provided. Your homework will be graded according to the following scale:
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5
Homework is complete and self-corrected (where possible). Open-ended exercises are done thoroughly and with care.
3
Homework is incomplete or only partially self-corrected. Open-ended exercises contain many careless errors.
1
Homework is either less than 60% complete or not self-corrected. Open-ended exercises carelessly and hastily completed.
---
Short essays: Essays are to be written in a Blue Book, which can be purchased at the BYU bookstore. Use as much newly acquired vocabulary as possible and include transitions to enhance the flow of your essay. Feel free to make things up in order to use more vocabulary.
Essay #1 Due 17 January
Place of living (Genitive singular, prepositional)
- Your name
- Where do you live in Utah (what city, house/apartment/dorm)?
- What floor do you live on?
- Describe rooms in your dwelling, describe each room and the furniture by using adjectives and verbs стоять, лежать и висеть. Also, talk about what furniture is missing in each of the rooms.
- Where do your parents live (what city, describe their dwelling in details)?
- What do you like and/or dislike about your place of living?
- Where are you usually on Fridays and Saturdays (at whose place)?
- Make sure to ask a few questions.
Revise Essay #1 and write about the following:
About your family (genitive plural, dative personal pronouns, accusative)
- What kind of family you have (big/small, how many people)? Name every member. Mention family members you do not have, e.g., I don't have uncles. I don't have brothers.
- Write about their age, professions and place of work, where they were born, where they grew up, and their hobbies.
- What is the age difference between some of your family members?
- What do you like about members of your family?
- Make sure to ask a few questions.
Revise Essay #2 and write about the following:
Shopping and traveling (dative, prepositional, accusative)
- Place where you shop regularly, what is sold there.
- Purchases you make there and why
- Gifts you purchased last year (в прошлом году) and for whom
- Your favorite gift to give and to receive.
- Places you often visited last year (в прошлом году).
- Things that you, your parents, and siblings like and dislike.
- Make sure to ask a few questions.
Essay #4 Due 25 March
Revise Essay #3 and write about the following:
Food and shopping (prepositional, instrumental, accusative)
- Your favorite cuisine (кухня) and your favorite restaurant (name, where it is located, items on the menu).
- What do you usually order at your favorite restaurant?
- What did you cook for breakfast, lunch, and dinner yesterday?
- What did you do to cook these meals?
- What will you eat and drink for breakfast, lunch, and dinner tomorrow?
- What do you usually eat and drink for breakfast, lunch, and dinner?
- What do you usually buy at the grocery store (продуктовый магазин)?
- What did you buy there last time (в последний раз)?
- Make sure to ask a few questions.
Essay #5 Due 14 April
Revise Essay #4 and make sure your final essay has all of the topics including the following:
- Write your own actual/fictitious autobiography (date and place of birth).
- A little bit about your family (date, place of birth, resemblance).
- When, where you went to school.
- When you were accepted to BYU and when you anticipate graduating.
- Where and how often your family moved.
- How long have you been studying Russian?
- How long have you been living in Provo?
- Your life accomplishments.
Your essays will be graded according to the following rubric:
Content /30
Organization /15
Vocabulary /25
Language Use /25
Mechanics /5
Total score: /100
FINAL EXAM. The final exam will be held from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m in 3012 JKB on Wednesday, April 23rd.
Final Grade Breakdown
Culture presentations 5%
Conversation lab 10%
Quizzes 15%
Unit exams 35%
Homework 15%
Final exam 15%
Essays 5%
Letter grades for unit exams, the final exam, and the entire course will be assigned as follows:
95-100 A 84-88 B 74-78 C 64-68 D
92-94 A- 82-84 B- 72-73 C- 0-63 E
89-91 B+ 79-81 C+ 69-71 D+
Assignments Explained
Точка отсчёта: Read through new words and phrases and begin committing them to memory.
Диалоги: Listen to the dialogues on your CD and repeat them. Be able to read others with appropriate pronunciation and intonation.
Грамматика: Read the textbook explanations. You do not need to do the exercises in the textbook.
Oral Drills (Устные Упражнения): Listen to the drills and do the prompts orally. You do not need to write out answers.
Written Exercises: Write out answers on a separate sheet of paper.
Числительные, фонетика, и интонация: Listen to the exercises on your CD and complete the accompanying exercises in writing.