Time/Location: Mon Wed 14:00 PM – 15:30 PM Buchanan B 218
Instructor: Veta Chitnev
Office: Buchanan Tower, office 903
Phone: 604–827–5541
E-mail: vchitnev@mail.ubc.ca
Office Hours: By appointment
Course Description:
Conducted in Russian, this course uses an interactive approach and offers advanced practice in oral work and written composition. The goal is to raise the linguistic skills of the students to the intermediate-advanced threshold and maximally enrich students’ vocabulary.
Variety of resources are used in the course to facilitate the understanding of cultural complexities, including folk, classical and modern literature, music and song lyrics, poetry, art, drama, newspaper, magazine, radio and Internet reports, film and cartoons.
Please note that the students entering this course are usually of different language levels, including heritage speakers of the Russian language. Therefore, the grading of assignments, projects and other work in this course will be based on your work in the course and your progress rather than on a comparison with other students in the same class.
Course Evaluation Groups 1-2:
Grading will be based on your attendance and participation, homework, presentation and an in-class essay. No exams.
Attend & Participation 15%
Homework 10%
Quizzes 25%
Research proposal 10%
Presentation 10%
In-class essay 25%
Course Evaluation Group 3:
Grading will be based on your attendance and participation, homework, and the presentation, written assignments, and research paper on a film of your choice. No exams.
Attend & Participation 15%
Homework 15%
Film assignments 30%
Individual presentation 10%
In-class essay 30%
Required Course Materials:
Required films will be assigned by instructors.
Course format:
Classes will be conducted in an interactive, seminar style, using a combination of direct instruction, small and large group discussion, and small and large group activities.