TheAATSEEL NEWSLETTER American Association of Teachers of Slavic & East European Languages

Contents Message from the President ...... 3 2006 AATSEEL Executive Council .....4 Letter from the Editor ...... 5 Special in This Issue: Russian at Work ...... 7 Member News ...... 8 Technology and Language New National Foreign- Learning ...... 9 Recent Publications ...... 9 Language Initiatives Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Grammar But Were Afraid to Ask ...... 10 Awards ...... 13 Employment Opportunities ...... 13 Czech Corner ...... 17 Ukrainian Issues ...... 18 Summer Language Programs ...... 19 Psychology of Language Learning ...... 22 Graduate Student Forum ...... 23 Professional Opportunities ...... 25

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AATSEEL NEWSLETTER EDITORIAL STAFF AATSEEL POINTS OF CONTACT Editor: BETTY LOU LEAVER President: Assistant Editor: ANNA JACOBSON CATHARINE THEIMER NEPOMNYASHCHY Contributing Editors: VALERY BELYANIN Barnard College [email protected] ALINA ISRAELI OLGA LIVSHIN President-Elect: KEITH MEYER-BLASING SIBELAN FORRESTER ALLA NEDASHKIVSKA Swarthmore College JEANETTE OWEN [email protected] MILA SASKOVA-PIERCE Past President: LINDA SCATTON BENJAMIN RIFKIN CURT WOOLHISER Temple University [email protected] NL Coordinates: Vice Presidents: Editor: [email protected] ANTHONY ANEMONE Assistant Editor: [email protected] College of William and Mary Layout/Advertising: [email protected] [email protected] BETSY SANDSTROM AATSEEL Office: Thomas Jefferson High School KATHLEEN DILLON for Science and Technology Executive Director, AATSEEL [email protected] P. O. Box 7039 STEVE FRANKS Berkeley, CA 94707-2306 USA Indiana University Phone/fax: 510-526-6614 [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] MARY NICHOLAS Layout/Advertising: CDL Services, Amman, Jordan Lehigh University [email protected] Submitting Copy: JANE HACKING (1) Foreign languages are accommodated if prepared on Ma- University of Utah cIntosh with a truetype or postscript font that can be shared. [email protected] (2) Eps or pdf with embedded fonts, Indesign, PageMaker, TODD ARMSTRONG and Quark Express documents can be accommodated. Grinnell College (3) Please do not double-space between sentences in elec- [email protected] tronic submissions. Program Coordinator: (4) Please query the editor about formatting, content, graph- WILLIAM COMER ics, or language. University of Kansas (5) Since the newsletter is produced in part in Jordan, submis- [email protected] sions must be sent by fax or email by deadlines given on the back cover and on the AATSEEL website. Editor, Slavic and East European Journal: (6) The AATSEEL Newsletter is not copyrighted. Authors GERALD JANECEK wishing to protect their contributions should copyright their University of Kentucky materials. [email protected] (7) Full specifications are available at the AATSEEL web site. Editor, AATSEEL Newsletter: BETTY LOU LEAVER New York Institute of Technology, Jordan AATSEEL Web site [email protected] Executive Director: For current online information about KATHLEEN DILLON AATSEEL and its activities, visit AATSEEL on the web: [email protected] Webmaster: http://www.aatseel.org MARTA DEYRUP Seton Hall Univ.

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Message from the carefully the various programs offered the year. Renovation of the AATSEEL by their institutions to maximize the website to better meet the needs of our AATSEEL President chances of attaining funding. members is very much a matter for In a similar vein, with the an- discussion, and I welcome your sug- Dear Colleagues and Friends, nouncement of the National Security gestions. First of all, let me thank all of you Language Initiative (NSLI)--a joint In addition to higher attendance and who have instilled a new vitality in AAT- effort of the Departments of State, participation at the Washington confer- SEEL, both through labors throughout Defense, and Education--at the U.S. ence, the success of our meeting really the year and at our wonderfully suc- University Presidents Summit on In- relied on the scholarly exchange and cessful conference in Washington, DC. ternational Education held on January intellectual connections that participants First and foremost our gratitude goes to 5-6, 2006, we were all reminded of how made during the three days. And so Bill Comer and the Program Commit- our field can be shaped by its historic for the 2006 conference we especially tee, who put together such an exciting proximity to politics. Spearheaded by encourage scholars to submit proposals conference, and to Executive Director Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, for innovative sessions that can be ad- Kathleen Dillon, the person on whose who herself trained as a Russia spe- vertised in the on-line call for papers and desk the buck always stops. She should cialist during the tremendous boom in to organize whole panels on engaging certainly remember her final conference Russian studies in this country during topics, especially panels that facilitate as the gold standard we will all have the Cold War, the initiative recognizes dialogue among generations. to strive to meet in the future. I would the crucial importance of qualified Please note that organizers of panels also like to say a grateful farewell to language specialists to United States are encouraged to gather participant two especially valuable members of the national security and names Russian as abstracts and submit them directly as a AATSEEL Executive Committee whose one of its six priority languages. In the group to the appropriate contact person terms ended on January 1: Todd Golding words of Secretary Rice, this program by either the April 15 or the August and Emily Johnson. Both have served “will give earlier instruction in language 1 deadlines. The conference website our organization above and beyond the to our children, K through 12. It will guidelines will clarify that abstracts call of duty. As to the conference, all of encourage students in university and should be tightly focused and not you who participated—and a record of in graduate school to take on the hard longer than 300 words (although they over half of our members were in at- and critical languages. And it will press may be shorter). We hope that this will tendance—did AATSEEL proud. Our forward to bring people into the Foreign help streamline the process of panel keynote speaker, Alexander Schenker, Service and into the Defense Depart- formation and sharpen the intellectual eloquently posed the challenge of how, ment and into our intelligence agencies, exchange. As far as conference activi- in a post-communist world, we are to who are competent in those languages.” ties beyond panels are concerned, while define our scholarly boundaries geo- (For the full text, see http://www.state. we may not be able to match an embassy graphically, linguistically, and intel- gov/secretary/rm/2006/58735.htm; reception, there are a number of very lectually. Questions of related urgency for an overview of the summit, see exciting events in the works. Stay tuned reverberated throughout diverse panels, http://www.state.gov/r/summit/; and for more information. as we saw the bounds of our disciplines for the press briefing, see http://www. Finally—as promised—AATSEEL stretched beyond the traditional limits state.gov/g/rls/rm/2005/58737.htm). 2007 will convene in Chicago. of linguistics, literature, and pedagogy We must applaud this acknowledgement Best wishes for a wonderful 2006! into film and other media, cultural and of the crucial importance of the study historical studies, and even into ques- of languages and cultures and do our tions of how we might better engage best to see it implemented in a timely Catharine S. Nepomnyashchy the social and even natural sciences in and effective fashion at all levels of our intellectual dialogue. In this context, educational system. I urge you to inform special thanks must go to the represen- administrators at your home institutions Congratulations to tatives from IREX, ACTR, NCEEER, of this important development so that New AATSEEL Officers and the Kennan Institute who partici- we can without delay enter into the pated in the roundtable on applying for dialogue it promises to open up. Effective July 1, 2006 humanities grants in a political context Clearly, this is no time to rest on our New Executive Director that mandates policy relevance. The laurels. It is not too early to explore how Pat Zody (Beloit College) hopeful message that came out of the we can build on our DC momentum to panel is that all these organizations are produce an equally lively conference New Conference Manager working hard to fund quality propos- in Philadelphia this coming December, Dianna Murphy (University of als across the board. They encourage a conference that I hope will also focus Wisconsin-Madison) AATSEEL members to apply to one or on how AATSEEL can more energeti- more of these institutions and to explore cally support its members throughout

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2006 AATSEEL Executive Council President (2-year term): Mary Nicholas Conference Program Chairman Catharine Nepomnyashchy (2004-2006) William J. Comer (President 2005-2006) MLL Department Director, Ermal Garinger Academic Director, Harriman Institute 9 W. Packer Avenue Resource Center Chair, Slavic Department, Barnard Lehigh University Associate Professor, Slavic Languages College Bethlehem, PA 18015 and Literatures 219 W 80th Street Apt 1D phone: 610/ 758-3090 University of Kansas New York, NY 10024 fax: 610/ 758-6556 1445 Jayhawk Blvd., Room 4070 phone: (212) 854-6213 office email: [email protected] Lawrence, KS 66045 home: (212) 595-7715 phone: 785-864-4701 fax: (212) 496-1371 Todd P. Armstrong fax: 785-864-1256 email: [email protected] (2005-2007) email: [email protected] Director, Center for International www.people.ku.edu/~wjcomer President Elect (2-year term): Studies Sibelan Forrester Associate Professor of Russian SEEJ Editor (President 2007-2008) Mears Cottage 113 Gerald Janecek Russian/Modern Languages and Lit- Grinnell College Professor of Russian eratures Grinnell, IA 50112 University of Kentucky Swarthmore College phone:641-269-4716 Lexington, KY 40506 500 College Ave. email: [email protected] Phone: 859-257-9854 Swarthmore, PA 19081-1390 Fax: 859-257-3743 phone: 610-328-8162 Jane F. Hacking Email: [email protected] fax: 610-328-7769 (2005-2007) e-mail: [email protected] Associate Professor of Russian Newsletter Editor Department of Languages and Litera- Betty Leaver Past President (2-year term): ture Defense Language Institute Benjamin A. Rifkin University of Utah 784 Northridge PMB 293 (President 2003-2004) 255 South Central Campus Dr. Suite Salinas, CA 93906 Vice Dean for Undergraduate Affairs 1400 phone: +962-6-553-4761 College of Liberal Arts, Temple Uni- Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 fax: 831-886-2486 versity phone: 801-581-6688 (office) Email: [email protected], 1206 Anderson Hall, 1114 W. Berks 801-581-7561 (main office) [email protected] St. fax: 801-581-7581 Philadelphia, PA 19122 email: [email protected] Executive Director phone:(215) 204-1816 (until June 30, 2006) fax (215) 204-3731 Anthony Anemone Kathleen E. Dillon email: [email protected] (2006-2008) AATSEEL Dept. of Modern Languages and P.O.Box 7039 Vice Presidents (six; 3-year Literatures Berkeley, CA 94707 terms): College of William and Mary phone/fax: 510-526-6614 Steven Franks Wiliamsburg, VA 23187-8795 email: [email protected] (2004-2006) phone: 757-221-3636 www.aatseel.org Slavic Department fax: 757-221-3637 5102 Ballantine Hall email: [email protected] Executive Director Indiana University (July 1, 2006 – June 30, 2009) Bloomington, IN 47415 Betsy Sandstrom Patricia Zody phone: 812/855-8169 (2006-2008) New AATSEEL Office Information email:[email protected] Thomas Jefferson High School for TBA Science and Technology 6560 Braddock Rd. Alexandria, VA 22312 phone: 703-750-8369 email: [email protected]

