The cells in each row show the homework that has to be done before the class. For example, this is the homework that must be done before coming to class on Day 2 of your classes in this course. Read about each type of homework in Course Description (link at the top of this syllabus).

The first two weeks of classes are different from the later routine, because it is difficult to separate reading, grammar, and conversation while you are still learning the alphabet and the sound system. There are additional notes in the syllabus after the second week.

1. Read & analyze: Les.1; Les.2:2 (English only). (Here are the first 8 Lessons in PDF format that you may use if your copy of the book hasn't arrived yet.)
2. Listen, record, and submit: Lesson 1 in Web Audio Lab.
3. Arrange a brief (5 to 10 minutes) private Zoom meeting with one of your new classmates to practice saying the sentences you have learned and to clarify anything that one of you may have missed or didn't quite get in class. And don't forget to chat about your hobbies, your pets, and your politics :-)

1. Read & analyze: Les.2 (English; Russian alphabet) This link may help you learn the alphabet.
2. Write: Les. 2 pp.5-9 (the teacher will look at your writing but will not collect it this time). This video is a good way to learn how to connect the letters. You can try this one, too.
3. Listen, record, and submit: Les.2 in Web Audio Lab.
4. Arrange a brief (5 to 10 minutes) private Zoom meeting with one of your new classmates to practice saying what you have learned and to clarify anything that one of you may have missed or didn't quite get in class.
5. Memorize: names of letters (but not the order of the alphabet)

1. Read & analyze: Les.3; Les.4
2. Write: Les.3 pp.12-14 (the teacher will look at your writing but will not collect it this time).
3. Watch this 15-minute video by the voice teacher Carl Ratner on the palatalization of Russian consonants. (The video may be followed by another one on Russian vowels, but you do not have to watch that.)
4. Listen, record, and submit: Les.3 in Web Audio Lab.

1. Read & analyze: Les.5
2. Write: Les.4 pp.17-18 (the teacher will look at your writing but will not collect it this time).
3. Listen, record, and submit: Les. 4 in Web Audio Lab

1. Read & analyze: Les.6
2. Write: Les.5 p.21 (the teacher will look at your writing but will not collect it this time).
3. Practice reading aloud: Les.6:1
4. Listen, record, and submit: Les.5 in Web Audio Lab.
5. Memorize: Les.5:5

1. Read & analyze: pp.24,25,26
2. Practice reading aloud: Les.6:3
3. Listen, record, and submit: Les. 6 in Web Audio Lab.

1. Read & analyze: Les.7
2. Write: Les.7:6 (Starting on this day, and always for the rest of the semester, submit your written homework as PDF files using the corresponding link in the Canvas syllabus for this course. That is the only aspect of the course for which we use Canvas. All other information and activities are on this website.
3. Practice reading aloud: Les.7:1,2,3
4. Listen, record, and submit: Les.7 in Web Audio Lab.

1. Read & analyze: Les.8
2. Write: Les.8:6 (submit on Canvas)
3. Practice reading aloud: Les.8:1,2
4. Listen, record, and submit: Les. 8 in Web Audio Lab.
5. Memorize: numbers 1-10
6. Arrange a brief (5 to 10 minutes) private Zoom meeting with a classmates to practice saying the numbers from memory.

Things are changing! During the first ten days of classes, it was difficult to separate reading, grammar, and conversation, because you were still learning the alphabet and the sound system. Now these components of the course will be more or less separate, and you'll have a different teacher for each kind of work:

• grammar, writing, self-test quizzes
• video
• exercises, sound recordings, memorization

All homework is explained in the Course Description (see link at the top of this syllabus).

