RUS 101: ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN THROUGH VIDEO College of William & Mary Fall 2012 Syllabus Instructor: Bella Ginzbursky-Blum (!"#$$% &'#$()*+,-%) [email protected], Washington Hall, #240, 221-2611 Monday/Tuesday 12:00 – 1:00 pm, and by appointment Course Meetings: MTWRF section 01: section 02: section 03: 10:00 – 10:50 11:00 – 11:50 1:00 – 1:50 WASH 310 WASH 310 WASH 317 Required Texts and Materials: Maria D. Lekic, Dan E. Davidson, Kira S. Gor. Russian Stage One: Live from Russia! Volume 1. 2nd ed. (Textbook, Workbook, DVD, and CD) Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 2008. available for purchase in the College Book Store Course Description and Requirements: Elementary Russian Through Video is an introductory course in Russian language and culture based on the video/textbook series Live from Russia! which introduces us to an American photographer on his first trip to Moscow and to his new Russian friends. In the first semester, students should reach the ACTFL Novice-Mid speaking proficiency level by mastering the Cyrillic alphabet, learning some basics of Russian grammar, and building a foundation of necessary vocabulary and conversational expressions. At the Novice-Mid proficiency level, students are able to understand and respond to direct questions and communicate on simple, everyday topics. Completion of the full year of Elementary Russian at William & Mary brings many of our students into the Intermediate-Low speaking proficiency level making it possible to succeed in the William & Mary 6-week summer program in St. Petersburg, Russia. The class meets five times per week and attendance is mandatory. 4 or more absences will detract from you participation grade; more than 15 absences will result in an automatic F for the course. Because class participation is instrumental for your success in this course all absences, including absences with a medical excuse, will count toward these totals. If you miss a class because of illness, you are responsible for contacting the instructor or a classmate for any homework assigned and materials covered that day. All assignments must be turned in on time. You will be graded based on your class participation, written and oral assignments, quizzes, and exams. No makeup exam will be given without a medical excuse, and all make-up work must be completed in a timely fashion. W&M Honor Code Infractions: All work including written assignments, quizzes, and exams must be your own work, completed without the aid of unauthorized software and devices or another individual's help. Please review the W&M Honor Code Infractions at: http://www.wm.edu/offices/deanofstudents/services/studentconduct/studenthandbook/honor_system/se ction_2/index.php 1 Evaluation: Class participation and oral assignments Written assignments Quizzes Exams Final Exam (cumulative) 10% 10% 20% 40% 20% The Final Exam is scheduled for Tuesday, December 11 2:00-5:00 pm. Grading of Oral Assignments: Oral Assignments in RUSN 101 will consist primarily of memorized dialogs and will be graded as follows 5 -- Perfect or near perfect pronunciation, intonation, and grammar 4 -- Well-rehearsed dialog which would be understood by an average Russian, good pronunciation and intonation 3 -- Poorly memorized dialog with many mistakes Grading of Written HW Assignments: The Live From Russia! Volume 1 Workbook contains all the written HW assignments for RUSN 101. Homework is assigned each day (see Schedule of Assignments pp. 5-8 of the Syllabus) and must