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Letter Presidents’ Reception from the Editor 2005 AATSEEL Conference Greetings to all. I hope your spring Stimulating papers, roundtables, of Russian as a foreign language. ACTR semester has started auspiciously. and exhibits were not the only highlight presented its annual service awards to Many apologies for the late ar- of the 2005 AATSEEL Conference in John Sheehan and Richard Brecht and rival of this newsletter. Since going Washington, DC in December. Confer- MAPRIAL presented an award to Vitalii electronic, this is the first time the ence attendees also enjoyed a lavish Kostomarov. AATSEEL presented its AATSEEL Newsletter has not appeared Presidents’ Reception at the Embassy of awards, as well, and the evening was on or before the first of the month. At the Russian Federation, sponsored not concluded with a New Year’s Toast from the beginning of this month, I was on only by AATSEEL, but also by ACTR, Ambassador Ushakov. AATSEEL, its a plane to Monterey, California, where the Harriman Institute, and the Embassy officers and all its members are grateful I have taken up a new position as Vice of the Russian Federation and Russian to our host, Ambassador Ushakov and Chancellor for Continuing Ed. at the Ambassador Ushakov. At the reception, the staff of the Russian Embassy, and Defense Language Institute. Carl is AATSEEL members enjoyed the best to ACTR and the Harriman Institute for still in Amman, Jordan, which makes of Russian cuisine in a beautiful and co-sponsoring the reception. preparing the newsletter a little compli- elegant atmosphere as well as remarks cated. Also, late-breaking information, by Cathy Nepomnyashchy, President of received literally hours before I left, was AATSEEL, Dan Davidson, Executive important enough to take the time to get Director of ACTR, Jane Shuffelton, See Photo it into the newsletter. President of ACTR, James Billington, This is starting to be an exciting Librarian of Congress and Russian Coverage on time for foreign-language study, as I cultural historian, Ludmila Verbitskaia, Next Page! think you will see from the contents of Rector of St. Petersburg University, and this newsletter. Vitalii Kostomarov, pioneer in the field

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The Department of Slavic Languages at Georgetown University

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Presidents’ Reception 2005 AATSEEL Conference Photos by Meg Sandstrom, daughter of AATSEEL Member Betsy Sandstrom

Welcome to the Embassy AATSEEL President Catharine AATSEEL Teaching Award Winner (Post- of the Russian Federation Nepomnyashchy addresses attendees Secondary), Maria Carlson, U. of Kansas

Ambassador Ushakov makes a toast for the AATSEEL Award Winners, Service AATSEEL Book Award Winners New Year (behind him, Ludmila Verbitskaya, to AATSEEL – Evans-Romaine, Ohio in Pedagogy Category – Laura Janda, Rector of St. Petersburg University, and University, and Service to the Field, Maria U. of NC-Chapel Hill, Steven Clancy, James Billington, Librarian of Congress) Lekic, U. of Maryland U. of Chicago

AATSEEL Award Winner, Outstanding AATSEEL Teaching Award Winner AATSEEL Past President Benjamnin Rifkin Contribution to Scholarship, William Mills (Secondary), Ruth Edelman, reads award citations Todd, Harvard U. Tenafly High School

Ambassador Ushakov addresses the reception Librarian of Congress, James Billington Performers at the reception 6 February 2006 Vol. 49, Issue 1 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER

RUSSIAN AT WORK: Editor: Linda H. Scatton INTERVIEWS WITH PROFESSIONALS (Educational Testing Service) WHO USE RUSSIAN ON THE JOB

Editor’s Note: Special thanks go to would have gotten the film job if not for they’re not afraid of making mistakes in Rachel Stauffer of the University of his knowledge of Russian. Editing work this state. Get over this fear right away. Virginia for suggesting an interview was just beginning on a documentary on Then remember, repetition and using with Colin Mc Cullough. Please con- nuclear materials in Russia. He brought new vocabulary in social settings will tinue to send names of former students language skills; his employers taught allow you to recall words years later. and colleagues who use Russian in the him about documentary film production Seventh, when you learn a phrase or workplace. Contact me at Lscatton and about nuclear issues in Russia. word in school, try to use it in life that @ets.org Here is Colin’s advice to students, day. It may not always be opportune, but in his own words: have fun with it and be creative in the First, go for it. Dwindling interest many ways you can use ‘idti’ (to go) if The Road Not Taken: in Russia can be viewed as a strength that was the lesson that day. An Interview with because there are fewer people offering And finally, be patient. You prob- these skills to the world. Whether in ably won’t speak Russian fluently after Colin Mc Cullough the private sector, government work or being there for a semester; know that it Sometimes the slow pace of bureau- non-profit fields, Russia will offer many will likely be a lifelong pursuit. Don’t cracy produces unexpected benefits. unique opportunities for years to come. sweat it. Enjoy the ride. If Colin Mc Cullough had been hired You can be one of the few who can take And here is Colin’s advice for by the Moscow-based, English-only advantage of them. teachers, also in his own words: accounting firm that was dragging its Second, the literature is fantastic, When I was in school many profes- feet with the hiring process, he prob- and the people, once you’ve been em- sors played up Russia’s Soviet past, the ably never would have perfected his braced by them, are extremely giving Cold War rivalry, or the Tsarist history. Russian or had the exciting series of and hospitable. Don’t miss out. For me, that was not nearly as intriguing jobs he’s taken on in the seven years Third, give it at least two semesters. as modern Russia, straddling the worlds since he graduated from the University The first one is where you struggle to of Europe and Asia: tremendous wealth of Arizona. Colin earned a double major learn the rules of the game. By second and stifling poverty; vast areas of beau- in Economics and Russian, and a minor semester you’ll be able to play along tiful untouched wilderness and areas in Russian and Soviet Studies in 1999. – that’s when it becomes fun. of ecological catastrophe; post-Soviet While he was waiting for the accounting Fourth, if you do decide to pursue bureaucracy and renegade capitalism. firm to complete the paperwork neces- it further, get yourself to a Russian- Some attention should be paid to the sary to offer him a job, he volunteered to speaking country. It may be difficult at modern era. work as an intern at a radio station, Ra- first, but stick with it and realize that By all means, show “Ironija dio Maximum, which broadcast Russian you’ll be able to figure your way out Sud’by;” make sure they read Tol- and European-American rock/pop. of any situation where your language stoj…but also let them know about the With college DJ experience and a may fail you. oligarchs, loans-for-shares scandals, strong affinity for the type of program Fifth, as soon as you get over there, storming of NTV’s offices, Misha Two- the Russian producer was seeking to go out and make some Russian friends. Percent. Tell them they can borrow introduce – a call-in show with a combi- Try to avoid the trap of just hanging out your Brat 2 soundtrack. Let them know nation of culture, humor and reality – he with your fellow study-abroad students. where they can get a copy of 9 Rota. was a natural for the post of assistant It will be good to commiserate with Bring modern anecdotes and culture producer. He also assisted in produc- them at times too. But, make time for to the discussion, and it should give ing shows that focused on drug abuse both. You’ll be glad you did. them inspiration to persevere through among Russian youth and a segment on Sixth, while over there, take ad- genitive plural…or perhaps even verbs the US entertainment industry. vantage of every opportunity you have of motion. Since then, he’s found work using to make mistakes with the language. It his Russian language skills in jobs as doesn’t go on your permanent record. disparate Mission Security Force Guard Often times these mistakes will only be Don’t Miss Out! at the US Embassy in Moscow and endearing to people you meet. It’s been Keep Your AATSEEL production assistant for television and said that people speak foreign languages documentary films primarily related to slightly better when they’re slightly Membership security issues. He notes that he never inebriated. I’m guessing this is because Up-To-Date 7 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 49, Issue 1 February 2006

Call for Nominations Member News for AATSEEL Awards Editor: Keith Meyer-Blasing (University of Wisconsin) AATSEEL seeks nominations for its 2006 awards: The AATSEEL Newsletter likes to keep Excellence in Teaching at the Secondary Level its members informed about important events and professional milestones! If Excellence in Teaching at the Post-Secondary Level you or an AATSEEL member you know has recently defended a dissertation, Distinguished Service to AATSEEL been hired, received a promotion or retired, please send the member’s name, Outstanding Contribution to the Profession accomplishment and affiliation to: Keith Blasing Outstanding Contribution to Scholarship [email protected] Nominees must be members of AATSEEL and must not have already received the award for which they are nominated. (A list of recipients of these awards since 1991 is on-line at http://aatseel.org/AATSEEL/award- Please be sure to send us rec.htm.) any AATSEEL Member To nominate an individual for any of these awards, send a paragraph describing why the individual is an appropriate choice for the given award News so it can be by e-mail to the chair of the AATSEEL Awards Committee, Past-President included here. Benjamin Rifkin, by March 15, 2006: [email protected].

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Technology & Editor: Jeanette Owen RECENT Language Learning (Arizona State University) PUBLICATIONS

Editor’s Note: If you have an interest The “Navigator” page hosts sections on The Recent Publications column in- in the use of technology in language folk wisdom (proverbs, riddles, tongue cludes books published in 2003-2005. learning that you want to share, please twisters), humor, and famous quotes Authors and publishers are invited to send your submission to Jeanette Owen about Russian, and supports an interac- submit information about their new by e-mail ([email protected]) or tive chat session for visitors to interact publications. snail-mail (ASU, Dept. of Languages with each other in real time. Under the and Literatures, P.O. Box 870202, “Forum” area, those who frequent the Culture Tempe, AZ 85287-0202) site can participate in any number of Daniel Rancour-Laferriere. The Joy discussion boards devoted to specific of All Who Sorrow: Icons of the The award-winning web site topics, such as “Language errors on Mother of God in Russia / Traditsiia “Gramota.ru” (http://www.gramota.ru/) radio: monitoring by the people.” pochitaniia ikon Bogomateri v Rossii bills itself as reference portal for con- Other menus lead to any number of glazami amerikanskogo psikhoanali- temporary standard Russian. Initiated resources (in Russian) for teachers and tika. (Moscow: Ladomir, 350 pp., in 2000 upon the recommendation of a researchers in Russian language and with 28 color plates). government task force, the site is sup- linguistics, including news about up- ported by the Russian Federal Agency coming conferences and competitions, Literature for Print and Mass Media as a compre- results of surveys about language and Adlam, Carol, ed. 2005. Women in hensive and easily accessible resource literature, and issues related to language Russian Literature After Glasnost: for journalists and editors seeking a policy (including maps depicting the Female Alternatives. Maney Pub- definitive answer to questions relating various languages spoken in Russia and lishing. to spelling, pronunciation, grammar and the Former Soviet Union: http://gramo- Balina, Marina, Gosilo, Helena, & Li- word use. As such, the dictionary section ta.ru/book/rulang/page3_1.html. povetsky, Mark, eds.. 2005. Politiciz- allows users to search through multiple ing Magic : An Anthology of Russian dictionaries with a single query, with What’s All This and Soviet Fairy Tales. Northwestern results (definitions, stress, spelling, pro- University Press. nunciation, synonyms, antonyms, etc.) Blue Text? Chances, Ellen. 2005. Andrei Bitov : posted on a single page. Links to more With the AATSEEL Newsletter now The Ecology of Inspiration. Cam- specialized on-line dictionaries such as being electronically distributed as Ac- bridge University Press. field-specific terminology, new words, robat PDF, there are many advantages Gillespie, David. 2005. Iurii Trifonov : foreign words, and acronyms are also to this format. One of those you may Unity through Time. Cambridge, UK: available from the “Dictionaries” page, have noticed is the ability to use color Cambridge University Press. as are links to on-line encyclopedias and anywhere in the newsletter. Examples Hacikyan, Agop. 2005. The Heritage other reference materials. of which can be seen with the color of Armenian Literature: From The While the convenience of searching advertisement for The Scool of Russian Eighteenth Century To Modern Times. through several dictionaries at once may and Asian Studies on page eight and the Wayne State University Press. serve as the primary draw, the “Refer- color photos of the Russian Embassy re- Hutchings, Stephen. 2005. Russian ence Desk” (housed under “Spravka”) ception at the conference in December. Modernism : The Transfiguration of may be the more innovative service, as it We hope to keep adding more of these allows visitors to pose questions related the Everyday. Cambridge, UK: Cam- changes in the future. bridge University Press. to Russian language use: “You ask, we Now, about this blue text, we have answer!” And the site claims to receive Layton, Susan. 2005. Russian Literature begun setting most website and email and Empire : Conquest of the Cau- some 300 questions a day. Questions URLs as hyperlinks. For the non-techni- and answers are archived, so that users casus from Pushkin to Tolstoy. Cam- cal that means that you can click on that bridge, UK: Cambridge University can search for prior discussions before blue text and either your web browser Press. posing a question or simply read up or your email program will start up and Painter, Kirsten. 2005. Flint On A Bright on particulars about Russian that have either take you to that website or open a prompted others to consult the service. blank email already addressed with the Stone: A Revolution Of Precision And In addition to dictionaries and a email address you clicked on. Restraint In American, Russian, And reference service for language use, the If you have any questions German Modernism. Palo Alto, CA: web portal gramota.ru offers a wealth of or comments you can reach me at: Stanford University Press. information of interest to philologists: [email protected] Continued on page 11 . 9 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 49, Issue 1 February 2006

