TheAATSEEL Ne w s l e t t e r American Association of Teachers of Slavic & East European Languages

Contents Message from the Executive Director...... 1 Letter from the Editor...... 1 State of the Field...... 2 Member News...... 7 Recent Publications...... 7 Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Grammar But Were Afraid to Ask...... 8 Belarusica...... 11 Graduate Student Forum...... 13 Psychology of Language Learning...... 14 Summer Programs...... 17 Professional Opportunities...... 21

Volume 53 Issue 2 April 2010 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 53, Issue 2 April 2010

AATSEEL NEWSLETTER EDITORIAL STAFF AATSEEL POINTS OF CONTACT Editor: BETTY LOU LEAVER President: Assistant Editor: ANNA JACOBSON CARYL EMERSON Contributing Editors: VALERY BELYANIN Princeton University SIBELAN FORRESTER [email protected] President-Elect: ELENA DENISOVA-SCHMIDT NANCY CONDEE ALINA ISRAELI University of Pittsburgh ALLA NEDASHKIVSKA [email protected] MILA SASKOVA-PIERCE Past President: RACHEL STAUFFER SIBELAN FORRESTER MOLLY THOMASY BLASING Swarthmore College NINA WIEDA [email protected] Vice-Presidents: CURT WOOLHISER JULIE BUCKLER NL Coordinates: Harvard University [email protected] Editor: [email protected] JULIE A. CASSIDAY Assistant Editor: [email protected] Williams College Layout/Advertising: [email protected] [email protected] LYNNE DEBENEDETTE AATSEEL Office: Brown University PATRICIA ZODY [email protected] Executive Director, AATSEEL JAMES LAVINE P. O. Box 569 Bucknell University Beloit, WI 53512-0569 USA [email protected] Phone: 608-361-9697 JANE SHUFFELTON Fax: 608-363-7129 Brighton HS, Rochester, NY (retired) [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] VALERIA SOBOL Layout/Advertising: CDL Services University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign [email protected] Submitting Copy: Editor, SLAVIC & EAST EUROPEAN JOURNAL: GERALD JANECEK (1) Foreign languages are accommodated if prepared on Ma- University of Kentucky cIntosh with a truetype or postscript font that can be shared. [email protected] (2) Eps or pdf with embedded fonts, Indesign, PageMaker, Editor, AATSEEL NEWSLETTER: and Quark Express documents can be accommodated. BETTY LOU LEAVER [email protected] (3) Please do not double-space between sentences in elec- Conference Program Committee Chair: tronic submissions. ALEXANDER BURRY (4) Please query the editor about formatting, content, graph- Ohio State University ics, or language. [email protected] Executive Director: (5) The AATSEEL Newsletter is not copyrighted. Authors PATRICIA L. ZODY wishing to protect their contributions should copyright their Beloit College materials. [email protected] Conference Manager: (6) Full specifications are available at the AATSEEL web site. DIANNA MURPHY University of Wisconsin-Madison [email protected] AATSEEL Web site AATSEEL Web Master: For current online information about DAVID GALLOWAY AATSEEL and its activities, visit AATSEEL Hobart and William Smith Colleges on the web: [email protected] http://www.aatseel.org April 2010 Vol. 53, Issue 2 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER

Message from the The first decade of the 21st cen- an explanation but not an excuse. So, tury has presented challenges to the apologies. Executive Director organization, especially with regard to As we head into the summer months Thank you for renewing in 2010. membership levels. For those of you and a short hiatus from the newsletter, Your membership is much appreciated who have not renewed yet or who might I would urge those of you with special as the organization continues to grow be new to the organization, I would interests and writing talents to consider and expand its exciting initiatives in encourage you to look at the positive editing a special-topic column. We have 2010 and 2011. things that AATSEEL has to offer col- had some columns in the past that had In 2009, the Executive Council, leagues actively engaged in Slavic and good readership but have lost their edi- under the leadership of Caryl Emerson, East European languages, literatures, tors this past year. We would love to be worked hard to reach out to graduate and cultures on all educational levels. able again to offer the columns on Rus- students in our field, and to enrich the Through our Web site, we offer open sian at Work and Ukrainian Studies. If annual conference. Graduate students access to the Newsletter, job listings, anyone among our readers has an inter- were encouraged to join and to partici- state-of-the-field articles, resources for est in those areas and just a little time, pate in the organization in several sig- teaching, research, and scholarship, please contact me. I will be delighted to nificant ways—the lowering of student and a newly created Facebook page. have you on board. Likewise, if there members fees to $20; the inclusion of a The Slavic and East European Journal is some topic that we are missing for graduate student representative—Anna is not only a source of scholarship and which you think there would be a strong Berman—on the Executive Council; the research, but also provides members interest among AATSEEL members, formation of a graduate student commit- an opportunity to publish articles and please let me know, and we can discuss tee, which met for the first time at the book reviews, not to mention the ability the possibility of adding a column. We 2009 annual conference; outreach to to serve on the editorial board at times did drop the technology column after a graduate programs to encourage them throughout their careers. Outstanding fruitless search for an editor, assuming to cover the costs of graduate student books, teachers, scholars, and leaders that the need for that column has now membership fees; and the creation of in the organization are recognized and passed with technology being an every- innovative workshops, master classes, honored by the organization on a yearly day thing for most people. and faculty coffee hours at the annual basis at the conference. While our or- One matter that has slightly delayed conference, providing graduate students ganization has always functioned as a issuance of the newsletter is that of better access to leading scholars in the lean and efficient academic machine membership rolls. Typically, the AAT- field. and clearly benefits from the generos- SEEL Executive Director prepares the While we look to the future of our ity of its elected officials and many mailing list for the printer. This year field through the promise of graduate volunteers, it still requires revenue to (calendar year 2010), however, there students, we understand the value of support its daily operations and costs, have been so few people who have having prominent faculty members much of which comes from and relies renewed their memberships as to make engaged in our organization to inspire, upon membership dues. it very costly on a per-person basis to to lead, and to remind us of where we Wishing you a happy and produc- print and mail the newsletter. The sav- have been and where we might go. The tive summer. Join now! ings in printing and mailing, as with master classes, workshops, and faculty Patricia L. Zody most things in life, is in the quantity. coffee hours were designed with this Executive Director The more the cheaper. I would urge goal in mind, and will be expanded at anyone who has not renewed his/her the upcoming conference in January Letter from the Editor membership to do so immediately. As 2011 through the “works in progress” of this writing, my understanding is panels. Groups of scholars will present Dear Readers, that the April issue of the AATSEEL on their current projects, with the idea of Like a poor April Fool’s joke, the Newsletter will be sent out to all 2009 opening up the research process to their first of April (the release date for the and 2010 members, but the 2009 mem- fellow colleagues across multiple fields spring issue of the AATSEEL Newslet- bers will be dropped from the rolls if and professional levels. In addition to ter) tiptoed up behind us and startled their dues do not come in soon. If you these new initiatives for the conference, us with its immediacy. We have had to are planning on paying your dues this Alexander Burry, Dianna Murphy, and push, then, to get everything together year and remaining a member in good the conference program committee have and out this time. Much of it has to do standing of AATSEEL, now would be streamlined the conference proposal with competing work demands. Your a great time to do so! process so that members may submit president is swamped with them, and Other than that, I do hope you will fully-formed panel proposals. Please so am I. I have, in fact, been travel- enjoy this issue of the newsletter. I wish go to the AATSEEL Web site at http:// ing nearly weekly since the last AAT- all of you a great summer. www.aatseel.org for more information SEEL Newsletter issue. I know: it’s See you in the Fall! about the call for papers. Betty Lou Leaver

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Editors: Nancy Condee, University of Pittsburgh & State of the Field Sibelan Forrester Swarthmore College

