The Art of Teaching Russian
 416 pp., 7 x 10 Hardcover ISBN: 9781647120016 (1647120012) 416 pp., 7 x 10 Paperback ISBN: 9781647120023 (1647120020) December 2020 EXPLORE THIS TITLE DescriptionTable of Contents Reviews |
The Art of Teaching Russian
A comprehensive guide to Russian-language instruction combining the latest research, pedagogy, and practice.
The Art of Teaching Russian offers practitioners current research, pedagogical thinking, and specific methodologies for teaching the Russian language and culture in the twenty-first century. With contributions from the leading professionals in the field, this collection covers the most important aspects of teaching the Russian language. The book begins with an overview of the past and current trends in foreign language education and in Russian instruction in the United States. Other topics include the effects of ACTFL's World-Readiness Standards on the field; different pedagogical approaches to teaching at various levels of proficiency; curriculum and materials development; and teaching Russian culture to develop students' intercultural competence. The collection concludes with a discussion on how to use technology in the Russian-language classroom to enhance students' learning. The Art of Teaching Russian includes practical approaches for successful teaching, supported by original research. Teachers and graduate students will rely upon this collection to enhance their instruction. Evgeny Dengub is a senior lecturer at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is coauthor of Panorama: Intermediate Russian Language and Culture (Georgetown University Press, 2017). Irina Dubinina is an associate professor of Russian at Brandeis University, where she directs the Russian-language program. She is coauthor of Rodnaya rech': An Introductory Course for Heritage Learners of Russian (Georgetown University Press, 2019). Jason Merrill is a professor of Russian at Michigan State University and is the director of the Kathryn Wasserman Davis School of Russian at Middlebury College. He is the coauthor of the textbooks Russian Folktales: A Reader for Students of Russian and Animation for Russian Conversation.
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"The Art of Teaching Russian provides strong evidence of the growing research base and practitioner expertise ready to meet today's demands for the study of Russian."—Dan E. Davidson, emeritus professor of Russian, Bryn Mawr College; director, American Councils Research Center (ARC); president emeritus, American Councils for International Education "This well-organized and coherent volume will undoubtedly push the field forward with its many and varied approaches to language teaching."—Susan Gass, University Distinguished Professor and director of the English Language Center, Michigan State University Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Abbreviations Part I. The State of the Profession 1. Language Education in the United States: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Aline Germain-Rutherford 2. Looking Back, Moving Forward: Teaching and Learning Russian in the United States in the Post-Soviet Era Cynthia L. Martin 3. Russian Programs in the Twenty-First Century University: Preparing for the Future Angelika Kraemer, Jason Merrill, and David Prestel 4. Russian Language Readiness in Graduate Teaching Assistants: Implications for Teaching and Learning Cori Anderson, Julia Mikhailova, and Anna Tumarkin Part II. The Teaching of Russian and the World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages 5. Making the Standards the Standard: World-Readiness Standards and the Teaching of Russian Language and Culture Thomas J. Garza 6. The Goals of Collegiate Learners of Russian and the US Standards for Learning Languages Dianna Murphy, Narek Sahakyan, and Sally Sieloff Magnan Part III. Approaches to Teaching Russian 7. The Shifting Paradigm in Russian Language Programs from Communicative Language Teaching to Transformative Instructional Approaches to Teaching and Learning Betty Lou Leaver and Christine Campbell 8. Reconceptualizing Grammar Instruction: Making It Meaningful and Communicative William J. Comer 9. Intersections and Bridges: Content, Language, and Task in Advanced Russian Lynne deBenedette 10. Oral History in the Russian Language Curriculum: A Transformative Learning Experience Benjamin Jens, Colleen Lucey, and Benjamin Rifkin 11. Language and Cultural Learning through Song: Three Complementary Contexts Karen Evans-Romaine, Stuart Goldberg, Susan Kresin, and Vicki Galloway Part IV. Curriculum and Materials Development 12. Developing a Textbook: A Framework and Reflections Olga E. Kagan and Anna S. Kudyma 13. Addressing the Representation of Diversity in Russian Language Textbooks Rachel Stauffer 14. Corpus Linguistics and Russian Language Pedagogy Olesya Kisselev and Edie Furniss Part V. Teaching Culture 15. Developing Intercultural Competence in a Russian Language Class Ekaterina Nemtchinova 16. The Literary Canon and Precedent Texts in Teaching Russian Language and Culture at the Intermediate Level Tatiana Smorodinska 17. Extracurricular Activities: Challenges and Perspectives in Russian Language and Culture Programs Alla Epsteyn and Maia Solovieva Part VI. Teaching and Learning Russian with Technology 18. Mixing it Up with Blended Learning Shannon Spasova and Kristen Welsh 19. Research-Based Internet Writing Projects in the Russian Curriculum Cori Anderson and Irina Walsh List of Contributors Index |