Language Resident Name: Mykyta Tyshchenko

Day and Date:  Tuesday, 02.12.2019

Language and Level: Russian, Advanced

Class theme/topics discussed: Music

Goal of the class: Practice listening in Russian, learn about a contemporary Russian artist

How did you structure the class?

1. Greetings, announcements, general questions. – 10 min

3. Interview: Students watch an interview with a popular Russian singer and songwriter Zemfira. They are given a list of questions asked to the performer, the task of the students is to write down what she answers. (handout 1) – 20 min

4. Working with the song title. The students are given a name of a song (it is an abbreviation). Their task is to guess what the abbreviations stands for. The class is divided into groups of two, the students write their theories in the whiteboard. – 15 min

5. Listening activities: Listening and filling in the blanks. After – playing the hangman word game with the words form the lyrics/words about music. (handout 2) – 15 min

What technology, media or props did you use? (internet resources, playmobiles, handouts, etc.)

handouts, laptop, TV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRwz9GaEBc4 (interview)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iGpdkgr57g (video clip)

What worked well in this class? What did not work?

Students definitely struggled with the interview activity but demonstrated good results at the end + it was good to push them out of their comfort zone at last and make them listen to other speaker of Russian language

How could this class be improved/ modified?

If you have a more detailed lesson plan, please attach it below (OK to use target language for that).  Please attach any handouts as well.

Handout 1.

Вопросы к Земфире.

1. Про жизнь рок-н-рольщика. Как певица характеризует жизнь музыкантов?

2. Какие артисты нравятся Zемфире? Какие категории артистов она называет?

3. Какие отношения (relationship) в её группе? Что она говорит про коллектив?

Handout 2.

Zемфира – П.М.М.Л.

Море обнимет, закопает в пески,
Закинут ____________ лески,
Поймают в сети наши души,
Прости меня, моя ___________.

Поздно. О чем-то думать слишком поздно,
Тебе, я чую, нужен ______________,
Лежим в такой огромной луже,
Прости меня, моя любовь.

Джинсы воды набрали и прилипли,
Мне ______________, мы крепко влипли,
Мне кажется, потухло ______________,
Прости меня, моя любовь.

Тихо. Не слышно ни часов, ни чаек,
Послушно _______________ выключаем,
И ты в песке, как будто в _______________,
Прости меня, моя любовь.

Прости меня, моя любовь

Прости меня, моя любовь