The University of
Virginia's Russian Summer Language Institute (June 9-August 8,
2008) is an intensive program offering a twelve-credit course covering
the equivalent of first- and second-year Russian. The approach is
proficiency-based, using Golosa as the primary text and emphasizing
each of the four basic skills: speaking, listening, reading, and
writing. Class meets Monday through Friday from 8:30 to 11:30 and
1:00-4:00, with one instructor for the morning session, and another
for the afternoon.Tutoring,
direct additional practice in conversation, and cultural activities
are provided from 6:30-8:00 each weekday evening.
Summer 2008 will be
the twenty-eighth anniversary of the University of Virginia's Summer
Russian Language Institute. The Institute is unusual in offering
the equivalent of not one, but two, years of Russian in the eight
and one-half week Summer Session. Participants in the Institute earn
12 University of Virginia credits, and those who are regular University
of Virginia students take RUSS 301 and 302 in the academic year following
the Institute, should they wish to continue with the language. Students
completing the program should be prepared to profit fully from the
experience of study abroad. The Russian Summer Language Institute
has been especially helpful to graduate students who find that they
need, or want, knowledge of Russian language but did not take it
during their undergraduate careers. It also enables undergraduate
students who decide late that they wish to major in Russian language
and/or area studies to do so.
The faculty of the
Russian Summer Language includes:
Mark
J. Elson, Director
(BA, University of Michigan; MA and PhD, Harvard
University). Summer
2008 will be Mr. Elson's 27th
with the Russian SLI. He is Professor of
Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University. His research
interests include general linguistics and Balkan linguistics, especially
the history and structure of Macedonian and Bulgarian ( Balkan Slavic
languages) and Romanian (a Balkan Romance language). He is also
interested in the history and structure of Spanish and Italian. In
addition to his research, he enjoys language teaching, and looks forward
each summer to the challenge of completing 12 credits (the equivalent of
first and second year) of Russian in 9 weeks.
Alla Lamp
(BA, Saratov State University ;
MA, University of Virginia). Summer 2008 will
be Ms. Lamp's 2nd
with the Russian SLI. She is currently a PhD candidate in Slavic
Languages and Literatures at the University. Her research interest is
Russian literature of the 19th and early 20th cenuries. She
is especially interested in female initiation into adulthood.
John H. Lyles
(BA, University of South Carolina; MA, University of Virginia). This
will be Mr. Lyles' secondsummer
with the Russian SLI. He is currently a
PhD candidate in Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University. His research
interests are in Russian language pedagogy, twentieth century Russian satire,
and the role of literature in race relations in Russia. He spent academic 2005-2006
in St. Petersburg taking courses at St. Petersburg State University
Contact Information:
Mark J. Elson, Director
Russian Summer Language Institute
PO Box 400783
Charlottesville VA 22904-4783
Phone: (434) 924-6685
Fax: (434) 982-2744
E-Mail: mje@virginia.edu
