TheAATSEEL Ne w s l e t t e r American Association of Teachers of Slavic & East European Languages
Contents Message from the AATSEEL President ...... 1 Letter from the Editor ...... 1 State of the Field ...... 2 Member News ...... 4 Technology & Language Learning .....5 Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Grammar But Were Afraid to Ask ...... 9 Cross Cultural Communication ...... 11 Graduate Student Forum ...... 13 Czech Corner ...... 14 Psychology of Language Learning ...... 16 Summer Language Programs ...... 18 Recent Publications ...... 19 Professional Opportunities ...... 22
Volume 53 Issue 4 December 2010 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 53, Issue 4 December 2010
AATSEEL NEWSLETTER EDITORIAL STAFF AATSEEL POINTS OF CONTACT Editor: BETTY LOU LEAVER President: Assistant Editor: ANNA JACOBSON CARYL EMERSON Contributing Editors: VALERY BELYANIN Princeton University MOLLY THOMASY BLASING [email protected] President-Elect: ELENA DENISOVA-SCHMIDT NANCY CONDEE KATHLEEN EVANS-ROMAINE University of Pittsburgh SIBELAN FORRESTER [email protected] ALINA ISRAELI Past President: Ferit Kiliçkaya SIBELAN FORRESTER ANI KOKOBOBO Swarthmore College MILA SASKOVA-PIERCE [email protected] RACHEL STAUFFER Vice-Presidents: JULIE BUCKLER CURT WOOLHISER Harvard University NL Coordinates: [email protected] JULIE A. CASSIDAY Editor: [email protected] Williams College Assistant Editor: [email protected] [email protected] Layout/Advertising: [email protected] LYNNE DEBENEDETTE Brown University AATSEEL Office: [email protected] PATRICIA ZODY JAMES LAVINE Executive Director, AATSEEL Bucknell University P. O. Box 569 [email protected] Beloit, WI 53512-0569 USA JANE SHUFFELTON Phone: 608-361-9697 Brighton HS, Rochester, NY (retired) E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] VALERIA SOBOL Layout/Advertising: CDL Services University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign [email protected] Submitting Copy: Editor, SLAVIC & EAST EUROPEAN JOURNAL: GERALD JANECEK (1) Foreign languages are accommodated if prepared on Ma- University of Kentucky cIntosh with a truetype or postscript font that can be shared. [email protected] (2) Eps or pdf with embedded fonts, Indesign, PageMaker, Editor, AATSEEL NEWSLETTER: and Quark Express documents can be accommodated. BETTY LOU LEAVER [email protected] (3) Please do not double-space between sentences in elec- Conference Program Committee Chair: tronic submissions. ALEXANDER BURRY (4) Please query the editor about formatting, content, graph- Ohio State University ics, or language. [email protected] Executive Director: (5) The AATSEEL Newsletter is not copyrighted. Authors PATRICIA L. ZODY wishing to protect their contributions should copyright their American Councils for International Education: materials. ACTR/ACCELS [email protected] (6) Full specifications are available at the AATSEEL web site. Conference Manager: DIANNA MURPHY University of Wisconsin-Madison [email protected] AATSEEL Web site AATSEEL Web Master: For current online information about AATSEEL DAVID GALLOWAY and its activities, visit AATSEEL on the web: Hobart and William Smith Colleges [email protected] http://www.aatseel.org December 2010 Vol. 53, Issue 4 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER
Message from the ists had been remarking that the great I noticed that several AATSEEL man was stimulating more passion, members have published this fall. I AATSEEL President reverence, and respect abroad than at have included those books, where I home. It seemed that even this jubilee- have learned about them (for the most We are reprinting October’s President’s loving country was growing weary of its part, serendipitously), in the publica- Message due to numerous typos that classic heroes and its heroic over-the- tions listing. Please do send me infor- occured in the original. top treatment of the Russian classics. mation when you have a book come The conference was very successful and out. It is especially pleasant to be able Thoughts From the Tolstoy everyone learned a great deal. Forget to include books of AATSEEL’s own Centennial even that Leo Tolstoy, alas, would have in the publications column. Further, Among the more heroic events wanted us all to put away our notebooks that is also something of interest for the planned for the Seventh International and nametags and go help fight the Member’s Column. Conference, on Lev Tolstoy and World peat bog fires, rather than adding to Speaking of publications, more Literature, held this summer at Yasnaya the hot air. But again it brought home and more books are appearing only in Polyana August 10 to 15, was a pilgrim- how much fulltime energy is required Kindle (or other ebook) format. I have, age by two seasoned American Tolstoy to keep the literary past alive. Come to date, resisted including these books scholars, Michael Denner and Thomas to Pasadena in January to sustain this in the publications column. However, Newlin. In honor of the Centenary of necessary work. some of the very newest e-books look Tolstoy’s death, they had been training intriguing. I would be interested to for months, physically with boots and November 2010; Let me add a win- know how readers view them. backpacks, to repeat Tolstoy’s own oc- ter postscript to that summer message. This issue is the end of my tenth casional trek by foot from Moscow to One initiative at the Pasedena Confer- year of editing this Newsletter. How his ancestral estate outside of Tula. But ence deserves special encouragement: time flies! We have gone through a by late July, the heat wave in Western the “Early Career Scholar Series,” number of changes in those years, espe- Russia was at its peak, brush fires founded by our Graduate Student Com- cially the conversion to online and then and peat bogs were aflame around the mittee. Three linked panels are planned reverting to print for those who prefer it. capital, and a hike of this intensity was around the theme of Reexaminations: However, the content of the Newsletter not medically wise. Participants who one dedicated to “Literature as a Vehicle and its layout follows fairly closely the arrived early (I had flown into Moscow for Ideas,” another to “Slavic Literatures re-design that was accomplished 2000. on August 5) were only reluctantly ven- between Literary History and Ethnog- We have had a few column changes; turing out on the streets. An orange sun raphy,” and a third to “Questioning some have disappeared (loss of interest? hung in the smoky sky like something Nationalization and Canonization.” The or at least loss of column editor), and out of Isaac Babel. The air stung the activity of these scholars is our future; some new ones have appeared. Let’s eyes, it was over 100 degrees, and the try to attend. have a dialogue at the Annual Meeting paper mouthmasks that people strapped as to whether the content of the Newslet- on were purely cosmetic. Caryl Emerson ter is continuing to meet the needs and The Moscow Times ran a lead interests of the association. (Or just send article on August 9 “Top Doctor Tells me an enote!) Foreigners not to Fear Smog,” declaring Letter from the Editor Finally, I would like to wish you that “an overwhelming part of Russian Once again, we have reached the a chaos-free end of semester (yeah, I territory doesn’t pose any danger and end of the calendar year and the AAT- know...). Happy holidays, one and all! is not engulfed in smoke, and “if a SEEL Newsletter that precedes the An- businessman visiting Moscow stays in nual Meeting. This year the meeting is Betty Lou Leaver a hotel, or an office, or a car, it’s safe.” in Los Angeles, which makes it an easy Indeed, but then why not arrange a drive for me since I am just up Route conference call and stay home? One 1 in Monterey. Perhaps some of you participant suffered heat stroke and had will have time to travel north and enjoy to leave on the eve of the conference. some beautiful scenery. In any event, I And Michael and Tom decided to cancel hope to see most of you at the meeting Looking for their commemorative trek. As it hap- in January. Employment pened, the Tula area was much cooler Column editors, thank you so much Opportunities? Try the and cleaner. But the polluted present had for your work this year. I hope we will proved a serious obstacle to the past. be able to meet each other over lunch AATSEEL Website! It’s a small point, even a one-liner, (most likely) or dinner at the Annual http://www.aatseel.org but worth pondering. For a year before meeting, date and meal to be determined the Centenary, Russian Tolstoy special- between now and then.
1 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 53, Issue 4 December 2010
Editors: Nancy Condee, University of Pittsburgh & State of the Field Sibelan Forrester Swarthmore College Summer Study Abroad: Wait! I was the one who selected Four and a Half Months Ago them. Who, if not I, should know best?! It is the opening of the major con- A Look Ahead There was an application; there was a ferences’ season. Program brochures Bojan Belić project proposal; there was an interview. are coming off of the press. My course University of Washington I took all of that into consideration. And is advertized in all of them. I wonder, I selected them. Final Evening though, if I did enough this season. I So I take a look back at the day question the strategy of advertizing We made it to the very end, both my almost students and I. The course is over; the the course at major professional con- work is done; everybody seems to be Three Months Ago ferences. I ask myself whether word of mouth is the way to do it. If so, is content. This is our last supper after all, Today is the deadline for applica- the one that comes after all the break- there anyone who will speak in favor tions. I am told how many students have of my course? All these questions will fasts, lunches, and dinners we’ve eaten applied. I am told how many of them together. And it’s only smiles all over. be answered by the time we reach the actually qualify. My course is supported deadline for applications. And then it’s the GOODBYEs – now by a grant, so we can take them all, but emotions are all over. And it’s so tempt- My course focuses on a relatively some selection is in order here. They tiny part of the world. It targets indi- ing to forget everything that occurred need to have extensive training in the prior to this evening. But I do not. viduals with a professional interest in language. And they need to have a very the region. All of them HAVE TO dem- Will I do it again? good command of it. And they need to ... onstrate a certain level of proficiency in be willing to spend hot and sunny days the language. How did I even think to Is it worth it? sitting in libraries in three very vibrant ... admit no more than six students, for the capital cities, writing a research paper in course work is highly individualized?! I take a look back at the day al- a foreign language at a scholarly level, most Will there be a large enough pool for me seeing me every day. Have I just scared to make a choice from? Six Weeks Ago them all off? But it’s already been happening for Now I know which ones have been several years now... I am the first to arrive at the hotel selected; I think I know. I’ll let adminis- in which we start the course. I meet my I take a look back at the day al- trators notify those who aren’t. I’ll hope most students today. Who are they? What are that those who are won’t decide in the their learning styles? What is their level end not to go. If they don’t go, there will Three Months Ago of language proficiency? I know only be no course. The course is over. This is our last parts of answers to only some of those The ones selected have confirmed questions; I am about to start answering supper. It’s so tempting to forget every- that they will go; it’s not everything, but thing that occurred prior to this evening. them fully today. it’s something. Now they need to know And then there is more. How will I take a look back yet again... what they ought to pay. And they want Or am I looking ahead? they get along? How will WE get along? to know how they can transfer summer How will they decide who shares a room Will I do it again? credits to their own schools once they YES. with whom? They are all new to each get back. And we need to know how other; they are all new to me. And I am Is it worth it? they will be insured. And I want to know ABSOLUTELY! new to them. what the focus of their research is. I will We are meeting in a foreign country. prepare all the course materials based There will be a total of three in the fol- on their research interests. I hope they lowing six weeks, which is how long my will appreciate that. I hope the course course is. For some of them this is the materials will work for them. I hope first time in each of the three countries. they will feel that they are learning What are they bringing? What are they something new about the language that leaving behind? What are they willing they already know. That’s all I can do to get rid of? What are they going TO at this point – hope. DO? And I take a look back at the day almost 2 December 2010 Vol. 53, Issue 4 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER
