,'nne de3enedette ,deben+brown.edu 2arston 0 01 8674;5; BFFice hours: Due and ed :00 4 7:70 ;8cs Dhis se9ester we wi eHa9ine aspects oF Aoviet and >ussian iFe throuh the pris9 oF work on the Fi9 -'ияги which deas with Aoviet 'outh cuture in the 1<50s. e wi ook at aspects oF JиKн$ L&M&JNJи44'oun peopeOs ives. Dhe word L&M&#NJ$ is transatabe as P'outhQ or P'oun peopeQ but it is used diFFerent' in so9e wa's than we woud use those ter9s in =nish. Bne oF the Features oF this post4Aoviet Pbockbuster 9usicaQ is the directorOs choice to use ate Aoviet and post4Aoviet rock and pop R so not the SdecadentS Forein sons oF estern bands but the ho9erown rock and pop 9an' >ussians re9e9ber Fro9 their chidhoods in the ater Aoviet 'ears. Cou wi work on the teHts oF those sons as we and earn so9ethin about the roups that created the9. It is eHpected that 'ou wi reat' i9prove 'our abiit' to read understand and discuss Fi9 and so9e t'pes oF teHts especia' Tournaistic ones and understand and interpret son 'rics. ,anuae Goas:U1V to discuss in 9ore detai and at a deeper eve than 'ou have previous' issues reatin to >ussian iFe cuture and histor' incudin issues that aFFect and have shaped ives oF 'oun peope in >ussia toda'W UV V to deveop 'our abiit' to co99unicate in >ussian as a iterate and cutura' aware user oF the anuae especia' eHpandin 'our abiit' to dea with Factua topicsW U7V to eHtend both 'our rane oF vocabuar' and structura accurac' in interpretin and usin tareted ra99atica For9sW UV to review probe9 areas oF >ussian ra99ar and introduce so9e advanced topics in ra99ar and s'ntaH Fro9 the point oF view oF how For9s reFect and aFFect 9eaninW UV to ana'*e a variet' oF teHt t'pes incudin prose iterature poetr' and son 9e9oir and Fi9W U5V to increase 'our co9petence in deain with readin the >ussian press. Dhe Focus oF dai' activities wi be active anuae use and co9prehension in paired s9a roup or cass discussion Ui.e. oFten ?BD 9echanica practice athouh there wi be considerabe work on ra99arV. 4<=ecves Xpon co9petin >ussian 0500/0600 'ou shoud be abe to do the Foowin: >senn?: co9prehend nor9a rate speech deain with 9ost Factua and so9e abstract 9attersW have ood strateies For deain with speech in unsubtited Fi9s news broadcasts etc. Cou shoud understand the Fi9s we have watched we b' se9esterYs end. @8ean?: hande successFu' conversations on the Factua topics we dea with in cass incudin 9ore co9picated situationsW show so9e abiit' to narrate coherent' usin both accurate tense and aspectua For9sW show ood strateies For copin with discussions on abstract topics and Featurin unFa9iiar vocabuar'. Cou shoud be abe to do a 10 9inute presentation on a topic reated to the course content.
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Readn?: understand and transate 9ateria Fro9 the press and so9e >ussian prose and verse showin attention to the 9eanins enerated not on' b' the ra99atica For9s and vocabuar' but aso the cutura conteHts oF the work and the t'peUsV oF discourse used. Bn?: in addition to written ho9ework Ushort pararaph or 14 pae writin tasks ra99ar workV 'ou wi co9pose 745 pae DCZ=[ co9positions in >ussian on Factua topics that reate to readins and Fi9s. In the9 'ou shoud show abiit' to use co9peH sentence structure and coherent narration and support 'our opinions. Cou wi write su99aries oF Fi9 scenes \aternate versions] oF scenes i9ained continuations oF 9ovies or scenes and essa's on set topics. CaDDa cus n 0500 ! 