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 BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK DC 20016-8045; or via e-mail to: [email protected]

Q. What’s the best way to express Кто он такой, чтобы мне го- However, it would be more com- the following sentiment in Russian? ворить, что я могу и что я не mon to use it with respect to the Sub- “Who am I to say it’s wrong?” могу делать? ject’s foilbles: Would a literal translation work? An Кто они такие, чтобы решать Ей ли жаловаться на судьбу? English speaker often makes use of за нас нашу судьбу? — She has no reason to compla- such a phrase {Who am (I/you/they) to in about her fate, yet she does. + verb} to imply that the speaker is: Кто она такая, чтобы указы- вать мне, что делать? Нам ли отказываться от по- 1. not an authority, мощи? — We are in no position Кто ты такой, чтобы говорить to turn down help. 2. has no influence on the matter, ей, что она некомпетентна? or Ему ли носом крутить? — He Needless to say, such sentences 3. indifferent to the proposition of- has no right to be so finnicky. with you forms become fairly rude, and fered by the other speaker. one should use them only being fully So as a result, the collection of When following the patterns of aware of the rude impact. implications in the infinitive construc- (Who is he/she/ to + V) or (Who are The second way is to use the in- tions may differ somewhat from the they to +V), the speaker is calling into finitive construction. This can also be English list: the Subject has no right to question the authority, position, influ- subdivided into two possibilities, a more perform the action in question or should ence, or power of the person alluded to negative one and a milder one. The more not perform the action according to the in the personal pronouns he, she, they. negative one is [не ей/ему/тебе etc. + speaker. Here are some more examples: imperfective]: Q. We have found several differ- “Who is he to tell me I can’t Не ему говорить, что я могу и ent indications of governance for verbs do that?” что не могу делать. meaning “to be jealous of” — can you please clarify it for us? “Who are they to decide the fate Не им решать нашу судьбу. A. There are two types of jealousy of the rest of us?” Не ей мне указывать. as far as Russian language is concerned. “Who is she to tell me what to One type of jealousy could be entitled While Не тебе/не вам sentences do?” “possession” jealousy or envy, and the are still rather rude, Не мне sentences other type “relational” jealousy. “Who are you to say that she’s with the element of self-denigration are Possession jeolousy, true to its incompetent?” quite common: name, describes envy vis-a-vis posses- Не тебе меня учить. (rude) A. First of all, a literal translation sions, but in a very broad sense (includ- will not work. Just by looking at the Не мне вас учить. (humility) ing qualities or qualifications): English sentences one can see that these Я завидую его способностям. are not your ordinary sentences, since Не мне вам объяснять. (You there is an infinitive in the middle of know it without me.) Может быть она позавидовала them. And in fact Russian sentences The milder version with the infini- твоим успехам в учебе или на that will correspond to this construction tive construction involves the particle работе. will include some form of modality. ли and a question. This merely casts One can envy the person, not There are two ways of rendering this doubt, rather than being totally negative just a trait: construction in Russian, with the help about the person’s rights or abilities. But Он мне завидует. of subjunctive or with impersonal infini- the implication is the same: the person tive constructions. in question should not do it. Я ей завидую: она счастли- The subjunctive construction is a Ему ли говорить, что я могу и вая. bigger put down or denigration of the что не могу делать? Relational jealousy usually deals person and is less likely to be used in Им ли решать нашу судьбу? with people, although not exclusively, reference to oneself, i.e. the speaker: in which case there must be a triangle. Ей ли мне указывать? [кто он такой/она такая/ты The object of relational jealousy in Rus- такой/ etc., чтобы + imperf- sian is the object of love not the com- ective] 10 February 2006 Vol. 49, Issue 1 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER petition, as it is in English (ревновать седьмая, p. 66-76). Apparently there жил в Комарово – 24 кого? к кому?/к чему?): was quite a bit of public discussion of жил в Комарове – 12 Она ревновала мужа к по- the issue in the late 50’s— early 60’s, похоронена в Комарово – 72 клонницам и обижалась на with the majority of the writers opposed похоронена в Комарове – 73 вспышки гнева и невнима- to the practice of Тушино, Горелово, ние. and Неелово not being declined as if So I would suggest not declining those were foreign cities like Токио these place names, particularly since Он ревнует ее к любому, на that’s how locals use them. кого бы она ни посмотрела. and Бордо. The practice of not declining city © 2005 by Alina Israeli По словам Марусева, она names in –o is most likely due to the fact приревновала его к Вике, that you can have two similar cities, for Recent Publications Continued потому и застрелила под- example Pushkin and Pushkino, and by Continued from page 9 ружку-соперницу (www.vec- the same token Golitsyn and Golitsyno. herka.net/tyumen/2004_17/08. Ryan-Hayes, Karen. 2005. Contempo- And although in many cases, such as rary Russian Satire : A Genre Study. shtml) Peredelkino, I am not aware of a town Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Univer- called Peredelkin, such a theoretical To be jealous of just anybody is sity Press. ревновать к любому столбу: possibility exists. However, contrary to inhabitants’ Seifrid, Thomas. 2005. Andrei Platonov По слухам, она сейчас живет с wishes, we do find examples of Golit- : Uncertainties of Spirit. Cambridge, каким-то крутым кавказцем, syno being declined and from good UK: Cambridge University Press. и он ревнует ее к каждому authority, which only shows that this is Sicher, Efraim. 2005. Jews in Russian столбу (filimonka.ru/arxiv/20- not a clear-cut case: Literature after the October Revolu- 04/032004.php) О нас: из Болшева мы ушли tion : Writers and Artists between Relational jealosy does not have to 8-го ноября, месяц жили у Hope and Apostasy. Cambridge, UK: have a person in the triangle, it could be Лили, на твоем пепелище, Cambridge University Press. потом Литфонд нас с Муром work or a hobby or even a car: Pedagogy устроил в Голицыне, Бело- Но в такой же мере она рев- Alexander, Jonathan, & Dickson, русской дороги, снял нам нует его к работе и тоскует, Marcia. 2005. Role Play: Distance почти никогда не видя его комнату, а столовались мы в Писательском Доме отдыха. Learning And the Teaching of Writing. дома. (militera.lib.ru/memo/ru- Hampton Press. ssian/klimov_gp/04.html) (Письмо М.И. Цветаевой А.С. Эфрон от 5 февраля 1941 г. Browne, Ann. 2005. Teaching And Порой жена меня ревнует к http://www.peoples.ru/family/ Learning Communication, Language машине, говорит, что я уде- children/efron-tsvetaeva/histo- And Literacy. Thousand Oaks, CA: ляю ей внимание больше, чем ry3.html) Sage Publications. себе и семье. (www.extra.chita. Dozier, Cheryl, Johnston, Peter, & To see the frequency of both uses ru/index.php?doc=1039) Rogers, Rebecca. 2005. Critical I searched the web. Голицино is not as Q. Can you think of why the town commonly used as other places, and Literacy/Critical Teaching: Tools for of Golitsyno would not be declined in yielded 2-4 examples with each end- Preparing Responsive Teachers. NY: the prepositional? (Several local native ing, which is not conclusive. However, Teachers College Press. speakers have told me it’s not declined, Google searches <14.Х.2005> of other Hall, Geoff. 2005. Literature in Lan- but of course they can’t say why, and common writers’ resorts yielded a larger guage Education. Palgrave Macmil- my collection of Russian grammar number of examples. In those cases lan. books doesn’t seem to have the answer.) when we get at least tens or hundreds Hyland, Ken. 2005. Feedback in Second Several of us attended a conference in of examples, the non-declined version Language Writing. Cambridge, UK: the little town of Golitsyno, outside of is usually more popular, but not without Cambridge University Press. Moscow; the name is based of course some exceptions. Wall. Diane. 2005. The Impact of on the surname, Golitsyn. Is there any живет в Переделкино – 214 High-Stakes Testing on Classroom rule at work here that you can think of? живет в Переделкине – 102 Teaching : A Case Study Using In- And would it also not be declined in sights from Testing and Innovation other cases? жил в Переделкино – 178 Theory. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge A. You are right, this issue is not жил в Переделкине – 105 University Press. commonly tackled by grammarians. жили в Переделкино – 32 The only place where I found an ex- жили в Переделкине – 43 tended discussion is Граудина “Беседы похоронен в Переделкино – 137 о русской грамматике” (Беседа похоронен в Переделкине – 24 11 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 49, Issue 1 February 2006

Visual Resources for Teaching and Research in Early East Slavic Cultures A Summer Institute Sponsored by The National Endowment for the Humanities Saturday, June 17—Thursday, June 29, 2006

The New York Public Library (NYPL) invites applications for a Summer Institute for 20 undergraduate teaching faculty, librarians/bibliographers, and museum curators in the arts and humanities. Participants will analyze, interpret, contextualize, and “deconstruct” the early corpus of East Slavic visual images collected at the NYPL over more than a century and a half. Although the Institute’s focus is early East Slavic cultures, the core goal is to expose individuals from a wide array of backgrounds to the theory and methodologies of visual materials as research resources. A reading knowledge of Russian and/or Church Slavic is desirable, but not required. Institute Director Edward Kasinec, Curator of NYPL’s Slavic and Baltic Division, will moderate a series of daily forums with more than a dozen prominent guest lecturers and discussion facilitators drawn from the academic, museum, library, and art historical communities. Valerie Kivelson, Professor of History, the University of Michigan, will serve as Faculty Advisor. Participants will have ample opportunity for hands-on work with the historic collections of the NYPL, and to visit other New York cultural institutions. Successful applicants receive NEH stipends in the amount of $1,800 to help defray housing, travel, and other expenses. The Institute will suggest options for local housing for those who require it. Applications should be postmarked by March 1, 2006. Requests for further information should be directed to: Robert Davis, Co-Director and Associate Curator, Slavic and Baltic Division, The New York Public Library New York, NY 10018-2788; 212 930-0940; -0713 or email: [email protected]

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Editor's Note: This column prints job advertisements that are sent in by potential employers. Information about possible job openings must arrive no later than six weeks before the date of the issue. For that reason, employment possibilities with quick turnaround dates are difficult to include. For these situations, readers are encouraged to check out the AATSEEL website, which maintains up-to-date information on job openings. We also encourage employers to share their job openings with the newsletter where possible. Part-time Assistant Professor or Instructor of Russian DePauw University Part-time position teaching Russian (and Russian cul- ture) for 2006-2007. Ph.D., ABD or MA required, native or near-native fluency in Russian, and experience in profi- ciency-based teaching. Will teach elementary and interme- diate Russian language, organize Russian Table and other Russian-related events. A culture class possible, depending on curricular needs and enrollment pressures. Commitment to effective undergraduate-level teaching in a liberal arts college essential. DePauw University, a premier liberal arts college of 2400 students and a 10:1 student-faculty ratio located in Greencastle, Indiana, has a large percentage of students participating in international programs. Send CV and names of references to Dr. James Rambo, Chair, Dept. of Modern Languages, DePauw University, Greencastle IN 46135. Review of applications will begin March 1, 2006 and continue until position is filled. DePauw University is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action employ- er. Women and members of under-represented groups are particularly encouraged to apply.

