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Week 1:
Sunday 01/19/19
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Saturday 01/25/19
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Monday
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Wednesday
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In class, introduction to the reading class in this course.
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Friday
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Web sites: Investing in a Russian newspaper. You are an investor who wants to buy a Russian newspaper or a major Russian news/current events Web
site. Visit several such ".ru" sites and find one that you would like to buy.
Prepare a short presentation about it for your classmates (four to five minutes) describing the site or periodical and
explaining why you chose it and what you would do with it when it becomes yours.
If you like, take notes for your presentation and use them as you speak. This is optional, but if you do take notes, you may turn them in to Slava for corrections, if any.
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Week 2:
Sunday 01/26/19
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Saturday 02/01/19
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Monday
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Документальный фильм «Интервью из Швеции». Transcript is available here.
1) Assignment for everyone: Watch and understand, prepare questions: Часть 1: Причины эмиграции
2) Individual assignments:
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Wednesday
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Лев Толстой «После бала»
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Friday
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Web sites: Your hobby.
You have a hobby (any hobby) and want to find people on the Russian Internet (в Рунете, как говорят в России)
with the same hobby, and also other information about it--perhaps collectors' catalogs, or
advice and tips, or an online store that caters to people with the same interests as yours.
Prepare a presentation (five to ten minutes) on the site(s) of your choice and tell us
what you would do if you were to start a similar site.
Like in Week 1 assignment, you may--optionally--take notes for your presentation and hand them in.
(This direction applies to all such classes this semester and will not be repeated.)
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Week 3:
Sunday 02/02/19
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Saturday 02/08/19
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Monday
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Документальный фильм «Интервью из Швеции».
1) Assignment for everyone: Watch and understand, prepare questions: Часть 3: Работа
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Wednesday
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Александр Куприн "Куст сирени"
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Friday
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Web sites: an item to sell. You, a Web site owner and designer, have an item to sell.
Start at the "Yandex" link
at our home page, click Market, and visit several Russian Web sites that sell cars, real estate, stamp collections, furniture,
pets--anything for the consumer--and study the language and the approach.
After seeing how other Web sites
advertise their goods, make up your own Web page that sells something and tell us about it in class.
Try to interest your classmates by providing as many enticing details as you can to make a sale.
You do not have to actually design a nice-looking Web page. Just decide what you want to show, draw a very rough diagram on a piece of paper. |
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Week 4:
Sunday 02/09/19
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Saturday 02/15/19
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Monday
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Документальный фильм «Интервью из Швеции».
1) Assignment for everyone: Watch and understand, prepare questions: Часть 4: Общение
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Wednesday
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Антон Чехов «Анна на шее» ; pp 1-4, until chapter II
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Friday
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Web sites: a business to sell.
You, a Web site owner and designer, want to sell a business (a store, a private school, a factory, a bank, an airline, etc.).
Study Russian Web sites that advertise businesses. Collect the expressions and promotional devices they
use and draft your own Web page. Your page may include side bars, contact information,
ads for related businesses, etc. Use your write-up as you speak in class.
You do not have to actually design a nice-looking Web page. Just decide what you want to show, draw a very rough diagram on a piece of paper. |
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Week 5:
Sunday 02/16/19
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Saturday 02/22/19
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Monday
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Документальный фильм «Интервью из Швеции».
1) Assignment for everyone: Watch and understand, prepare questions: Часть 5: Праздники, и как остаться русским в эмиграции Документальный фильм «Интервью из Швеции». 1) Assignment for everyone: Watch and understand, prepare questions: Часть 6: Маленькие истории
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Wednesday
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Антон Чехов «Анна на шее» Chapter II, pp 4-6
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Friday
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Web sites: an item to buy. You, a Web site owner and designer, want to buy some consumer
product.
Write a detailed "wanted" ad for a car, a house, a piece of furniture, or whatever you want to buy,
based on the language and style of similar ads on the Russian Internet. Present it in class
and be prepared to deal with offers from your classmates.
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Week 6:
Sunday 02/23/19
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Saturday 02/29/19
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Monday
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феврђльские канќкулы
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Wednesday
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Максим Горький «В сочельник»
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Friday
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Web sites: a business or other organization to buy.
You, a Web site owner and designer, are looking for a way to invest a few hundred grand in Russia
(in a store, a factory, a music school, a day care center, an Internet Service Provider, etc.).
Write a Web page that will attract interesting offers. Present it in class and be prepared
to question your classmates as they respond to your ad.
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Week 7:
Sunday 03/01/19
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Saturday 03/07/19
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Monday
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Дискуссия на тему: Америка — страна эмигрантов. Используя материалы фильма «Интервью из Швеции», известные вам
публикации в прессе или семейные истории, подготовьте доклад на 7-8 минут. Будьте готовы отстаивать свою точку зрения.
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Wednesday
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Иван Бунин «Темные аллеи»
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Friday
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Web sites: a wanted ad. You, a Web site owner and designer, want to place a Vacancy announcement for an organization that needs to hire a new an employee.
Advertise a position in a school, business, community, etc., in the style of similar ads on Russian Web sites.