“… я странствовал в чужих землях, out of an additional response resulting business, and economics, it remains далеко, далеко от моего отечества, from the reluctance of parents to let their the most desirable to visit. Each fall, далеко от нас, любезных моему сердцу, видел много чудного, daughters and sons go abroad following interest in the Moscow Plus program слышал много удивительного…” the events of September 11, 2001. The starts out high; students plan on talking program was inaugurated in the summer with their parents over the Thanksgiv- Н.М. Карамзин, «Остров Борнгольм» of 2002, and ran in conjunction with ing holiday, and are ready to sign on. the University of Pittsburgh for the first Then the spring term comes and the three years. Behind the curriculum of financial reality of taking on a summer Summer Study Abroad Moscow Plus is the goal of preparing study abroad program sets in. Students 101: students with no prior experience in quickly realize the main obstacle in con- Russian to embark on an in-country tinuing with their plans for the summer: From Accidental program in Moscow. Thus, students taking on additional debt to cover the Tourist to Accomplished take the first summer semester of first-, cost of study abroad, while simultane- second-, and third-year Russian at the ously giving up any opportunity to work Traveller University of Texas, and then com- during the summer to make money that Thomas J. Garza plete the second summer session at the could be used toward funding the pro- University of Texas at Austin Moscow International University. In gram. Since 2008, the global financial short, students with no language abil- crisis has made this situation even more Unlike the hero of Karamzin’s ity now had the opportunity to have acute. Students are finding it more and gothic tale, most of our current students an in-country experience, whereas this more difficult to finance summer study are able to relate their remarkable expe- privilege had earlier been reserved for abroad. riences abroad without shedding a tear! students two or more years. The most recent innovation of the But travel and study abroad do, indeed, The program was re-launched in Moscow Plus program was integrated give students the chance to see, hear, the summer of 2005 at the Moscow just this year. With failing state and feel, taste, and experience “много чуд- International University, coordinated local budgets and the necessity to find ного, много удивительного.” And the through the American Councils pro- new ways to do more in our programs future of our language programs may grams abroad. In the last five years it with fewer resources, the program was rely on the success of these opportuni- has become a staple of our departmental recently modified: the first- and second- ties for students of Russian. course offerings in Russian. Indeed, year programs remained the same, but Study abroad programs are strongly enrollments in our third and even our a new “Bridge Program,” consisting of encouraged at the University of Texas, fourth year language courses has in- two three-credit courses in “linguocul- though not required like the vanishing creased markedly in the past decade, ture,” to attract any students who had “junior year abroad” programs of some primarily because of students moving completed a second-year equivalence institutions. Indeed, it is unlikely that into advanced courses more readily in Russian. The specific need for this the 52,000 students of the UT Austin through summer study. The program additional program arose from a change campus could be accommodated in ex- now attracts students from both our made to our regular language curricu- isting classroom space if it were not for major and non-major students pools, lum at the University. In response to the more than 2000 students studying helping to spread interest in Russian College-wide budget cuts, several pro- abroad at any given time in more than in college other than Liberal Arts. By grams added this year a two-semester 650 programs. For programs in foreign maintaining the program as a summer sequence of “intensive” courses, de- languages, time abroad is commonly option, and securing affiliated status signed to fulfill the two-year College seen as the gold standard for acquiring for it at UTexas, ensuring that students language requirement in one year. Such advanced proficiency in language and can receive immediate transfer credit, classes meet five days a week for six culture. However, in the last decade, the program has steadily attracted hours a week. This intensive model student interest in short term summer between fifteen and twenty students also makes substantial use of Internet programs rather than the semester or every summer. Further, until this year, and social network media outside of yearlong programs, a direct result of the College of Liberal Arts was able class to add additional student contact financial concerns, both in terms of to subsidize the travel of our students hours with authentic language sources. individual student resources and insti- with individual scholarship funds that The Moscow Plus “Bridge Courses” tutional financial aid resources. The De- covered the round trip airfare for every were designed with students from these partment of Slavic of Eurasian Studies program participant. intensive courses in mind, in an attempt began exploring programs in both Mos- The problem of recruiting students to provide them with the intensive im- cow and St. Petersburg to accommodate for this program can always be summed mersion experience needed to “activate” this changing preference of our students in one word: money. Moscow is not the lexical and grammatical material at the beginning of the 2000s. the most affordable destination, yet for covered in the past year. Beyond the financial concerns, the students interested in culture, politics, popular “Moscow Plus” program grew 3 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 53, Issue 4 December 2010
In the current climate of language Middlebury plans a memorial department shrinkage, mergers, and service for Elena at the School of Rus- Member News even closures, we must all seek out fis- sian next summer and hopes to create cally viable ways to keep our languages a scholarship in her name to support in demand – and solvent. Travel to and the study of Russian at the advanced Editor: Molly Thomasy Blasing study in the countries we teach will al- level. (University of Wisconsin-Madison) ways attract students to pursue the more Jason Merrill Associate Professor mundane features of language learning of Russian, Department of Linguistics with the promise of actually using it and Languages Director, Middlebury The AATSEEL Newsletter likes to a native context with native speakers. College Kathryn Wasserman Davis keep its members informed about im- Even for Karamzin’s eighteenth century School of Russian portant events and professional mile- unfortunate hero, travel abroad was a stones! If you or an AATSEEL mem- sure guarantee of a time he would never ber you know has recently defended forget. New Project a dissertation, been hired, received a promotion or retired, please send the from GLAS member’s name, accomplishment and Elena Nikolaevna GLAS: New Russian Writing an- affiliation to: nounces a new series of translations of Molly Thomasy Blasing, thomasy@ Shchepina Obituary works by winners of the Debut Prize. wisc.edu It is with great sadness that the Mid- Debut is an award given in Russia to dlebury Russian School informs you of fiction writers under the age of 25. The new Debut series will spotlight a The AATSEEL Newsletter would the death of Elena Nikolaevna Shchepi- like to recognize the following mem- na in St. Petersburg in October, 2010. fascinating generation of writers born after the fall of the USSR, who grew bers for their recent professional mile- After teaching in the Norwich Russian stones: School for many years, Elena taught up in the turbulent 1990s and emerged in the Middlebury School of Russian as accomplished writers in the 2000s. GLAS is launching this new series to Nancy Condee of the Depart- from 2001-2010, leading the Advanced ment of Slavic and Film Studies at the Russian course and contributing great mark the 10th anniversary of the Debut Prize. The first volume will be available University of Pittsburgh was awarded energy and enthusiasm to the program the top annual research prize from the every year. She will be sorely missed for viewing at the ASEEES conference this November. Society for Cinema and Media Studies by the many colleagues and students (SCMS) for her monograph Imperial who have had the good fortune to work For more information on this proj- ect, please visit www.glas.msk.su. Trace: Recent Russian Cinema (Oxford with her. University Press 2009).
Graham Hettlinger Associate Director of Summer Programs at Want a Past Issue of the Georgetown University’s Office of International Programs announces the publication of his new translation of AATSEEL Newsletter? Maksim Gor’kii, Childhood: An English Translation, due out in November 2010 from Ivan R. Dee with notes and an Past issues of the AATSEEL introduction by Graham Hettlinger. Newsletter dating back to 2002 Mara Sukholutskaya, Professor of English and Languages at East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma, has been are available in PDF format on appointed Director of the newly created the AATSEEL website: Global Education Office. http://www.aatseel.org
4 December 2010 Vol. 53, Issue 4 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER
Editor: Ferit Kiliçkaya, Technology & Middle East Technical Language Learning University
Submissions for future editions of this or web-based quiz makers, allowing its Page” (http://quizstar.4teachers.org/ column should be sent electronically users to create online language exer- indexi.jsp) and create a class in order to to Ferit Kılıçkaya (kilickay@metu. cises, one of which is QuizStar (http:// create quizzes and get reports on student edu.tr, [email protected]) quizstar.4teachers.org/). performance in each class. There is a nice feature which allows classes to be restricted to certain students or open Creating Online QUIZSTAR to public. If a private class is created, students will have register for the class, Language Quizzes: which requires instructor approval, or QuizStar alternatively, user names and passwords can be created for each student. The main advantage of language QuizStar, a free service, is an online exercise authoring tools is that they al- web-based quiz maker used to create online quizzes, allowing to create, low unsophisticated computer users to After a class is created, quizzes design their own attractive exercises. administer, disseminate, automatically grade quizzes and view results for a can be created using “Quiz Manager”. They can be accompanied with or re- In “Quiz Settings”, there are settings medial explanations upon the responses variety of topics and subjects. Using QuizStar, you can create classes and for quiz title, font, feedback and timer. provided. Moreover, audio, video and In “Question Form”, questions format graphic material can be added to the ex- quizzes in multiple languages attaching multimedia files to the questions. Bet- can be chosen. These formats include ercises, which is a great advantage, es- multiple choice, true or false and short pecially in creating tasks appropriate for ter still; the questions can be accessed using any computer that has access to answer. If requested, multimedia files the particular target group dealing with for each option can be added to the ques- listening activities. Quiz Faber, Hot the internet. No program installation is required. tions, using the “Attach Media” button, Potatoes, Wondershare QuizCreator browsing the computer and uploading. and Articulate Quizmaker are among Using QuizStar However, the file to be uploaded cannot some of the authoring tools, offering exceed 1 MB. When questions are writ- the opportunity to create various types QuizStar is available at http:// quizstar.4teachers.org. The first step ten, options are provided and an answer of questions including single or multiple is selected, a new question can be cre- answer multiple choice, true-false, fill in will be to create a user name and pass- word to benefit from QuizStar, which ated using “Save, make new question”. the blank, matching based on grammar, Quizzes created can be edited, copied in listening and reading comprehension, as can be done in seconds. It works in simple steps: Create a class, create a order to use it for another class, deleted well as aimed at practicing spelling. By or assigned to a class in “Question Man- the help of its features, users can also add quiz, administer the quiz and finally view results. ager”. “Report Manager” can be used sounds, flash animations, images, nar- to check students’ performance on the rations, hyperlinks, and screenshots to On the main page, registering a free account is available, using the link “Get quizzes taken and provide statistics on the questions and answers they prepare, all students or quiz questions. using the templates allowing to create Started” or http://quizstar.4teachers.org/ certain kinds of exercises available. The freetrial.jsp . Evaluation ready-made activities in these tools can QuizStar provides a cost effective be exported to use in Internet Explorer way of providing language teachers or other kinds of Internet browsers, to with the opportunity to create online the Web, the local hard disk or flash disk language exercises. As it does not for distribution. However, most of these require any installation and program- computer packages are not freeware and ming skills, QuizStar proves to be a require a web server with databases in very good alternative to authoring tools, order to upload the created quizzes and some of which are very expensive. get the quiz results, which puts another QuizStar hosts the created quizzes on burden on the users’ budget. The solu- In the next step, all you need to do its server with databases to provide tion to this problem lies in the offline is to log in using the “Instructor Login quiz results and no payment is required,
5 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 53, Issue 4 December 2010
while most of authoring tools require a also encouraged to take responsibility • QuizEgg: http://quizegg.com/ web server with databases in order to for their own learning. upload the created quizzes and get the Listening activities can be easily Authoring Software quiz results. QuizStar does not offer created using the media files. However, some other types of questions such as it is important to keep in mind that • Articulate Quiz Maker: http://www. matching, templates and reading ques- there is 1 MB limitation on each file. articulate.com/products/quizmaker. tions which are available in authoring Moreover, students can even record php tools. Moreover, the quizzes cannot be their voices using a free audio editor • Gerry’s Vocabulary Teacher: http:// exported to be used in local hard disks and record, Audacity (http://audacity. www.cpr4esl.com/ or flash disks for distribution. However, sourceforge.net/) and create listening • Hot Potatoes: http://hotpot.uvic.ca/ it meets the basic needs of language activities. teachers as well as others who want to • Quiz Faber: http://www.lucagalli. assign their students additional practice Other Online Quiz Creators net/ outside the classroom. • Class Marker: http://www.classmark- • Qedoc Quiz Maker: http://www.qe- er.com/ How to use QuizStar with doc.com/ students • Exam Builder: http://www.exam- • Teaching Templates: http://www.tac- builder.com/ Language teachers can create sum- soft.com/ mative or formative quizzes to test • Easy Test Maker: http://www.ea- • Wondershare QuizCreator: http:// students and monitor their progress in sytestmaker.com/ www.sameshow.com/quiz-creator. addition to in-class activities. • Equizzer: http://www.equizzer.com html Students can be assigned to create quizzes for various topics such as cul- • My Quiz Creator: http://myquizcre- tures, grammar and listening activities ator.com/ and share it with other students or even • ProProfs Quiz Maker: http://www. with the world. In this way, they can be proprofs.com/quiz-school/
8 WeeKs inTensiVe sTuDY aT ariZOna sTaTe The CriTiCal Plus 3 WeeKs suMMer sTuDY OVerseas languages May 31 – July 22, 2011 July 25 – aug. 12, 2011 alBanian Tirana insTiTuTe arMenian YereVan BOsnian/CrOaTian/serBian saraJeVO Farsi DushanBe 8 WeeKs inTensiVe sTuDY MaCeDOnian OhriD in KaZan, russia POlish POZnan June 20 – august 12, 2011 russian KaZan TaJiK DushanBe russian levels 200, 300, 400 uZBeK TashKenT TuiTiOn heBreW WaiVeD TaTar fellowships YiDDish levels 100, 200 available
8 semester credits 8 semester credits 2 semester credits
visit http://cli.asu.edu for details all classes contingent upon funding & enrollments
The Critical Languages Institute Phone: 480-965-4188 Arizona State University Box 874202 [email protected] Tempe, AZ 85287-4202 http://cli.asu.edu
6 December 2010 Vol. 53, Issue 4 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER
2010 Intensive Summer Language Institutes for Arabic, Chinese and Russian Teachers
This program is designed to strengthen critical need foreign language instruction at U.S. schools by providing intermediate and advanced level teachers of Arabic, Chinese, and Russian as a Foreign Language with the opportunity for intensive language study abroad. The summer 2010 program is open to current K-12 teachers as well as community college instructors of Arabic, Chinese, and Russian; university students enrolled in education programs intending to teach these languages are also eligible to participate. The deadline for applications is March 1, 2010.