This issue presents a survey of the State to apply should also let them know that a college application profile, but some of the Field in K-12 Russian teaching by similar opportunities exist for Russian of our students believe that admissions two outstanding teachers: Jane Shuffel- in college, such as the Critical Language officers will pay attention to a dossier ton and Betsy Sandstrom. Betsy teaches Scholarship, the Flagship program, and that lists Russian. Russian language at Thomas Jefferson financial support for other study abroad By and large, students are simply High School of High School and Tech- programs. curious about a huge country that has nology in Alexandria, Virginia. A former For large school districts, the criti- been a world leader for so long, and a Vice President of AATSEEL, she has de- cal language designation can be a factor culture that they know so little about. veloped extensive online materials and in deciding to offer elementary school Motivation for studying Russian has is active in the Russain Olimpiada. Jane Russian programs through the FLAP widened to include heritage learners, Shuffelton is a co-author of the national grants from the U.S. Department of new programs are flourishing in el- Standards for Learning Russian K-12. Education. Such programs are already ementary and middle schools, students She has served on the Board of Direc- in existence in a small number of cities are aware of Russia’s importance in tors of ACTR and as Co-Chair of the through those grants. the world and are curious about the National Russian Essay Contest. She is Pre-college teachers are acutely language and the culture. Past President of ACTR and currently aware of the importance of enrollment This curiosity fits nicely with the a Vice President of the American Asso- statistics and the need to constantly goals of the national Standards as de- ciation of Teachers of Slavic and East promote and defend their programs. veloped and published in Standards for European Languages. She previously In this regard, the state of the field in Foreign Language Learning in the 21st taught French and Russian at Brighton some schools reflects the state of the Century. The Standards define goals for High School in Rochester, NY. economy. This means that some of our language learners that broaden language longstanding and outstanding programs study to offer new perspectives on what constantly face the threat of extinction language learning should be about. They Pre-College Russian, or have already disappeared. A clear offer Communication as one of the and in many way encouraging report major goals, recognizing that learners Developments and on enrollment should be available soon need to be able to use the language to Opportunities through a large scale survey conducted communicate in a variety of activities. by American Councils for International The Standards recognize that “the true Betsy Sandstrom & Jane Shuffelton Education. content of the foreign language course is As this article is being written, It is helpful to know what motivates not the grammar and the vocabulary of pre-college students are arriving at the pre-college students to choose to study the language, but the cultures expressed offices of American Councils for Inter- Russian. Below are common responses through that language.” (page 47-48). national Education: ACTR/ACCELS— from students when asked why they This coincides nicely with what students on a weekend—for their NSLI-Y chose Russian: often say they want to learn when they interviews. It is a very exciting time to enroll in Russian. be studying Russian! It is heartening • To learn more about the Russian It is not easy to report on how fully to be able to tell our students that the people the Standards have been adopted and/or government recognizes the importance • To learn more about Russia and integrated into pre-college Russian pro- of Russian. Russian culture grams. There is no research that gives a The inclusion of Russian as one of • Because the alphabet is so differ- clear picture of how teachers understand the languages critical for national secu- ent and apply the Standards in their class- rity has meant new rewards and incen- rooms, or how curriculum, activities, • Because it is unusual and differ- tives. Primary among them is probably and especially assessments are or are ent to study Russian the NSLI-Youth Program under the di- not based on the Standards. Likewise, rection of the U.S. Department of State. • More challenging/interesting than there is not much reliable information Students may apply for study in Russia French or Spanish about how the teaching of Russian dif- during the summer, for a semester, or for fers or is similar to the teaching of other an academic year, and the year may be a We can’t say how much of the languages in this regard. Montgomery gap year between high school and col- interest in studying a more unusual County, Maryland, has some online cur- lege. Teachers who encourage students language is based on a desire to enhance riculum samples where Standards-based 2 April 2010 Vol. 53, Issue 2 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER activities and assessments are available, information about weather in a Rus- school’s participation in the Prototype but a fuller picture would require a lot of sian city (information they have found AP® Exam. research and many more schools. Two on a Russian Website) and more. This It is important to recognize some school systems with online curricula are does not mean that vocabulary, gram- of the complexities and challenges that Montgomery County (www.montgom- mar, pronunciation are not taught and continue to confront many pre-college eryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/lang/pdf/ assessed, but always in the context of a Russian teachers. Years of communi- blueprints/RussianBlueprint08-10-07. meaningful communicative task. Those cating with colleagues via the ACTR pdf) and Fairfax County, Virginia formal aspects of Russian will be pre- National Russian Essay Contest, sum- (www.fcps.edu/DIS/OHSICS/forlang/ sented as necessary for the task at hand, mer institutes, conferences and more russian). the grammar, vocabulary, etc. is not the have helped create a sense of how we In classrooms where teachers do central learning goal. work. As stated earlier, many of us must adhere to the Standards, consciously One important tool that does explic- spend vast reserves of time and energy or not, you will find a variety of activi- itly acknowledge both the Standards and promoting our Russian programs to ties that aim to develop proficiency in the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines is the ensure their survival. In some schools communication and in understanding Prototype AP® Russian Language and Russian seems to be thoroughly em- the products, practices and perspectives Culture Exam. Students in Standards- bedded in the curriculum, but too often of Russian speakers. For example, stu- oriented classrooms will find this exam next year’s enrollmentis the teacher’s dents might spend time preparing and in sync with the way they have been constant concern. Mixed, multiple- presenting posters about pets, engaging learning. To support this exam, Ameri- level classes are not unusual, in which in conversation in pairs or groups about can Councils holds an annual Profes- a teacher must teach Russian1 and 2 food preferences, singing Ой мороз, sional Development Seminar for high together, or, worse, Russian 1 with Rus- мороз along with a Russian chorus on school teachers in which participants sian 4, or some other combination that YouTube, sharing and discussing short collaborate to develop standards-based mixes traditional beginning students pieces of writing about their families, assessments and lessons. Teachers with heritage learners who already have comparing survey results about favorite have the opportunity to learn and work strong skills. We do know of at least one music, working together on informal with the latest technology in Russnet school with a separate track for heritage assessment of listening skills based (www.russnet.org) and to certify their learners, but much more commonly, a on a clip from Морозко, presenting

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3 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 53, Issue 2 April 2010 teacher has to figure out how to provide college level program since it depends learning appropriate for both. CCPCR’s Fall 2009 upon voluntary teacher responses. Because it is unusual for a school Enrollment Trend Still, the CCPCR database can provide to have more than one Russian teacher, meaningful observations by tracking he or she will be working in isolation Report, Pre-College the enrollment records of institutions compared to the teams of Spanish and/or Texts across the country that have consistently French teachers who can share ideas and participated in the survey. plans within a school. And yet, Russian Last fall, and most recently in a What the data collected by CCPCR teachers are extraordinarily resource- Washington Post article on March 1st this year (available on the our website ful, resilient, creative, and passionate of this year, reports of increasing enroll- at http://www1.american.edu/research/ about their field. Being the only Russian ments in Russian at both the pre-college CCPCR/--or just google CCPCR) offer teacher has an upside: it allows one to and college levels have generated cau- is still a mixed bag. At the college level, be as original and creative as he or she tious optimism about a revival of inter- of 65 programs reported to CCPCR by has time for. est in Russian. A year ago, based upon March 2010, at least 50 programs have Russian language study would enrollment data from previous years, submitted their enrollments in consecu- benefit enormously from the collabora- the CCPCR report to AATSEEL noted tive years to provide a comparison. Of tion of pre-college and college instruc- an apparent upward trend in Russian these programs, 22 saw increases in tors. At the recent (December, 2009, enrollments at both the pre-college and 1st year Russian and 25 in 2nd year Philadelphia) AATSEEL Conference, a college levels. Now it’s time to evaluate Russian, while 15 experienced a loss panel on best practices in the classroom the data gathered after one year to better of enrollment in 1st year and 13 in 2nd was shared by pre-college and college understand the apparent trend. year.That this trend is still a work in instructors. This session had standing Russian at the College/University progress is illustrated by the pattern at room only, indicating that this topic Stetson. Though Jashchik cited it for a should be expanded into a workshop Level 2008 increase (from 18 to 28), this year length program or activity. Pre-college In October a number of SEEA- Stetson’s 1st year enrollment as reported teachers always wonder what instruc- LANGS contributors began reporting on CCPCR’s annual census dropped tion they should provide to ensure increases at their institutions; and Scott to 20. Still, 13 1st year programs and their students’ success in the college Jashchik, in his Dec. 15 Inside Higher 12 2nd year programs reported neither classroom. And college instructors Ed article “Russia(n) is Back” cited a gain or loss (treating a gain or loss wonder about the skills brought to their gains at institutions such as Holy Cross, of 2 or less students between years as classrooms by the student entering from Stetson, Indiana University, the Univer- insignificant).The fact that there ARE a high school Russian program. Given sity of Kentucky, and Pitt, and offered increases should heighten our sense the wide range of resources, textbooks, speculation from teaching faculty as of optimism,but how stable are these classroom and school conditions, it to the cause. Their comments included gains? would be wonderful if “how the student such possibilities as students’ increased Some changes are truly impressive: functions in Russian” could be used to access to Russian culture, and “chem American University’s 1st year Russian drive placement rather than knowledge khuzhe, tem luchshe” (as Michele Berdy program has steadily increased over from a specific textbook. The Prototype noted in an October 16 SEELANGS the past three years from 28 to 55 to AP® Russian Exam offers one way of e-mail: “…when relations are bad, the 78 students, the University ofMontana making articulation less dependent on number of Russian-language students posted three consecutive years of gains textbook or curriculum-driven place- goes up; when relations are good, they (29-42-51), as did the University of ment assessments. go down”). The Washington Post article New Hampshire (44-48-63) and Texas even noted that interest in Washington Tech (22-44-60). But these are excep- Capitals hockey standout Aleksandr tions, and besides fluctuation in 1st Don’t Forget… Ovechin was a possible incentive for year numbers, one still needs to keep regional increases. a cautious eye on the rate of attrition Renew Your 2010- Though Jaschik comments that between 1st and 2nd year Russian. This 2011 Membership! “There are no current national data is especially true when large 1st year Use the form on back available on Russian enrollment,” classes don’t result in a proportionate inside page CCPCR has of course been gathering increase in 2nd year. such information for years, beginning Traditionally large programs with or with pre-college enrollments at all 100 or more students in 1st year, such as visit www.aatseel.org levels in 1984, and college-level en- the University of Wisconsin, Ohio State We can’t support you if rollments in 1st and 2nd year Russian University, the University of Washing- you don’t support us! in 2002. Admittedly, CCPCR’s data ton, and the U.S. Military Academy does not include every pre-college and reflect what is actually the more pro-