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Week 8:
Sunday 03/08/19
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Saturday 03/14/19
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Monday
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Благословите женщину
1) Assignment for everyone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXmRwPh7bWU Watch and understand, prepare questions: Here and below, the breakdown into Parts and Scenes may not be obvious when you watch the movie unless you also use the online transcript, where time is indicated for each Scene as it is shown by the DVD player.
Part 1.
2) Individual assignments:
Student #1 3) Prepare to act out the following scenes: |
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Wednesday
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Андрей Платонов «Песчаная учительница»
Pp. 1-3, until «Долгие вечера...»
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Friday
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Web sites: looking for employment. You, a Web site owner and designer, are looking for a job.
Write a resume in the style (and content) similar to those posted on Russian Web sites by people who look for work.
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Week 9:
Sunday 03/15/19
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Saturday 03/21/19
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Monday
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Благословите женщину
1) Assignment for everyone: Watch and understand, prepare questions: Part 3. Part 4. Part 5. 2) Individual assignments: 3) Prepare to act out the following scenes: |
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Wednesday
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Андрей Платонов «Песчаная учительница»
Pp. 3-5, from «Долгие вечера...»
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Friday
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Web sites: choosing a tour. You want to travel somewhere in Russia. Find a few Russian Web sites that advertise tours
and write about the one you want to take. Explain where you'll go, what the local attractions are, and what you'll be doing there.
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Week 10:
Sunday 03/22/19
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Saturday 03/28/19
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Monday
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Благословите женщину
1) Assignment for everyone: Watch and understand, prepare questions: Part 6. Part 7. 2) Individual assignments:
3) Prepare to act out the following scenes: |
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Wednesday
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Алексей Толстой. «Русский характер»
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Friday
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Web sites: attract tourists to your travel agency. You, a Web site owner and designer, organize tours around Russia.
Write a promotional Web page for several tours
offered by your company, school, or community center.
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Week 11:
Sunday 03/29/19
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Saturday 04/04/19
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Monday
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весенние каникулы
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Wednesday
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весљнние канќкулы
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Friday
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весљнние канќкулы
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Week 12:
Sunday 04/05/19
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Saturday 04/11/19
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Monday
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Благословите женщину
1) Assignment for everyone: Watch and understand, prepare questions: Part 8. Part 9. 2) Individual assignments: 3) Prepare to act out the following scenes: |
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Wednesday
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Юрий Нагибин «Ночной дежурный»
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Friday
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Web sites: a web site for a movie theater.
You, a Web site owner and designer, own and operate a movie theater in Russia. Look for American movies that are shown in this country these days and make up a Web page with a schedule of show times for a week and brief descriptions of the movies you are showing, in Russian. Base your presentations on Russian web sites of this kind.
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Week 13:
Sunday 04/12/19
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Saturday 04/18/19
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Monday
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Благословите женщину
1) Assignment for everyone: Watch and understand, prepare questions: Part 10. Part 11. Part 12. 2) Individual assignments: 3) Prepare to act out the following scenes: |
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Wednesday
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Владимир Войнович «Ёлочка»
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Friday
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Web sites: looking for a good school to enroll in.
You want to study some subject in a Russian college, institute, or university.
Find a school in Russia that you would like to enroll in and write about it; why do you want to study there? what courses would you take? what would you expect of your education?
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Week 14:
Sunday 04/19/19
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Saturday 04/25/19
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Monday
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Благословите женщину
1) Assignment for everyone: Watch and understand, prepare questions: Part 13. Part 14. Part 15. Part 16. 2) Individual assignments: 3) Prepare to act out the following scenes: |
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Wednesday
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Василий Шукшин «Начальник» . To find the story, scroll down approximately half the webpage.
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Friday
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Web sites: running a school.
You, a Web site owner and designer, own and operate a school in Russia (at any level), or perhaps plan to start one.
Make up a Web page with a mission statement and a policy paper for your school: how will it be different from existing schools? what curriculum will you offer? what fees will you charge? how will you review the applicants? Base your presentation on existing Russian sites.
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Week 15:
Sunday 04/26/19
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Saturday 05/02/19
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Monday
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You are a film critic. Write a review of "Bless the Woman." Make a 5-6 min. presentation in class.
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Wednesday
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Сергей Довлатов «Встретились, поговорили» , до слов "В Ленинградском аэропорту ему не понравилось".
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Friday
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Web sites: Prepare a presentation similar to the ones you've done all semester, based on any Web site type of your choice, including news, if you like.
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Week 16:
Sunday 05/03/19
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Saturday 05/09/19
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Monday
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This semester you were introduced to different Russian women. First to the four women in the documentary “Interviews from Sweden”, and then to the three main female characters in the fiction film “Bless the Woman”
For this class prepare 5-8 min. presentation about an American female character based on literature, films or real life person. It might be a member of your family, or any other woman who had real impact in your life. Draw the comparison with the Russian women we met this semester in our course.
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Wednesday
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Сергей Довлатов «Встретились, поговорили» , от слов "В Ленинградском аэропорту ему не понравилось"
до конца.
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