Russian 0010 (Elementary Russian 1)

Autumn 2007 (2081)

Prepared by: David J. Birnbaum (djbpitt+russ0010@pitt.edu)
Last modified: 2007-12-10
Location: http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~russ0010/2081/

Contents

• General
• Alphabet Unit
• Unit 1
• Unit 2
• Unit 3
• Unit 4
• Unit 5

Course Files

General

• Course description
• Syllabus
• Grading scales
• Exam grading (revised)
• Free tutoring available
• New one-credit (one-hour) conversation course open to beginning students!
• Companion Website to Голоса: A Basic Course in Russian. Book 1
• Multitran Russian-English/English-Russian On-Line Dictionary
• Russian typing tutorial

Alphabet Unit

• Syllabus
• Alphabet PowerPoint slides (2007-08-28)
• Alphabet PowerPoint slides (2007-08-30)
• Alphabet PowerPoint slides (Groups 1 and 2) with pictures
• Alphabet PowerPoint slides (Group3 ) with pictures
• Possibly familiar words
• Russian signs (click on each picture for the answer)
• Guide to forming Russian cursive letters
• The Story of Э́рик (also slightly different version with audio)

Unit 1

• Syllabus
• PowerPoint slides
  • T 2007-09-04 lecture
  • W 2007-09-05 recitation
  • H 2007-09-06 lecture
  • F 2007-09-07 recitation
  • M 2007-09-10 recitation
  • T 2007-09-11 lecture
  • W 2007-09-12 recitation
  • H 2007-09-13 lecture
  • F 2007-09-14 recitation
  • M 2007-09-17 recitation
  • T 2007-09-18 lecture
  • W 2007-09-19 recitation
  • W 2007-09-19 Jeopardy
  • H 2007-09-20 lecture
  • F 2007-09-21 recitation
  • M 2007-09-24 recitation
• Active vocabulary, divided into groups
  • On-line vocabulary flashcards for Group 1
  • On-line vocabulary flashcards for Group 2
  • On-line vocabulary flashcards for Group 3
• On-line flashcards for passive vocabulary
• On-line flashcards for numbers 0–20 (for passive knowledge, Student Activities Manual pp. 1, 15–16)
• Grading guide for 2007-09-07 quiz
• Practice reading place names in …
  • European Russia
  • Asian Russia
  • the United States (or a larger map, or one that’s larger still)
  • Europe (includes European Russian)
  • Great Britain
  • Canada
• Grading guide for Examination 1

Unit 2

• Syllabus
• How do you know whether a noun is hard or soft?
• PowerPoint slides
  • W 2007-09-26 recitation
  • H 2007-09-27 lecture
  • F 2007-09-28 recitation
  • M 2007-10-01 recitation
  • T 2007-10-02 lecture
  • W 2007-10-03 recitation
  • H 2007-10-04 lecture
  • F 2007-10-05 recitation
  • M 2007-10-08 recitation
  • T 2007-10-09 lecture
  • W 2007-10-10 recitation
• Vocabulary
  • On-line vocabulary flashcards: Nouns (except gadgets and clothing)
  • On-line vocabulary flashcards: Gadgets
  • On-line vocabulary flashcards: Clothing
  • On-line vocabulary flashcards: Pronouns
  • On-line vocabulary flashcards: Adjectives (except colors)
  • On-line vocabulary flashcards: Colors
  • On-line vocabulary flashcards: Miscellaneous
  • On-line vocabulary flashcards: Passive Vocabulary
• Кали́нка
  • Lyrics
  • YouTube (performed by the Red Army Chorus)
  • If you can stand it: the worst interpretation of Кали́нка in the history of Russian music (by t.A.T.u)