4 April 2010 Vol. 53, Issue 2 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER nounced enrollment pattern reported with self-developed materials. Use of If the essay is a dissertation chapter, this fall: stability. If anything, what internet programs, such as Russnet it should be accompanied by the dis- can be seen in the data is the fact that was surprisingly mentioned by teach- sertation abstract and table of contents. programs for the most part are maintain- ers from only three schools. However, Essays/chapters should be between 25 ing their numbers; and where there are teacher responses to the CCPCR sur- and 50 pages double spaced, including decreases in enrollment, the losses are vey reflect dissatisfaction with their reference matter. Expanded versions of comparatively small--nothing remotely available choices and a need for more conference papers are also acceptable comparable to the unusual upward leaps current materials. Publishers, of course, if accompanied by a description of the reported at some institutions. (If your need a viable market, and enrollment panel and the candidate’s conference institution’s numbers are missing from levels are crucial to the production of paper proposal. Candidates should the site, we encourage you to send them new materials. The absence of an up- clearly indicate the format of the essay to CCPCR at [email protected].) to-date, appealing and effective text for submitted. If you have questions, con- pre-college classes is clearly a concern tact Margaret Beissinger at mhbeissi@ Pre-College Trends and issues for K-12 teachers. Princeton.edu. At the pre-college level, of 81 pro- As always, CCPCR encourages pre- Please send a copy of the essay grams that have consistently participat- college and college/university teachers and an updated CV to each of the three ed in CCPCR’s annual survey, 34 saw to visit our website, where you will members of the Prize Committee below. an overall increase in k-12 numbers, 38 also find an annual listing of Russian Submissions must be postmarked no experienced a loss of enrollment, and 9 language classes available in the coming later than July 1, 2010. programs remained at previous levels. summer, national enrollment statistics, FLAP grants have made a considerable teacher e-mail contact information (with Prof. Margaret Beissinger difference in some regions, notably in direct links), and direct links to report Department of Slavic Languages Tennessee, where hundreds of new stu- your own program information 249 East Pyne dents entered k-12 Russian classes and Prof. John Schillinger, Chair, CCP- Princeton University four new teachers were hired. However, CR Committee on College and Pre- Princeton, NJ 08544 while there is still general enrollment College Russian stability in pre-college programs, in e-mail: [email protected] Prof. Matthew Ciscel contrast with college level enrollments website: http://www1.american.edu/ English Department some of the increases and decreases research/CCPCR/ Central CT State University reported were much more pronounced. 1615 Stanley St. And an additional concern: some teach- New Britain, CT 06050. ers continue to report their programs Call For Submissions threatened or soon to be phased out by Prof. Lavinia Stan funding cutbacks and/or the competition –SRS 2010 Graduate 16 Ballantyne Avenue South from new language choices added to the Montreal West, H4X 2B2 curriculum.This has not been the case at Student Essay Prize CANADA the university level. The fact that some programs at both the pre-college and Deadline: July 1, 2010 college levels are growing is encourag- The Society for Romanian Stud- ing, but based on our data, it is still too ies is pleased to announce the Second soon to report that a rising tide is lifting Annual Graduate Student Essay Prize all boats competition for an outstanding unpub- lished essay or thesis chapter written AATSEEL Newsletter Pre-College Textbooks in English by a graduate student in any Needs Column Editors Finally, a continuing issue for social science or humanities discipline & Contributors pre-college teachers is that of textbook on a Romanian subject. The 2010 prize, options. CCPCR’s annual survey of consisting of $300, will be presented at We are currently looking for textbooks in use reflects a wide variety the AAASS Convention in Los Angeles. editors for the Ukranian studies and of approaches at the pre-college level. The graduate student must be enrolled Russian at Work columns. The most popular text continues to at or have graduated from an institution If you are interested in editing be Russian Face to Face, published of higher learning in North America. a new column or helping a current in 1993, and used at 34 of 81 report- The competition is open to current editor come forward. We are will- ing schools. Next, however, are self- M.A. and doctoral students or to those ing to add columns for other Slavic developed materials (22) followed by who defended dissertations in 2009- languages and covering topics of Golosa (17) and Nachalo (9). Some 2010. If the essay is a seminar paper, it interest to all. Please contact Betty schools use combinations of these texts must have been written in 2009-2010. Lou Leaver at [email protected].

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Soviet literature in a selection of novels Member News by Vladimir Nabokov. Recent Editor: Molly Thomasy Blasing Lynn Visson’s book Slova-khame- Publications (University of Wisconsin-Madison) oleony i metamorfozy c sovremennom russkom iazyke had been published by The Recent Publications column in- The AATSEEL Newsletter likes to keep RValent (Moscow: 2009). The book cludes books published in 2008-2009. its members informed about important deals with the problems new meanings Authors and publishers are invited to events and professional milestones! If of polysemantic English words pose for submit information about their new you or an AATSEEL member you know translation into Russian. publications. has recently defended a dissertation, Culture been hired, received a promotion or Olga T. Yokoyama, Professor and retired, please send the member’s name, Chair of the Department of Applied Fishman, David E. 2010. The Rise of accomplishment and affiliation to: Linguistics at UCLA announces the Modern Yiddish Culture. Pittsburgh, Molly Thomasy Blasing, thomasy@ publication of her book, just out from PA: University of Pittsburgh Press. wisc.edu Harrassowitz Verlag, Russian Peas- Horowitz, Brian. 2009. Empire Jews: ant Letters: Life and Times of a 19th- Jewish Nationalism and Accultura- The AATSEEL Newsletter would century Family. tion in the 19th and Early 20th Century like to recognize the following mem- Russia. Bloomington, IN: Slavica. bers for their recent professional mile- Continued on page 15 stones:

Colleagues extend their congratula- Guidelines for 2011 title, the titles of individual papers and tions to Ronelle Alexander, Professor names of presenters, chair, and discus- of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Conference Proposals sant (if there is one), a single paragraph- long statement, prepared by the panel the University of California, Berkeley, The Program Committee will ac- organizer (who can also serve as one of who was the recipient of the honorary cept proposals for the following seven the presenters, the chair, or the discus- degree Doctor Honoris Causa at Sofia formats: sant). This single-paragraph proposal University in Bulgaria last spring. The (a) individual paper should also not exceed 300 words, and award was given in recognition of Dr. (b) fully-formed panel like a paper proposal it can be shorter. Alexander’s work in the field of Bulgar- (c) roundtable It must contain a concise description of ian, Balkan and Slavic Studies, and her (d) forum the rationale for bringing the individual for contributions to facilitating the study (e) workshop papers together as a panel and describe of Bulgarian language in the US. (f) master class briefly how each paper fits into the (g) poetry reading Congratulations to Vitaly A. Cher- discussion. No individual proposals Each proposal will be reviewed by for papers submitted as part of a fully- netsky and Benjamin M. Sutcliffe of the Program Committee, and the text of the Department of German, Russian and formed panel need to be included at the every accepted proposal will appear in time the panel is proposed. East Asian Languages at Miami Uni- the annual meeting program book (note versity. Both have been granted tenure If a panel proposal is accepted by that this includes formats for which the Program Committee, the organizer and will assume the rank of Associate no descriptions have appeared in the Professor in July, 2010. will be responsible for obtaining from past). Proposals for all formats should each participant a description of each not exceed 300 words, but a successful, paper for inclusion in the program book, Brian R. Johnson is now Visiting effective proposal for any format can Assistant Professor of Russian in the and sending in those descriptions to the certainly be shorter. Program Committee Chair by Sept. 30, Modern Languages and Literatures De- Individual paper proposals must partment of Swarthmore College. 2010. identify a problem that needs solving Proposals for fora, workshops, in the fields of linguistics, pedagogy, master classes, and poetry readings Molly V. Peeney, Assistant Pro- literature, and/or culture, or present a fessional Specialist of Russian in should include concise description of hypothesis that sheds light on the in- the rationale for bringing conference the Department of German and terpretation of a text or body of texts. Russian Languages and Literatures participants together for the discussion It should outline the author’s plan for envisioned by the event organizer; they at the University of Notre Dame has defending the paper’s hypothesis or defended her PhD dissertation at the can, and in the case of the poetry read- advancing an interpretation. ing should, contain brief descriptions of University of Wisconsin-Madison. Proposals for fully-formed panels Her research considers responses to the participants’ particular scholarly or will now contain, in addition to a panel creative interests and expertise.

