SFSU Foreign Languages Lab Catalog: http://www.fllab.sfsu.edu

Textbook: Focus on Russian: An Interactive Approach to Communication

Hand-outs: Short Biographies of Russian Authors

Audio Materials: Tapes of interviews are available in the FL Lab (HUM 401)

Recommended Texts: : Offord, D. Modern Russian Grammar

Goals: This course is primarily designed to help students develop a greater ease with the written language on the intermediate to advanced levels. It also includes an introduction in Russian to biographies of major nineteenth- and twentieth- century Russian authors.

Methods: To develop communication skills, students will work weekly with exercises in the text, and participate in small group workshops and presentations in the classroom. Instructor will provide explanations of grammar and syntax and facilitate oral discussions.

Assessment: Students will be evaluated and graded on class participation, compositions, formal and informal oral presentations and quizzes.

Lab: Students are encouraged to use the FL Lab (both the computer side and the audio side) to work on their writing, reading and oral comprehension skills. However, tapes can be checked-out from the lab for home use.

Note: Please feel free to raise any concerns that you may have about this course. I want to do everything possible to make this class productive and I welcome suggestions from students.

Survival Tips: Do not put off homework to the last minute. It is productive to exchange phone numbers with several students in the class. I would also strongly suggest that you get an e-mail account which will facilitate your work with other members in the group. E-mail accounts are available free of charge from the administration (ADM 110)

Student Outcomes: A successful completion of this course should provide students with intermediate proficiency in written communication and an intermediate proficiency in reading and comprehension of Russian texts.

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