The art of teaching Russian /Evgeny Dengub, Irina Dubinina, and Jason Merrill, editors.

The art of teaching Russian /Evgeny Dengub, Irina Dubinina, and Jason Merrill, editors. - Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, (c)2020. - 1 online resource (xvii, 476 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. The State of the Profession -- 1 Language Education in the United States: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow -- 2 Looking Back, Moving Forward: Teaching and Learning Russian in the United States in the Post-Soviet Era -- 3 Russian Programs in the 21st-Century University: Preparing for the Future -- 4 Russian Language Readiness in Graduate Teaching Assistants: Implications for Teaching and Learning Part II. The Teaching of Russian and the World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages -- 5 Making the Standards the Standard: The World-Readiness Standards and the Teaching of Russian Language and Culture -- 6 The Goals of Collegiate Learners of Russian and the US Standards for Learning Languages -- Part III. Approaches to Teaching Russian -- 7 The Shifting Paradigm in Russian Language Pedagogy: From Communicative Language Teaching to Transformative Language Learning and Teaching -- 8 Reconceptualizing Grammar Instruction: Making It Meaningful and Communicative 9 Content, Language, and Task in Advanced Russian -- 10 Oral History in the Russian Language Curriculum: A Transformative Learning Experience -- 11 Language and Cultural Learning through Song: Three Complementary Contexts -- Part IV. Curriculum and Materials Development -- 12 Developing a Textbook: A Framework and Reflections -- 13 Addressing the Representation of Diversity in Russian Language Textbooks -- 14 Corpus Linguistics and Russian Language Pedagogy -- Part V. Teaching Culture -- 15 Developing Intercultural Competence in a Russian Language Class 16 The Literary Canon and Precedent Texts in Teaching Russian Language and Culture at the Intermediate Level -- 17 Extracurricular Activities in Russian Language and Culture Programs: Challenges and Perspectives -- Part VI. Teaching and Learning Russian with Technology -- 18 Mixing It Up with Blended Learning -- 19 Research-Based Internet Writing Projects in the Russian Curriculum -- Editors -- List of Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z

""The Art of Teaching Russian" provides teachers with the research and guidance they need for teaching Russian. Written by leaders in the field, the book spans all aspects of teaching the Russian language. Beginning with a review of the state of the profession, the book then addresses teaching Russian for world-readiness standards, different approaches to teaching Russian, curriculum and materials development, how to teach Russian culture, and using technology in teaching and learning Russian. Each chapter includes up-to-date research on its topic and provides readers with practical approaches to help them teach successfully. It is a must-read for current teachers and for those preparing to teach Russian language"--



9781647120030

2019054591


Russian language--Study and teaching--United States.
Russian philology--Study and teaching--United States.


Electronic Books.

PG2068 / .A786 2020