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Alina Israeli Everything You Always Wanted (American University) Please send questions to: Prof. Alina to know about Russian Grammar Israeli, LFS, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW., Washington DC but were afraid to ask 20016-8045; or via e-mail to: aisrael@ american.edu

Q. Here we are at work in an 18-story building with to come for a very long time — in fact for such a long time 3 elevators. I’m waiting for the (an?) elevator. In Russian, that they imagined that the café had ordered sushi for them would I use accusative or genitive for the object? I’ll get in in Japan and was expecting it to be delivered by plane any any elevator that comes, but all 3 follow the same route. minute: A. So the question is: ждать лифт or ждать лифта? The Мы точно, конечно, не знали, что происходило на general premise is usually that ждать автобуса means �‘������uncer- кухне этого харч-кафе, но ждали очень и очень долго и tainty’, some bus, while ждать автобус means more certainty уже решили, что нас хотят взять измором, чтоб мы сами or specificity, for examplebus no. 5. Hence in translation the ушли, недождавшись. По версии друзей, они, увидев, что former is often rendered with the indefinite article, the latter мы вышли из машины с московскими номерами, решили with the definite article.However, any English speaker who заказать нам суши из Японии и уже ждали самолета с has studied other languages with articles has noticed that their минуты на минуту, но мы настойчиво, перенеся голод и use does not correspond one-to-one to their use in English. лишения, напомнили им, что нам нужна именно окрошка, This means that different languages impart different meanings и в итоге убедили их, что мы ее хотим, и они наконец-то to the concept of definiteness. Assuming that Russian cases поверили и несчастную, уже холодную окрошку, нам таки can have the same function, we need to find out exactly what подали на стол. (www.afonin.com/news/2007.php) is meant by definiteness in Russian. What we have seen in the above examples is that a long For simplicity’s sake, let us first examine the use with wait translates into uncertainty and that this uncertainty is a самолет. An examination of the data immediately points to trait of indefiniteness in Russian. the fact that genitive is used when there is a long, very long For comparison the accusative examples have the typical wait: definite nouns. The plane carrying the President of a country Российские туристы почти целый день ждали само- is a very specific, definite plane: лета. (www.edinros.ru/text.shtml?3/7954,%5Brubrid%5D) Вчера в Екатеринбурге ждали самолет с Аскаром Красноярцы ждали самолета на Таиланд более 14-ти Акаевым. (www.kpk.nr2.ru/ekb/20724.html) часов в аэропорту. (wap.sibnovosti.ru/articles/16832) But what is the difference when mere mortals wait for a Краснодарские туристы почти сутки ждали самолета plane? Here’s a soldier’s blog: в Анталию. (www.livekuban.ru/place/antalja) Пока мы ждали самолет у взлетной полосы, нам вы- «представляешь, мы в Женеве шесть часов ждали дали зеленые контейнеры - сухой паек. (users.livejournal. самолета, я все виски в баре вылакал» (www.proza. com/fk_) ru/2010/01/11/518) The wait must have not been that long and the plane was Регулярных рейсов также не было, и купившие би- quite specific: a transport plane for soldiers operating under леты пассажиры подчас долго ждали самолета. (www. army regimen. libsakh.ru/?div=express&hid=480) A normal airport wait is filled with shopping during a Sometimes the duration of the wait is expressed by the known set amount of time: action that take place while waiting: мы когда ждали самолёт (когда уже ехали в Москву) Пока ждали самолета и тупили в Москве, прочитала делали покупки, ну сувениры всякие, сигары, мартини и “Одиночество в сети” Януша Вишневского. Такой нежной всякие безделушки так что и на обратном пути вы тоже и грустной книги мне давно не попадалось. (green-snow. можете делать покупки… (forum.cofe.ru/showthread. livejournal.com/179267.html) php?t=1474&page=3) По дороге туда, ждали самолета в Дели в каком-то or is described matter-of-factly: отдельном здании с залом ожидания, так там даже ре- Кстати, вне аэропорта мы еще и не были, а вот в нем сторан нашелся и пловом накормили. (www.indostan.ru/ очень даже прохладно, пока ждали самолет замерзли. Не indiya/55_766_0.html) такой уж и жаркий этот Таиланд, думал я. (www.limewall. После этого, пока мы ждали самолета в аэропорту com.ua/modules/news/article.php?storyid=676) Лас-Вегаса, я придумал-таки лимерики про всех своих Native speakers may disagree on the use of articles in участников… (www.poxod.com/weekly/3.htm) some cases, and the same thing is true in the next pair of The next humorous excerpt is from a travelog to Ukraine examples: where the party ordered food in a café and had to wait for it

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В этот день мы узнали, что из Перми приехало 4 of a group will arrive first or how long it will be before any человека. Кто же они?! Это, оказывается, были мы. Те, elevator will arrive: кто 3 часа ждали самолет. И опоздали на автобус. К нам Пока мы с мисс Фауст ждали лифта, чтобы был особый интерес. (www.goethe.de/INS/ru/lp/prj/drj/leb/ спуститься на первый этаж, она сказала, что лишь бы не frz/ru5265592.htm) пришел пятый номер. Не успел я ее спросить почему, как One could just as well say 3 часа ждали самолета. But прибыл именно пятый номер. (К. Воннегут. Колыбель the author chose accusative, thus removing the element of для кошки) uncertainty. We also find with genitive a very lengthy waiting period, The speaker in the following example preferred to keep or at least one perceived as such: the element of uncertainty: Долго ждали лифта. Молчали. Никто даже и не знал На автобусах вернулись в Барселону, там в аэро- о чем можно говорить. - Вот и моя квартира, она такая, как порту три часа ждали самолета. Прилетели в Рим мне мама описала. (www.yagudin.spb.ru/cr/cr_cat.php) — еще три часа ждали багаж. Из Рима в Монако до- Минута, пока они ждали лифта, тянулась бесконеч- бирались с такими же задержками. В гостиницу попали но. Они еще два раза останавливались по дороге, впуская поздно вечером��������������������������������������. (http://www.sport-express.ru/newspa- пассажиров, пока добрались до холла. (lib.ru/DETEK�������������- per/2001-06-18/13_2/) TIWY/KLARK_M/krasawica.txt_Piece40.12) The main thing is that the wait in one case is not viewed The accusative is used where the wait is viewed matter- as excessive, while in the other, combined with the wait for of-factly or as a short one: the luggage, it is. Потому что лифты и эскалаторы – это не только вспо- Even an unusual wait due to riots and demonstrations, but могательные средства передвижения, а и прогнозируемые not an excessively long one, is presented with accusative: пассажиропотоки. Еще на стадии проекта архитектору Россияне, “застрявшие” в Таиланде, ждали само- следует спланировать необходимое количество посети- лет на улице. (www.rian.ru/society/20081127/155984348. телей, развести линии движения таким образом, чтобы html) посетители не сталкивались, ждали лифт недолго, а в Much the same thing happens with elevator. We find with случае задержки или большого количества людей могли genitive total uncertainty, for example as to which elevator воспользоваться альтернативными видами подъемных

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устройств (эскалаторы, травулаторы). (bud-inform.com. ua/news/article/.../lift_i_eskalator_1335/) А тут стояла на лестничной площадке, провожая сына в школу, ждали лифт. Вышла соседка. (Маша Трауб. Замумукалась. www.chaskor.ru/article/zamumuka- las_13424) So we can conclude that the uncertainty (or indefinite- ness) for Russian concrete nouns in the case of waiting in- volves an excessively lengthy wait and/or uncertainty about time of arrival because the wait has exceeded the normal expected wait or for some subjective reason is perceived as excessively long. Going back to the original question, if it does not matter which elevator you would take and you do not care (unlike the example given above from Vonnegut), you should use accusative. If in retrospect the wait was perceived as exces- sively long or uncertain, then you would use genitive.