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Title VI Center Support for Pre-College Russian Teachers by Todd Golding, Russian language and world history teacher at Jefferson High School, West Lafayette, Indiana (with the assistance of Denise Gardiner, Outreach Coordinator of the Indiana University Russian and East European Institute) One of the challenges for most to on-campus activities, just to name a funded under the National Resource teachers of less commonly taught lan- few forms of support. Pre-college Rus- Center program, and all the centers have guages is the lack of onsite resources sian language teachers should be aware funds and programs that reach out to and colleague support. While instructors that these centers, supported by grants pre-college teachers. of languages such as French and Span- from the U.S. Department of Education Below you can find some thumbnail ish generally work in departments with Title VI Language Resource Center and sketches of the support offered by these a pool of teaching resources, teachers National Resource Center programs, are Title VI centers grouped into general of Russian often find themselves put- eager to help. categories, followed by a table giving ting on quite a number of hats to reach This summer I also had the opportu- contact information and listing which students. Though pre-college Russian nity to visit the Russian, East European services are offered by which centers. teachers may not have the direct, onsite and Central Asian Studies National wealth of materials and colleague sup- Resource Center at Harvard. The staff Some outreach services are port enjoyed by teachers in other areas, at Harvard very graciously invited me brought directly to your K-12 there are nineteen federally-funded to tour their facility and learn about Russian classrooms: centers throughout the United States the teacher programs they offer and 1. Lending Library. Centers have that can provide assistance to teachers the materials they have for loaning to audiovisual and curriculum mate- who are hoping to enhance their curricu- school programs. rial collections available for loan lum. As a high school Russian language Under the Language Resource without charge to instructors for use and world history teacher, I have taken Center program, there is one center for in the classroom or for curriculum advantage of the help of the Russian Slavic languages run as a consortium development. Such collections and East European Institute at Indiana by Duke/University of North Carolina: include the classics and the latest University throughout my career. The The Slavic and East European Language Russian feature films with subtitles, REEI has very graciously provided my Resource Center (SEELRC). While this Russian television documentaries, program with films, helped organize an center has the most focus on language Russian music, curricular materials Olympiada, and has invited our students learning, it works with all the programs for teachers of Russian, and lesson plans for cultural studies.

Slavic & East European S u m m e r L a n g u a g e I n s t i t u t e SLIUniversity of Pittsburgh • 2006 So, what are you doing next

SIX-WEEK INTENSIVEUMMERUMMERCOURSES IN EAST EUROPEAN EIGHT-WEEK INTENSIVE RUSSIAN ANGUAGES (June 5 - July 14, 2006) (June? 5 - July 28, 2006) ROGRAM ? L SS P Advanced: Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced, and Fourth- Beginning and Intermediate: Bulgarian, Croatian, Polish, Serbian and Slovak Year Russian Beginning: Hungarian and Ukrainian • Pittsburgh/Moscow 5+5 week program & 5+5 program for Russian Heritage Speakersalso available (funding from Fulbright-Hays) �Generous scholarships available through ACLS agreement, CREES-FLAS & SLI �Fellowship deadline March 22. For more information please write or call: Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures 1417 CL, University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260 (412)624-5906/Fax (412)624-9714/e-mail: [email protected] Visit our web page at: http://www.pitt.edu/~slavic/sli/

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2. Classroom Guest Speakers. If you ics. All offer some financial support 8. Online resource guide; webliogra- teach in an area lacking a native for teachers to attend, include free phy. Some centers have extensive Russian population, the centers materials for teachers to take home lists of web resources for language often have programs that send with them, and most offer the op- and culture study. international students, visitors, or tion for continuing education credit even folk music performers from that can be applied to your state’s Some offer study tours or the campus out to K-12 schools certification requirements. grants through which a K-12 as guest speakers. You may also 5. Extra-curricular opportunities teacher can design his or her request a university professor of to hear and practice language. own professional development Russian to present about his or her Centers organize language tables opportunity research, or about career opportuni- on campus or at local coffee shops 9. Organization of trips to Russia ties for students who go on to study where faculty, students, and local for teachers and students. Such Russian in college. Such guest native speakers meet to practice trips may be sponsored by the uni- speakers may appear in person or Russian. Centers sponsor Russian versity, or the Centers may help you over interactive video. film festivals or public lectures in choose among available programs 3. Olympiada of Spoken Russian. Russian on campus. for teachers and write a successful For those of you who participate in 6. Direct enrollment for you or your grant proposal for you or you and the ACTR Olympiada, the univer- students. Summer intensive Rus- your students. sity centers would be glad to work sian courses at many of the centers 10. Professional development grants. with you in sponsoring your event, are a good option for teachers seek- Centers often offer grants for K-12 finding additional judges, or adding ing re-certification credit hours, or teachers to develop new curricu- cultural activities to the contest. for high school students seeking a lum, work in the university library, head start on their college Russian or travel or study abroad. Some outreach services take career. Public university programs The most important thing is to be place on the college campus: such as Indiana and Pittsburgh offer in touch with the centers so you hear 4. Pedagogy Workshops/Teacher in-state tuition rates to all students about free resources and opportunities. Training Conferences. Centers in their summer courses. All pre-college Russian teachers should offer short workshops (lasting one request to be on the mailing lists of the day to one or two weeks) that ad- Some are virtual services: Title VI centers to receive notice of dress a variety of topics in second 7. Pen pal organization; email ex- grants and invitation to events. If you language acquisition and language change. Centers will help connect would like to be added to a master e- teaching methods. Some center your students with students of a mail list for Title VI outreach to K-12 training programs are focused on similar age in a school in Russia Russian teachers, please send me a mes- social studies or world history top- for pen pal e-mail exchange. sage: [email protected]. Language Resource Center Website Services offered Duke/UNC http://www.seelrc.org 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9 National Resource Centers Website Services offered Columbia http://sipa.columbia.edu/REGIONAL/ECE/teachers.html 1, 2, 4, 5, 8 http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/Europe/ Cornell/Syracuse http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/moynihan/programs/ces/ 1, 2, 3, 4, 10 http://www.duke.edu/web/CSEEES/ Duke/UNC http://www.unc.edu/depts/slavic 1, 2, 4, 5, 8 Georgetown http://ceres.georgetown.edu/ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10 Harvard http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~nrc 1, 2, 4, 5, 8 Illinois http://www.reec.uiuc.edu 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10 Indiana http://www.indiana.edu/~reeiweb/ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10 Kansas http://www.ku.edu/~crees 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Michigan http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/crees/ 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10 Ohio State http://slaviccenter.osu.edu/teachers.html 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10 Pittsburgh http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/crees 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 Stanford http://creees.stanford.edu 1, 2, 4, 5 Texas http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/creees/ 1, 2, 3, 4, 8 UC Berkeley http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~iseees/ 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 UCLA http://international.ucla.edu/euro 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8 Washington http://depts.washington.edu/reecas/ 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 Wisconsin http://www.wisc.edu/creeca 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8 Yale http://www.yale.edu/ycias/europeanstudies/ 1, 2, 4, 5, 9

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JNCL-NCLIS programs that were zero-funded • Section 8003 of the Budget Recon- by the President and/or the House ciliation Act now includes foreign Executive Summary such as Star Schools, Javits, and languages as eligible for Academic Civic Education were preserved Competitiveness Grants in Higher July, 2005-January, 2006 but their funding was significantly Education. decreased. One of only a few pro- • On January 5, 2006, the U.S. Presi- • In the final days of the First Ses- grams to receive an increase was dent announced the National Se- sion of the 109th Congress, Rep. the Foreign Language Assistance curity Language Initiative (NSLI). Rush Holt introduced two bills: Program (FLAP) which went from This $114 million program has H.R. 4630 amending the David L. $17.8 million to $21.7 million. fourteen components intended to Boren National Security Education “expand the number of Americans • Elsewhere, the National Security Program to allow scholarship and mastering critical need languages” Education Program (NSEP) was fellowship recipients to work in starting at an earlier age; “increase continued at $16 million. The Na- the field of education if no posi- the number of advanced-level tional Endowment for the Humani- tion is available in the Federal speakers of foreign languages”; ties increased from $138.0 million government; H.R. 4629, the “K-16 and “increase the number of foreign to $143.1 million. In the State De- Critical Foreign Language Pipeline language teachers and the resources partment, Education and Cultural Act” creating five new programs in for them”. Affairs Programs grew from $360.7 NSEP. million to 437.1 million. Programs • In December, Congress finally • The Senate has passed its reau- with decreased funding include passed the last of the appropriations thorization of Higher Education, Assistance for Eastern European bills. In the Department of Edu- S. 1614, the Higher Education and Baltic States (SEED) ($393.4 cation, all programs experienced Amendments Act of 2005 strength- million to $361.0 million) and As- a one percent across-the board ening outreach, study abroad, IIPP, sistance for the Independent States cut. For example, International and making undergraduates eligible of the Former Soviet Union (FSA) Education and Foreign Language for FLAS fellowships. It contains ($555.5 million to $514 million). Studies went from $106.8 million no Advisory Board for Title VI, but to $105.7 million. A number of Continued on page 18

Center for Language Studies Russian • Czech • Hungarian June 10 - August 11, 2006 An intensive language challenge awaits you this summer at the Beloit College Center for Language Studies. Our quality, immersion style programs are available in either 4 1/2 or 9 week sessions and feature: • superb language instructors • small classes • 1st-4th-year Russian, 1st-year Czech and Hungarian • a variety of extracurricular activities • a friendly, inviting atmosphere conducive to Summer Intensive concentrated study Classes are open to advanced high school students, Language Program at undergraduates, graduate students, working professionals, Beloit College and adult learners. Partial scholarships are available.

