OCUNENT RESUSE ED 402 767 PL 026 324 AUTHOR tober, Valery Ast Ane Others ETE Russian Language Course far Peace Corps Trainees in Russia. INSTETUTION Peace Corps, Saratov Gussia). PUB DARE of NOTE 60%. POR THEE Guides ~ Classroom Use - Inezrustional Materisis (Por Learner) (051) LANGUAGE English} Kussian HORS PRICE —-—«MFO3/PC25 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Ae urat jon} Classroom Communication; Community Services; Compatency Gated Education! Convereat onal Language Cousner? “Belly Living Skills; Bislegs GWanguone) | Fonily (Seefalogieal Unit); Food; Foreign Countries} Grannari Bealth; "Interpersonal Conmnientiont Languege Patteras; Hanetary Systensi Sinesiant Second Language Iestractinn? “Second Language Learning; Seeial Behavinr: Teleconavnicstions! Trenaportations Vocabulary Developnont Voluntary Ageneine; ‘olunteer Training TDEVEFIERS Peace Corps; “Rusaie; Sherping pesmuct This guide ie designed for Ruseian Language teaining of Peace Corps workers in Russia, and reflects oily communication deeds in that context, It consisis of seven instructional unite. * Introductory section giver am overview of the Russian. language, Cyrittie alphabet, phonology, and aorghelegy. The firet instructional Unit ts intended a2 I-weck introductery course, presented as a game With nnenonie aids, many camediately ezetel pkrates and cxprevsions, Gnd prouuaciation siee, This unit ie follosed by = separate module on Teading and sposking Auasian. The revaining units each contain feverai leasons targeting specific langvage competencies. Lessons Consist of a Tier uf conpatencies aad structures to be addressed, Text and dialogues, exercises, and notes ond exercises for each Eituothre, lesean togies include: gzeeLings ané introductions, formal Gnd infosaal; clathiagt hotels; Ee-ephone wage) food? social Sehavios! currency: giving and gelling directions} clothing: color: Shopping! Lamily: proveesions; discussing, Likes, disiikes, and Activities; making appolateants; understanding street talk fightaoeing! health and aecizal problens; svcla. behavior with © host teavel; cooking; Giecussing and signing a contract: ouocgancis#? and household items. Test is ainoat entizoly in Russian, Rppendna materiale inctude an snava: key, grammar notes, and grammar chariz, CISE) Reproductions aupplied by BDRS arg the best that can be made « Exo the original documsat * as ela Russian Language Course for Peace Corps Trainees in Russia Saratov 1994 “Load yay BEST COPY AVAILABLE 2 Designed and compited by Valery A-Bobov Olga N-Tikhonova Marina MZinina ina V.Privaiova Supervision by Tationa Ryvkins Preface Brief Introduction to the Russian Language Introductory Course Unit 1 Main Course Unit24 Competencies: Show appropriate documents. Introduce oneself Introduce others. Unit 2.2 Competencies: Mame clothing itensx Check inio a hotel ‘Unit 23 Competency: Use she telephone: tocat calls, Unit 2.4 Competencies: Idemify various food items. Express gratitude. Ideniify local currency by name and vatue, Compare local currency t0 US money. Describe food needs. Locate places to buy food. Select food {price, container, Unit3.2 Competencies: Give and follow directions. Selecta clothing ttem. Mentify colors. quantity). n om 19 139 154 166 Unit 3.3 Competencies: Unit3.4 Competency: Unit 4 Competency: Unit 4.2 Competencies: Unit 4.3 Unit 4.4 Competency: Unit $4 Competencies: Unit 5.2 ‘Competencies: Unit 6.1 Competency: Iriroducing others. Naine family members. Talk about own fernily. Name professions. Talk abaut likes / distites und hobbies. Make an appointment Understand street talk, Stghaseeing Review, xplain medical problem. Express food preferences. ‘Act appropriately as guest in family. Respond to invitation to try food. Request food items at table. ‘Accept refuse additional food. Complement host / hostess. Get info at wain / bus station and airport Buy a train / plane ticket, Read a train / plane ticket. Read a schetile. Follow directions (related to cooking) 188 203 221 270 314 a7 Unit 62 36 Competencies: Discuss ¢ corstract. Sign a contract Unit 3 388 Competencies: Order food at restaurant Propose a toast. Unit 24 309 Competency: Ask for help in case of emergency. Unit 7.2 a4 Comopetencies: Identify household izems. Select and pay for household items. Unit 73 “Hgowai” - 970 rpyornae cxono, 3B List of Structures 386 Grammar Netes 389 Grammar Charts 9 PREFACE ‘This book is intended 10 be used In the Russian language short-temm ‘raining program. 