0E00 "500 n <7d, F87ua7 nun and ad=ecve endn?s n a77 cases FGaHs Russan eI8esses cD8asn and =uIa8sn "nc7udes cD8aaves eveG, FcD87eI senences vaus nds Fve<a7 as8ec and 9G neacs G9 ve< ense n naave 4verbs oF 9otion and how the' Fiure in narrative 4eHpressions oF indeFiniteness U4^& / 4ни_`#$ / 4Mи_&V 4active versus passive constructions and how >ussian uses the9 4eHpressions oF uantit' incudin decinin nu9eras FDe eI8essns and 9G 9eH neac G9 ve<a7 as8ec F8ac87es and ve<a7 adve<s Fe7eIve and nnFe7eIve ve<s eDn FnnFve<a7 cnsucns eI8essn? eDns 4i9persona eHpressions Fve<s 9a d n ae accusave case "nnFansve ve<s, e do not review the entire case s'ste9 per se athouh there wi be work on individua words and constructions and 'our accurac' usin case endins with those constructions shoud i9prove reat' durin the se9ester. Cou are eHpected to earn how to work with dictionaries and other ra99ar reFerence 9aterias to hep 'ou Find the endins 'ou need and 'ou are eHpected to consut Irina and ,eon For hep usin these 9aterias. E ot oF 'our work in the cass wi dea with new vocabuar' particuar' verbs. e encourae 'ou to keep a notebook or Fash cards For new vocabuar' ite9s particuar' since there wi be Gee7H vca<u7aH JuKKes on new 9ateria. 6use Laea7s Your film and text materials this semester will co me in handout form. The film itself is a required purchase: ^иMи 98!!GGG.aDaKn.cD!:8sesFAnnF@9a?n!d8!M00A/AN/>O!ePsQ1Q1 ePS;TUVJdP13WE25W0WUVsPUF1VeHGdsP98sesXDve
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Dhe reasons we are askin 'ou to bu' the [[: 1V 'ou wi be watchin 9an' scenes severa ti9es and it wi be easier iF 'ou have 'our own cop'W V the [[ has =nish subtites which 9ost onine versions do notW 7V the [[ is 9eant to be 'our SteHtbookS. For grammar: E @o9prehensive >ussian Gra99ar b' Derence E[= http://www.a9a*on.co9/@o9prehensive4>ussian43ackwe4>eFerence4 Gra99ars/dp/1051767<1/reFdp(ob(tite(bk Dhe book is in the bookstore thouh itYs uite eHpensive enouh without a bookstore 9arkup. )owever we reco99end that 'ou purchase the book as a ood reFerence ra99ar at this eve is hepFu and it is the on' book 'ou woud need For the course this 'ear.
?BD=: 'ou shoud purchase a ooseeaF notebook or Foder For handouts. [ictionaries and their use: e stron' reco99end p urchase oF a are >ussian4=nish =nish4>ussian dictionar'. Dhe BHFord >ussian [ictionar' or -at*nerOs =nish4>ussian >ussian4=nish [ictionar' are two ver' ood ones. er' s9a pocket dictionaries wi be oF i9ited use at this evef Dr' not to overuse a dictionar'W 'ou wi not awa's be abe to reach For one ever' ti9e 'ou donOt understand a word. )owever we eHpect that 'ou wi earn strateies For eFFective dictionar' use as part oF 'our work in this course. Dhree onine dictionaries that are reiabe in the sense that the' ive Fuer word inFor9ation are here: http://9utitran.ru http://sovari.'andeH.ru/ http://invopro.abb''onine.co9/ru Dhere are other dictionaries but 9an' are either unreiabe or do not teach 'ou 9uch about ood dictionar' use. Dhis incudes SwordreFerence.co9S. End oF course 'ou shoud not use Gooe Dransate when 'ou have a readin assin9entW GD wi not teach 'ou to read or i9prove 'our readin and oFten it ets thins hiarious' wron. Be< Dhere wi be a @anvas web pae For this courseW ur is https://canvas.brown.edu/courses/800815 E assin9ent sheets and handouts UeHcept cop'rihted 9ateriaV wi be avaiabe there. /LY4R;AN; ;9s cuse s <u7 n sevea7 assuD8ns a<u 7an?ua?e 7eann?. /n 8acu7aZ eseac9 n 7an?ua?e acJusn 9as n s9Gn a dec 7n <eGeen e DeDKan ?aDDaca7 Ds and acJun? 9e a<7H cDDuncae Ge77 s8naneus7H n an9e 7an?ua?e. ;9ee s cnsdea<7e G n 9s cuse n ?aDDaZ <u s eHed 9e dea 9a ?aDDa s a GaH encdn? and eI8essn? Deann?. [u ae 7eann? 9G \Da8] neG Ds Hu encune 9e Deann?s 9eH encde^ Hu ae a7s 7eann? 9G use cean Ds De accuae7H. [u G77 Dae Dsaes^ es ae a naua7Z necessaH and even <eneca7 8a Hu 7eann?Z a79u?9 Hu s9u7d a7s G n Dan? Hu 7an?ua?e use De accuae. Tna77HZ ndvdua7s 9ave vaus sae?es 7eann? 7an?ua?e^ Hu eac9e_s =< s 9e78 Hu denH G9a
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Gs <es Hu. / Hu 9ave Juesns Y>`A@` cDe a7 /na and >en sne a9e 9an 7ae -)bос'оя'еьное +'ение "/nde8enden Readn?, Dhere is an independent readin co9ponent to the course. =ach student wi work on one oF two teHts posted onine postin transations and other uestions about the ra99ar oF the teHt in a discussion on @anvas. )к &)b с')&я' о'bе'ки ! AssessDen Dhe co9ponents oF the course are weihted as Foows: [ai' @ass Zreparation/Zarticipation ritten ) Ushort essa's uestionsV ui**es Unon4vocabV ,oner @o9positions UV Independent >eadin Zresentation ocabuar' ui**es Dake4ho9e ina