For more information please visit our website at www.americancouncils.org or send an e-mail to [email protected].
This program is funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U. S. Department of State, and administered by American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS
Summer Workshop in Slavic, East European and Central Asian Languages at Indiana University June 17 - August 12, 2011
Languages
First year: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Czech, Georgian, Hungarian, Kazakh, Macedonian, Modern Greek, Mongolian, Polish, Romanian, Tajik, Tatar, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uyghur, Uzbek, and Yiddish
First and Second year: Dari and Pashto
First through Sixth year: Russian
FLAS, Title VIII, ACLS Fellowships available For more information: Fellowship Application Deadline: Mar. 21, 2011 http://www.iub.edu/~swseel/ [email protected] IN-STATE TUITION for all languages TEL (812) 855-2608 * FAX (812) 855-2107
7 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 53, Issue 4 December 2010
University of Pittsburgh 2011 Intensive Language Programs
In Pittsburgh beginning June 6 2011 Abroad Programs
6-week intensive programs: 6+4 and 5+5 Pittsburgh and Abroad:
(5-6 weeks in Pittsburgh; Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian - 3 levels 4-5 weeks abroad immediately following) Bulgarian - Beginning Pitt-Moscow 5+5 Czech - Beginning (limited to 32 students - apply early) Hungarian - Beginning Pitt-Sofia 6+4 Polish - Beginning and Intermediate Pitt-Kraków 6+4 Slovak - 3 levels Pitt-Bratislava 6+4 Turkish - Beginning NEW IN 2011 Pitt-Montenegro 6+4 NEW in 2011 Ukrainian - Beginning Advanced Mastery B/C/S (6 weeks in Zagreb/Belgrade/Sarajevo beginning June 19)
8-week programs: 4-week Add-on Abroad Programs:
Kraków, Bratislava, Sofia and Montenegro Russian - 4 levels (phone interview required) Rʽ½®Ä¦ îÝÝ®ÊÄ ¥ÊÙ AÖÖ½®ã®ÊÄ D½®Ä ¥ÊÙ AÙÊ ÄÊÄ-ÙÊ PÙʦÙÃÝ PÙʦÙÃÝ: MÙ« 18, 2011
Generous scholarships available through SLI and CREES-FLAS. Funding for graduate students available for Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Mastery Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian through a grant from ACLS. Over 90% of SLI participants receive partial or full tuition funding. Scholarship application deadline: March 18, 2011.
Contact Information: Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures 1417 Cathedral of Learning University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260 412-624-5906 email: [email protected]
Applications accepted beginning January 1, 2011. For applications and more information, visit our web page at: http://www.slavic.pitt.edu/sli/
8 December 2010 Vol. 53, Issue 4 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER
Alina Israeli Everything You Always Wanted (American University) Please send questions to: Prof. Alina to know about Russian Grammar Israeli, LFS, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW., Washington DC but were afraid to ask 20016-8045; or via e-mail to: aisrael@ american.edu
Q. What is the origin of the words дома and домой? what the speaker knew or expected and reality are different. A. These are petrified forms of the genitive and dative In the case of действительно, there had been some assump- cases respectively. While дома still looks like genitive, tion P and that assumption is either correct according to the домой has changed from домови. In the Chronicle «Повесть speaker or became correct. In the first example the speaker временных лет» Prince Igor said to his troops (дружина): confirms that the rumors were indeed correct: «Идете с данью домови, а я возъвращюся, похожю и еще». Но Афанасию Афанасьевичу не суждено было уме- We can speculate that the sound [v] lost its occlusion in the реть бобылем. Он женился, но женился при таких обстоя- intervocalic position and then totally disappeared, yielding тельствах, что эта женитьба не только не примирила его й at the end. с новгородскими представителями прекрасного пола, но The other noun that had the same fate, that is the dative напротив, озлобила их до крайности. По крайней мере, form becoming an adverb, is долой from долови. несколько месяцев жены и дочери новгородских купцов Q. Are insects кто or что? только и толковали о женитьбе Горбачева на подкидыше. А. They are definitly кто, and so are aquarium fish. Он действительно женился на подкидыше. (Н. Э. – Кто это летает у нас над головой? (Бабочка, стрекоза.) Гейнце. Судные дни Великого Новгорода) Кто они? (Насекомые.) http://festival.1september.ru/ar- In the next example, the expectation became a reality: ticles/104004/ Вдруг сделалась тишина. Я понял, что Аракчеев Каждый подбирает освещение в зависимости от того, действительно приехал. (Ю. Тынянов. Пушкин) кто плавает в аквариуме и какие там растения. (http:// The other usage would be to affirm that doubt has been www.aquaforum.ua/archive/index.php?t-22641.html) dispelled: There is a classic children’s book by Valery Medvedev День похорон Баумана позволил Самгину окон- “Баранкин, будь человеком!” in which the boys transform чательно и твердо убедиться, что Москва действи- into birds and insects in search of an easy life. Here is a short тельно устала. (М. Горький. Жизнь Клима Самгина) passage from the book which shows that all the insects are В действительности would not fit into any of the above animate and use кто: examples. Its meaning is to contradict an assumption P which Я демонстративно пил из лужи сырую воду (это вме- may have been previously stated: сто обещанного нектара!) и размышлял. Неужели я всё- ― Спасибо тебе, что ты меня в эту дыру вытащила. таки ошибся? Да нет, не может же быть, чтобы на земле Место, конечно, потрясающее… Безлюдье… не было такой жизни, о которой я мечтал там, на лавочке В действительности отдыхающих было доволь- во дворе. Есть такая жизнь, и я её во что бы то ни стало но много, их можно было наблюдать по утрам на найду! Просто мы с Малининым Костей, очевидно, не местном базарчике ― жители Запорожья, Донецка, там её искали. Конечно, наше превращение в бабочек Кишинева. (Л. Улицкая. Путешествие в седьмую сторону и воробьёв было ошибкой. Теперь-то уж это было совер- света) шенно ясно. ... В это время мимо меня пробежал по берегу С прибрежного утёса ей вторил вынырнувший лужи муравей. Муравей то бежал, то останавливался, по такому случаю маэстро Нептун. Обычно его а я смотрел на него и продолжал мучительно думать: изображают дряхлым смешным стариком, в «…Если такой жизни нет на земле, то, может быть, она действительности же он не стар, хотя и не молод, есть ТАМ, под землёй, и, если от всяких хлопот и забот строен, сед, но кудряв и отнюдь не смешон, хотя и нельзя улететь, так, может, от них можно просто взять не лишен самоиронии. (В. Аксенов. Круглые сутки и спрятаться, взять и скрыться от них, предположим, в нон–стоп) том же муравейнике…» Я проводил взглядом муравья и The contrast in the last example is underscored by the с сомнением покачал головой. ... Нет, уж лучше ещё раз particle же. превратиться во что-нибудь другое, только не в муравья!.. Q. How do you say in Russian “my four cousins” if there А в кого? (В. В. Медведев. Баранкин, будь человеком!) are males and females involved? Q. What’s the difference between действительно and в A. Considering that Russian is a lot more gender-specific действительности? than English, there are two possible translations of this phrase. A. Both expressions check speakers’ expectations against The first would occupy two lines and sound rather clumsy reality, but they do it differently: the relationship between especially for communicating that “I am going to visit my
9 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 53, Issue 4 December 2010
four cousins” or “my four cousins are coming to visit me”: – Мама говорит, что мы росли как родные. А муж мои четверо двоюродных/троюродных братьев и сестер. говорит, что мы с ним специально выбирали нашу The second possible translation is the French borrowing or квартиру, чтобы быть поближе к моим родственникам. четверо кузенов и кузин, for example: (Д. Калинина. Берегись свекрови!) По российским понятиям о семейных отношени- So you could have the following dialogue: ях того времени в переезде к нам тетушки, дядюшки, — Ко мне приезжают братья и сестры. шести кузенов и кузин ничего из ряда вон выходя- — Родные? щего не было. [Людмила Лопато. Волшебное зеркало — Нет, двоюродные (и троюродные). воспоминаний (2002-2003)] (RNC) Suggestion #2 (a more obscure one): cousins are relatives, Considering that not everyone uses the words кузен and and strictly speaking by announcing a visit of four cousins кузина I would like to suggest two other possibilities of what we still do not give away all the information: how many male Russians might say, neither one of which includes my (which and how many female? Are they older or younger? Are they is the replacement of an article) or four. on the mother’s side or on the father’s side? It may be impor- Suggestion #1: cousins are after all братья и сестры in tant in some other languages. So we are obscuring some of Russian, with двоюродные, троюродные, четвероюродные the information anyway. So I propose to obscure even more and пятиюродные just qualifying the relation in opposition information. You can say: to родные. — Я еду в гости к родственникам. У Василия Макаровича [Шукшина] родных братьев Or even more informally: не было, только сестра, поэтому близкими отношениями с — Я еду в гости к родичам. Иваном Петровичем [троюродным братом] он очень доро- Завтра ты мне нужен на весь день, приедут родичи. жил. (http://vedomosti.sfo.ru/articles/?article=29511) (В. И. Ардаматский. Опасный маршрут) – Моя мама приходит к нам каждый день. Она живет Потом их родичи приезжали, поставили в тайге неподалеку. два больших белых камня, блестящие, на них нерусские – Так же, как и твой брат? золотые буковки... (Б. Петров. Весна на снегу) – Да, Сеня живет еще ближе. Только он мне не родной Q. Is there a desire for this column to continue? Unless I брат, а двоюродный – кузен. start getting some questions very soon it will cease to exist. – Но вы близки? © 2010 by Alina Israeli
AATSEEL 2011 Annual Conference January 6-9, 2011 Hilton Pasadena, Pasadena, California • Master Class led by William Mills Todd, III • Workshops led by William J. Comer, Sibelan Forrester, Michael Heim, Irina Paperno and Richard Robin • Russian poetry readings and panels • Departmental Chairs’ meeting • Roundtable on works in progress • Coffee conversations with leading scholars Get more information from the AATSEEL Website: http://www.aatseel.org
10 December 2010 Vol. 53, Issue 4 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER
Editor: Elena Denisova-Schmidt Cross-Cultural Communication University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland
I take some medicine. I am not allowed to drink. This column deals with cross-cultural issues. Topics If alcohol is offered during breakfast or lunch, one can covered will include teaching culture through language, try to say: cross-cultural communication in business environment and I am still going to work later. (This excuse doesn’t cross-cultural communication in academic settings. Any work in the evening, however.) suggestions are welcomed. Please contact Elena Denisova- It is possible to make a joke: Schmidt ([email protected]) Что русскому хорошо, то немцу/швейцарцу/ американцу смерть! Drinking culture One can try to change glasses of vodka for glasses of water. Russians have a different drinking culture: it is not about One can try to pour out vodka secretly into flowers or the quantity, but more about the quality. When socializing plants on the floor. with Russians, it is very important to be able to make a toast Then I explain this Russian peculiarity: – not just на здоровье! (cheers!), but really a short speech, at It should be seen as a ritual. To force somebody to drink least. Sometimes I include additional exercises on toasting as is an essential part of Russian hospitality. Not drinking is well as avoiding drinking in my intercultural seminars. Two frowned upon, because drinking is considered a part of 1) exercises are described below. social competence and 2) being a real man. Women usually Exercise 1: Toasting have some advantages; they are seldom forced to drink. I also point out that the drinking habits of the Russian A. Imagine that you are in Russia; please propose a toast business elite are changing. …. to a colleague’s major birthday (30, 35, 40, etc.) to New Year’s Day (January 1) to Defender’s Day (February 23) to Women’s Day (March 8) B. Professional holidays: Please imagine that you are the General Manager of Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian Ford Russia. Please make a toast to the Day of Employees Binghamton University (SUNY) - Binghamton, NY of Automobile Industry. The Department of German and Russian Studies at Bing- (the last Sunday in October) hamton University invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Pro- Please imagine that you are the General Manager of Alcoa fessor of Russian beginning September 1, 2011. The initial appoint- Russia. Please make a toast to the Day of Metallurgists. ment is for one year with the possibility of renewal. (the third Sunday in July) Requirements: Specialization is open; applicants should Please imagine that you are the General Manager of demonstrate the ability to teach a broad range of courses in Russian Zurich Russia. Please make a toast to the Day of Insurance language, literature and cultural studies and indicate how they can Agents. contribute to an interdisciplinary program in Russian and East European Studies in an active and collegial Department. A dynamic (October 6) and engaged research program should support the mission of the Department and Binghamton University. Candidates for the position Exercise 2: Strategies to avoid drinking should have completed the Ph.D. by the time of appointment and Task: will have demonstrated excellence in teaching. Native or near-native You are spending a week with your business partners. proficiency in Russian and English is required. This company is extremely fond of the Russian form of ‘So- Application Instructions: Please submit electronically cializing’, i.e., consuming a lot of food and a lot of alcoholic (binghamton.interviewexchange.com): a cover letter, curriculum beverages, almost every evening. What would you like to do vitae, a statement of teaching philosophy oriented toward an under- in order to avoid drinking too much? graduate Russian Studies program in a liberal arts atmosphere, and sample course syllabi. A writing sample may be requested later. After discussing students’ possible answers, I present Also arrange for three letters of reference to be sent directly to: some of the ‘best practices’ I have observed in similar situ- Chair, Russian Search Committee, Department of German and Rus- ations, such as: sian Studies, Binghamton University, P.O. Box 6000, Binghamton, Many western people ‘invent’ excuses: New York 13902-6000. Review of applications will begin in early I have a sick liver. (Warning! Vodka is considered to December and will continue until the position has been filled. Please be a medicine in Russia) direct questions to Donald Loewen ([email protected]).