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Editor: Mila Saskova-Pierce Czech Corner (University of Nebraska)

Editor's Note: This corner is for teachers of the Czech language, and I would like gress proceedings will be published. to invite them to share their news, views, and experience related to the teaching For registration go to http://www. of various kinds of courses dealing with Czech culture, language, and literature. svu2000.org Contributions do not have to be limited to the United States; they can and should For further information contact Dr. include issues of Czech language and culture instruction throughout the whole Mila Rechcigl, President of the Czecho- world. Contributions to the Czech Corner may be sent to the column editor at slovak Society of Arts and Sciences at [email protected]. [email protected] The 2006 Czechoslovak Society of event will be attended by a number of Arts and Sciences World Congress will participants from all over the world. take place at the University of South The details about the Congress can AATSEEL Web site Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Czech be found on the SVU Website: www. Republic on June 25-July 2. svu2000.org . Any subjects dealing with Czech tral theme “Czech and Slovak Culture in and Slovak languages, culture, history, information about International & Global Contexts,” and arts, humanities, social sciences, science AATSEEL and its is organized jointly by the Academy of & technology, medicine, agriculture, Sciences of the Czech Republic and the environment, politics, civil society, law, activities, visit Slovak Academy of Sciences, as well business & trade, media & information, AATSEEL on the web: as University of South Bohemia and tourism, etc. will be covered on the pro- the Statutory City of Ceske Budejov- gram. This conference wills emphasize http://www.aatseel.org ice - under the aegis of both President literature, languages, and Slavistics. As Klaus and President Gasparovic. This has been our practice recently, the Con-

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Editor: Alla Nedashkivska National Defense Ukrainian Issues (University of Alberta) Education and Innovation Initiative Editor’s Note: The Ukrainian column of Ukrainian, changes and innova- continues its discussion of issues related tions in the language, the diversity of Below is a link to the Association to learning and teaching Ukrainian registers, the integration of cultural of American Universities’ recently language, culture and literature. If you information in the classroom, and the released “National Defense Education would like to share your insights on development of content-based courses. and Innovation Initiative: Meeting some specific issues related to meth- Alla Nedashkivska, alla. America’s Economic and Security odologies, techniques, and curricula [email protected] Challenges in the 21st Century.” You development, as well as specific ques- The Ukranian column was not ready may find some of their recommenda- tions that repeatedly arise in Ukrai- at the time that this newsletter went to tions such as “revive the NDEA K-12 nian language, culture and literature press. We expect it to return next issue. teacher skills summer workshops to classrooms, please send them to the If you are a teacher of Ukrainian please help teachers of math, science, and for- address below. Already there are several consider sending a contribution to the eign languages improve teaching skills questions that await discussion, among Ukrainian Issues column editor, Dr. and meet teaching standards” to be of them: dialectal and regional variations Nedashkivska. considerable interest. http://www.aau.edu/reports/NDEII.pdf

JNCL-NCLIS Executive to work for the federal government Abroad, on November 15, 2005. Summary Continued or go into elementary or secondary It recommended that fellowships Continued from page 16 education teaching. and scholarships be awarded to In- it does refer a number of times to re- • The Senate Appropriations bill stitutions of Higher Education and flecting “diverse and balanced per- contains report language for FLAP to students for study abroad. They spectives” and generating “debate that recommends providing in- recommended funding of $50 mil- on world regions and international creased funding for a new grant lion in FY 2007 increasing to $125 affairs.” competition to “school districts million by FY 2011. with poverty rates of 15 percent • S. 1614 also includes foreign lan- • S. 1376, Teaching Geography is or more, to help the highest-need guages in Title IV, Financial As- Fundamental was introduced this elementary schools within such sistance, as well as Title II, Teacher summer by Senator Thad Cochran districts establish foreign language Preparation and Title VII, Graduate and five co-sponsors. The bill “ex- instruction programs.” and Postsecondary Improvement pands geography literacy among Programs as a “high-need academic • The National Security Education kindergarten through 12th grade subject area”. Program (NSEP) will provide $8 students by improving their teach- million for undergraduate scholar- ers’ professional development…” • The House Education Committee ships and graduate fellowships. has passed H.R. 609, the College • A 12-point policy statement, Lan- Additional funding has been ap- Access and Opportunity Act of guages in the National Interest, propriated for the Flagship pro- 2005. This bill makes a number of was finalized and distributed to our grams, the K-16 Chinese Flagship improvements to Title VI such as members, government agencies, Initiative, and an English Heritage increased outreach, greater oppor- congressional contacts, and other Language Speakers Initiative. tunities to study abroad, and it ex- interested and appropriate parties. pands the Institute for International • A companion bill to Senator Aka- Public Policy (IIPP). However, ka’s the National Foreign Language AATSEEL H.R. 609 retains a revised and soft- Coordination Act, S. 1089, was Newsletter Columns ened, but nonetheless, an expensive introduced in the House by Rep. and unnecessary Advisory Board. Brian Baird (D-WA) as H.R. 4196, The AATSEEL Newsletter cur- to establish a National Foreign rently carries columns about news • Of note, H.R. 609 includes foreign Language Coordination Council. in the fields of Belarusica, Czech, languages in Title IV, Financial Russian and Ukranian studies. Send Assistance, as an Area of National • The Abraham Lincoln Commis- information for sharing to the respec- Need. Under these new provisions, sion released their report, Global tive column editors. If editors come foreign language students are eli- Competence and National Needs: forward, we are willing to add col- gible for loan forgiveness if they go One Million Americans Studying umns for other Slavic languages.

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SUMMER LANGUAGE PROGRAMS

Note from the Editor: The AATSEEL The Russian Language and Area For more information, contact: Out- Newsletter will be happy to announce Studies Program provides approxi- bound Programs, American Councils your summer (and winter) language mately twenty hours per week of in- for International Education: ACTR/AC- programs in Slavic and East European class instruction in Russian grammar, CELS, 1776 Massachusetts Avenue, languages and/or programs in Russian phonetics, conversation, and cultural NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036; and East European cultural studies. studies at Moscow International Uni- (202) 833-7522, outbound@americanc Please e-mail your information to the versity, and at the Russian State Peda- ouncils.org. editors by the deadline for the various gogical University (Gertsen Institute) issues. These deadlines can be found in St. Petersburg. In Vladimir, Russian Beloit College on the back cover of any issue of the classes are taught by the CORA Center The Center for Language Programs newsletter or at the AATSEEL website: for Russian Language. at Beloit College is offering summer http://www.aatseel.org. The strong At all three sites, classes are con- intensive programs in Russian, Czech, preference is for information to be sub- ducted in Russian by regular members and Hungarian June 10-August 11, mitted electronically. Summer program of the faculty. Financial aid is avail- 2006. These courses last either 4 ½ information is carried in every issue, able. Application deadline for Summer: or 9 weeks. First through fourth year beginning in October of the academic March 1. Russian is offered, as is an advanced year leading up to the program; winter The Eurasian Regional Lan- course in political Russian. Hungarian program information is carried in the guage Program: offers instruction in and Czech courses are at the beginning October and December issues. virtually any of the languages of the level. See ad in this issue of the AAT- former Soviet Union at leading institu- SEEL Newsletter. American Councils for Internation- tions throughout the region. Graduate Bryn Mawr College al Education: ACTR/ACCELS students participating in the Eurasian Founded in 1977, the Russian Lan- Summer Russian Language Regional Language program are eligible guage Institute (RLI) at Bryn Mawr Teachers Program: Provides full sup- for full or partial scholarships from the seeks to support the study and teaching port for faculty and future teachers of U.S. Department of State, Program for of Russian in the United States by pro- Russian at the university, high school, the Study of Eastern Europe and the viding an intensive-immersion setting and secondary school level to study Independent States of the former Soviet for both teachers and learners of the Russian literature, language, culture, Union (Title VIII). Undergraduates who language. The RLI offers an eight-week and second language pedagogy at intend a career in teaching are eligible intensive immersion program for under- Moscow State University for six weeks. for full or partial scholarships from the graduate students, graduate students, Graduate students with a commitment U.S. Department of Education for their and teachers, concentrating on language to the teaching profession are encour- participation. Application deadlines for training. aged to apply. Summer: March 1. All courses strongly emphasize the Awards provide round-trip interna- Title VIII South-East European development of speaking, listening, tional airfare from Washington, DC to Language and Research Programs: reading, and writing skills in Modern Moscow, Russia; living stipends; full offers instruction at leading institutions Standard Russian within the context of tuition; housing with Russian host fami- in Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bul- a systematic and structured approach lies; pre-departure orientation; weekly garia, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, to the mastery of Russian grammar and cultural excursions; insurance; and and Serbia-Montenegro. vocabulary. visas. Funded by the U.S. Department Open to graduate students, Ph.D Financial aid is available to quali- of Education. Application deadline: candidates, faculty, and scholars with fied applications.Assistance awards are March 1. at least basic proficiency in the target based on academic merit and demon- Russian Language and Area language. Graduate students are eligible strated need; priority for assistance is Studies Program: The American Coun- for U.S. Department of State, Program given to advanced-level students and cils for International Education: ACTR/ for the Study of Eastern Europe and the to teachers of Russian. Determination ACCELS has administered intensive Independent States (Title VIII) funding. of acceptance into the summer Russian Russian language study programs in Program features include round-trip language program is made on a Rolling immersion settings for American under- international travel, housing, visas, Admissions basis, except for those ap- graduates and graduate students since insurance, tuition, and university affili- plying for financial aid. 1976, serving more than three thousand ation. Application deadline for Summer: The deadline for turning in ap- students and faculty. January 15. plications is April 1. All decisions on financial aid will be made by April