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Editor: Nina Wieda Graduate Student Forum Northwestern University language training at home and in Rus- The AATSEEL and the editors of the AATSEEL Newsletter would like to thank sia. At any interview you will likely our colleagues who serve as advisors to the Graduate Student Forum. They be asked to speak in Russian and your include Marina Balina (Illinois Wesleyan University); Margaret Beissinger spoken language skills will be readily (Princeton University); Thomas Beyer (Middlebury College); Robert Channon apparent. The actual purpose for the cre- (Purdue University); Halina Filipowicz (University of Wisconsin at Madison); ation of guidelines was to measure not and Sibelan Forrester (Swarthmore College). Look for their responses to new what you may have learned, but what questions in future issues of the AATSEEL Newsletter. can you do with the language? Can you lecture in Russian, lead seminar discus- The AATSEEL newsletter is pleased to announce a new editor for the graduate sions in the language, edit writings in student column. The current editor, Nina Wieda, is stepping down this spring Russian, etc.? due to graduation. I suspect that your Russian is The new editor starting with the October issue will be Ani Kokobobo. Please more likely at the “Superior” level, send your questions to Ani at [email protected]. than “Advanced” on the ACTFL scale. There may be at your university some- Question: of miscommunication. The most reli- one certified as a tester who could give This is a question I do not feel able measurements in the United States you an informal oral exam. Remember comfortable asking of my professors are those done by the military and other that language learning is a continuous for the fear of raising doubts about my governmental organizations that use process and that we learn to do what professional adequacy. How good is my the Interagency Language Roundtable we practice doing. Your Russian will Russian realistically expected to be? I (ILR) five point scale. Inside academia improve as long as you continue to use want to be a Russian literature special- this scale was adopted and adapted by in a variety of situations. ist, and I seem to be doing fine with what The American Council of Teachers I might add a personal note. We I know of Russian. I have participated of Foreign Languages in the ACTFL in the profession do a disservice to in several language programs in Russia; Proficiency Guidelines. But very few our students, most of whom begin the during the school year, I also do my best people have been trained to apply the study of Russian at the college level, if to keep my Russian up. I put “advanced standards, and many use such categories in the end we are unwilling to accept Russian” on my CV, but my advisor told as Advanced, Superior or Distinguished as colleagues those very students who me to change it to “near-native”, and without a full appreciation of their pre- fill our language courses, and have to explained that near native proficiency cise meanings among certified testers. acquire their Russian language skills is a must in order to be competitive on You may check the actual descriptions with a considerable expenditure of time the job market. I know that many of my of the ILR and ACTFL standards on and effort. peers have similar doubts: what if we do the internet. Good luck to you. not quite feel near-native in Russian? The purpose of your c.v. is to pres- Do we absolutely have to? ent an accurate picture of yourself and to Thomas R. Beyer advance to an interview. Your descrip- Professor of Russian Dear X, tion of your language skills should be Middlebury College How do you best communicate supported by the information on your to a general audience your language competency? The simplest ways is to simply state that your Russian is “fluent,” or “full professional compe- AATSEEL is now on FACEBOOK! tency.” The category “advanced’ can easily be misunderstood, as can “near Become a Fan of the AATSEEL Facebook page. native” proficiency.” In my thirty five Keep updated on news of the organization and years at Middlebury both summers and academic year I have met fewer than a profession, and find other AATSEEL fans. handful of non-heritage speakers whose Russian proficiency one could consider “near native.” The concept of fluency in Russian or any other language is an ongoing source

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PSYCHOLOGY OF Editor: Valery Belyanin LANGUAGE LEARNING (Kaluga State University)

This column is intended to promote a dialogue for teachers of Slavic languages Given that beginners tend not to at- regarding the psychological aspect of language learning. tend the pub nights because they feel Submissions for future editions of this column should be sent electronically to inhibited, we now offer our first-year Valery Belyanin ([email protected]) ab-initio students a “risk-free” alter- native where they meet with a native speaker (a student from fourth year) Developing Students’ transition from school to university and once or twice a month for an hour. They helps students increase their levels of simply get together in a seating area in Language Proficiency performance and achievement by de- the university, we provide a kettle, the through Self-directed veloping both generic transferable and students take turns to bring tea bags specialist skills (e.g. Wallace 2004). and biscuits (we throw in the odd box Collaborative Learning Second-year undergraduate students of конфеты, too). The “tea parties” thus Conny Opitz, Teaching Assistant, & are trained to support active learning in form a bridge between peer learning and Dr Sarah Smyth, Senior Lecturer, groups. They are matched with first-year pub nights. Department of Russian and Slavonic students to form small study groups of Studies, Trinity College Dublin, 3-4 people. The groups meet once a Benefits Ireland week; the agenda is set entirely by the Although we have only been able first-year students while the second-year to do a limited amount of research on Background “tutors”, drawing on their experience the benefits of peer learning (Smyth of having studied the same course the and Opitz 2006), we are confident that The department of Russian and previous year, facilitate the implementa- Slavonic Studies, Trinity College Dub- these activities are worthwhile and good tion. Apart from language practice and value for money. We have seen students lin, Ireland, organises three types of troubleshooting, tutors also help with extra-curricular collaborative activities grow in confidence, leading for example broader questions concerning the course to an earlier immersion in summer to support the development of students’ overall, the year abroad, integration into language proficiency in Russian and programmes in Russia (after first year, a new learning environment, etc. The as opposed to second year); we have Polish. These are a peer-learning pro- tutors in turn liaise with a department- gramme, “tea parties” and pub nights. had improvements in the grade average based peer-learning coordinator. The and retention rates; and generally these All three activities stand in the tradition tutors are volunteers who are awarded of learner-centred approaches to teach- initiatives contribute to an overall sense a CV-boosting certificate at the end of of well-being and belonging. ing and learning and allow learners to the year. maximize what they can do at each stage The improvement in students’ Pub nights and “tea parties” pro- proficiency can be linked directly to of the learning process (Vygotsky 1978). vide an opportunity for students (and The success of these initiatives hinges the learner-oriented and collaborative staff) to maintain and develop their set-up of the initiatives (particularly on students’ trying out and practicing spoken language skills and for Russian their language skills in a relatively peer learning) and to meaningful/ad- and Polish to be used in meaningful and ditional practice in the language (pub risk-free environment in which scaf- enjoyable social interaction outside the folding is provided by slightly more nights/”teas”). Students availing of classroom. The pub nights take place peer learning actively address their own advanced peers and sympathetic native every other week during teaching term speakers. individual weaknesses while helping and are mostly availed of by advanced others with their strengths, all being Brief outline of initiatives students from the day and evening “experts” and “novices” at different programmes, particularly those who The peer-learning programme times. Collaboration promotes the shar- have been abroad and feel that they are ing of knowledge and of approaches, as was initiated in 2001/2 in our Russian getting “rusty”. Native and near-native 1 well as the practice of skills in a safe department , and was subsequently speakers of Polish and Russian, from expanded to include other languages. environment. Thus, differing learning within and outside the department, join preferences are actually an asset of this It is currently available to some 250 these gatherings. This makes them more first-year students. Peer learning assists set-up. Tutees are also more likely to be enjoyable and beneficial in terms of on top of their continuous assessment language practice. 1 Supported with a TCD Teach- work which feeds directly into im- Our newest “invention”, the Rus- ing Development Grant (2001/2) and proved exam performance. Very gratify- sian and Polish “tea parties”, are the a HEA Targeted Initiatives Grant ingly, the academic and social benefits “juvenile incarnation” of the pub nights. (2001/4). are not restricted to those on behalf of 14 April 2010 Vol. 53, Issue 2 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER whom the initiatives are organized but per academic year), and the physical Vygotsky, L. S. (1978). Mind and So- are also enjoyed by the facilitators, i.e. environment for the initiatives to take ciety: The Development of Higher the tutors and “tea hostess”. place in. Psychological Processes. Cambridge, Given the extra-curricular nature Further, continuity between stated MA, Harvard University Press. of these activities, participation is de institutional aims and actual practice Wallace, J. (2004). Peer Assisted Study facto voluntary, though strongly encour- is necessary at all levels. For example, Support (PASS). ‘Students helping aged. Some first-year students do not where the coordinator and the language each other with their learning’. An become involved: those who are not instructor are not the same person, it is example of ‘best practice’. London, organised enough to “drop in” or those crucial for the success of these initiatives London Metropolitan University, who feel settled enough just knowing to be endorsed and actively supported Centre for Academic Professional that the support is available. We have by the relevant language instructor. Development. not encountered “conscientious objec- Finally, the success of these initia- tors” – feedback on the peer-learning tives ultimately depends on students Recent Pubs Continued programme shows that participants accepting the challenge of taking charge Continued from page 7 and non-participants alike evaluate it of their own learning through participat- Writers at Work: positively and are grateful for the op- ing in activities outside the prescribed Nicholas, Mary. 2010. portunity. curriculum. Russian Production Novels and the Construction of Soviet Culture. PA: Key to success References Bucknell University Press. Renfrew, Alistair, & Tihanov, Galin. In order for these initiatives to work Falchikov, N. (2001). Learning Togeth- 2009. Critical Theory in Russia and successfully, several provisions need er: Peer Tutoring in Higher Educa- the West. London: Routledge (BA- to be in place (c.f. Falchikov 2001 for tion. New York, RoutledgeFalmer. SEES). further suggestions). The most impor- Smyth, S. and C. Opitz (2006). Peer- Rutten, Ellen. 2010. Unattainable Bride tant of these in our experience is insti- Learning in the Language Depart- Russia: Gendering Nation, State, and tutional support, both in relation to the ments at TCD. Retention Network time required to organise the activities Seminar Day, Athlone. Intelligentsia in Russian Intellectual (administering a basic peer-learning Culture. IL: Northwestern University programme may run to 130+ hours Press. Continued on page 22 2010 Intensive Summer Language Institutes for Arabic, Chinese and Russian Teachers

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Slavic & East European Summer Language Institute SUniversityLI of Pittsburgh • 2010 So, what are you doing next

