Russian 0010 (Elementary Russian 1): Unit 3 Syllabus

Autumn 2007 (2081)

Prepared by: David J. Birnbaum (djbpitt+russ0010@pitt.edu) and Julie Draskoczy (jsd14@pitt.edu)
Last modified: 2007-10-10
Location: http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~russ0010/2081/unit3syllabus.html
Main course web site: http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~russ0010/2081/

TB = Textbook; SAM = Student Activities Manual.
Where the TB or SAM has a picture of headphones next to an exercise, that exercise has an oral component, which you will find on-line at the Голоса́́ web site. Unless stated otherwise, where a page in the TB or SAM is assigned, you should complete all activities on that page.

Unit 3 covers TB, pp. 73–104 and SAM, pp. 55–78.

For F, 10-12 Recitation

• Read TB, p. 73 to learn what the lesson will cover.
• Make flashcards for countries and nationalities (TB, p. 102) and for the languages listed under adverbs (TB, p. 103) and begin learning them.
• TB, p. 76, listen to Диало́г 1, looking up words you don’t know in the glossary at the end of the chapter (pp. 102–04).
• Read “Культура и быт” section on TB, p. 89.

For M, 10-15 Recitation

• Make flashcards for other nouns and adjectives (TB, pp. 102–03) and begin learning them.
• TB, p. 76, listen to Диало́г 2, looking up words you don’t know in the glossary at the end of the chapter (pp. 102–04).
• SAM, pp. 58–59 (write p. 59, Упражне́ние А, listen to the rest).
• At http://www.turizm.ru find the list of popular destinations (Популярные направления) and list five countries you can visit in Russian and English, together with the cost of going to each of them (for the price, write just the numerals, not the words).

For T, 10-16 Lecture

• Make flashcards for the remaining adverbs (TB, p. 103) conjunctions (TB, p. 104), and pronouns (TB, p. 102) and begin learning them.
• TB, p. 77, listen to Диало́г 3, looking up words you don’t know in the glossary at the end of the chapter (pp. 102–04).
• At http://www.ramdex.ru/lang.asp there’s a list on the left of languages one can study. List five such languages in Russian and English.
• Read “Культура и быт” sections on TB, pp. 76–77.

For W, 10-17 Recitation

• Make flashcards for verbs (TB, p. 103) and begin learning them. Flashcards should include all inflected forms (that is, for я́, ты́, о́н, она́, мы́, вы́, and они́), not just for the few forms listed in the glossary. All forms are given in the on-line flashcards; you can copy them from there when you make your own cards.
• TB, p. 77, listen to Диало́г 4, looking up words you don’t know in the glossary at the end of the chapter (pp. 102–04).
• SAM, p. 60, listen and practice.
• SAM, p. 66, write.
• The Infokom translation agency in Moscow works with a staggering number of languages, which they list on their http://www.agentstvo-perevodov.ru web site under the heading Рабочие языки (‘working languages’). List five of those languages in Russian and English.
• Prepare for vocabulary quiz on countries, nationalities, and languages.

For H, 10-18 Lecture

• Make flashcards for Prepositions, Negative particle and Other words and phrases (TB, pp. 103–04) and begin learning them.
• TB, p. 77, listen to Диало́г 5, looking up words you don’t know in the glossary at the end of the chapter (pp. 102–04).
• SAM, p. 61, listen and practice.
• SAM, p. 67, write.
• Russians, like everyone else, enjoy jokes that begin along the lines of “An American, a Canadian, and a Mexican walk into a bar …” You don’t yet understand enough Russian to read the jokes in their entirety, but go to http://www.allnow.ru/anekdots.shtml?topic=russfranz and identify in Russian and English the ethnicity of the participants in joke #5.

For F, 10-19 Recitation

• Make flashcards for passive vocabulary (TB, p. 104) and begin learning them.
• TB, p. 75, listen to Разгово́р 1 and write answers to questions in English.
• SAM, p. 62, listen and practice.
• SAM, p. 68–69, write.
• Your textbook lists 14 countries on p. 102. Write the Russian name for each country and, using the maps linked at http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~russ0010/2081/index.html#unit3_maps, write the name of each country’s capital city. (Pay careful attention to Mexico!)
• Read Цыганская песня, print out, and bring to class

For M, 10-22 Recitation

• TB, p. 75, listen to Разгово́р 2 and write answers to questions in English.
• SAM, p. 63, listen and practice.
• SAM, p. 70, write.
• The site http://www.multikulti.ru promotes the knowledge of foreign languages. In the list of foreign languages along the left side of the page, identify in Russian and English ten the languages whose names you can recognize without looking in a dictionary. (Some of them are introduced in this unit, but you should be able to recognize several of the others, as well.)

For T, 10-23 Lecture

• TB, p. 75, listen to Разгово́р 3 and write answers to questions in English.
• SAM, p. 64, listen and practice.
• SAM, p. 71, write.
• Read the on-line Introduction to the single-stem verb system. We’ll be covering this in lecture, and the lecture will be clearer if you’ve begun in advance to think about this type of approach to verb conjugation.

For W, 10-24 Recitation

• SAM, p. 65, listen and practice.
• SAM, p. 72, write.
• TB, pp. 98–99, Упражне́ние 3-30 (write #1, p. 99).
• Read “Культура и быт” section on TB, p. 78.

For H, 10-25 Lecture

• SAM, p. 55, listen.
• SAM, p. 56, write.
• SAM, p. 73–74, write.

For F, 10-26 Recitation

• SAM, p. 57, write.
• SAM, pp. 76–78, watch video on main Golosa web site at http://www.gwu.edu/~slavic/golosa/video/golosa_google_bk1_unit3.htm and write answers to questions.
• TB, p. 97, Упражне́ния 3-28 and 3-29 (3-29 says “small groups,” but do the assignment individually).

For M, 10-29 Recitation

• TB, pp. 98–100, Упражне́ние 3-30, write #2 (p. 100).
• SAM, p. 75, write any one of the four tasks.

For T, 10-30 Lecture

• Prepare for examination