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15. A letter of acceptance is routinely Indiana University Monterey Institute of International mailed within four weeks after receipt Indiana University’s 56th Summer Studies of an application for those who are not Workshop in Slavic, East European, Preparing to travel, study or work applying for financial aid. and Central Asian Languages will be in Russia? Take part in an intensive For more information, contact held June 16th - August 11th, 2006, Russian language study experience [email protected]. and will offer intensive first through this summer at the Monterey Institute sixth-year Russian, including cultural of International Studies in beautiful Dubravushka (Oak Grove) School programming. Monterey, California. Summer 2006 High School Begin- Besides Russian, 20 other languag- We offer an intensive eight-week ning and Intermediate Russian Lan- es will be offered including Albanian, Russian language program at the be- guage and Literature Program. Azeri (1st & 2nd), Bosnian/Croatian/ ginning, intermediate and advanced Dubravushka is a prestigious pri- Serbian, Czech, Estonian (1st & 2nd), levels. In-class language study is vate school located just outside Moscow Georgian (1st & 2nd), Hungarian, Ka- complemented by cultural activities and whose summer program for Russian zakh (1st & 2nd), Latvian, Lithuanian opportunities to practice the language children is always over subscribed. (1st & 2nd), Pashto, Polish, Romanian, outside of class. We bring together mo- However, it saves a limited number of Slovene, Tajik (1st & 2nd), Tatar, Turk- tivated students and skilled native-level places for international students. Avail- men (1st & 2nd), Uyghur (1st & 2nd), instructors in an intensive, small class able in week long increments during Uzbek (1st & 2nd) and Yiddish. environment that proves to be quite rig- June and July for about $250 per week. ALL students pay IN-STATE TU- orous and demanding, yet most effective Includes room and board, language in- ITION and FLAS and SSRC funding for language acquisition. struction, airport pick up and drop off. is available. The following languages Make the most of your summer- The school can almost guarantee are ACLS-funded and TUITION-FREE study at MIIS! Also offered: Arabic, high school teachers of Russian that for grads specializing in East European Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japa- their students who attend, once back studies: Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Es- nese, Korean, and Spanish. Contact us home, will be continuing their study of tonian, Latvian, Lithuanian (1st level at 831-647-4115 or [email protected] for Russian! only), Romanian and Slovene. Applica- more information. See www.dubravushka.ru or phone tion deadline for fellowships is March 941-351-1596 for additional info. 24th. University of California at For more information contact: Los Angeles Georgetown University Director, Ballantine Hall 502, Indiana University of California Los Ange- Georgetown University will offer University, Bloomington, IN 47405, les is planning 1st and 2d year Russian, the following Russian courses in Sum- 812-855-2608, [email protected]; an intensive eight week course, it meets mer 2006: 1. RUSS-111, Second-Level http://www.indiana.edu/~iuslavic/sw- five days a week four hours a day, and Russian I (June 6 – July 8). Text: V seel/. there is a tutor after class. puti, second edition. 2. RUSS-112, The Intensive basic course in the Second-Level Russian II (July 11 – Au- Middlebury College Russian language focuses on commu- gust 12). Text: Same. 3. HUMW-011, The Middlebury College Russian nication with attention to grammati- Tolstoy/Dostoevsky: Love/Pain (June School offers seven levels of intensive cal accuracy. The class also works on 6 – July 8). undergraduate language instruction in reading, listening, and writing. Video Summer students may take both its 9-week program and 6-week gradu- is used throughout the course. Students language courses or either one sepa- ate courses in language, literature, and work with an experienced instructor and rately. Applicants for RUSS-111 must civilization. have one-on-one tutoring with a native have completed two semesters of col- For further information and ap- speaker of Russian. lege Russian with at least four contact plications contact Margot Bowden, The Intensive Intermediate Russian hours per week. HUMW-011 is an Coordinator, Russian School, Freeman focuses on furthering competency in undergraduate literature/writing course International Center, Middlebury Col- standard contemporary Russian. Ad- taught entirely in English. For more lege, Middlebury, VT 05753, telephone ditional emphasis on reading and writ- information, contact David Andrews, 802-443-5533, or bowden@middlebury. ing skills. Exposure to Russian culture chair, at [email protected], or edu, or Russian School Director Karen through literature, films and other activi- (202)-687-5951. Evans-Romaine, Ohio University, at ties. Students work with an experienced Applications are through the [email protected]. Information and instructor and have one-on-one tutoring Georgetown Summer School, with applications are also available at the with a native speaker of Russian. forms and complete instructions on line: Middlebury Russian School website: For more information, contact http://summerschool.georgetown.edu http://www.middlebury.edu/ls/russian. Olga Kagan, Ph.D., Director, Lan- Consideration of applications begins in guage Resource Center, Coordina- January; apply early for financial aid. tor, Russian Language Program,Tel.

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(310) 825-2947, Fax: (310) 206-5263, National Security Language Initiative E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]; Mailing address As you know, on Thursday, January Critical need foreign language skills 2207 Hershey, UCLA, Los Angeles, 5, President George W. Bush announced are necessary to advance national secu- CA 90095-1502; http://www.humnet. a National Security Language Initiative rity and global competitiveness. . More ucla.edu/ r; http://www.humnet.ucla. at a U.S. University Presidents Summit than 200 million children in China are edu/russian; http://www.heritagelan- on International Education. Below is studying English, a compulsory subject guages.org a Department of Education Fact Sheet for all Chinese primary school students. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on the NSLI. Also included is a link By comparison, only about 24,000 of Annual Summer Study-Tour at to speeches by President Bush, the approximately 54 million elementary Catholic University Lublin, Poland First Lady, Secretary Rice, Secretary and secondary school children in the • July 8-August 14, 2006 Spellings and others. Finally, we have United States are studying Chinese. . included an editorial from yesterday’s According to the Center for Applied • Estimate cost $2,207 plus Washington Post (the initiative has Linguistics, only 31% of American round-trip airfare (Chicago- received a great deal of media cover- elementary schools (and 24% of public Warsaw) age) which merits our serious consid- elementary schools) report teaching for- • Accommodations and all meals eration. eign languages. . 79% of those schools in Poland Link: http://www.state.gov/r/sum- focus on giving introductory exposure to • Lectures, language classes, mit/ a language rather than achieving overall performances proficiency. . Only 44% of American Teaching Language for high school students are enrolled in • 5 UWM credits National Security and Global foreign language classes as reported by • Five weeks in historic Lublin, Competitiveness: U.S. the 2002 Digest of Education Statistics. with a course of Polish language Department of Education Fact Of those students, 69% are enrolled in (100 hours), at beginning, in- Sheet Spanish and 18% in French. . Less than termediate and advanced levels FOR RELEASE: January 5, 2006 1% of American high school students • Lectures, films and cultural Contacts: Chad Colby (202) 401-4401 combined study Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, performances President Bush today announced Japanese, Korean, Russian or Urdu. . a national initiative on the teaching Less than 8% of United States under- • Excursions to Warsaw, Kazimi- of critical foreign languages. Below graduates take foreign language cours- erz and other places of interest is a fact sheet on the es, and less than 2% • Optional three-day trips to Cra- U.S. Department of Together with the study abroad in any cow (cost $120) and Białowieża Education’s role in the Departments of given year. Foreign Forest ($100) initiative along with language degrees ac- Also available: two, three, four- an attached fact sheet State and Defense count for only 1% of week as well as intensive and highly from the U.S. Depart- and the Director of undergraduate de- ment of State: intensive two, three, four and five-week National Intelligence, grees conferred in the language courses Teaching Lan- United States. This study tour is led by Dr. Michael guage for National the Department of Federal partners Mikoś, Professor of Polish language Security and Glob- Education is proposing have outlined na- and literature and leader of 25 study al Competitiveness tional goals and are tours to Poland. American students to establish grants sharing resources to For detailed information contact: must master critical and train teachers achieve those goals. Prof. Michael J. Mikoś need foreign language The National Secu- Dept of Foreign Languages and Lin- skills for our nation under President Bush’s rity Language Initia- guistics/Slavic Languages to remain competi- National Security tive will: . Increase University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee tive and continue the Language Initiative. the number of Ameri- P.O. Box 413 progress in securing cans mastering criti- Milwaukee, WI 53201-0413 our nation. Together cal need languages (414) 229-4948 [email protected] with the Departments and start at a younger age. Increase the (414) 229-2741 FAX of State and Defense and the Director number of advanced-level speakers of of National Intelligence, the Department foreign languages, with an emphasis Send information on your language of Education is proposing to establish on critical need languages . Increase programs to the AATSEEL Newsletter grants and train teachers under President the number of teachers of critical need editors! Bush’s National Security Language Initiative. Continued on page 22

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PSYCHOLOGY Editor: Valery Belyanin OF (Moscow State University & LANGUAGE LEARNING Moscow State Ling. Univ.)

This column is intended to promote a dialogue for teachers The Psychology of Language Learning column was not of Slavic languages regarding the psychological aspect of ready at the time that this newsletter went to press. We expect language learning. it to return next issue. Please consider sending a contribu- Submissions for future editions of this column should be tion to the Psychology of Language Learning column editor, sent electronically to [email protected]. Valery Belyanin, [email protected].

National Security Language Initiative Continued universities will create programs in critical need languages in Continued from page 21 2007 through a proposed $24 million Department of Educa- tion program. The program will likely expand to additional languages and resources for them schools in future years to ultimately build continuous pro- The Department of Education and its partners will focus grams of study from kindergarten through university. The resources toward educating students, teachers and govern- Department of Education is proposing $5 million to create a ment workers in critical need foreign languages, such as Language Teacher Corps with the goal of having 1,000 new Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, and increasing foreign language teachers in our schools before the end of the number of advanced-level speakers in those and other the decade. A proposed $1 million nationwide Department languages. The Department of Education’s FY 2007 budget of Education E-Learning Language Clearinghouse would proposal will include: $57 million for this initiative, a $35 deliver foreign language education resources to teachers million increase over FY 2006. The Department of Educa- and students across the country. The Department of Educa- tion is proposing $24 million to create incentives to teach tion would expand Teacher-to-Teacher seminars through and study critical need languages in K-12 by refocusing a proposed $3 million effort to reach thousands of foreign the Foreign Language Assistance Program (FLAP) grants. language teachers in 2007. Twenty-four school districts in partnership with colleges and Continued on page 23

Slavic & East European S u m m e r L a n g u a g e I n s t i t u t e SLIUniversity of Pittsburgh • 2006 PITTSBURGH/ MOSCOW 5 weeks - Pittsburgh — (June 5 - July 7, 2006) 5 weeks - Moscow — (July 8 - August 11, 2006) Intensive Courses in Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced, and Fourth-Year Russian � 10 credit hrs. � In 2006 & 2007: Heritage Speakers Program Pitt/Moscow Funded by Fulbright-Hays � Generous scholarships also available from SSRC, CREES & SLI � Application and fellowship deadline March 22. For information write or call: Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures 1417 CL, University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260 (412)624-5906/Fax (412)624-9714/e-mail: [email protected] Visit our web page at: http://www.pitt.edu/~slavic/sli/

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Editor: Olga Livshin Graduate Student Forum Northwestern University

The AATSEEL and the editors of the A: Beth Holmgren, Professor of in this time of exploration as much as AATSEEL Newsletter would like to Russian and Polish Literatures, Depart- they can given funding exigencies, thank our colleagues who serve as ment Chair, University of North Caro- work obligations, and pressures about advisors to the Graduate Student lina - Chapel Hill: Graduate training is time-to-degree. Forum. They include Thomas Beyer much more professionalized now, and Ann Komaromi, Assistant Professor, (Middlebury College); Robert Chan- I think that learning how to carry out Department of Comparative Literature, non (Purdue University); Joan Che- some of the basic tasks of our trade University of Toronto, a guest of this valier (Brandeis University); Halina — designing a lesson plan, producing a column: Filipowicz (University of Wisconsin paper abstract, writing up a fellowship Preliminary doctoral examinations at Madison); Beth Holmgren (Uni- proposal — is a prudent goal. But I’ve in graduate school presented the simply versity of North Carolina at Chapel also found in retrospect that graduate overwhelming task of organizing and Hill); James Levin (George Mason school perhaps best served me as a less filling in several centuries of literary University); Benjamin Rifkin (Uni- harried time for foundation building. history. This taught me the necessity of versity of Wisconsin at Madison); These are the only years when I had both (efficiently) assimilating canonical and Ernest Scatton (State University of the opportunity and the encouragement scientific versions of knowledge about New York at Albany), and Irwin Weil to study foundational primary and theo- literature and culture in order to deal (Northwestern University). Look for retical texts in-depth, to cast widely in with all the brilliant challenges to those their responses to new questions in my research without having to produce traditional models. future issues of the AATSEEL News- to advance in my job. All the reading, At some point each day my mind letter. notetaking, and library trawling I did simply stopped being equal to the job, as a graduate student paid off for me and so I trained for and ran the Chicago Q: “If you had to name one or two as I prepared to teach an ever changing marathon before writing exams. I think skills that you learned in graduate school roster of courses on a semester’s notice. being easy with channeling energy from and that proved particularly useful later And my “notes on notes” and aborted the cerebral to the corporal mode of on, what would they be?” Note from essay projects yielded me quite a few activity and back was the therapeutic the column’s editor: Inasmuch as this early paper topics and course ideas. I’d trick that helped me later manage preg- question implied a variety of answers, urge graduate students to invest in their nancy and birth while starting a new several scholars at different stages in education as well as their professional job. Surely it need not be so “extreme,” their careers were asked to respond. development and to protect and indulge though.