be completed before the next class meeting. All written assignments (homeworks, quizzes, tests) must be done in cursive Russian. Late homeworks for any given chapter will NOT be accepted after that chapter's exams. Written assignments in RUS 101 will be graded as follows 5 -- Perfect or near perfect HW turned in on time, written in legible Russian script 4 -- Fully completed HW turned in on time 3 -- Incomplete, illegible, or late HW MLL Departmental Scoring Guide: A AB+ B BC+ C CD+ D DF = = = = = = = = = = = = 93-100 90-92 87-89 83-86 80-82 77-79 73-76 70-72 68-69 66-67 65 64 and below The instructor reserves the right to make changes as necessary. 2 !"#!!"#$ %&'(! 101 !"#$%&, 29-!" #$%&'()# !"#$"%!", 30-!" #$%&'()# !"##$%&', 31-!" #$%&'()# !"##$%!", 1-#$ %$&!!"#!$ !"#$%$&()$%*, 3-)+ !"#$%&'%( !"#$!$%*, 4-,+ !"#$%&'%( !"#$%&, 5-,+ !"#$%&'%( !"#$"%!", 6-!"# $#%&'()'" !"##$%&', 7-!"# $#%&'()'" !"#$%$&()$%*, 10-,+ !"#$%&'%( !"#$!$%*, 11-,! "!#$%&'%( !"#$%&, 12-,! "!#$%&'%( !"#$"%!", 13-,! 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All written assignments (homeworks, quizzes, tests) must be done in cursive Russian. Week 1 Wednesday, 08/29 Purchase the textbook package! Recommended: Print and cut out the Alphabet Cards (see Bb) Thursday, 08/30 Introductory Lesson, Day 1, pp.1 - 4 Recommended: Print out the Penmanship Book (see Bb) and practice writing the first group of letters before you do Day 1 HW in the Workbook. Friday, 08/31 Introductory Lesson, Day 2, pp.5 - 8 Recommended: Practice writing the second group of letters in the Penmanship Book before you do Day 2 HW in the Workbook. Week 2 Monday, 09/03 Introductory Lesson, Day 3, pp.9 – 13 Read pp.82-85 in the Textbook (Analysis – Russian Phonetics) Recommended: Practice writing the last group of letters in the Penmanship Book before you do Day 3 HW in the Workbook. Tuesday, 09/04 Introductory Lesson, Day 4, pp.15 - 17 Extra Practice: Print out the Introductory Lessons Vocabulary List (see Bb) and practice writing all the words in cursive. Wednesday, 09/05 Introductory Lesson, Day 5, pp.19 - 22 Study for our First Quiz! Thursday, 09/06 Unit I, Day 1, pp.23 - 24 Start memorizing the new vocabulary (words in regular font), pp.86-87 See Bb for some extra help with Unit I vocabulary. Friday, 09/07 Unit I, Day 2, pp.25 - 28 Read pp.77-85 in the Textbook (Analysis) Week 3 Monday, 09/10 Tuesday, 09/11 Oral assignment: Wednesday, 09/12 Thursday, 09/13 Friday, 09/14 Unit I, Day 3, pp.29 – 32 // // Day 4, pp.33 – 36 Using the material of Unit I and following the example of dialog B at the top of p.75, create and memorize your own dialog which you and your partner will perform in class on Friday, 09/14 // // Day 5, pp.37 - 40 Study for Unit I Quiz! Unit I, Day 6, pp.41 – 43 Unit I, Day 7, pp.45 - 47 5 Week 4 Monday, 09/17 Tuesday, 09/18 Wednesday, 09/19 Unit I, Day 8, pp.49 - 51 Review Unit I. Study for the first exam. in class at home Unit I Exam Unit II, Warm-up, pp.53 - 54 Thursday, 09/20 Unit II, Day 1, pp.55 - 56 Start memorizing the new vocabulary, pp.154-155 Friday, 09/21 Unit II, Day 2, pp.57 – 60 Read pp.145-153 in the Textbook (Analysis) See Bb Course Documents for helpful Unit II materials Week 5 Monday, 09/24 Tuesday, 09/25 Oral assignment: Friday, 09/28 Unit II, Day 3, pp.61 - 64 // // Day 4, pp.65 – 69 With a new partner memorize one of the dialog variations in Ex. 11 pp. 108-109 for Thursday, 09/27. Unit II, Day 5, pp.71 - 74 Review Unit II, Days 1-5. Study for Unit II Quiz! Unit II, Day 6, pp.75 - 78 Week 6 Monday, 