11 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 53, Issue 4 December 2010
Grants for Research & Language Training in Russia, Eurasia, and Southeast Europe Funding available through American Councils from U.S. Department of State (Title VIII), and U.S. Department of Education (Fulbright-Hays) grant support.
• Title VIII Research Scholar Program. Full support for three to nine month research trips in Russia, Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Southeast Europe, Ukraine, and Moldova. Awards typically include international airfare, visa support, health insurance, a living and housing stipend, and academic affiliations at universities in the host-country. Annual Deadline: October 1st.
• Title VIII Combined Research & Language Training Program. Full support for three to nine month re- search trips combined with up to ten academic hours per week of language training in Central Asia, Moldova, Russia, the South Caucasus, and Ukraine. Awards typically include international airfare, visa support, health insurance, a living and housing stipend, language instruction, and academic affiliations at universi- ties in the host-country. Annual Deadline: October 1st.
• Title VIII Southeast European Language Training Program. Support for one to nine months of intensive language study in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia. Awards typically include: international airfaire, tuition at a major university in Southeast Europe, visa support, health insurance, a living and housing stipend, and academic credit through Bryn Mawr College. Annual deadline: October 1st.
• Summer Russian Language Teachers Program. Extensive support for university and secondary school teachers of Russian to study in Moscow for six weeks. Graduate students are also encouraged to apply. Annual deadline: March 1st.
• Advanced Russian Language & Area Studies Program. Intensive Russian language study in Moscow, St. Petersburg or Vladimir for undergraduate and graduate students, scholars and working professionals. Semester, summer and academic-year programs available. Academic credit through Bryn Mawr College. Annual Deadlines: October 1st (Spring semester), March 1st (Summer session), April 1st (Fall semester and Academic Year)
• Eurasian Regional Language Program. Group and individual language instruction in Armenian, Azeri, Chechen, Georgian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Persian (Dari, Farsi, Tajiki), Romanian, Turkmen, Ukrainian, and Uzbek. Semester, summer and academic-year programs available. Academic credit through Bryn Mawr College. Annual Deadlines: October 1st (Spring semester), March 1st (Summer session), April 1st (Fall semester and Academic Year)
For more information and an application, please contact: American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS Email: [email protected] www.americancouncils.org ▲ www.acrussiaabroad.org ▲ www.aceurasiaabroad.org http://researchfellowships.americancouncils.org
12 December 2010 Vol. 53, Issue 4 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER
Editor: Ani Kokobobo Graduate Student Forum Columbia University for example, not require the meticulous The AATSEEL and the editors of the AATSEEL Newsletter would like to thank our documentation and annotation of a colleagues who serve as advisors to the Graduate Student Forum. They include dissertation, but will expect an index. Marina Balina (Illinois Wesleyan University); Margaret Beissinger (Princeton What those readers already know and University); Thomas Beyer (Middlebury College); Robert Channon (Purdue what they want to learn need also to be University); Halina Filipowicz (University of Wisconsin at Madison); and Sibelan considered. Forrester (Swarthmore College). Look for their responses to new questions in So first things first. Write the best future issues of the AATSEEL Newsletter. Please send your questions to Ani at dissertation you can for your handful [email protected]. of institutional readers. Be prepared “As I begin work on my disserta- Thomas Beyer: This is a great set to spend time and energy both before tion, I cannot help thinking about the of timely questions for which ‘conven- and after the dissertation in ongoing future of the project. I know that for tional wisdom’ might no longer suffice. research and thought. By the time you most young professionals, the disser- I suggest that you keep your immediate are ready to publish a book in a few tation turns into their first book. My goal and audience in mind. You want years, our very concept of what that question is: how different does the book to have an excellent piece of scholar- means might have changed given ‘print monograph end up being from the dis- ship that satisfies the demands of your on demand,’ e-books and other still to be sertation? Much of this obviously has advisor, dissertation committee, and imagined ways of reaching an audience. to do with personal choice, but I was institution. Traditionally the dissertation Editors as well as new colleagues can be wondering if there was some conven- was ‘published’ by UMI on demand and helpful along the way. For the moment tional wisdom about the relationship more recently for online access. Conse- enjoy the process, but don’t lose sight between the book and the dissertation. quently there is no compelling reason to of the product. When writing my dissertation, am I publish the dissertation as is again. Thomas R. Beyer, Middlebury ostensibly going to simultaneously be There is, no doubt, a long tradition College writing my book? Or, does the book of building on one’s original research need to be substantially different from and writing to convert the dissertation The graduate forum question from the my dissertation? Should my disserta- into articles, book chapters or even a October 2010 AATSEEL newsletter was tion be one portion of a larger argument complete book. But the new medium answered by Sibelan Forrester, Swarth- that will eventually turn into a book? and audience will likely dictate sub- more College. Finally, could the book be about a dif- stantive changes in content and form. ferent topic altogether?” A broader general book audience will, AATSEEL 2011 Annual Conference January 6-9, 2011 Hilton Pasadena, Pasadena, California The 2011 AATSEEL Conference will features scores of scholarly panels, supplemented by less formal roundtables, master classes, workshops, informal coffee conversations with leading scholars, and other special events: receptions, poetry readings and a film screening. Get more information from the AATSEEL Website: http://www.aatseel.org
13 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 53, Issue 4 December 2010
courses at the beginning, intermediate, Her many scholarly articles cover and advanced-mastery levels. broad topics, including linguistic and Czech Corner Language grants to individuals literary semiotics, emotive language, (deadline: January 14, 2011) For at- functions of repetition, as well as issues Editor: Mila Saskova-Pierce tendance at intensive summer language of exile, images of women, and different (University of Nebraska) courses (priority given to graduate stu- axiological studies in Czech literature. dents seeking to acquire the language She travels the world to read poetry and Editor's Note: This corner is for teach- as a basic research tool). present her scholarly work at universi- ers of the Czech language, and I would Travel grants (deadline: January ties, conferences, and cultural centers. like to invite them to share their news, 28, 2011) For travel to conferences to In May 2009, the Czechoslovak Society views, and experience related to the present research papers (all academic of Arts and Sciences in Prague awarded teaching of various kinds of courses ranks). her for outstanding contributions to dealing with Czech culture, language, Conference grants (deadline: Janu- Czech scholarship and culture. and literature. Contributions do not ary 28, 2011) To support planning work- We wish her a very fruitful retire- have to be limited to the United States; shops and conferences for the presenta- ment. For a full version of the tribute they can and should include issues of tion of significant new research. to her, see the full article at http:// Czech language and culture instruction Request for proposals for research www.indiana.edu/~iuslavic/docs/DO- throughout the whole world. Contri- on heritage speakers (deadline: January SLAL14_2010.pdf butions to the Czech Corner may be 14, 2011). sent to the column editor at msaskova- Individuals or collaborative teams News from the Archives of the [email protected]. are invited to propose socio-linguistic University of Chicago research on U.S. communities of Archives of Czechs & Slovaks American Council Grants in the heritage speakers of an East European Abroad (University of Chicago Li- Czech Republic language. The project should produce brary) has updated its finding aid. an analytical paper and a syllabus for an The American Council of Learned Over 125 additional pages of nota- advanced-mastery course for heritage tions have been added. The updated Societies announces Fellowships and speakers to bring their language com- Grants in East European Studies in ACASA inventories can be found at: petence to a professional level. http://guides.lib.uchicago.edu/data/ academic year 2010-11 for research and Further information is available language training related, among others, files5/143496/LibGuide_text_2010.pdf at http://www.acls.org/programs/eesp Contact: June Pachuta Farris to Czech and Slovak Republics. Fund- American Council of Learned Societ- ing is provided by the U.S. Department ies 633 Third Avenue, New York, NY News from Archives University of State under the Research and Training 10017-6795, www.acls.org for Eastern Europe and the Independent of Nebraska States of the Former Soviet Union Act Dr. Bronislava Volkova, The University of Nebraska at Lin- of 1983, as amended (Title VIII). All professor, poet, coln is digitizing its extensive Czech collection containing Czech-American applicants must be U.S. citizens or per- and translator, is retiring manent residents. Press, Josten Collection, etc. Contact: Dissertation fellowships (deadline: Recognized as a leading exile poet, Katherine Walter ([email protected]). November 10, 2010) For graduate Dr. Volkova is the author of nine books students at U.S. universities who have of poetry, the last three of which are New Journal completed all requirements for the bilingual. Her work has also appeared Korpus – Gramatika – Axiologie is Ph.D. except the dissertation (ABDs). in journals, anthologies, and collections a new journal published by Czech lan- Applicants can apply for research fel- (such as her 1993 Courage of the Rain- guage branch of the Czech Academy of lowships for use in Eastern Europe or bow: Selected Poems). Sciences (Ústav pro jazyk český). It re- for writing fellowships for completing Dr. Volková has also devoted flects a new orientation emerging within the dissertation outside of Eastern Eu- considerable effort to making the rich the linguistic community: an interest in rope after research is complete. heritage of Czech poetry available in empirical research that can be supported Early career postdoctoral fellow- accurate and poetically sensitive trans- by relatively objective quantitative ships (deadline: November 10, 2010) lations into English. This aspect of her evidence, based on electronic corpora, For scholars before tenure, including work has culminated in the recently which provide large amounts of authen- independent scholars. published (with former student Clarice tic material in a wide variety of genres. Language grants to institutions Cloutier) Up the Devil’s Back: A Bilin- The journal focuses exclusively on two (deadline: January 14, 2011) For U.S. gual Anthology of 20th-Century Czech areas of research: 1) corpus-based study institutions of higher education to Poetry (2008), which sets new standards of Czech and other languages, and 2) conduct intensive summer language > in quality and comprehensiveness. critical analysis of linguistic forms and texts. The journal’s primary concern is 14 December 2010 Vol. 53, Issue 4 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER the study of grammatical structure in text cohesion and coherence) and the 2010. For more information, please the broadest sense (inflectional mor- results of grammatical analyses based contact the editor in chief, František phology, word-formation, grammatical on large electronic corpora. The first Štícha (Ústav pro jazyk český, sticha@ meaning, syntax, word order, issues in issue of the journal appeared in April ujc.cas.cz).