National Security Language We applaud Mr. Bush’s sentiments, Department officials also referred Initiative Continued though the lateness and modesty of this to the launch of Sputnik, the first So- Continued from page 22 initiative are perplexing. It has been viet satellite, whose appearance in the Learning Languages Sunday, Janu- clear for more than four years, since sky inspired national concern about the ary 8, 2006; Page B06 Sept. 11, 2001, that Americans are hor- “knowledge gap” between the United WITH A CERTAIN amount of fan- rifically deficient in knowledge about States and the Soviet Union and a new fare Thursday, President Bush launched those parts of the world that now most emphasis on science and Russian-lan- the National Security Language Initia- threaten us, as well as about those that guage education in this country. Sputnik tive, designed to expand Americans’ may pose important security challenges was launched in 1957. President Dwight knowledge of critical foreign languages in the future. Yet the initiative will re- D. Eisenhower signed the National such as Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Hindi ceive funding only in the 2007 budget Defense Education Act, which funded and Farsi. Before a group of 120 univer- -- if, of course, Congress approves. science education, in 1958. He also set sity presidents, he described learning Although the State Department issued a up the National Aeronautics and Space foreign languages as a “kind gesture” fact sheet describing the new program’s Administration in 1958 -- a year after toward other cultures, as well as an im- impressive goals, department officials Sputnik, not four or five. The adminis- portant facet of American security: “We conceded that only 15 public schools in tration should move as fast as possible need intelligence officers who, when this country teach Arabic at the moment. to make up for lost time. somebody says something in Arabic Although 200 million Chinese students JNCL-NCLIS 4646 40th St., NW or Farsi or Urdu, knows what they’re study English, there are also only about Suite 310 Washington, DC 20016 talking about.” 2,000 teachers of Chinese in the United Phone: 202-966-8477 Fax: 202-966- States. There’s a long way to go. 8310 [email protected] www. languagepolicy.org 23 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 49, Issue 1 February 2006

Slavic & East European S u m m e r L a n g u a g e I n s t i t u t e SLIUniversity of Pittsburgh • 2006 6+46+4 :: PITTSBURGHPITTSBURGH -- POLANDPOLAND OROR BULGARIABULGARIA 6 weeks - Pittsburgh — (June 5 - July 14, 2006) 4 weeks - Lodz, Poland or Sofia, Bulgaria — (July 17 - August 11, 2006)* Intensive Courses on the Beginning and Intermediate Levels * Students demonstrating adequate academic preparation may join the course abroad � Generous scholarships available for graduate students through CREES & ACLS

� Application and fellowship deadline March 22. For information write or call: Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures 1417 CL, University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260 (412)624-5906 / Fax (412)624-9714 / e-mail: [email protected] Visit our web page at: http://www.pitt.edu/~slavic/sli/

Summer Workshop in Slavic, East European and Central Asian Languages at Indiana University June 16 - August 11, 2006 RUSSIA - 1st through 6th year Russian - 4- and 8-week courses available EASTERN EUROPE and BALTIC COUNTRIES - 1st year Albanian, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Czech, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian, Slovene and Yiddish - 1st and 2nd year Estonian; 2nd year Lithuanian - The following languages are ACLS-funded and TUITION-FREE for graduate students specializing in any field related to these languages: Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian (1st year only), Romanian, and Slovene CENTRAL ASIA and the CAUCASUS - 1st and 2nd year Azeri, Georgian, Kazakh, Tajik, Turkmen, Uyghur, and Uzbek - 1st year Pashto; 1st year Tatar (pending funding) FLAS and SSRC Fellowships are available Application Deadline for Fellowships March 24, 2006 IN-STATE TUITION for all Languages More information is available at: http://www.indiana.edu/~iuslavic/swseel/ Or write to: Director, SWSEEL, BH 502, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405 Tel. (812) 855-2608 · FAX (812) 855-2107 · e-mail: [email protected]

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Preference will be given to papers that website: http://aatseel.org/program/aat- PROFESSIONAL are broadly comparative in nature. seel/abstract_guidelines.html Each proposal will be allotted 20 OPPORTUNITIES • Paper. If the abstract is accepted, minutes for presentation. Individual the applicant must submit the final papers will be combined into panels Calls for Papers version of the paper in two (2) cop- by the conference co-chairs. Authors ies by December 1, 2006, to Prof. will hear about their proposals by mid- March 1, 2006 Michael S. Flier at the above ad- September. ACS XIV International Congress of dress. To achieve a measure of uni- Please include your name, univer- Slavists formity in the published volume(s), sity affiliation (if any), and mailing ad- The American Committee of the ACS has prepared a style sheet dress. Send your proposal to: Benjamin Slavists (ACS) hereby issues a call for for linguistic and literary contribu- Jens Department of Slavic Languages papers for the XIV International Con- tions. Following the guidelines and Literatures University of Wisconsin gress of Slavists in Ohrid, Macedonia, presented in the style sheet will 1220 Linden Dr. Madison, WI 53706 late summer 2008 (precise dates TBA), save the editors countless hours of fax: 608.265.2814 [email protected] to determine the composition of the reformatting and word processing. American delegation. Accordingly, all contributors are Conferences and • Eligibility. To be considered, an expected to adhere to the guidelines applicant must, without exception, provided in the style sheet on the Workshops have ACS website . The editors March 31-April 2, 2006 o 1) a regular (not occasional) are authorized to return to authors CARTA/CSC Conference academic position (including immediately all papers that do not First joint CARTA (Central Asso- emeritus status) in an American conform to the standards of format- ciation of Russian Teachers of Amer- college or university; ting and writing required. All such ica)/CSC (Central Slavic Conference) o 2) a Ph.D. in hand by April 15, returned manuscripts that are not conference 2006, the deadline date for the corrected and resubmitted to the edi- Dates: March 31-April 2. submission of the abstract. tors within 10 days will be excluded Place: Doubletree Hotel, Tulsa, from American Contributions. • Application. Qualified applicants Oklahoma must submit an application form Theme: Russian as a World Lan- August 31, 2006 guage: Histories, Cultures, Literatures, (available from ACS website http:// 2006 AATSEEL-Wisconsin www.fas.harvard.edu/~slavic/ Methodologies Conference Special Event: Performance by acs) and accompanying materials by Benjamin Jens and John Holm, March 1, 2006, to Yevgeny Yevtushenko for the Confer- co-chairs of the AATSEEL-Wisconsin ence participants only Prof. Robert A. Rothstein, Secre- conference, invite abstracts on any as- For more information contact Mara tary-Treasurer, American Committee of pect of Slavic literatures and cultures Sukholutskaya at msukholu@mailclerk. Slavists, Slavic and East European Stud- (including film) and on issues in the ecok.edu ies, Herter Hall, 181 Presidents Drive, learning and teaching of Slavic lan- April, 18-20 2006 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, guages and literatures. Papers that cross MA 01003-9312 disciplines, take creative risks, and draw Symposium on Distinguished on contemporary critical theory are Language Studies • Abstract. Applicants must submit especially encouraged. Sponsored by the Jordan Consor- a one-page abstract of the paper in The conference will be held at the tium of Teaching Excellance Center an three (3) copies by April 15, 2006, University of Wisconsin, Madison, on affiliate of the US-based Coalition of to: 21 October 2006. The deadline for sub- Distinguished Language Centers, this mitting abstracts is 31 August 2006. conference is dedicated to exploring the Prof. Michael S. Flier, Chairman, issues of developing high-level profi- American Committee of Slavists, Abstracts can be sent via e-mail. To ensure readability, please paste the ciency in reading and writing in foreign Department of Slavic Languages and languages, with some attention as well Literatures, Harvard University, Barker proposal into the body of your message. Abstracts sent by regular mail or fax to the issue of speaking, listening and Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, cultural competancy It is an outgrowth MA 02138 should include FOUR copies prepared for an anonymous review: only one of a CCCC (NCTE) grant to study the Applicants are advised to follow acquisition of high-level writing skills. instructions carefully in the preparation copy should have the author’s name and address. Guidelines for preparing Reading skills will be included, as well, of abstracts. Incorrectly written or for- in the conference. matted abstracts will not be considered. abstracts are posted on the AATSEEL

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The conference organizers will http://slavic.lss.wisc.edu/lapinski.htm Countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, provide transportation within Jordan, For additional information, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Egypt, Kenya, establish low-cost lodging and air trans- please contact Professor Halina Fili- India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, portation, and arrange for pre-confer- powicz, Chair of the Lapinski Schol- Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyz ence and post-conference tours. arships and Fellowships Committee: Republic, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Jordan has many attractions to of- Mongolia, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, fer: Dead Sea swimming and health For 2005-2006, the Committee Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, improvement, diving in the Red Sea awarded approximately $25,000 in Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Korea, at Aqaba, visiting the ancient cit- scholarships and fellowships. For Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, ies of Petra and Jerasch, viewing the 2006-2007 and beyond, it is anticipated Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, “promised land” from Mount Nebo, that about $60,000 will be awarded in Uzbekistan and Yemen. and much more. Plan to come! Plan to scholarships and fellowships annually. Languages: Arabic, Bengali, Dari, participate! The Committee hopes to fund one or Hausa, Hindi/Urdu, Indonesian, Kazakh, For more information, see the two graduate students with a full fellow- Kiswahili, Korean, Malay, Mongolian, Coalition of Distinguished Language ship (one if out of state, two if in state) Pashtu, Russian, Tagalog, Tajik, Thai, Centers’ website: www.distinguished- and to give partial or full scholarships Turkish, Uzbek, Wolof and Yoruba. languagecenters.org or contact Dr. Betty to several undergraduates on an annual Lou Leaver, [email protected]. basis. 2) Traditional Fulbright Languages. April 27-30, 2006 February 15, 2006 National Council of Less Commonly Fulbright Foreign Language Teach- Host institutions must offer room Taught Languages ing Assistant (FLTA) Program and board, a tuition and fee waiver for Ninth National Conference 2006-07 the required two courses per semester, The Ninth Annual Meeting of the Schools wishing to host an FLTA and a small monthly stipend of between National Council of Less Commonly are free to tailor the program to meet $300 and $600 per month. Some host Taught Languages (NCOLCTL) is their needs. FLTAs often teach begin- institutions offer a monthly stipend to scheduled for April 28-30, 2006, in ning and intermediate classes or offer cover all of these costs. Fellows receive Madison, WI (with a pre-conference tutorial sessions to improve U.S. stu- a travel stipend, visa sponsorship and workshop scheduled for April 27th). dents’ language acquisition. On many U.S. Department of State ASPE health campuses they serve as coordinators of insurance coverage. Grants and the Language House or Language Floor, Countries: Argentina, Austria, offering students access to the language Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Fellowships and culture of interest at all times. Italy, Mexico and Spain. The FLTA Program is organized Languages: French, Gaelic, Ger- February 15 Annually into three components depending on the man, Italian and Spanish. The Michael and Emily Lapinski level and source of funding provided 3) Non-Fulbright Languages. Scholarship Endowment to the fellows; please refer to the at- Host institutions provide these The Department of Slavic Lan- tached Fact Sheet for details. FLTAs are “Non-Fulbright” FLTAs with room and guages and Literature at the University selected by U.S. Embassies, Fulbright board, a tuition and fee waiver for the of Wisconsin-Madison is pleased to an- Commissions and Bi-National Centers required two courses per semester, and nounce the endowment of undergradu- in their home countries. Participating a small additional stipend of between ate scholarships and graduate fellow- institutions will receive the dossiers of $300 and $600 per month. Some host ships for students of Polish language, several candidates that match their re- institutions offer a monthly stipend to literature, and culture at UW-Madison. quirements and select the one (or more) cover all of these costs. Some institu- The gift by Leona Lapinski Leute was FLTA(s) they believe most appropriate tions offer health insurance coverage $1.25 million. for their campus. The Michael and Emily Lapinski and round-trip travel. If institutions do Scholarship Endowment will pay partial 1) Strategic Fulbright Languages not offer health insurance or a travel or full tuition for undergraduate and The U.S. Department of State pro- stipend, FLTAs pay for these expenses graduate students of Polish language, vides Fulbright FLTAs in strategic lan- with personal funds. literature, and culture at UW-Madison. guages with a monthly stipend to cover Countries: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Tuition may be used to pay for study room and board, daily living expenses, France, Iran, Japan, Peru, South Korea abroad in Poland through UW-Madi- round-trip travel, health insurance and and Taiwan. son. additional enrichment activities. The Languages: Chinese, French, Japa- The annual deadline for applications only financial responsibility of host nese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese and is February 15. Application forms and institutions is a tuition and fee waiver Spanish. instructions for applicants are online at: for two courses per semester.