SIX-WEEK INTENSIVEUUCOURSESMMMMIN EAST EUROPEAN EREREIGHT-WEEK INTENSIVE RUSSIAN LANGUAGES (June 7 - July 16, 2010) PROGRAM (June 7 - July 30, 2010) Advanced: BCS [Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian] and Slovak Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced, and Fourth- Beginning and Intermediate: BCS, Bulgarian, Polish and Slovak Year Russian (including special placement/classes for Heritage speakers of Beginning: Czech, Hungarian and Ukrainian Russian ACLS-Funded Program for Super Advanced/Heritage Speakers of Bosnian/Croatian/ • Pittsburgh/Moscow 5+5 week program & 5+5 program for Russian Serbian: 6 weeks (2 weeks at each site) Belgrade, Sarajevo & Zagreb (6/21-7/30) Heritage Speakers also available Fellowship deadline March 19. Generous scholarships available through CREES-FLAS & SLI. ACLS funding provides for full tuition waivers for graduate students in Beg., Int. & Advanced Mastery BCS & Beginning Polish. 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://sli.slavic.pitt.edu/

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enthusiasm and good will. Teaching at SUMMER LANGUAGE PROGRAMS the camp is not like an academic teach- ing routine, it’s more like fun where emphasis is made on communication. The AATSEEL Newsletter regularly announces information about summer and Our school will provide you with the winter language programs in Slavic and East European languages. We also an- daily topical schedule for the classes and nounce programs in Russian and East European cultural studies. As of the time will be happy to assist with lesson plan- of publication this fall, however, we had little specific information about any ning and teaching materials. University forthcoming programs. students are eligible to apply as volun- Program directors are encouraged to use these pages not only for display ads, teer teachers. You will gain valuable which do attract reader attention, but also for more detailed program descrip- practical experience, proven ability and tions which are carried in this column as a service item, in other words, free of contacts that you can use to get a future charge. job. Teaching at the camp can also be considered as an INTERNSHIP with If you are a program director wishing to share information about your program(s), all necessary paperwork and an on-site please e-mail your information to one of the editors by the deadline for the vari- internship supervision provided. ous issues, typically six weeks in advance of the issue’s publication date. These International participants have an deadlines can be found on the back cover of any issue of the newsletter or at the opportunity to attend Russian languages AATSEEL website: http://www.aatseel.org. classes every day. Russian classes are Our strong preference is for information to be submitted electronically. However, taught by well-educated native speak- we do continue, even in this era, to take copy submitted in paper form. The ad- ers trained to teach foreigners. Students dress for mailing information to the AATSEEL Newsletter is contained at the are placed in a group according to their masthead on page 2. level of Russian. No previous knowl- edge of Russian is required. Summer program information is carried in every issue, beginning in October We will also be happy to arrange of the academic year leading up to the deadline for enrollment in the program, courses on the Russian culture, history, typically through the April issue of the newsletter. Winter program information music, etc., if required. is carried in the October and December issues. We are dedicated to providing a stu- dent with the most excellent supervision Cosmopolitan Educational You will gain a first-hand experi- possible. All the students are supervised and each group has a group leader who Center, Novosibirsk, Russia ence of the Russian culture and life style and particularly the Siberian one. They is normally responsible for 10 students We have been running these pro- say if you want to know what real Rus- and stays with the group 24 hours a grams for fourteen years already. For sia is like you should go to Siberia. day. Everyone can expect a warm, sup- the past years volunteer teachers from This is a not-for-profit program. portive and friendly atmosphere along Argentina, Australia, Austria, Canada, Participation fee covers expenses on with professional service. Our goal is China, Denmark, Fiji, Finland, France, accommodation and ALL meals, and that a student has the most enjoyable Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Hong tuition fee for students as well. If you and worthwhile experience possible Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Ma- come to Russia (Siberia) on your own during the stay with us. We are deter- laysia, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, or through a travel agency you will mined to ensure that everyone benefits Spain, the United States of America, as spend much more money compared to fully from the interaction with other well as university students and school what you would pay to participate in students and the staff. The Head of Stud- children from the USA, Great Britain, our programme. Participating in our ies, Psychologist, the Social Program Germany, Greece, Sweden and Switzer- program you won’t need much pocket Coordinator and the Program Director land have participated in our summer money, you may only need some spend- are constantly monitoring the program and winter language camp programs. ing money to buy souvenirs and gifts to to assure that everyone is enjoying the The major benefits to join our pro- take back home. stay and taking advantage of the many gram are as follows: All the local services (airport pick- activities offered by the school. Parents We organise an exciting cultural, up, local transportation, excursions) are allowed to the program. social and excursion program for inter- are provided by our school without any We also offer excursion packages national participants of the camp, which additional payment. which include trips to Moscow, St. Pe- is a very enriching experience. You will You don’t have to be a professional tersburg, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, be involved in interaction with the Rus- teacher in order to volunteer for the pro- Lake Baikal, the Altai Mountains, sian children, youth and adults all the gram. The most important aspect is your TransSiberian Railroad, ‘Welcome to time. This is the kind of experience you willingness to participate and share your Siberia’ program. All the details and will never get if you go as a tourist. knowledge and culture, as well as your

17 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 53, Issue 2 April 2010 tour descriptions are available at re- burg, one of the world’s most exciting sultancy you can contact us at any time quest. and fascinating cities. This short term by e-mail, skype, phone or ICQ listed: We provide all our foreign partici- immersion program ensures not only Tel: +7 (812) 3225808, + 7 (812) pants with an invitation to obtain a Rus- intensive language practice but also a 3183390, +7 (911) 206 85 78 E-mail: sian visa and arrange their registration great opportunity to soak up the atmo- natalia.pestovnikova@iqconsultancy. on arrival. sphere of Russian life and culture. ru or [email protected] IСQ: For further details please email cos- The classes are held in a historical 418528066 Skype: RussianinRussia [email protected] or cosmoschool2@ recently renovated building right in the mail.ru heart of St. Petersburg, just a five minute Portland State University walk from Nevsky Prospect, the main Intensive Language Courses Dubravushka School and most bustling thoroughfare of the June 21–August 22, 2010 Getting potential Russian language city. The spacious classrooms are per- students to Russia helps get students to fectly equipped with cutting edge study RUS 101, 102, 103 Intensive First- begin the Russian language and/or to resources, which ensure an exciting and Year Russian (4, 4, 4) A proficiency-ori- continue with it. A prestigious 19 year effective process of learning Russian. ented course that focuses on beginning old college preparatory boarding school Your students can come to Russia reading, writing, speaking, and listening located outside Moscow has a summer to study the Russian language with IQ as well as cultural skills. camp program where English is taught Consultancy any time suitable for them. to high school aged Russians. Because There are two or three week summer RUS 210, 202, 203 Intensive Sec- the school is anxious to expose these programs on fixed dates or we can ar- ond-Year Russian (4, 4, 4) A profi- students to native English speakers, it range a course for the students of your ciency-oriented course that focuses on offers a program which includes begin- university only, if they come in group intermediate reading, writing, speaking, ning and intermediate Russian lessons of 6-10 students. Students can prolong and listening as well as cultural skills. at what is in effect a subsidized rate to their stay and study the Russian lan- native English speaking high school guage with IQ Consultancy in a one-to RUS 301, 302, 303 Intensive Third- aged students. (185 Euros/wk in 2008) one format or joining any current group Year Russian (4, 4, 4) A proficiency-ori- This may be the only program where the of students. ented course that focuses on advanced American students are socializing and The summer program comprises the reading, writing, speaking, and listening living mainly with Russian children. following activities which are included as well as cultural skills. The fee includes room and board, Rus- in tuition fees: 20 academic hours of sian lessons, inclusion in all the camp General Russian a week in a group; 40 International Visiting Professor activities and airport pick up and drop hours for 2 weeks and 60 for 3 weeks Program off. Watervaliet, NY Russian language respectively. June 21–August 15, 2010 HS teacher Steve Leggiero had 5 of his IQ Consultancy offers different students in the program in 2008. Thru supplementary services to our students Visiting Professor Vladimir Tik- local fund raising including obtaining (they are charged extra), such as pro- honov from the Linguistics University funds from service clubs, Steve was viding visa support, arranging different of Nizhny Novogord will offer classes able to reduce costs for his students. types of accommodation, transfer and an on Russian history and on contemporary For additional information, see www. entertainment program. On your wish, Russian society. Conducted in Russian, dubravushka.ru or contact Bill Grant, we will fill in your afternoon hours with they are recommended for advanced volunteer US Agent, at 941-351-1596 cultural program after the language students (three years and beyond) and or [email protected] classes. We will show you the evening for native speakers of Russian. and night life of the city and arrange a IQ Consultancy Summer School massive entertainment program at the RUS 410 Russian Alaska 1741- of the Russian Language weekends. We cooperate with differ- 1867 (4) A content-based language IQ Consultancy offers an intensive ent reputable and established agencies class focusing on Russian expansion two or three week summer program which provide these services and guar- into Siberia, the Russian Far East, and for studying the Russian language to antee our students a comfortable stay in the Pacific Northwest, especially the foreign students majoring not only in St. Petersburg. Russian settlement of Alaska. the Russian language and literature but IQ Consultancy ensures not only also in history, economics, engineer- teaching excellence and a great aca- RUS 421 Topics in Contemporary ing or any other subjects. The summer demic experience but guarantees a once- Russian Culture: Culture and Society (4) school is the right option for everyone in-a-life-time stay in St. Petersburg. A content-based language class focus- willing to develop their language skills For further information on summer ing on contemporary issues in Russian and get an unforgettable international language programs offered by IQ Con- society in their historical context. experience while exploring St. Peters-