Dear Colleague, At a Glance Interviews and Special Events We warmly invite you to attend the 2011 AATSEEL Subject to change. Please visit www.aatseel.org for updated Special events at the 2011 Conference include: conference, our first to be held at a new, hopefully information. more user-friendly time (January 6-9 rather than the • Master Class led by William Mills Todd, III inter-holiday week), at the Hilton Pasadena Hotel in Thursday, January 6, 2011 Pasadena, California. • Workshops led by William J. Comer, Sibelan 5:00-7:00 pm Conference Registration Forrester, Michael Heim, Irina Paperno and Richard 5:00-7:00 pm AATSEEL Program Committee As a professional organization we are still compact, Meeting Robin although working hard to get bigger as we also take 7:00-9:00 pm Job Interviewing Workshop • Russian poetry readings and panels advantage of the more flexible formats available to 8:00-10:00 pm AATSEEL Executive Council chamber-size gatherings of humanists and linguists. 10:00 pm Reception for Graduate Students • Departmental Chairs’ meeting Several innovations from Philadelphia last year will be • Roundtable on works in progress continued: a Master Class Friday, January 7, 2011 (led by William Todd on • Coffee conversations with leading scholars 7:30 am-6:00 pm Conference Registration th the 19 -century novel), 8:00 am-10:00 am SLAVA/OLYMPIADA Breakfast coffee with established 9:00 am-4:30 pm Exhibit Hall scholars, and workshops 8:00 am-10:00 am Conference Panels (one featured workshop 10:00 am-10:45 am Complimentary Coffee Break this year is Irina Paperno 10:45 am-12:45 pm Conference Panels on Leo Tolstoy, in honor of 12:45 pm -2:15 pm Language Coordinators’ Luncheon his Centennial; another on 2:15 pm-4:15 pm Conference Panels teaching in translation will 4:30 pm-6:45 pm ACTR Board Meeting 4:30 pm-5:30 pm Coffee with Leading Scholars be led by Michael Heim). The hugely successful poetry 5:30 pm-6:30 pm AATSEEL Graduate Student Committee readings by guest poets will be repeated and become Meeting a sponsored annual AATSEEL event. A new Pasadena 7:00 pm-9:00 pm Russian Poetry Reading initiative is the “Works in Progress” roundtable where 5:00 pm-7:00pm Departmental Chairs’ Meeting major scholars in the profession speak informally on 9:00 pm-11:00 pm AATSEEL President’s Reception their new projects. and Awards Ceremony Gratis interviewing facilities The evening before the conference opens, there will be Saturday, January 8, 2011 are available to institutions holding interviews at the a job interviewing workshop for novices on the market, 7:30 am-5:00 pm Conference Registration AATSEEL Conference. Contact Dianna Murphy by coached by new hires and experienced interviewers, 8:00 am-10:00 am Conference Panels November 30, 2010 to reserve a space. as well as a welcoming tea for graduate students. The 9:00 am-4:30 pm Exhibit Hall Keynote Address, by Victor Friedman, promises to be a 10:00 am-11:00 am AATSEEL Business Meeting Conference Contacts lively event. I am especially pleased to welcome everyone 11:00 am-12:00 pm Keynote Address : Victor Friedman to the President’s Reception and Awards Ceremony. 12:00pm-1:00pm Coffee with Leading Scholars Conference Program 1:15-3:15 pm Conference Panels Alexander Burry 3:15-3:45 pm Complimentary Coffee Break Annual AATSEEL Conferences are energetic gatherings AATSEEL Program Committee Chair that focus on the aesthetic, creative, and communicative 3:45-5:45 pm Conference Panels 5:30-7:15 pm ACTR Membership Meeting [email protected] aspects of Slavic cultures —long considered to be among (614) 247-7149 the world’s richest and most provocative. Don’t miss out. Sunday, January 9, 2011 Plan to join us in Pasadena in January! All Other Conference Questions 8:00am-10:00 am AATSEEL Executive Council Dianna L. Murphy Sincerely, 8:00-8:45 am Coffee with Leading Scholars AATSEEL Conference Manager Caryl Emerson 9:00-11:00 am Conference Panels [email protected] 9:00-12:00 pm Exhibit Hall (608) 770-9080 AATSEEL President (2009-2010) 11:00 am –12:00 pm AATSEEL Program Committee 12:15 am-2:15 pm Conference Panels www.aatseel.org
15 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 53, Issue 4 December 2010
Editor: Valery Belyanin PSYCHOLOGY OF (Kaluga State University) LANGUAGE LEARNING
This column is intended to promote a dialogue for teachers of Slavic languages dents understood the story. Does this regarding the psychological aspect of language learning. strategy always work? Upon hearing a Submissions for future editions of this column should be sent electronically to question, there is always a psychologi- Valery Belyanin ([email protected]) cal perception of it, e.g. liking it or not, wishing to answer it or to avoid it, a replaced with older vocabulary, etc. (V. desire to continue a conversation and be Overcoming anxiety Belyanin, 2009). engaged in it, or to end all communica- when speaking Students of second- and third-year tion and not to be bothered again. Russian indicate that their anxiety may Teacher-student questions are al- Russian be due to their overall fear of public ways the hardest for learners for a speaking even in their native language variety of reasons. When students feel A.A. Rakova, intimidated by their teacher (or class- Senior Lecturer of Dartmouth College or from a lack of fluency in a foreign language; or due to specific topics that mates) they will evidence it in their [email protected] class participation: passive attitude, an- One of the biggest problems in are being discussed, the general class- room atmosphere, a teacher’s personal- swering only when being asked, abrupt speaking any foreign language is answers, and eagerness to immediately anxiety. According to numerous studies, ity, peer pressure, competitiveness, etc. Sometimes speaking in class is much show an “I don’t know” attitude rather about 85 percent of people experience than a “Let me think about it out loud” some level of anxiety about speaking more difficult than to simply recite a poem or give a prepared speech. response. When students are “terrified” in public (North and Rives, 2001). by their teacher, his/her manners of Speaking a foreign language in class, Also according to my small poll (25 students) of second-year students conducting class, etc., that may lead in front of other students and a teacher, to a constant state of nervousness for in certain cases may cause an increased of Russian, the greatest anxiety they experience is: 1) when speaking, they them. level of anxiety and “too much anxiety That is why teacher-student interac- may cause a poor performance” (Scovel, become aware of their mistakes, or 2) when nobody corrects their mistakes. tions can be unproductive if students are 1991). expected to provide certain predeter- How to start helping our students Sometimes students become more anx- ious practicing dialogues because they mined answers without any flexibility. to enjoy speaking Russian? First of Such questions are “Что вы знаете all by creating a non-threatening, very feel that, in addition to speaking anxiety, another type of anxiety arises in listen- о...?” and questions starting with где? friendly and relaxed atmosphere in the когда? кто, etc. These questions are classroom. Studies suggest that teachers ing to what their partner is saying and reacting appropriately. Another anxious for very specific assignments, like re- “should try to lessen learners’ anxiety telling the plot of a story, events, etc. by making the classroom as friendly moment for students is when they think that their teacher does not understand So, when teachers ask a student, in and relaxed as possible” (Crookal and front of an entire class, what are our Oxford, 1991). This may involve activi- them. Interestingly, they feel less anx- ious if their peers don’t understand them chances of hearing “I don’t know”, “I ties selected by the teacher: role playing, don’t remember”, etc.? Very high. To speaking in pairs rather than teacher- completely: somehow they feel that they understand each other better even my mind the best way to help students student talk, gradually moving to group to avoid this embarrassment is in ask- work and individual presentations. Stu- if their teacher does not. Substantial language and psycho- ing them to work in pairs, or groups dents in my experience are not just eager (student-student interaction) and walk- to speak but they constantly aim for logical preparation needs to be done be- fore students are engaged in dialogues, ing around the classroom monitoring expanding their vocabulary, improving multiple conversations. pronunciation and intonation, increas- skits and meaningful discussions of issues, stories, movies, problems, etc. The most important task for teach- ing their tempo of speech, etc. This can ers is helping our students build self- be accomplished only in a friendly and Researchers agree that self-confidence is a predictor of success (Matsuda, Go- confidence in speaking Russian or any engaging atmosphere. When there are foreign language; this and self-confi- certain situations of emotional tension, bel, 2003). Teacher-student interaction during class time can be very successful dence is based on quality of language excitement, anger, etc., speech can be preparation. Some teachers are happy slowed down, with vocabulary consist- but the opposite can be also true. When students are asked to read a story, a fairy with whatever students say in a foreign ing mainly of concrete nouns and verbs, language, sending them a message that and newly-memorized vocabulary being tale, etc., teachers plan their question- answers activity to ascertain how stu- any form of communication is more important than grammar. However, as
16 December 2010 Vol. 53, Issue 4 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER
students themselves tell me, grammar noun sex, whereas устный экзамен is tools so that they will be able to build accuracy is very important for them. a word collocation). Thus, the role of the their confidence and success in the joy Grammatical accuracy should be a teacher also involves providing students of speaking. priority from day one if we don’t want with the proper language means along our students to be embarrassed by their with choice. Crookall, D., & Oxford, R. (1991). college-level foreign language experi- How should teachers react to gram- Dealing with anxiety. In E. K. ence. mar mistakes in speaking practice? Horwitz & D. J. Young (Eds.), Lan- As students learn how to choose Should they be corrected? Absolutely, guage anxiety: From theory and from hundreds of linguistic possibili- but in a very non-intimidating, some- research to classroom implications ties they gradually construct their own times non-verbal manner, i.e. nodding, (pp. 141-150). Englewood Cliffs, “databank” of expressive resources. pretending that you didn’t hear clearly, NJ: Prentice-Hall. They learn to compare different lan- etc. Sometimes students help each other North, M., &Rives, J. (2001). Vir- guages and different ways of expressing in not repeating an incorrect form that tual reality therapy in aid of public ideas and emotions. This is a difficult they have just heard, in the process of speaking. International Journal of process for beginning, intermediate learning from one another: repeated Virtual Reality 3:2-7. and even advanced students because errors, if not corrected, can lead to Scovel, T. (1991) The effect of affect they are still thinking in their own serious miscommunication and embar- on foreign language learning. In: language and come face to face with rassment. In E. K. Horwitz & D. J. Young issues like language interference. Thus Another important issue is what the (Eds.), Language anxiety: From one is not surprised to hear them say: teacher wants to achieve in teaching theory and research to classroom «У меня завтра оральный экзамен» speaking skills. Usually students realize implications (pp. 141-150). instead of «У меня завтра устный what it takes to start speaking fluently: Matsuda, S.,Gobel, P. Anxiety and экзамен». The student’s intention was mastering pronunciation, intonation, predictors of performance in the clear in this specific instance, and yet his word order, grammar, new vocabulary, foreign language classroom. Online classmates all laughed. Why? Because word-formation, etc. It is our task to article, www.elsevier.com/locate/ his intention was not matched with the make this long process interesting system requisite language option to realize that and exciting, by choosing interesting Белянин В.П. Психолинвистика intention--incorrect word usage (oral topics of conversation, reading materi- «Флинта», Москва, 2009. с. 264. -оральный- in Russian is a medical als, films, etc. and then equipping our term and is employed only with the students with the necessary language
Visit the AATSEEL Web site For current online information about AATSEEL and its activities, employment opportunities, publishing advice, and many other resources visit AATSEEL on the web: http://www.aatseel.org