10/01 Tuesday, 10/02 Wednesday, 10/03 Unit II, Day 7, pp.79 - 81 // // Day 8, pp.83 - 85 Review Unit II. Study for the second exam. Wednesday, 09/26 Thursday, 09/27 Thursday, 10/04 Friday, 10/05 in class at home Unit III, Day 1, pp.91 - 93 Read pp.212-216 in the Textbook (Analysis) Start memorizing the new vocabulary, pp.217-218 (NB: the verb to want is part of your active vocabulary, it should be in regular print) See Bb Course Documents for helpful Unit III materials Week 7 Monday, 10/08 Oral assignment: Tuesday, 10/09 Wednesday, 10/10 Thursday, 10/11 Friday, 10/12 Unit II Exam Unit III, Warm-up, pp.87 - 90 Unit III, Day 2, pp.95 – 98 With a partner memorize a variation of Ex. 8 p. 170 for Wed., 10/10 Unit III, Day 3, pp.99 - 102 Unit III, Day 4, pp.103 - 106 // // Day 5, pp.107 - 110 Study for Unit III Quiz! // // Day 6, pp.111 - 113 6 Week 8 Monday-Tuesday, 10/15-10/16 Wednesday, 10/17 Thursday, 10/18 Friday, 10/19 Week 9 Monday, 10/22 Fall Break Unit III, Day 7, pp.115 - 117 // // Day 8, pp.119 - 121 Review Unit III. Study for the third exam. in class at home Unit III Exam Unit IV, Warm-up, pp.123 - 124 Tuesday, 10/23 Unit IV, Day 1, pp.125 – 127 Read pp.280-285 in the Textbook (Analysis) Start memorizing the new vocabulary, pp.286-287 See Bb Course Documents for helpful Unit IV materials Wednesday, 10/24 Oral assignment: Unit IV, Day 2, pp.129 – 132 With a partner memorize the dialog in Ex. 6 p. 232 for Friday, 10/26 Thursday, 10/25 Friday, 10/26 Unit IV, Day 3, pp.133 - 135 // // Day 4, pp.137 - 139 Week 10 Monday, 10/29 Review Unit IV, Days 1-5. Study for Unit IV Quiz! Tuesday, 10/30 Wednesday, 10/31 Oral assignment: Unit IV, Day 5, pp.141 - 144 // // Day 6, pp.145 – 147 In groups of 3 memorize the dialogs in Day 5 pp.246-250 for Fri., 11/02 Thursday, 11/01 Friday, 11/02 Unit IV, Day 7, pp.149 - 150 // // Day 8, pp.151 – 153 Week 11 Monday, 11/05 Review Unit IV. Study for the fourth exam. Tuesday, 11/06 in class at home Unit IV Exam Unit V, Warm-up, pp.155 - 156 Wednesday, 11/07 Unit V, Day 1, pp.157 - 159 See Bb Course Documents for helpful Unit V materials Thursday, 11/08 // // Day 2, pp.161 – 164 Read pp.340-350 in the Textbook (Analysis) Start memorizing the new vocabulary, pp.351-352 Friday, 11/09 Unit V, Day 3, pp.165 - 167 7 Week 12 Monday, 11/12 Unit V, Day 4, pp.169 - 172 Tuesday, 11/13 // // Day 5, pp.173 – 176 Oral assignment: With a new partner memorize a variation of Ex.9 p.319 for Thrs., 11/15 Study for Unit V Quiz! Wednesday, 11/14 Thursday, 11/15 Friday, 11/16 Week 13 Monday, 11/19 Unit V, Day 6, pp.177 - 180 // // Day 7, pp.181 - 184 // // Day 8, pp.185 - 189 Review Unit V. Study for the fifth exam. Tuesday, 11/20 in class Unit V Exam at home Unit VI, Warm-up, pp.191- 193 Read pp.427-439 in the Textbook (Analysis) Start memorizing the new vocabulary, pp.440-441 Wed., 11/21 – Fri., 11/23 Happy Thanksgiving! Week 14 Monday, 11/26 Unit VI, Day 1, pp.195 - 197 See Bb Course Documents for helpful Unit VI materials Tuesday, 11/27 Unit VI, Day 2, pp.199 - 202 Wednesday, 11/28 // // Day 3, pp.203 - 205 Oral assignment for Extra Credit: With a partner memorize a variation of Ex. 3 p. 376 Thursday, 11/29 Friday, 11/30 Week 15 Monday, 12/03 Unit VI, Day 4, pp.207 - 209 // // Day 5, pp.211 - 214 Unit VI, Day 6, pp.215 - 217 Study for Unit VI Quiz! Tuesday, 12/04 Wednesday, 12/05 Unit VI, Day 7, pp.219 - 221 // // Day 8, pp.223 - 225 Thursday, 12/06 Friday, 12/07 Review Unit VI Review Units I - VI The Final Exam is scheduled for Tuesday, December 11 2:00-5:00 pm. 8