The Course
A student must have three years of high school Russian or be a heritage speaker of the language. The purpose of the course is to broaden the student's knowledge of the Russian language, from a morphological and grammatical point of view. The course is designed to allow a freshman entering college to be in the position to move more quickly to an accelerated college level Russian class.
Topics
Although it is considered Russian language study, this undertaking cannot be accomplished without looking at the history, and the culture of the land it defines. Some of the modules used from a historical perspective are The Christianization of Russia", "Revolutionary Movements", "Enlightened Absolutism", "The Pugachev Uprising", "The Great Patriots War", " Catherine the Great", "Economics and politics after the revolution", "Glasnost and Perestroika". Famous literary figures also have entire modules devoted to each: Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Gogol, Chekhov, and Akhmatova. Under the auspices of culture, modules are devoted to Russian fairy tales, Moscow, the matryoshka doll, holidays, the new Russians, etc. Famous Russians are also modularized, such as Ivan the Terrible, Stalin and Peter the Great.
The Module Format
All modules are done by computer. A typical module encompasses several sections. In each section there are several pre-read exercises, a text, and several post-read exercises.
Expectations
The student will be expected to increase his/her fluency in the Russian language to the point that he or she can obtain a good grade on the Advanced Placement Test. This test will examine competency in reading for understanding, grammar, listening and speaking, and composition writing.
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