17 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 53, Issue 4 December 2010
DOMESTIC SUMMER LANGUAGE PROGRAMS
The AATSEEL Newsletter regularly announces information about summer and tors, students learn a full year’s worth winter language programs in Slavic and East European languages. We also an- of language in just eight weeks. nounce programs in Russian and East European cultural studies. BALSSI 2011 will offer two levels each of Estonian, Latvian, and Lithu- Program directors are encouraged to use these pages not only for display ads, anian, a lecture series on Baltic history which do attract reader attention, but also for more detailed program descrip- and culture, and a program of cultural tions which are carried in this column as a service item, in other words, free of events related to the Baltic countries. charge. BALSSI runs June 13 - August 5. If you are a program director wishing to share information about your program(s), Due to a generous grant from the please e-mail your information to Kathleen Evans-Romaine (Kathleen.Evans- American Council of Learned Societ- [email protected]) by the deadline for the various issues, typically six weeks ies, tuition for first-year Estonian and in advance of the issue’s publication date. These deadlines can be found on the second-year Latvian will be waived back cover of any issue of the newsletter or at the AATSEEL website: http:// for grad students specializing in East www.aatseel.org. European studies. Our strong preference is for information to be submitted electronically. However, Details and application materials we do continue, even in this era, to take copy submitted in paper form. The ad- are available on the BALSSI Web site: dress for mailing information to the AATSEEL Newsletter is contained at the www.creeca.wisc.edu/balssi. masthead on page 2. Beloit: Center for Language Summer program information is carried in every issue, beginning in October Studies Offers Director’s of the academic year leading up to the deadline for enrollment in the program, Scholarships in 2011 typically through the April issue of the newsletter. Winter program information is carried in the October and December issues. The Center for Language Studies (CLS) at Beloit College will offer in- tensive language programs in Arabic, Arizona State Critical Baltic Summer Studies Institute: Chinese, Japanese, and Russian in the Languages Institute: New Madison Alumni Win Awards, summer of 2011. CLS runs an eight- Graduate Fellowships Available Conduct Research in Baltics week program from June 11 to August 5 and the four-week program, from June in 2011 The University of Wisconsin at 11 to July 9. Beginning, intermediate, With funding from the Department Madison will host the Baltic Summer and advanced levels will be available of State’s Title VIII program, Arizona Studies Institute for its third consecutive in each language. State University will be offering full tu- summer in 2011. Next summer BALSSI Since 1983 CLS has offered stu- ition waivers and substantial fellowships moves to the University of Pittsburgh, dents the opportunity to achieve a to graduate students participating in its where it will be housed until 2014. year’s worth of college-level language 2011 Critical Languages Institute. Recent BALSSI participants have training in just eight weeks. Excellent CLI offers summer instruction in praised their Madison training, report- faculty, small class sizes that allow for 11 less-commonly taught languages in ing that their language progress was individual attention, and twenty-six hybrid courses combining 8 weeks of strong enough to allow them to perform hours of classroom instruction per week study in the U.S. with 3 weeks of study field research in the region. A number in a beautiful residential environment abroad, and in 8-week courses abroad. of recent BALSSI alumni have received provide an immersive approach to learn- See http://cli.asu.edu for details. Fulbright awards for research in the ing that encourages students to focus Fellowship support is available Baltics. exclusively on the target language and for domestic and overseas study in Al- The Baltic Studies Summer Insti- culture. banian, Armenian, Bosnian/Croatian/ tute, sponsored by a consortium of U.S. Competitive scholarships ranging Serbian, Macedonian, Tajik, Tatar, universities and the Association for the from $1,000 to $1,500 are available to Uzbek, and the upper levels of Farsi Advancement of Baltic Studies, offers applicants to the eight-week program. and Russian. students in the U.S. the only domestic Providing an immersive language ex- opportunity to study intensive Latvian, perience is central to the mission of Lithuanian, and Estonian during the CLS. To this end, scholarship funding summer. Due to the intense pace of the is reserved for students who take full courses and the quality of the instruc- advantage of this experience by living on campus in the residence halls. Stu-
18 December 2010 Vol. 53, Issue 4 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER dents who choose to live off-campus Russian. Tentative dates are: RUS 001: will not be considered for scholarship June 13 - June 29, RUS 002: June 30 - Recent assistance July 19, RUS 003: July 20 - August 05. Detailed information on curricula, All Institute programs are conducted on Publications costs, scholarships, and the application Penn State’s University Park campus. process can be found at www.beloit. For more information, visit http://www. The Recent Publications column in- edu/cls. outreach.psu.edu/programs/language- cludes books published in 2008-2009. institute/. Middlebury Russian School: Authors and publishers are invited to UWM Summer Study In Poland submit information about their new 2010 Visiting Artist, Filmmaker publications. A. Proshkin The University of Wisconsin- Recognized as one of the world’s Milwaukee announces its 2011 annual Culture Summer Study program in Poland at best Russian language programs, the Crowley, David, & Reid, Susan E. 2010. Davis School of Russian has for 65 the John Paul II Catholic University Pleasures in Socialism: Leisure and years made cultural programming and of Lublin. Luxury in the Eastern Bloc. IL: North- immersion a hallmark of its program. The five-week Polish language A highlight of the culture program course (July 2-August 8) includes western University Press. in 2010 was a visit by filmmaker Alek- 100 hours of instruction at beginning, Cvitanic, Marilyn. 2010. Culture and sandr Proshkin. In addition to showing intermediate or advanced lavers, plus Customs of Croatia. Greenwood his films, discussing Russian cinema, lectures of Polish culture and sightsee- Press. and visiting classes, Proshkin made ing. Cost estimate: $2,686, including Fishman, David, Kupvetsky, Mark, & himself fully accessible to students, tuition, room, and board, and 5 UWM Kuzelenkov, Vladimir. 2010. Looted living side-by-side with them during credits, plus round air trip transporta- Jewish Archives in Moscow: A Guide his visit. Other 2010 guests included tion Chicago-Warsaw-Chicago. The to Jewish Historical and Cultural Col- artist Vitalii Komar, political scientist program is open to students and the lections in the Russian State Military Igor’ Mintusov, and Novyi Zhurnal general public. Archive. Scranton, PA: University of editor Marina Adamovich. The Russian Also being offered are two, three, Scranton Press. School Choir, led by the folk group Zo- and four-week courses as well as two, Goscilo, Helen, & Strukov, Vlad. 2010. lotoi Plyos, staged Skazka o Tsare Sal- three, four, and five-week intensive Celebrity and Glamour in Contem- tane, and the Russian School Theater, and highly intensive courses of Polish porary Russia: Shocking Chic. UK: language in July and August. directed by Sergei Kokovkin and Anna Routledge. For information and application Rodionova, performed Ostrovskii’s The Heretz, Leonid. 2010. Russia on the Eve Storm. materials contact: Professor Michael J. Mikoś, Department of Foreign Lan- of Modernity: Popular Religion and The Davis Russian School provides Traditional Culture under the Last proficiency-oriented instruction in lis- guages and Literature, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Tsars. UK: Cambridge University tening, reading, speaking, writing, and Press. grammar, with an emphasis on contem- WI 53201 (414) 229-4151 or 4948, Macura, Vladimir (ed.). 2010. The Mys- porary Russian culture in its historical tifications of a Nation: The “Potato context. For details see: http://www. fax (414) 229-2741 Bug” and Other Essays on Czech middlebury.edu/ls/russian e-mail: [email protected] www.lrc.uwm.edu/tour/ Culture. WI: University of Wisconsin Penn State Summer Intensive Press. Language Institute: NSLI Peteri, Gyorgy. 2010. Imagining the Funding for Russian Students West in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. PA: University of Pittsburgh Select students of Russian at the Looking for Press. 2010 Summer Intensive Language Insti- Rosenholm, Aria, Nordenstreng, Kaarle, tute at Penn State received supplemental Employment & Trubina, Elena (eds.). 2010. Rus- instruction in speaking and listening sian Mass Media and Changing comprehension through film, online me- Opportunities? Values. UK: Routledge. dia, and field trips conducted in Russian. Stites, Richard. 2010. Passion and Per- These activities were made possible by Try the AATSEEL federally-funded critical language fel- ception: Essays on Russian Culture. lowships awarded to the Institute. Website! New Academia Publishing. In 2011, the Summer Intensive Lan- http://www.aatseel.org Continued on page 21 guage Institute will offer three levels of
19 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 53, Issue 4 December 2010
INTERNATIONAL SUMMER LANGUAGE PROGRAMS
Cosmopolitan Educational knowledge and culture, as well as your Lake Baikal, the Altai Mountains, Center, Novosibirsk, Russia enthusiasm and good will. Teaching at TransSiberian Railroad, ‘Welcome to the camp is not like an academic teach- Siberia’ program. All the details and We have been running these pro- ing routine, it’s more like fun where tour descriptions are available at re- grams for fourteen years already. For emphasis is made on communication. quest. the past years volunteer teachers from Our school will provide you with the We provide all our foreign partici- Argentina, Australia, Austria, Canada, daily topical schedule for the classes and pants with an invitation to obtain a Rus- China, Denmark, Fiji, Finland, France, will be happy to assist with lesson plan- sian visa and arrange their registration Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Hong ning and teaching materials. University on arrival. Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Ma- students are eligible to apply as volun- For further details please email cos- laysia, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, teer teachers. You will gain valuable [email protected] or cosmoschool2@ Spain, the United States of America, as practical experience, proven ability and mail.ru well as university students and school contacts thatyou can use to get afuture children from the USA, Great Britain, job.Teaching at the camp can also be Dubravushka School Germany, Greece, Swedenand Switzer- considered as an INTERNSHIP with land have participated in our summer Getting potential Russian language all necessary paperwork and an on-site and winter language camp programs. students to Russia helps get students to internship supervision provided. The major benefits to join our pro- begin the Russian language and/or to International participants have an gram are as follows: continue with it. A prestigious 19 year opportunity to attend Russian languages We organise an exciting cultural, old college preparatory boarding school classes every day. Russian classes are social and excursion program for inter- located outside Moscow has a summer taught by well-educated native speakers national participants of the camp, which camp program where English is taught trained to teach foreigners. Students are- is a very enriching experience. You will to high school aged Russians. Because placed in a group according to their level be involved in interaction with the Rus- the school is anxious to expose these of Russian. No previous knowledge of sian children, youth and adults all the students to native English speakers, it Russian is required. time. This is the kind of experience you offers a program which includes begin- We will also be happy to arrange will never get if you go as a tourist. ning and intermediate Russian lessons courses on the Russian culture, history, You will gain a first-hand experi- at what is in effect a subsidized rate to music, etc., if required. ence of the Russian culture and life style native English speaking high school We are dedicated to providing a stu- and