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Grades are iven as percentae scores with the owest E eua to <0g and the owest 3 eua to 80g. Yac8an: @o99unication with others is essentia to anuae earnin. e eHpect dai' cass attendance and active participation. ?BD= D)ED D)= XA= B @=,, Z)B?=A [X>I?G @,EAA B> E?C >=EAB? IA Z>B)I3ID=[. e wi et 'ou know iF there is an ' probe9 with the eve oF preparation and participation 'ou are doin. / Hu ae De 9an ve Dnues 7ae De 9an 9ee DesZ 9a G77 add u8 ne a<sence. Acores For j&"l"L&^$ are given for each day’s work based on the following scale. 5 UEV I ca9e to cass we prepared and on ti9e. Dhis 9eans: it was cear that I had read / watched / istened to the 9ateria assined read an' ra99ar eHpanations assined and taken steps to earn new eHpressions in 9ateria. In cass I participated active' in activities and vounteered occasiona'. I tried to use on' >ussian o r Found out how to sa' thins in >ussian. I 9ade an eFFort to incorporate new earned 9ateria into 9' cassroo9 work. I tried to de9onstrate awareness oF cutura pheno9ena. .5 UE4/3mV I was prepared attentive and active in cass Udid the thins isted in \5]V but I was a Few 9inutes ate Uess than Five 9inutesV. U3V I was prett' we prepared For cass but I didnOt sa' 9uch in cass or tr' to use new anuae 9ateria and I didnOt vounteer at a. I 9a' have read / watched 9aterias at ho9e but it was obvious I hadnYt earned new eHpressions 'et. I 9a' have been ate to cass 9ore than Five 9inutes. 2' eve oF participation was oka' but not reat.
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7.5 U34/@mV I was siniFicant' ate to cass that da' U9ore than 10 9inutesV. 7 U@V It was cear I hadnYt prepared 9aterias ahead oF cass Uhad not read teHts seen video earned new eHpressionsV. In cass I used =nish when I coud have used >ussianW I 9a' have been inattentive or *oned out 9ore than once in cass or spent ti9e takin to other students \oFF4task]. IF I didnYt understand what was oin on I et 9' 9ind wander instead oF workin hard to understand and askin uestions. I 9a' have done on' the 9ini9u9 necessar' to co9pete tasks. 0 U?@V I was absent.
:DeG: this can incude teHtbook4reated writin or istenin4writin activities but is 9ore ike' to be other non4essa' writin assin9ents. Xness otherwise noted ho9ework is due on due dates isted on the caendar UwebsiteV b' the start oF cass. )ow ho9ework is assessed: .5 4 5: )o9ework handed in on ti9e showin thorouh eFFort as we as creative and \on4 task] use oF anuae Uincorporatin new vocabuar' and constructions writin as 9uch as 'ou can on the subTectVW For ra99ar4based ho9ework done attentive' and neat'. 4 . )o9ework handed in on ti9e and indicates a satisFactor' eFFort but acks consistent use oF new ra99atica constructions and vocabuar' or ese 9' content acks necessar' ee9ents that the assin9ent reuiredW ra99ar4based ho9ework 9a' be done inattentive' or shows so9e diFFicut' with concepts. In Free4writin assin9ents ra99ar 9a' be probe9atic even thouh content is Fine. 7 4 )o9ework handed in on ti9e but showin itte eFFortW itte or no atte9pt to incorporate new anuaeW see9s si9pistic or 9ini9a' doneW ra99ar4based ho9ework is inco9pete or done eHtre9e' inattentive' with 9an' errors. In Free4writin assin9ents both ra99ar and vocabuar' contain 9an' errors. Ne Ae 9e s Gee 7ae 9DeG s assessed a 8ena7H ne 9a7 ?ade eac9 c7ass daH. ;9us 9DeG 9a s uned n De 9an 5 c7ass daHs ae s due G77 eceve n ced. uKKes "nnFvca<, 20F30 Dnues eac9Z wi occur about ever' three weeks and cover teHts Fi9s and ra99ar. Genera' there wi be so9e ra99ar so9e transation Fro9 =nish to >ussian and short answers or pararaph writin based on teHts and Fi9s. ca< uKKes : Dhere wi be ver' short U10 9inuteV vocabuar' checks ever' other weekW these are 9eant to hep not punish 'ou. Dhe owest rade on these wi be dropped. 4a7 Yesenan: In addition to reuar ora preparation e ver' student wi participate in a For9a' assessed speakin task.
