ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN

WEB ASSIGNMENTS for Chapter [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Russify your computer.
Put sound on your computer. Hear some of your favorite Russian music channels.
Link to major news sources on Russia. (Search for "Russia" or "Russian" at these sites.)
Links to study abroad programs and internships in Russia, and to summer programs in the States.

Golosa Website. This site brings you web links from the textbook company.

An Interactive Online Russian Reference Grammar - From Robert Beard at Bucknell. Start learning Russian grammar by reviewing the Parts of Speech, the Rules of Russian Pronunciation, the Basic Russian Spelling Rules.

Links to some other places that will help you learn Russian.

Why study Russian? If you have to ask this question, then check some of the benefits of foreign language study--the A-ZZZZZ answers--posted at Indiana University!

RUSSIAN 101,102. ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN.
Introduction to the speaking, understanding, reading and writing of Russian. In class and in the language laboratory, films and other current authentic materials are used to acquaint the student with everyday Russian and the contemporary culture. Russian 101 is prerequisite for 102. These courses may be used towards fulfilling the Liberal Arts Graduation Requirement.

Class and labs meet in Carnegie 214 MWF 12-1 and TTh 9-10.

R. Robin, J. Robin, K. Henry Golosa: A Basic Russian Course. Book 1. Third Edition, and the accompanying Lab Manual/Workbook. Third Edition, Prentice Hall, 2003.

E. J. Cruise. English Grammar for Students of Russian. (Second Edition), Olivia & Hill Press, 1993.

LINKS TO PLACES TO HELP YOU LEARN RUSSIAN

Master Russia. Links to various subjects, everything from Russian proverbs to how to pronounce Russian, declensions to pen pals, crosswords to tongue twisters, tests and quizzes to live cams, etc. See, for example, their Russian Phrase Book (includes basic phrases, arrival/hotel, eating out, shopping, doctor). [Great site!]

Language. A page from Benjamin Sher's megasite.

Russian Radio. Several channels to choose from, including "Voice of Russia" which comes in Russian, English, Spanish and German. ["Real Audio" needed]

Beginning Russian Through Film. A course from Cornell University. Short film clips (in Russian) useful for learning Russian. N.B. Requires Quicktime to be installed on your machine. You must also select Russian fonts: in Netscape go to "View" and select "Character Set" and then "Cyrillic (Windows-1251)"; in Internet Explorer choose "View" then "Encoding" then "Cyrillic (Windows)".

Dialogs. From Cornell University. Many on-line dialogs with glosses and sound. Good for analyzing Russian. (Will only work in Internet Explorer version 5.)

Russian Language News and Magazines. Links from MIT to Russian news sites.

The Bucknell University Russian Program. [Check out their link: Language. Here you can even get some help with Russian grammar!]

Dazhbog's Grandchildren. [Look for language related topics]

Friends and Partners. The language page can lead you to links to learn the Cyrillic alphabet, practice Russian greetings and farewells or learn about language study programs. [Check out their link to Cyrillic Text]

Little Russia. [Look for language related items]

REESWeb Virtual Library. [Try some key words such as: Russian Language Learning; or try the Subject "Language" and Culture "Russian"]

Russians Abroad. Russian links. A web ring of links.

Russian For Travelers. Learn a little Russian (basic words, numbers, shopping/dining, travel, directions, places, time and dates. Links take you to dictionaries, and there is also a link to help you learn the Cyrillic alphabet. (You can see cyrillic on your screen without having to install special fonts.)

Russian Language Resources. Main Page. From Roy Cochrun.

Slavophilia. Slavic and East European Resources indexed by subject (arts, business and economy, country focus, education, etc.).

RussNet - Your Russian Internet Resource. From the Russian Language Network. Lots of good links including one to some online language modules.

Additional Links

Back to the Russian at St. Lawrence Page.

last update: 8/21/03