particularly the Siberian one. They aged students. (185 Euros/wk in 2008) dent with the most excellent supervision say if you want to know what real Rus- This may be the only program where the possible. All the students are supervised sia is like you should go to Siberia. American students are socializing and and each group has a group leader who This is a not-for-profit program. living mainly with Russian children. is normally responsible for 10 students Participation fee covers expenses on The fee includes room and board, Rus- and stays with the group 24 hours a accommodation and ALL meals, and sian lessons, inclusion in all the camp day. Everyone can expect a warm, sup- tuition fee for students as well. If you activities and airport pick up and drop portive and friendly atmosphere along come to Russia (Siberia) on your own off. Watervaliet, NY Russian language with professional service. Our goal is or through a travel agency you will HS teacher Steve Leggiero had 5 of his that a student has the most enjoyable spend much more money compared to students in the program in 2008. Thru and worthwhile experience possible what you would pay to participate in local fund raising including obtaining during the stay with us. We are deter- our programme. Participating in our funds from service clubs, Steve was mined to ensure that everyone benefits program you won’t need much pocket able to reduce costs for his students. fully from the interaction with other money, you may only need some spend- For additional information, see www. students and the staff. The Head of Stud- ing money to buy souvenirs and gifts to dubravushka.ru or contact Bill Grant, ies, Psychologist, the Social Program take back home. volunteer US Agent, at 941-351-1596 Coordinator and the Program Director All the local services (airport pick- or [email protected] are constantly monitoring the program up, local transportation, excursions) to assure that everyone is enjoying the IQ Consultancy Summer School are provided by our school without any stay and taking advantage of the many of the Russian Language additional payment. activities offered by the school. Parents You don’t have to be a professional IQ Consultancy offers an intensive are allowed to the program. teacher in order to volunteer for the pro- two or three week summer program We also offer excursion packages gram. The most important aspect is your for studying the Russian language to which include trips to Moscow, St. Pe- willingness to participate and share your foreign students majoring not only in tersburg, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, 20 December 2010 Vol. 53, Issue 4 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER the Russian language and literature but IQ Consultancy ensures not only cost of the program, with the remainder also in history, economics, engineer- teaching excellence and a great aca- of the total cost due by May 15, 2011. ing or any other subjects. The summer demic experience but guarantees a once- For further information, contact Dr. school is the right option for everyone in-a-life-time stay in St. Petersburg. Patricia Krafcik of The Evergreen State willing to develop their language skills For further information on summer College ([email protected]). and get an unforgettable international language programs offered by IQ Con- experience while exploring St. Peters- sultancy you can contact us at any time Russian Academy of Sciences: burg, one of the world’s most exciting by e-mail, skype, phone or ICQ listed: Custom Study-Abroad with RLI and fascinating cities. This short term Tel: +7 (812) 3225808, + 7 (812) “Russian in Moscow: a Program immersion program ensures not only 3183390, +7 (911) 206 85 78 E-mail: in Russian Language and Culture” is intensive language practice but also a natalia.pestovnikova@iqconsultancy. an individually tailored program of great opportunity to soak up the atmo- ru or [email protected] IСQ: Russian language and culture. Hosted sphere of Russian life and culture. 418528066 Skype: RussianinRussia by the Russian Language Institute of The classes are held in a historical the Russian Academy of Sciences, it recently renovated building right in the Presov University: Summer provides an individualized study-abroad heart of St. Petersburg, just a five minute School of Rusyn Language and experience. Students pick and chose walk from Nevsky Prospect, the main Culture from a wide range of academic and cul- and most bustling thoroughfare of the The Carpatho-Rusyn Research tural activities to build a curriculum; to city. The spacious classrooms are per- Center and the Institute for Rusyn choose housing options; and even to set fectly equipped with cutting edge study Language and Culture at Presov Uni- their start and end dates. Applications resources, which ensure an exciting and versity (Presov, Slovakia) announce for Summer 2011 are due April 1. For effective process of learning Russian. the second annual Studium Carpato- details, see http://russianinmoscow.rus- Your students can come to Russia Ruthenorum Summer School of Rusyn lang.ru/ or contact Valentina Apresjan at to study the Russian language with IQ Language and Culture for summer [email protected]. Consultancy any time suitable for them. 2011. This program is the only one of There are two or three week summer its kind for scholars and students wish- Recent Publications programs on fixed dates or we can ar- ing to familiarize themselves with the range a course for the students of your Rusyn language and Carpatho-Rusyn Continued university only, if they come in group history and culture. The language of Continued from page 19 of 6-10 students. Students can prolong instruction for both the language and Economics their stay and study the Russian lan- history segments, in parallel courses, guage with IQ Consultancy in a one-to is either English or Rusyn. University Barnett, Vincent. 2009. A History of one format or joining any current group professors, distinguished Slavists, and Russian Economic Thought. UK: of students. specialists in Carpatho-Rusyn studies Routledge. The summer program comprises the provide 30 hours of language instruc- Estrin, Saul. 2010. Self-Management: following activities which are included tion at beginning, intermediate, and Economic Theory and Yugoslav in tuition fees: 20 academic hours of advanced levels, as well as 30 hours of Practice. UK: Cambridge University General Russian a week in a group; 40 history lectures. Students may request Press. hours for 2 weeks and 60 for 3 weeks college credit from their home institu- Gavrilenkov, Evgeny, Welfens, Paul respectively. tions based on their transcripts at the IQ Consultancy offers different J. J., & Wiegert, Ralf (eds.). 2010. close of the program. Excursions and Economic Opening Up and Growth supplementary services to our students extracurricular events acquaint students in Russia: Finance, Trade, Market (they are charged extra), such as pro- with Rusyn history and life in eastern Institutions, and Energy. Springer. viding visa support, arranging different Slovakia, including the region’s unique types of accommodation, transfer and an Hewett, Edward A. 2010. Foreign Trade wooden churches, museums, and folk Prices in the Council for Mutual Eco- entertainment program. On your wish, festivals, as well as films and theater we will fill in your afternoon hours with nomic Assistance. UK: Cambridge performances. Housing is provided in a University Press. cultural program after the language university dormitory. Dates of the pro- classes. We will show you the evening Hourwich, Isaac Aaronovich. The gram are June 12 through July 2, 2011. Economics of the Russian Village. and night life of the city and arrange a Cost for the entire program (tuition, Nabu. massive entertainment program at the accommodations, three meals a day, Lonkila, Markku. 2010. Networks in weekends. We cooperate with differ- extracurricular program) is 1200 Euros ent reputable and established agencies (approximately $1668 U.S./exchange the Russian Market Economy. NY: which provide these services and guar- rate $1.39). The 100-Euro ($139) non- Palgrave Macmillan. antee our students a comfortable stay in refundable administrative fee, due by St. Petersburg. April 15, 2011, is applied to the total Continued on page 24
21 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 53, Issue 4 December 2010
seeking to acquire the language as a basic Middlebury College Language Professional research tool) Schools Travel grants (deadline: January 28, Middlebury College Opportunities 2011) For travel to conferences to present Sunderland Language Center research papers (all academic ranks) 356 College Street Conference grants (deadline: Janu- Middlebury, VT 05753 ary 28, 2011) To support planning work- 802.443.5510 Grants & Fellowships shops and conferences for the presenta- [email protected] tion of significant new research The American Council of Learned Request for proposals for research Scholarship Established for Ukrai- Societies announces Fellowships on heritage speakers (deadline: January nian Studies at KU and Grants in East European Stud- 14, 2011) Individuals or collaborative LAWRENCE, Kan.—The Cen- ies In academic year 2010-11 teams are invited to propose socio- ter for Russian, East European and For research and language train- linguistic research on U.S. communities Eurasian Studies (CREES) at the ing related to Albania, Bosnia and of heritage speakers of an East European University of Kansas is announcing a Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech language. The project should produce scholarship in support of its Ukrainian Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kosovo/a, an analytical paper and a syllabus for an Studies Program, one of the few in Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Monte- advanced-mastery course for heritage the United States. In honor of his late negro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slova- speakers to bring their language compe- parents, Dmytro and Maria, and aunt kia, and Slovenia tence to a professional level. Olha, Peter Jarosewycz of Kansas City, Further information is available at Mo., a retired attorney, is establishing Funding is provided by the U.S. http://www.acls.org/programs/eesp the Jarosewycz Family Scholarship in Department of State under the Research American Council of Learned Societ- Ukrainian Studies at CREES. and Training for Eastern Europe and ies Mr. Jarosewycz immigrated to the the Independent States of the Former 633 Third Avenue, New York, NY United States in 1949 at the age of one Soviet Union Act of 1983, as amended 10017-6795, www.acls.org with his parents and aunt, who taught (Title VIII). him an appreciation of his Ukrainian All applicants must be U.S. citizens Kathryn Davis Fellowships for heritage. or permanent residents. Peace “I decided to set up the scholarship Dissertation fellowships (deadline: at KU in their honor because it is one of Kathryn Davis Fellowships for November 10, 2010) For graduate the few universities in the United States Peace: Investing in the Study of Critical students at U.S. universities who have with a graduate program in Ukrainian Languages – Full Scholarships Avail- completed all requirements for the Studies,” Jarosewycz said. “There are able for Intensive Russian Language Ph.D. except the dissertation (ABDs). several faculty members from Ukraine, Study at the Middlebury Summer Applicants can apply for research fel- and there is a frequent exchange of Language Schools. We are pleased to lowships for use in Eastern Europe or students and faculty between KU and announce the continuation of the Kath- for writing fellowships for completing the universities in Ukraine, especially Ivan ryn Davis Fellowships for Peace for the dissertation outside of Eastern Europe after Franko University, from which both fifth year in a row. The fellowship will research is complete. of my parents received their medical cover the full cost of one summer of degrees.” language study, from the beginner to the Early career postdoctoral fellow- As part of the Ukrainian Studies graduate level, in any of six languages, ships (deadline: November 10, 2010) Program, CREES conducts a summer including Russian. For more informa- For scholars before tenure, including school in Ukrainian Studies at Ivan tion, please visit http://go.middlebury. independent scholars Franko University in Lviv, Ukraine. edu/ls/kwd. Language grants to institutions (dead- Lviv is the largest city in western Need-based Financial Aid Available line: January 14, 2011) For U.S. institutions Ukraine and attracts university students to All Students – 42% of summer 2010 of higher education to conduct intensive from all over the world. Alex Tsiovkh, Language Schools students received summer language courses at the begin- professor of Russian, East European a financial aid award, and the average ning, intermediate, and advanced-mastery and Eurasian Studies who also is on the award granted was $5,454. To learn levels faculty of the University of Lviv, has more about financial aid, visit http:// Language grants to individuals been the director of the summer school go.middlebury.edu/ls/finaid. (deadline: January 14, 2011) For at- since its inception in 1994. For complete information on all tendance at intensive summer language Another activity at KU related to Language Schools programs and to ap- courses (priority given to graduate students Ukrainian Studies has been the Maria ply online – Visit http://go.middlebury. Palij Memorial Lecture, a yearly lecture edu/ls. on the subject of Ukraine by leading