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Immersion Housing The cost for the entire program go to the following website: C-RS.org Students who have completed at (tuition, accommodations, three meals (the official site of the Carpatho-Rusyn least two years of Russian are encour- a day, extracurricular program) is 900 Society). Completed applications may aged to live with fellow students and Euros (approximately $1300). Partici- then be emailed to the following ad- with visiting faculty in the Russian Im- pants will subsidize their own travel to dress and must be received no later than mersion Living/Learning Community Prešov which can be reached by train March 1, 2010: [email protected]. The in Stephen Epler Hall. See http://www. from locations in Europe and by plane to postal address and phone number for pdx.edu/housing/russian-immersion the international airport in Košice with the Institute for Rusyn Language and for details. bus connections to Prešov. Culture at Prešov University is: Ústav For further information, please rusínskeho jazyka a kultury, Prešovska Prešov University email Patricia Krafcik at krafcikp@ univerzita, Namestie legionarov 3, The Institute for Rusyn Language evergreen.edu. For a duplicate of this in- 080 01 Presov, SLOVAK REPUBLIC. and Culture at ���Pre�š����������������������ov�������������������� University is inau- formation here, along with a schedule of Phone: +412 (51) 7720 392. gurating the first international Summer classes and activities, as well as an ap- School in Rusyn Language and Culture plication that can be downloaded, filled to take place in ���Pre�š�����������������ov���������������, Slovakia, be- out, and sent as an attachment, please tween June 14 and July 4, 2010. The goal of Studium Carpato-Ruthenorum is UCLA Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures to help students (from 18 years of age), Summer 2010 scholars, and others interested in Rusyn studies attain proficiency or to improve Course ID Course title Session & number of weeks their existing ability to communicate in Russian 10 Intensive Elementary Russian Session A the Rusyn language and to broaden their 8 weeks (12 units) knowledge of Carpatho-Rusyn history and culture. Instruction will be provided Russian 20 Intensive Intermediate Session A by university professors, distinguished Russian 8 weeks (12 units) Slavists, and specialists in Carpatho- Russian 90BW Russian Civilization 20 Session A Rusyn studies. century 6 weeks (5 units) The language of instruction, in Russian 4 Intermediate Russian for High Session A parallel courses, will be either Rusyn or School Students 5 weeks (5 units) English. Language instruction consists Romanian 103 Intensive Elementary Session A of two hours per day of grammar and Romanian/Moldovan 6 weeks (12 units) conversation, for a total of 30 hours. Language classes will be divided into Session A – 5-week courses: June 21 – July 23 (Russian 4) three groups: Language instruction 6-week courses: June 21 - July 30 (R90BW, R6, Rom 103) conducted in Rusyn (1) for beginners 8-week courses: June 21 - August 13 (R10, R20) (levels A1, A2) and (2) for advanced Any of the Intensive Language courses satisfy a 1 year foreign language require- students (levels B1, B2); and (3) lan- ment. guage instruction only for beginners Russian 90BW satisfies UCLA’s GE Writing II requirement. offered in English. Participants will For fee breakdown, please go to and select Summer 2010 also attend history and culture lectures, www.registrar.ucla.edu and the class that interests you. Then click on the words “fee chart” located right including presentations on Carpatho- above the course ID number. Rusyn folklore and folk life, Carpathian For information on UCLA summer registration and housing, please go to: wooden architecture, Carpatho-Rusyn http:// . literature, and other topics provided www.summer.ucla.edu/ either in English or in Rusyn. For more information about the Russian language courses, please contact Anna Scholarships for between five and Kudyma at [email protected]. ten participants to cover the costs of the UCLA Russian program: . program will be available. Participants www.humnet.ucla.edu/russian interested in applying for a scholar- For more information about the Romanian course, please contact Georgiana Gala- ship must send a special request along teanu at . with their application in the form of a [email protected] one-to-two-page essay describing their For more information about the other courses, please contact Ksenia Kurnakova at interest in the program and outlining their financial need. [email protected]. UCLA Slavic Dept.: www.slavic.ucla.edu 19 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 53, Issue 2 April 2010

Summer Semester in International Summer School of to important sites related to Belarusian Petrozavodsk Belarusian Studies culture and the other cultures of the Podlasie region: the city of Białystok, 12 May - 3 July 2010 (8 Credits) July 7-August 6, 2010 the recently restored Orthodox monas- Enrollment Deadline: 16 January 2010 The Center for Belarusian Studies tery and Museum of Icons in Supraśl, Oklahoma State University offers at Southwestern College (Winfield, the Białowieża (Biełavieža) National a six-week course in Russian grammar, KS) invites undergraduate and gradu- Park (the largest and ecologically most conversation, composition, culture and ate students to participate in its second diverse remnant of the primeval forests literature at Petrozavodsk State Uni- International Summer School of Be- of the Northern European plain), the versity, and a week-long tour of Saint larusian Studies from July 7 to August historic town of Bielsk Podlaski, the Petersburg and Novgorod. Excursions 6, 2010. The program, co-sponsored by Holy Mountain of Grabarka (the most to the Kizhi Island Museum of Wooden the Poland-based Belarusian Historical important Eastern Orthodox pilgrim- Architecture, and an overnight at the Is- Society, will be held at the Belarusian age site in Poland), the 17th-century land Monastery of Valaam are included. Cultural Center and Belarusian Lyceum Great Synagogue in Tykocin, the Tatar Students will have opportunities for in the town of Hajnówka in the Podlasie mosque in Kruszyniany, and the Bor- fishing, boating, swimming, and white- region of northeastern Poland, an area derland Center in Sejny, a unique insti- water river rafting. Home-stays with of great natural beauty and home to Po- tution dedicated to preserving the rich host families will include two meals land’s ethnic Belarusian minority — an multicultural heritage of the borderland a day. For details and pricing contact ideal setting for the study of Belarusian region and promoting dialogue and Professor Keith Tribble: 405 744 9551 language, history and culture, as well mutual understanding between its many or [email protected] as for the study of a broad range of is- ethnic groups and cultures. In mid-July sues relating to cultural diversity and students will also have the opportunity UWM Announces Summer minorities policies in the expanded EU. to attend Basovišča, the annual festival Study in Poland Coursework will include intensive Be- of Belarusian rock music organized by larusian language instruction (beginning The University of Wisconsin- the Belarusian Students’ Association in and intermediate levels and individual Milwaukee announces its 2010 annual the town of Gródek (Haradok) east of advanced-level tutorials) and lectures in Summer Study program in Poland at Białystok. At the end of the program, English and Belarusian on Belarusian the John Paul II Catholic University from August 7-21, students will have history, literature, contemporary poli- of Lublin. the option of traveling to Belarus on a tics and society. The program will also The five-week Polish language guided tour including Hrodna, Słonim, include a regional studies component, course (July 3-August 9) includes Navahrudak, Mir, Niaśviž, Minsk, with lectures and events focusing on 100 hours of instruction at beginning, Połack, Viciebsk, Mahiloŭ, Pinsk and the history, culture and current status intermediate or advanced lavers, plus Brest. The trip will end with a tour of of the Belarusian minority in Poland, lectures of Polish culture and sightsee- the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, includ- as well as of the Podlasie region’s other ing. Cost estimate: $2,850, including ing important sites related to the history ethnic groups, including Poles, Jews, tuition, room, and board, and 5 UWM of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Tatars, Lithuanians, and Russian Old credits, plus round air trip transporta- the modern Belarusian national move- Believers. tion Chicago-Warsaw-Chicago. The ment. The Summer School faculty will program is open to students and the The program cost, including tuition, include instructors from Białystok Uni- general public. room, board, cultural program and versity and the Belarusian Lyceum in Also being offered are two, three, excursions is $3,000 (the cost of the Hajnówka, as well as visiting instructors and four-week courses as well as two, optional Belarus tour at the end of the from a number of Belarusian universi- three, four, and five-week intensive program will be announced as details ties. Additional guest lectures on Be- and highly intensive courses of Polish become available). Financial aid from larusian history, politics and culture will language. the Center for Belarusian Studies will be given by visiting researchers from For information and application be available. Europe and North America. Participants materials contact: Professor Michael For further information and ap- will have a choice of hotel accommoda- J. Mikoś, Department of Foreign Lan- plication materials, please contact the tions at the Belarusian Cultural Center, guages and Linguistics, University of program director: Dr. Curt Woolhiser, or homestays with Belarusian-speaking Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Harvard University, Department of families in Hajnówka. WI 53201, (414) 229-4151 or 4948, fax Slavic Languages and Literatures, Coursework will be supplemented (414) 229-2741, e-mail: mikos@uwm. Barker Center 327, 12 Quincy St., by a rich and diverse cultural program, edu, www.lrc.uwm.edu/tour/ Cambridge MA 02138-3804; e-mail: including visits to Belarusian minority [email protected]; tel. (617) cultural organizations and media outlets, 495-3528. Please note that the deadline meetings with Belarusian writers and for all applications is April 30, 2010. artists, films, concerts, and excursions 20 April 2010 Vol. 53, Issue 2 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER

www.middlebury.edu/academics/ls/fel- The symposium dealing with con- Professional lowships_scholarships/kwd.htm. tributions of the US Czech and Slovaks Need-based Financial Aid Available to the development of relationships Opportunities to All Students - 45% of summer 2009 between the new and the old countries Language Schools students received will take place April 7-9, 2010. For per- a financial aid award, and the aver- sonal contact and submission of papers age award granted was approximately contact: Linda Ratcliffe at lratcliffe1@ Grants & Fellowships $4,900. To learn more about financial unl.edu, or Mila Saskova-Pierce at March 15, 2010 aid, visit http://www.middlebury.edu/ [email protected] US Embassy Policy Specialist (EPS) academics/ls/finaid/. Czech