Unit 3

• Syllabus
• Introduction to the single-stem verb system (Version 1)
• PowerPoint slides
  • F 2007-10-12 recitation
  • M 2007-10-15 recitation
  • T 2007-10-16 lecture
  • W 2007-10-17 recitation
  • H 2007-10-18 lecture
  • F 2007-10-19 recitation
  • M 2007-10-22 recitation
  • T 2007-10-23 lecture
  • W 2007-10-24 recitation
• Vocabulary
  • On-line vocabulary flashcards: Countries and nationalities, languages
  • On-line vocabulary flashcards: Other nouns and adjectives
  • On-line vocabulary flashcards: Adverbs (other than languages), conjunctions, and pronouns
  • On-line vocabulary flashcards: Verbs (present tense)
  • On-line vocabulary flashcards: Prepositions, negative particle, verbs (past tense), and other words and phrases
  • On-line vocabulary flashcards: Passive vocabulary
  • On-line vocabulary flashcards: Numbers through 199 (selected; for passive knowledge)
• Maps for homework due F, 2007-10-19
  • Europe (includes European Russian) (if you are not taken immediately to the map, click on the line of text that reads “http://geo-tur.narod.ru/Maps/pic/eur_pol.jpg”, with the orange background)
  • European Russia
  • Great Britain
  • Asia (includes Middle East)
  • Armenia
  • United States (or a larger map, or one that’s larger still)
  • Canada
  • Mexico (or a larger map)
• Цыга́нская пе́сня
  • Lyrics
  • mp3 (from Svitanya, First Light; guitar and vocals performed by Sibelan Forrester)

Unit 4

• Syllabus
• PowerPoint slides
  • W 2007-10-31 recitation
  • H 2007-11-01 lecture
  • F 2007-11-02 recitation
  • M 2007-11-05 recitation
  • T 2007-11-06 lecture
  • W 2007-11-07 recitation
  • H 2007-11-08 lecture
  • F 2007-11-09 recitation
  • M 2007-11-12 recitation
  • T 2007-11-13 lecture
  • W 2007-11-14 recitation
• Vocabulary
  • On-line vocabulary flashcards: Academic subjects
  • On-line vocabulary flashcards: Nouns (except academic subjects)
  • On-line vocabulary flashcards: Adjectives
  • On-line vocabulary flashcards: Verbs
  • On-line vocabulary flashcards: Adverbs
  • On-line vocabulary flashcards: Miscellaneous
  • On-line vocabulary flashcards: Passive vocabulary, part 1
  • On-line vocabulary flashcards: Passive vocabulary, part 2
  • On-line vocabulary flashcards: Hundreds (numbers)
• Ви́дели но́чь (Ви́ктор Цо́й, Гру́ппа «Кино́»)
  • Lyrics
  • YouTube
• Just for fun: Tom Lehrer sings “Lobachevsky” (see TB, p. 130, Культу́ра и бы́т)

Unit 5

• Syllabus
• Additional readings
  • Introduction to the single-stem verb system (Version 2, updated for Unit 5)
  • Telling time on the hour
  • The past tense of Unit 5 verbs (aspect and verbs of motion)
  • Location and direction
  • Russian meals
  • Popular music genres
• PowerPoint slides
  • F 2007-11-16 recitation
  • M 2007-11-19 recitation
  • T 2007-11-20 lecture
  • M 2007-11-26 recitation
  • T 2007-11-27 lecture
  • W 2007-11-28 recitation
  • H 2007-11-29 lecture
  • F 2007-11-30 recitation
  • M 2007-12-03 recitation
  • W 2007-12-05 recitation
  • H 2007-12-06 lecture
• Vocabulary
  • On-line vocabulary flashcards: Nouns
  • On-line vocabulary flashcards: Modifiers
  • On-line vocabulary flashcards: Verbs
  • On-line vocabulary flashcards: Adverbs and other verbs
  • On-line vocabulary flashcards: Miscellaneous
  • On-line vocabulary flashcards: Passive vocabulary
• По Смоле́нской доро́ге
  • Lyrics
  • mp3 (vocals performed by Жа́нна Биче́вская) (there’s a 30-second count-down before the music begins to play)
• The Birthday Song
  • Lyrics
  • YouTube (from the animated cartoon)
  • YouTube (Great Soviet Children's Chorus)