ADVANCED RUSSIAN

WEB ASSN for Chapter (Davis): [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18].

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.

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.

RUSSIAN 201,202. ADVANCED RUSSIAN.
Advanced language study, plus a complete review of Russian grammar. The course includes practice in speaking, understanding, reading and writing Russian through the use of authentic Russian language materials, including film. The first semester is prerequisite for the second. Prerequisite: Russian 104 or equivalent. These courses may be used towards fulfilling the Liberal Arts Graduation Requirment.

P. A. Davis and D. V. Oprendek. Making Progress in Russian. (Second Edition). John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1997 (Text w/cassette and workbook). [We will cover 8 chapters this semester: 1-2, 4-9.]

S. Paperno, et al. Intermediate Russian: Twelve Chairs. Slavica Publishers, 2001. [We will cover most of the material on the movie and the grammar material as we have time.]

A. B. Gronstein, A. I. Fleszar. Written and Conversational Practice: Making Progress in Russian (Second Edition). John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1997 (Wookbook w/cassette).

D. Offord. Using Russian: a Guide to Contemporary Usage. Cambridge U. P., 1996.

K. Katzner. English-Russian, Russian-English Dictionary. John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

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"]

Language. A section from Russophilia (Australian Web Portal to the Russian Internet). Links to dictionaries, interpreting and translation services, Russification, and various learn Russian sites.

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. Links to Russian news, culture, language and literature, etc.--most in Russian.

Russian Language Resources. Main Page. From Roy Cochrun.

Slavophilia. Slavic and East European Resources indexed by subject and by country. Also included: "search engines," "chat" and "employment opportunities."

Teaching and Learning Resources. From Slavophilia's site.

Russian Language - Dictionaries. From Slavophilia's site. (Includes a dictionary of Russian slang and a dictionary of the human body.)

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

Additional Links

(in Russian)

Search Center. Search some sites (in Russian). Categories include: "Finances...," "...Politics...," "Internet," "Computers" "Culture and Art," "Medicine and Health," "Science and Technology," "Education," etc.

additional links)

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last update 8/21/03