22 December 2010 Vol. 53, Issue 4 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER
scholars from around the world. Pro- each year. Website: http://www.loc.gov/ mit manuscripts in three hard copies and fessor Michael Palij established it more loc/kluge/fellowships/kluge.html by e-mail to: than 25 years ago as a memorial to his Prof. Heather Coleman, Guest wife. Although Palij died in 2009, his Call for Papers Editor friends and supporters of Ukrainian Special issue of Canadian Slavonic Canadian Slavonic Papers Studies have continued to fund the Palij Papers: “Twenty Years On: Slavic Department of Modern Lectureship. Studies since the Collapse of the So- Languages and Cultural The Ukrainian Club of Greater Kan- viet Union.” Studies sas City, which has contributed to the In late 2011, Canadian Slavonic 200 Arts Building Palij Memorial Lecture for many years, Papers will mark the twentieth anniver- University of Alberta is now generously contributing to the sary of the collapse of the USSR with a Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Jarosewycz Family Scholarship. special double issue devoted to explor- T6G 2E6 Professor Edith W. Clowes, Direc- ing a variety of perspectives—political, [email protected] tor of CREES, expressed appreciation historical, literary, linguistic, anthropo- for the scholarship: “The whole CREES logical, religious studies, film studies, Conferences & Workshops community joins in thanking Mr. Jaros- cultural studies, gender studies, folklore ewycz for establishing this scholarship, studies—on the collapse of the Soviet December 3-4, 2010 which will support top students in the Union and post-Soviet transformations. CDLC Fall 2010 Conference KU Ukrainian Studies Program. Build- Submissions in any of these areas are The Coalition of Distinguished Lan- ing on the intellectual enrichment that invited. The issue aims to be multidis- guage Centers conducts annual (and, in the Palij Fund has brought, and the ciplinary and interdisciplinary. some years, semi-annual) conferences various partnerships CREES has had Manuscripts may be in English or about teaching to and reaching Level 4 over the years with the Kansas National French. The normal peer-review process (near-native) proficiency. The confer- Guard and the US Army’s Foreign Area will apply. ences include theory and research, as Officers Program, the Jarosewycz Fam- Please consult the most recent well as updates on high-level-language ily Scholarship will help attract the best issue of Canadian Slavonic Papers, program activities, along with a healthy and the brightest to graduate study at inside back cover, for style guidelines. dose of shared practical experience. KU. We are grateful to have a friend Authors should use the Library of The Fall 2010 Conference on like Mr. Jarosewycz with a compelling Congress transliteration system and the Teaching and Learning to Near-Native vision of the future that includes strong MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Levels of Language Proficiency will be expertise on Ukraine.” Papers (3rd. ed.) as a standard form held on December 3-4, 2010 in Linthi- The gift will be managed by KU for documentation. For more detailed cum, Maryland Endowment, the official fundraising and information, please see the CSP Style fund-management foundation for KU. Sheet: http://www.ualberta.ca/~csp/ Keynote Speaker Founded in 1891, KU Endowment was Submissions.html#StyleSheet Dr. Donald C. Fischer, Jr. the first foundation of its kind at a U.S. Authors who submit papers must Provost, Defense Language Institute, public university. become members of the Canadian As- Foreign Language Center sociation of Slavists (CAS). Location: July 15 Annually The Westin Baltimore Washington Kluge Center Fellowships for Deadlines: Airport Hotel Library of Congress Expression of intent to submit: 4 1110 Old Elkridge Landing Road Library of Congress Invites Appli- January 2011. Send e-mail to the Guest Linthicum, MD 21090 cations for Kluge Center Fellowships. Editor, Prof. Heather Coleman: hcole- For more Info: The Library of Congress (http://www. [email protected] http://distinguishedlanguagecenters. loc.gov/) invites qualified scholars to Final Paper with abstract: 1 March org conduct research in the John W. Kluge 2011 (maximum 25 pages). Please sub- Center using the Library of Congress collections and resources for a period of up to eleven months. AATSEEL is now on FACEBOOK! Up to twelve Kluge Fellowships will be awarded annually. Fellowships Become a Fan of the AATSEEL Facebook page. are tenable for periods from six to Keep updated on news of the organization and eleven months, at a stipend of $4,000 profession, and find other AATSEEL fans. per month. Visit the Library of Congress Web site for complete fellowship pro- gram information and application proce- dures Location: USA Deadline: July 15
23 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 53, Issue 4 December 2010
Recent Publications Youngblood, Denise J. 2010. Russian Nummikoski, Marita. 2010. Troika: A Continued War Films: On the Cinema Front: Communicative Approach to Rus- 1914-2005. KS: University Press of sian Language, Life, and Culture. Continued from page 21 Kansas. NY: Wiley. Wade, Terence. 2010. A Comprehen- Mankoff, Jeffrey. 2010. The Russian History Economic Crisis. Foreign Relations sive Russian Grammar. UK: Wiley- Council Press. Beattie, Andrew. 2010. The Danube: A Blackwell. Miller, Frederic P., Vandome, Agnes Cultural History. UK: Oxford Uni- West, Daphne. 2010. Read and Write F., & McBrewster, John. 2010. 1998 versity Press. Russian Script: A Teach Yourself Russian Financial Crisis. Alphascript Fedorov, Tatiana S., Sedov, Viktor, G., Guide. NY: McGraw-Hill. Publishing. & Urness, Carol L. 2010. The Journal Literature and Literary Criticism Myant, M. R. 2010. The Czechoslovak of Midshipman Chaplin: A Record of Economy 1948-1988: The Battle for Bering’s First Kamchatka Expedition. Cornis-Pope, Marcel, & Neubauer, John Reform. UK: Cambridge University Aarhus University Press. (eds.). 2010. History of the Literary Press. Garipzanov, Ildar H. 2010. Historical Cultures of East-Central Europe: Oleinik, Anton. 2010. Market As a Narratives and Christian Identity on Junctures and disjunctures in the 19th Weapon. Transaction Publishers. a European Periphery: Early History and 20th centuries. Volume 4: Types Schvartz, Aleksander. 2010. Russian Writing in Northern, East-Central, and stereotypes. Johns-Benjamins Transnational Entrepreneurs: Eth- and Eastern Europe (c. 1070-1200) Publishing. nicity, Class, and Capital. De Sitter ... Texts and Cultures of Northern Davidson, Pamela. 2010. Russian Lit- Publications. Europe). Brepols Publishers. erature and Its Demons. Berghahn Slater, Robert. 2010. Seizing Power: Leonard, Carol S. 2010. Agrarian Books. The Grab for Global Oil Wealth. Reform in Russia: The Road from Holy, Jiri. 2010. Writers under Siege: Bloomberg Press. Serfdom. UK: Cambridge University Czech Writers since 1945. Sussex Van Brabant, Jozef M. 2010. Socialist Press. Academic Press. Economic Integration: Aspects of Shneer, David. 2010. Through Soviet Offord, Derek. 2010. Journeys to a Contemporary Economic Problems Jewish Eyes: Photography, War, and Graveyard: Perceptions of Europe in Eastern Europe. UK: Cambridge the Holocaust. NJ: Rutgers University in Classical Russian Travel Writing. University Press. Press. Springer. Van der Rijdt, Karen. 2010. Corporate Wydra, Harald. 2010. Communism and Surhone, Lambert M., Tennoe, Miriam Governance in Emerging Capital the Emergence of Democracy. UK: T., & Henssenow, Susan F. (eds.). Markets: Comparing the Brazilian Cambridge University Press. 2010. War Generation of Russian and the Russian Stock Exchange. Poets. Betascript Publishing. Language and Linguistics Germany: VDM Verlag. Vaschenko, Aleksander, & Smith, Vavilov, Andrey. 2010. The Russian Ermolovich, D. I. 2010. Russian- Claude Clayton. 2010. The Way of Public Debt and Financial Melt- English/English-Russian Practical Kinship: An Anthology of Native downs. NY: Palgrave-Macmillan. Dictionary. Hippocrene Books. Siberian Literature. University of Minnesota Press. Film Gowan, Walter E., & Aleksandrovich, Aleksandr. 2010. Russian Grammar: Music Hames, Peter. 2010. Czech and Slovak Arranged for Use of English Students Cinema. Scotland: University of Ed- of the Russian Language. Nabu. Sergeant, Lynn M. 2010. Harmony and inburgh Press. Grenoble, Lenore A. 2010. Language Discord: Music and the Transforma- Menashe, Louis. 2010. Moscow Be- Policy in the Soviet Union. Springer. tion of Russian Cultural Life. NY: lieves in Tears: Russians and Their Langenscheidt. 2010. Pocket Russian Oxford University Press. Movies. New Academic Publishing. Dictionary. Germany: Langenscheidt Political Science Shaw, Tony, & Youngblood, Denise Publishing Group. J. 2010. Cinematic Cold War: The Langran, John. 2010. Ruslan Russian Cviic, Christopher, & Sanfey, Peter. American and Soviet Struggle for Grammar. Ruslan Publications. 2010. In Search of the Balkan Recov- Hearts and Minds. KS: University Manova, Stela. 2010. Understanding ery: The Political and Economic Re- Press of Kansas. Morphological Rules: With Special emergence of South-Eastern Europe. Taylor, Richard. 2010. Sergei Eisen- Emphasis on Conversion and Sub- C Hurst & Co Publishers, Ltd. shtein: Selected Works. I. B. Taurius. traction in Bulgarian, Russian, and (This is a reissue.) Serbo-Croatian. Springer.
24 December 2010 Vol. 53, Issue 4 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER AATSEEL Newsletter Information The AATSEEL Newsletter is published in October, December, February, and April. Advertising and copy are due six weeks prior to issue date.
PUBLICITY AND ADVERTISING POLICY Free of Charge: Full scholarship study tours and stateside study programs, meetings, job information, new classroom materials, and similar announcements are published free of charge. Advertising Rates: Commercial ads of interest to the profession are accepted at the following rates and sizes: (Other sizes, such as vertical half-pages and quarter pages, can sometimes be accepted; please query first.) Full page $200 7 5/8" x 9 3/8" Half page $150 7 5/8" x 4 5/8" Quarter page $90 3 5/8” x 4 5/8” Column inch $30 Approx. 6 lines
Advertisement Composition Fee: The AATSEEL Newsletter staff will compose your advertisement for you based on your text, specifications (if any), and graphics (provided by you or suggested by the staff). There is a $75 fee for this service.
Error Correction Fee: If advertisers wish to have the AATSEEL Newsletter staff correct errors in text, graphics, or com- position that were created by the advertiser, there will be a $50 correction fee. Similarly, if an advertiser wishes to use an advertisement from a previous year and change dates and other information within the ad, there will be a $50 correction fee. Questions on advertising fees and determination of whether an announcement is an advertisement should be addressed to the Executive Director. Format: Preferred format for advertisements is PDF or eps with embedded fonts. Either Macintosh or PC format is ac- ceptable. Advertisements without graphics may be sent as word files; rtf is preferable if using programs other than Word or WordPerfect. Files may be e-mailed to the editor ([email protected]). Detailed instructions for advertisers on how to prepare advertisements for the AATSEEL Newsletter can be found on the AATSEEL website: http://www.aatseel.org. Questions not answered there and requests for exceptions should be addressed to the Editor.
Visit the AATSEEL Web site For current online information about AATSEEL and its activities, employment opportunities, publishing advice, and many other resources visit AATSEEL on the web: http://www.aatseel.org TheAATSEEL Ne w s l e t t e r Volume 53 Issue 4 December 2010
AATSEEL 2011 Annual Conference January 6-9, 2011 Hilton Pasadena, Pasadena, California The 2011 AATSEEL Conference will features scores of scholarly panels, supplemented by less formal roundtables, master classes, workshops, informal coffee conversations with leading scholars, and other special events: receptions, poetry readings and a film screening. Get more information from the AATSEEL Website: http://www.aatseel.org