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Bn? Ass?nDens "essaHsZ ec., Cou wi severa essa's oF severa paes each U7004600 wordsV. or each one 'ou wi do a draFt and a rewrite. =AAECA 9ust be DCZ=[ in >ussian. ApeciFic tasks wi be iven For each essa' detaiin eHpected e9phasis in ter9s oF content Focus and anuae use. It is eHpected that in a writin assin9ents 'ou wi conFor9 to 3rownOs poicies oF acade9ic honest': ,anuae 'ou use 9ust be veriFiab' 'our own. Dhis 9eans that whie 'ou are Free to use dictionaries and other cass and reFerence 9aterias in preparin essa's and presentations 'ou shoud not et substantive U9ore than one or two eHpressionsV anuae assistance Fro9 native speakers or an'one ese. Cou 9ust be Fa9iiar enouh with a aspects oF the anuae 'ou use in 'our writin that 'ou coud iven a dictionar' reproduce what 'ou wrote without havin to ask For assistanceW in the case oF ora presentations it wi be i99ediate' cear iF 'ou are not Sin contro oFS 'our teHt. =ssa's that in st'e rane oF vocabuar' etc. bear no rese9bance to writin 'ou have done For this cass to date wi be eua' obvious. In the case oF an' such sub9issions 'ou wi be asked to co9e in and reproduce what 'ou wrote under controed conditions Ui.e. proctoredV. =Ha9pes oF what is aowed Uor reuiredfV 4use oF cass 9aterias as a source oF anuae 9odes Ucutura' and inuistica' appropriate wa's oF eHpressin ideasV 4use oF dictionaries and other reFerences to check For9s case endins etc. Udictionaries incudes the ones isted above as reFerence works pus sovari.'andeH.ru ra9ota ru and an' ood paper dictionar' 4appropriate' cited uotation Fro9 an' pubished source incudin the web 4uotations 9a' ?BD constitute a are percentae oF 'our written or ora work especia' co9positions 4prooFreadin 'our own work is a 9ust ?BD aowed: 4writin teHt and turnin it over to a native speaker to SprooFS endins and eHicon 4uotin anotherOs work without citation Uthis incudes webs itesV 4usin an' onine transators :ea?e @8eaes: IF 'ou rew up speakin >ussian at ho9e and have been paced in >ussian 0500 'ou 9a' be assined so9e diFFerent ra99ar/writin work Fro9 the non4native speakers in the cass Uor asked to Focus on diFFerent aspects oF the sa9e 9ateriaV. =specia' at the beinnin oF the ter9 'ou 9a' be usin 9aterias Fro9 a teHtbook caed ussian for ussians and 9a' have occasiona separate 9eetins with ,'nne de3enedette or with 'our instructors to o over ra99ar and spein. Dhose 9eetins wi be arraned aFter the First week oF cass. 49e nDan: opportunities For contact with >ussian incude ca9pus ectures sponsored b' our depart9ent the atson Institute and other ca9pus units. e wi announce upco9in eventsW 'ou are encouraed to attend as 9an' as possibef
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Be ae cDDed an 8en 7eann? envnDen and Dae eveH e accDDdae deen 7eann? sH7es and needs. Y7ease 7e us nG as sn as 8ss<7e Hu ae 9avn? dcu7H undesandn? 9e Daea7s anH as8ec cuse ?anKan^ f4Ng; BA/;