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Online, Wayne Brent, University of Volkov, Solomon. 2009. Magical Cho- Sahadeo, Jeff. 2010. Russian Colonial Arizona rus: A History of Russian Culture from Society in Tashkent, 1865-1923. June 3, 1 - 4.p.m.: Technology Tolstoy to Solzhenitsyn. Vintage. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Workshop 2 - New Media Technologies Press. Economics in the L2 Classroom, Jon Reinhardt, Schimmelpenninck, David. 2010. Rus- University of Arizona Rawlinson, Patricia. 2010. From Fear sian Orientalism: Asia in the Russian June 4, 9 a.m. - Noon: Technology to Fraternity: A Russian Tale of Mind from Peter the Great to the Workshop 3 - Using Chat Tools in the Emigration. New Haven, CT: Yale L2 Classroom, Garry Forger and Justin Crime, Economy, and Modernity. University Press. Lebreck, University of Arizona Pluto Press. Solzhenitsyn, Alexander (Ed. Kenneth June 4, 1 - 4.p.m.: Technology Skyner, Louis. 2010. Land Ownership Workshop 4 - Digital Gaming in the L2 in Russia: Before and After Com- Lantz). 2010. Voices from the Gulag. IL: Northwestern University Press. Classroom, Jon Reinhardt, University munism. London, UK: Routledge of Arizona (BASEES). Trepanier, Lee. 2010. Political Symbols in Russian History: Church, State, Film June 7-8, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Teaching and the Quest for Order and Justice. Texts: Pedagogical Stylistics in the Rollberg, Peter. 2010. The A to Z of Lexington Books. Language Classroom Chantelle Warner, Russian and Soviet Cinema. Scare- Vysny, Paul. 2010. Neo-Slavism and the University of Arizona See our summer crow Press. Czechs 1898-1914. Cambridge, UK: event webpage for full workshop de- Cambridge University Press. scriptions and presenter details: http:// Health & Medicine Younhee, Kang. 2010. Bolshevizing the cercll.arizona.edu/summer10. Soviet Communist Party. London, Henze, Charlotte. 2010. Disease, Health Registration is now open! Early UK: Routledge (BASEES). Care, and Government in Late Impe- Bird registration deadline: May 12, rial Russia. Linguistics 2010 London, UK: Routlege (BASEES). Brandist, Craig, and Chown, Katya. Scholarships History 2010. Politics and the Theory of Registration scholarships are avail- Language in the USSR 1917-1938: Andrews, C. L. 2010. The Story of able in limited numbers for K-12 teach- The Birth of Sociological Linguistics. Sitka, the Historic Outpost of the ers and students. Scholarship applica- Anthem Press. tion deadline: May 3, 2010 Northwest Coast, the Chief Factory of the Russian American Company. Literature Credit Kindle edition only. AZ Continuing Education certifi- Carter, Miranda. 2010. George, Nicho- Batuman, Elif. 2010. The Possessed: cates are available for K-12 teachers: las, and Wilhelm: Adventures with Russian Books and June 1-2: Developing Intercultural Garden, David, & Andrew, Kenneth. the People Who Read Them. Farrar, Competence in the Foreign Language 2010. The War Diaries of a Panzer Strauss, and Giroux. (Not literary criticism; a humorous memoir on the Class, 12 hours CE Soldier. Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. basis of Russian literature.) June 3-4: Reconceptualizing Tech- Neumann, Mathias. 2010. The Commu- nology, 12 hours CE (or 3 hours per nist Youth League and the Transfor- Goodwin, James. 2010. Confronting workshop) mation of Soviet Russia, 1917-1932. Dostoevsky’s Demons: Anarchism and June 7-8: Teaching Texts, 12 hours London, UK: Routledge (BASEES). the Specter of Bakunin in Twentieth CE Rappaport, Helen. 2010. Conspirator: Century Russia. Peter Lang Publish- Questions? Lenin in Exile. NY: Basic Books. ing. Please contact CERCLL by e-mail Ruthchild, Rochelle. 2010. Equality Martinsen, Deborah A. 2010. Literary at [email protected], or by and Revolution: Women’s Rights in Journals in Imperial Russia. Cam- phone at (520) 626-8071. the Russian Empire, 1905-1917. bridge, UK: Cambridge University Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pitts- Press. McLean, Hugh. 2010. In Quest of Tol- Recent Pubs Continued burgh Press. Sagromoso, Domatilla. 2010. Russian stoy. Academic Studies Press. Continued from page 15 Imperialism Revisited: Neo-Empire, McMillin, Arnold. 2010.Writing in a Cold Climate: Belarusian Literature Triqos, Ludmila. 2009. The Decembrist State Interests, and Hegemonic Pow- er. London, UK: Routledge. from the 1970s to the Present Day. Myth in Russian Culture. NY: Pal- Maney Publishing. grave Macmillan.

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Dear Members of AATSEEL,

As you know, the Annual Meeting of our Association takes place at the same time and in the same city as the annual convention of the Modern Language Association. The MLA has decided to change its regular meeting dates, beginning in 2011, from December 27-30 to the first Thursday through Sunday following January 2. AATSEEL will follow that practice. Thus there will be no AATSEEL annual meeting in 2010; we will next convene in Los Angeles in January 2011.

Because of this change the AATSEEL Executive Council has mandated a one-time ad- justment in the way in which membership dues will be collected over the next 18 months. AATSEEL will collect a single set of dues for the period from January 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011. These dues will be prorated to account for the fact that they cover 18, rather than 12, months of membership: they will be equal to one-and-a-half times the twelve-month 2009 membership dues rate (which will remain unchanged). Thereafter, beginning on July 1, 2011, dues will be once again gathered on a 12-month basis, and will cover the period from July 1 to June 30 (i.e. the 2011-2012 dues will cover from 7/1/2011 to 6/30/2012), a fiscal year or academic year rather than a calendar year.

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24 April 2010 Vol. 53, Issue 2 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER AATSEEL Newsletter Information The AATSEEL Newsletter is published in October, December, February, and April. Advertising and copy are due six weeks prior to issue date.

PUBLICITY AND ADVERTISING POLICY Free of Charge: Full scholarship study tours and stateside study programs, meetings, job information, new classroom materials, and similar announcements are published free of charge. Advertising Rates: Commercial ads of interest to the profession are accepted at the following rates and sizes: (Other sizes, such as vertical half-pages and quarter pages, can sometimes be accepted; please query first.) Full page $200 7 5/8" x 9 3/8" Half page $150 7 5/8" x 4 5/8" Quarter page $90 3 5/8” x 4 5/8” Column inch $30 Approx. 6 lines

Advertisement Composition Fee: The AATSEEL Newsletter staff will compose your advertisement for you based on your text, specifications (if any), and graphics (provided by you or suggested by the staff). There is a $75 fee for this service.

Error Correction Fee: If advertisers wish to have the AATSEEL Newsletter staff correct errors in text, graphics, or com- position that were created by the advertiser, there will be a $50 correction fee. Similarly, if an advertiser wishes to use an advertisement from a previous year and change dates and other information within the ad, there will be a $50 correction fee. Questions on advertising fees and determination of whether an announcement is an advertisement should be addressed to the Executive Director. Format: Preferred format for advertisements is PDF or eps with embedded fonts. Either Macintosh or PC format is ac- ceptable. Advertisements without graphics may be sent as word files; rtf is preferable if using programs other than Word or WordPerfect. Files may be e-mailed to the editor ([email protected]). Detailed instructions for advertisers on how to prepare advertisements for the AATSEEL Newsletter can be found on the AATSEEL website: http://www.aatseel.org. Questions not answered there and requests for exceptions should be addressed to the Editor.

Visit the AATSEEL Web site For current online information about AATSEEL and its activities, employment opportunities, publishing advice, and many other resources visit AATSEEL on the web: http://www.aatseel.org TheAATSEEL Ne w s l e t t e r Volume 53 Issue 2 April 2010

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