1c is designed and writien hy a group of bighly experienced instructors, who took part in teaching the Russian louguage to Peace Corps Voluateers two yeare age. The competency-based educution appcoavh wad principles of Accalersted Learning form the basis of the curriculum. A competency-based approach to language taining fecusca on the specific lasks that learuers will need to accomplish through language. This appetach focuser not only on language, bst also oa the eutural context ‘The compztencies included in chis book are those which PCVs will need most during their initial moathe in Rassia, ‘The learning system called Avcelerated Learning is fusion of a number of teaching techniques and psychoiogical principles thar provide a wonderful fying. tc is rusops, the opportusity 9 make language lexrning enjoyable and sad currently used in tuadreds of classrooms actasy astern United States, and Western Europe. ‘The material of te Book is Flexible 10 meet the gosls and expectation of suidents, the instracter’s pr fences aad the level of a group, We are sure, which the help of trained Peace Corps hunguuge instrestors, this book will provide the Datis for ineresting, relevant Innguage instruction which will enable new Peace Corps Velumeers wo Suvetion effectively in tke new surroundings 4 a oat A. Brief Introduction to the Russian Language ‘The Russian Tanguage belongs to the Slavic group of tho Indo- Suropean latguage family and is considered one of the most important world languages. Russian was the official state Imaguage of the Soviet Union. After the disintegration of whe USSR, Russian remains the state language of Ragsia. fe is the native language of about 200 million people. Russian belongs £0 the inflectional languages (i.c., languages in which words have endings). A Ressian word oan have many different forms, and therefore not every word encountered in a text can be found in dictionaries, Russian words that have endings ate entered in diedonarios in a Gefinite form, The definite form for nouns is the nominative case singular, for adjectives is is the nominative case singular mascaline, and for verbs - the infinitive, Adverbs, prepositions. conjunctions ara invariable. Among the charaoteristic features of the Rassian longuage there are, + genders of the nouns and adjectives; declension oF the nouns, pronauns, adjectives, and mumcrals; eonjugetion of the verbs: aspects of the verbs; absence of articles; = shift of the stress, The Russian alphabet comprises 33 letters: ABBPASLESHAKIMNONPCTYDX ATM IBM SIO Yowe These are 10 vowels in the Russian alphabet: Lover Name of Letter Approximate Engtish Sound Equivalent Ae 2 bar Te e yet & é yolk Hx « bas 00 ® sport yy y space Sha a iyllable » a alse Wo a union she ” yard ‘The letters “e", "3", “we”, “a” indicate the combinations of sounds (H0}, (fo), [iy], [4a], respectively, in three positions: “at the beginning of a word (“cers ‘tc eat “soxop” ‘humor') + after a vowel ("cows" ‘union’, ‘taaa” ‘your’) + after "b" and "b" (Cuaaree"; "wroesa"). After soft consonants Jeee page 7/ the Jeuters "e", "8", “Ww, designate one sound: fe], (vl, [r]. (a), respectively ("nec ‘forest’; "wxtca" Most of the Russian vowels are pronounced distinctly only when stressed, They are teduced in unstressed syllables. The most funportant reduction is that of the vowels “o", "e", "x", fn the unstressed syllables they ae pronounced [a], [1], (], respectively Coma” (ava) ‘she's "xerpo" [auirpo] ‘subway’; "sexenten" Exes] *buteher'). o Consonants ‘There are 21 contonanls i the Rossiae alphabet: : Letter Name of Louer Approximate Englich Sound Bquivatent Bs & baa Be » gaat Fr . ” Aa Bp date 2 ~ meagare 3 = zebra f ita a xparnae pay. ke a Kod Ta a sell - Mm = muust He = nest Ta a park Pp » cop oe * spat Ts = tank op xb face Xx » hea wy a cats oa ° shest tat ua shore ty Lal freshcheese Thare are two letters in the slphabet ~b" (hard sign) aud "h" (soft sign) that do not indicate any sound, They show how to pronounce the preceding or the following letters. Thus, "b" between two consonants or at the end of a word shows that the preceding consona..: is soft, Both signs before a vowel show that this vowel is pronounced a3 at the begianing of a word Cixemp” ‘doy’, “nomex” Polich; "nazae" ‘dress’; “ovwenn” “departur”)