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To apply, simply fill out the online Up to twelve Kluge Fellowships $35,000 for field research on policy- application at the following website: will be awarded annually. Fellowships relevant topics in Armenia, Azerbaijan, www.iie.org/flta. Please follow the link are tenable for periods from six to Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, to the host institution application under eleven months, at a stipend of $4,000 Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbeki- the Application Center. The deadline is per month. Visit the Library of Congress stan. February 15. Web site for complete fellowship pro- Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in a John Valliere, Program Officer, gram information and application pro- policy-relevant field and have sufficient Institute of International Education, cedures Location: USA Deadline: Aug. language-ability to carry out proposed 809 United Nations Plaza, New York, 15 each year. Website: http://www.loc. research. Scholars must conduct re- NY 10017, Telephone: (212) 984- gov/loc/kluge/kluge-fellowships.html search for at least four months in the 5335, FAX: (212) 984-5484, Email: Various closing dates field. Funded by the U.S. Department [email protected] Title VIII Research Scholar Pro- of State, Program for the Study of August 15 Annually gram: Provides full support for three Eastern Europe and the Independent Kluge Center Fellowships for to nine-month research trips to Russia, States of the Former Soviet Union (Title Library of Congress Central Asia, the Southern Caucasus, VIII). Application deadlines: October 1 Library of Congress Invites Appli- Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova. (Spring Program); January 15 (Summer, cations for Kluge Center Fellowships. Fellowships include round-trip Fall and Academic Year Programs.) The Library of Congress (http://www. international travel, housing, living sti- Title VIII Southeast Europe loc.gov/) invites qualified scholars to pends, visas, insurance, affiliation fees, Research and Language Study Pro- conduct research in the John W. Kluge archive access, research advising, and grams: Provides full support for three to Center using the Library of Congress logistical support in the field. nine months of research and/or language collections and resources for a period Open to graduate students, post- study in Southeast Europe. Fellow- of up to eleven months. doctoral scholars, and faculty. Funded ships include round-trip international The Kluge Center is located in the by the U.S. Department of State, Pro- travel, housing, living stipends, visas, Jefferson Building of the Library of gram for the Study of Eastern Europe insurance, tuition, and affiliation fees. Congress and provides attractive work and the Independent States of the Funded by the U.S. Department of and discussion space for scholars. Resi- Former Soviet Union (Title VIII). Ap- State, Program for the Study of East- dents have easy access to the library’s plication deadlines: October 1 (Spring ern Europe and the Independent States specialized staff and to the intellectual Program); January 15 (Summer, Fall (Title VIII). Open to graduate students, community of Washington. The Kluge and Academic Year Programs). post-doctoral scholars, and faculty. Ap- Center especially encourages human- plication deadline: October 1 (Spring istic and social science research that Title VIII Combined Research and Language Training Program: Program); January 15 (Summer, Fall makes use of the library’s large and and Academic Year Programs). varied collections. Interdisciplinary, Provides full support for research and approximately ten hours per week of ad- cross-cultural, or multi-lingual research Title VIII Southeast Europe vanced language instruction for three to is particularly welcome. Summer Language Program: Offers Among the collections available to nine months in Russia, Central Asia, the international airfare, tuition, insurance, researchers are the world’s largest law Southern Caucasus, Ukraine, Belarus, and living stipends to graduate students library and outstanding multi-lingual and Moldova. for up to three months of intensive collections of books and periodicals. Fellowships include round-trip in- language study at major universities Special collections of manuscripts, ternational travel, housing, tuition, liv- throughout Southeast Europe and the maps, music, films, recorded sound, ing stipends, visas, insurance, affiliation Baltic states. prints, and photographs are also avail- fees, archive access, research advising, Open to students at the MA and able. Scholars who have received a and logistical support in the field. Ph.D. level, as well as faculty and post- terminal advanced degree within the Open to graduate students, post- doctoral scholars. Funded by the U.S. past seven years in the humanities, so- doctoral scholars, and faculty. Funded Department of State, Program for the cial sciences, or in a professional field by the U.S. Department of State, Pro- Study of Eastern Europe and the Inde- such as architecture or law are eligible gram for the Study of Eastern Europe pendent States (Title VIII). Application to apply. and the Independent States of the deadline: January 15. Exceptions may be made for indi- Former Soviet Union (Title VIII). Ap- viduals without continuous academic plication deadlines: October 1 (Spring Summer Russian Language careers. Applicants may be U.S. citizens Program); January 15 (Summer, Fall Teachers Program: Provides full or foreign nationals. For applicants and Academic Year Programs.) support for teachers of Russian at the whose native language is not English, university, high school, and secondary Title VIII Special Initiatives there must be evidence that the applicant school level to study Russian literature, Fellowship: Provides grants of up to is fluent in English. language, culture, and second language

27 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 49, Issue 1 February 2006 pedagogy at Moscow State University (202) 833-7522, outbound@americanc American applicants and one in six for six weeks. Graduate students with a ouncils.org. non-American applicants are awarded commitment to the teaching profession Short-Term Grants in each of the four are also encouraged to apply. Kennan Institute Short-Term competition rounds. Awards provide round-trip inter- Grants: The Kennan Institute offers The Short-Term Grant Program is national airfare from Washington, DC Short-Term Grants to scholars whose supported by the Program for Research to Moscow, Russia; living stipends; research in the social sciences or hu- and Training on Eastern Europe and the full tuition; housing with Russian host manities focuses on the former Soviet Independent States of the former Soviet families; pre-departure orientation; Union (excluding the Baltic States), Union (Title VIII) of the U.S. Depart- weekly cultural excursions; insurance; and who demonstrate a particular need ment of State and the George F. Kennan and visas. to utilize the library, archival, and other Fund. Continuation of the Short-Term Tentative program dates are June specialized resources of the Washing- Grant Program in 2006-2007 is contin- 17 to August 4. Funded by the U.S. ton, D.C. area. Policy-relevant research gent on future funding. Department of Education. Application is preferred. Academic participants must The Woodrow Wilson Center can deadline: March 1. either possess a doctoral degree or be only provide grants to those non-U.S. doctoral candidates who have nearly citizens who hold a J-1 Visa. Non-U.S. Scholarships for language study completed their dissertations. For non- citizens who are located in the United on American Councils programs academics, an equivalent degree of States at the time the Short-Term Grant overseas: Graduate students participat- professional achievement is expected. is awarded must leave the United States ing in the American Councils Russian Short-Term Grants provide a sti- in order to be issued a J-1 Visa before Language and Area Studies program pend of $100 per day. The Kennan they can receive their award. J-1 Visas or the Eurasian Regional Language Institute cannot provide office space for cannot be issued to individuals while program are eligible for full or partial Short-Term scholars. Travel and accom- they are in the U.S. on a different visa. scholarships from the U.S. Department modation expenses are not directly cov- For more information, or to ap- of State, Program for the Study of East- ered by this grant. There is no official ply for a Short-Term Grant, please ern Europe and the Independent States application form for Short-Term Grants. visit www.wilsoncenter.org/kennan, or of the former Soviet Union (Title VIII). The applicant is requested to submit a contact: Undergraduates who intend a career in concise description (700-800 words) of Fellowships and Grants, Kennan teaching are eligible for full or partial his or her research project, a curriculum Institute, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, scholarships from the U.S. Department vitae, a statement on preferred dates 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Wash- of Education for their participation in of residence in Washington, D.C., and ington, D.C. 20004-3027, Telephone: the Russian Language and Area Stud- two letters of recommendation specifi- (202) 691-4100, Fax: (202) 691-4247, ies Program or the Eurasian Regional cally in support of the research to be Email: [email protected] Language program. conducted at the Institute. All applicants The American Councils Russian must note their country of citizenship or New DVD-ROM Language and Area Studies Program permanent residency in their materials. provides intensive Russian language Letters of recommendation, with sig- Beginning Ukrainian instruction in Moscow, St. Petersburg natures, should be sent either by fax or post, all other application materials may The University of Arizona Critical and Vladimir, Russia. Languages Program is pleased to an- The Eurasian Regional Language be submitted via e-mail or in hard copy. Any materials submitted in hard copy nounce the availability of a new title in program offers instruction in virtu- the Critical Languages Series: “Begin- ally any of the languages of the former should be in clear dark type, printed on one side only, and without staples. ning Ukrainian.” Soviet Union at leading institutions This new title is in DVD-ROM throughout the region. Grant recipients are required to be in residence in Washington, D.C., format and can be used either by in- Fellowship information and appli- dependent learners of Ukrainian or by cations are included in regular applica- for the duration of their grant. Four rounds of competitive selection for students in a traditional classroom set- tion materials for both programs. Ap- ting. The courseware contains video plication deadlines: October 15 (spring Short-Term Grants are held each year. Closing dates are December 1, March clips, native speaker audio recordings, semester programs); March 1 (summer several types of interactive exercises, programs); April 1 (fall semester and 1, June 1, and September 1. Appli- cants are notified of the competition and is equivalent to a one-year college academic year programs). course. It is distributed by the Univer- For more information, contact: Out- results roughly seven weeks after the closing date. U.S. citizens, permanent sity of Arizona Press 1-800-426-3797. bound Programs, American Councils For more information about the product for International Education: ACTR/AC- residents, and non-Americans are eli- gible for Short-Term Grants, although or about the Critical Languages Series CELS, 1776 Massachusetts Avenue, please visit the web site http://www.coh. NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036; funding for non-American applicants is limited. Approximately one in three arizona.edu/crit_lang/

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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 $120 7 5/8" x 4.5 11/16" 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.

AATSEEL c/o Kathleen Dillon P. O. Box 7039 Berkeley, CA 94707-2306 USA

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