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Russian 340 |
Katia Siskron |
Russnet Language Resources: www.russnet.org//online.html
SFSU Foreign Languages Lab Catalog: www.fllab.sfsu.edu
Textbook: Tall and Vlasikova. Let's Talk About Life!
2. Tapes and transcriptions
3. Press clippings
Goal: This course is designed to help students acquaint themselves with contemporary Russian press and to learn about current developments in Russia by reading Russian press and doing research. The course also has a language component: students will be using authentic Russian media materials; also lecture and discussion will be carried primarily in Russian to promote a greater ease with the spoken language.
Methods: The course methodology will consist of lectures, small group work, text exercises, translation, viewing of Russian newscasts, research and oral presentations. Regular attendance and classroom participation are essential for students to pass this course.
Assessment: Students will be evaluated and graded on class participation, quizzes, oral presentations. There will be no final examination in this course. Instead, students will be asked to submit a research prospectus at mid-term, and a completed research paper on the last day of class. Class participation--30%; written homework--15%; oral presentations--25%; research paper--30%.
Language Lab: Students are required to listen to tapes included with the text, and to view video tapes of Russian news broadcasts. Audio tapes can be checked-out for home use.
Survival tips: make friends with the Russian Program Web site which offers extensive resources for both literature and area studies majors. Note especially the media section in our database segment. Visit the periodical room at the library both in person and via the Ivestigator (our on-line catalog). Do not put off homework or research to the last minute. Since much of the work will be done in small groups or with a partner, it is essential that you exchange phone numbers and e-mail addresses with other students in the class. Free e-mail accounts are available in 110 ADM.
Online Media Resources:
BBC World Service. Available in Russian.
Web: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/
(English)
Web: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/russian/world/
(Russian)
East View Publications, Inc.: Online Periodicals from Russia and NIS. A list of Russian and former USSR Republics’ periodicals organized by subject.
Web: http://www.eastview.com/epubs.html
ITAR-TASS. The site of the
central information agency in Russia.
Lenta-Ru. A free site with current Russian and international news added every hour.
Web: http://www.lenta.ru/
The Moscow Times (in English).
Web: http://www.moscowtimes.ru/
National News Service-NNS. The largest in the world online archive of the Russian Press; it also features latest news.
Web: http://www.nns.ru
Ogonyok. Very popular Russian magazine. You need IBM or KIO8 or Mac Cyrillic Keyboard set-ups.
Web: http://www.ropnet.ru/ogonyok/
Oreanda. A part of the larger Russia On-line site featuring Russian news of the day.
Web: http://www.online.ru/oreanda/
Polit-Ru. A full-service provider of information about current events with Russian and English versions available.
Web: http://www.polit.ru
RFE-RL Newsline. A daily report of developments in Eastern and Southeastern Europe, Russia, the Caucasus and Central Asia prepared by the staff Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty.
Web: http://www.rferl.org/newsline/
Russia On-line: News and Media. A part of the Russia On-line site containing a lot of Russian media resources.
Web: http://www.online.ru/emain/enews/
Russian Information Agency-RIA Novosti. Available in both English and Russian, by subscription only.
Web: http://www.ria-novosti.com
Russian Story. Russian Story, Inc. and Internet Push Channels offer Back-Web push technology for the delivery of 23 Russian newspapers and magazines (including five dailies and five English-language digests) in full image (Acrobat PDF).
Web: http://www.russianstory.com
Slavic Review. The AAASS’s scholarly journal features articles, discussions and literature reviews across academic disciplines.
Web: http://www.econ.uiuc.edu/~slavrev/
St. Petersburg Times in English. News, business, arts, job opportunities, archive search, independent media.
VladNews Homepage. A homepage for weekly newspapers of the Pacific Rim cities in Russia, Vladivostok. Russian and English versions available.
Washington Post Former Soviet-Union Page.
Web: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/exussr.htm
Additional Links:
AAAS Directory of Human Rights Sites on the Net.
Web: http://shr.aaas.org/dhr.htm
Background Notes. Information on geographical entities and international organizations updated periodically.
Web: http://www.state.gov/www/background_notes/
BUBL: World Area Studies. Searching by country or region on topics such as news, politics, business, ethnology, etc.
Web: http://bubl.ac.uk/link/five/wor.html
Business Information Center for Newly Independent States (BISNIS). A regularly updated page by the US
Department of Commerce.
Web: http://www.itaiep.doc.gov/bisnis/bisnis.html
Center for Law and Global Justice.
Web: http://www.usfca.edu/law/globaljustice/main.html
Corporate Watch.
Web: http://www.corpwatch.org/
Country Commercial Guides; FY 1999: European Union.
Web: http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/business/com_guides/1999/europe/eu99.html
Green Net.
Human Rights Watch. Available in Russian.
Web: http://www.hrw.org/
Information Database for the member states of the United Nations.
Web: http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm
Little Russia in US. Pages dedicated to children's stories and songs, Russian tourist attractions and architecture, music, art, literature, cooking and recipes, current news from Russia, and general geographic, environmental, economic, and political information on Russia.
Maps of Russia and the Former Soviet Republics.
Web: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/commonwealth.html
Russian Outlook by Leon Aron. Extensive reports on the current economic and political situation in Russia.
Russian Radio.
Web: http://www.russia.net/rusradio/
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. In English, Russian and French.
UN Environment Programme.
Web: http://www.unep.org/unep/regoffs/roap/
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Available in many languages, including Russian.
Web: http://www.indigo.ie/egt/udhr/udhr.html
World Fact Book by CIA.
Web: http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Additional
Russian Language Media Resources
(Links courtesy of Andrei
Tsygankov, SFSU Professor of Political Science and International Relations):
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