1. Read & analyze: Les. 9. In case you are still waiting for your copy of the book, here are Lessons 9-12 in PDF format.
2. Write: Les 9:8 (submit as PDF on Canvas)
3. Practice reading aloud: Les 9:1,6

1. Watch & write an English translation (email it to your teacher): Eralash: Intermission.
   1. select Eralash in your WAL menu after the log-in
   2. select Intermission in the top menu and Entire Episode in the bottom menu
   3. click Go
   4. play the video, read the transcript, click unfamiliar words for dictionary entries (displayed in the References panel)
   5. write an English translation of the transcript (email it to your teacher)
2. read & practice the assignments in the other sections by selecting them from the bottom menu:
1. Role Playing
2. Exercise 1.1
3. Discussion 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4.

1. Read & analyze: Les. 10
2. Self-test Quiz to Lesson 10 in COLLT. When you complete this quiz and click Finish, your displayed score should be 12 points (1 point per blank).

   COLLT work is assigned for two of every five days: you log in to COLLT and practice grammatical endings by doing the fill-in-the-blanks Beginning Russian Quizzes exercises. This gives you a chance to test your understanding of many grammar and spelling principles. Click Finish when done and see your score.

3. Write: Les 10:5 (submit on Canvas)
4. Practice reading aloud: Les. 10:3,4

1. Practice reading aloud: Les.10:1,2,3,4
2. Listen, record, and submit: Les.10 in Web Audio Lab.
3. Memorize: Les.10:3

1. Watch & write an English translation (always email it to your teacher; this reminder will not be repeated): Eralash: A Stray Dog

   If you missed the directions for doing this work, read Course Description or consult the similar assignment in Day 11, above.

2. Read & practice: Role Playing; Exercises 1.1, 1,2; Discussion 1.1, 1.2.
3. Arrange a brief (5 to 10 minutes) private Zoom meeting with a classmates to practice some of the role playing in this video. (Next week you will be asked to Zoom-record this assignment.)

1. Read & analyze: Les. 11.
2. Self-Test Quiz to Lesson 11 in COLLT. After this quiz your score should be 24 (12 points for Quiz to Lesson 10 plus 12 points for this one).

   If you missed the directions for doing this work, read Course Description or consult the similar assignment in Day 12, above.

3. Write: Les. 11:6
4. Practice reading aloud: Les.11:1,3
5. Listen, record, and submit: Les.11

1. Watch & write an English translation: Eralash: A Crazy Day
2. Read & practice: Role Playing; Exercises 1.1, 1.2; Discussion 1.1, 1.2.
3. Arrange a private Zoom meeting with a classmate and record Role Playing. See recording directions under Zoom in section Online course materials.

1. Read & analyze: Les. 12, pp. 37-38. In case you are still waiting for your copy of the book, here are Lessons 1-21 in PDF format.
2. Self-Test Quiz to Lesson 12 in COLLT. After this quiz your score should be 60.
3. Write: Les. 12:4 (always submit written homework from Beginning Russian on Canvas; this reminder will not be repeated)
4. Practice reading aloud: Les.12:1

1. Practice reading aloud: Les. 12:2,3
2. Listen, record, and submit: Les.12
3. Memorize: Les. 12:1

The rest of this course is a little different from the first half

• As an option, you may write English summaries of the events in the films instead of writing translations. However, if you think translating a portion of the transcript is more useful for your learning, you may continue doing so. After about 8 weeks, you can stop writing anything for the film assignments; instead, memorize a short scene from one of the clips.
• For each film class, prepare three simple questions on the assigned episodes. You will ask these questions in class for your classmates to answer, and we'll build discussions around those exchanges.

The rest of this course is a little different from the first half

• As an option, you may write English summaries of the events in the films instead of writing translations. However, if you think translating a portion of the transcript is more useful for your learning, you may continue doing so. After about 8 weeks, you can stop writing anything for the film assignments; instead, memorize a short scene from one of the clips.
• For each film class, prepare three simple questions on the assigned episodes. You will ask these questions in class for your classmates to answer, and we'll build discussions around those exchanges.

Оptional: watch these videos to see today's big-city supermarkets in Russia:
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