Welcome to Russian 101

Fall 2009

George Cummins

I offer here my syllabus for this semester, in pdf format.

Despite the drab appearance of this home page, this course will be a lot of fun. I will add some pictures as time permits. I have a blog for you at http://russlangcourses09-10.blogspot.com.

Here is our begining work. This is subject to change.

Cyrllic alphabet

Assignmt for T 25 Aug

Overview of Lesson 1

Assignmts for W 25 Aug- T 1 Sep

Assignments for Week Four (14 Sept) Lesson 2.2

Recording of Nachalo video 2.2 !! Right here

Assignments for Week Five (21 Sept) Cursive Cyrillic and beginning of Lesson 3.1

Assignments for Week Six (29 Sept--5 Oct)

Lesson 3.1 and 3.2

Assignments for Week Seven (Oct 6--Oct 14)

Lesson 3.3. and 3.4

Assignments for Week Eight (Oct 12 — Oct 19)

Mid-terms and Conferences come the week of Oct 12;

Wednesday Oct 14 is mid-term

Assignments for Week Nine (Oct 19-Oct 26)

Note brief quiz in class Monday Oct 19, 4.1

Assignment for Week Ten (Oct 26-Nov 2)

Check my recent blogs. I am concerned about students who do not submit written homework. Monday is the last day to drop (sadly, with record). See me in office hour.

Assignment for Week Eleven (Nov. 2 - Nov. 9)

Assignment for Week Twelve (Nov 9 - Nov 16)

Assignment for Week Thirteen (Nov. 16 - Nov 23)

Assignment for Week Fourteen (Nov. 30 - Dec 4) Finale

For reference as our study progresses, I also offer a 120-page Aid to Russian Grammar, in three parts. The first part has a detailed table of contents. You won't need to use this until the end of the semester!

Aid, Part 1, pp.1-32

Aid, Part 2, pp. 33-72

Aid, Part 3, pp 73-120

Assignments for Week Two, 31 Aug-7 Sep

Assignments for Week Three, 8 Sep — 14 Sep This is Lesson Two