Russian Program (4-week session)

This summer the Workshop will also offer courses for students and teachers of Russian who wish to study only one semester (four weeks). Participants may enroll in any level of Russian from one to nine (first through sixth year). The four-week session begins June 19 and ends July 17. Level one meets five weeks: from June 15 to July 17.

Classes in the four-week session offer 5 hours of credit and meet 23 hours per week. They include three-hour morning sessions (15 hours per week), conversation (4 hours), listening comprehension (2 hours) and phonetics/intonation (2 hours).

Housing costs and meals will be half the price of the eight week program as listed elsewhere (Costs of level one will be correspondingly higher).

Please note that fellowship assistance is available only to students in the 8-week session.

Level 1: Elementary Russian

First year Russian. This class meets for nine weeks, beginning June 9. Basic text: Nachalo (Lessons 1-10)

Level 2: Elementary Russian II & Intermediate Russian I

This course covers materials from the second half of Level 1 and the first half of Level 3 and covers Lessons 6 to 14 in Nachalo.

Level 3: Intermediate Russian I & II

A second-year course, basic text: Nachalo, Lessons 11 to 14 and Rosengrant/Lifschitz, Focus on Russian, Lessons 6-12 (selected chapters).

Level 4: Intermediate Russian II & Advanced Intermediate Russian I

This course uses Rosengrant/Lifschitz Focus on Russian (Units 1-12). Also, short compositions, readings of short fiction, and excerpts from the Russian press.

Level 5: Advanced Intermediate Russian I & II

This third-year course provides an in-depth look at the nominal and verbal systems in Russian. The basic text is Kagan and Miller, V puti. Short compositions, readings of short fiction, poetry, and excerpts from the Russian press.

Level 6: Advanced Intermediate Russian II & Advanced Russian I

This level combines materials from the second half of Level 5 and the first half of Level 7. It uses Tall/Vlasikova's Let's Talk About Life as a primary text, supplemented by McLaw's An Overview of Russian Cases and other reading and video materials.

Level 7: Advanced Russian

This fourth-year course focuses on communicative skills, oral and written, so that students can achieve an Advanced Low speaking proficiency. It also develops skills in verbal aspect (Mahota's Russian Motion Verbs), writing, and in reading for pleasure, based on modern Russian literature and newspapers.

Level 8: Advanced Russian

The fifth-year course covers syntax, stylistics, textual interpretation, and includes a research paper and a one-hour oral presentation based on students' professional, cultural or social interests.

Level 9: Advanced Russian

The sixth-year course concentrates on translation skills, advanced stylistics and includes extensive reading of texts representing different styles as well as two one-hour presentations based on students' interests.

Application deadline for fellowships is March 20, 2009. Thereafter, rolling admissions.