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Russian Conversation class

RU F16 INT Treasure Hunt

December 9, 2016 /

Conversation Class Lesson Summary

Language Resident Name: Tatiana Ermolaeva

Day and Date: Monday, 12/05/2016

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class): Russian, Intermediate

Class theme/topics discussed: Treasure hunt

Goal of the class: to make a fun class and check how they remember the vocabulary they’ve learnt this semester

How did you structure the class?

There’re 7 envelopes with different tasks that should be fulfilled at different places. We used Facebook chat to communicate and check the answers. I also gave them directions on where to find new envelopes after they complete the task. On completing the hunt everyone gets chocolate.

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

Envelopes with tasks, candies

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

The class went great! Students enjoyed it and it was a good method of remembering everything we studied in class. They all came back smiling and were happy to get out of the lounge for a while.

How could this class be improved/ modified?

Next time I’ll do more complicated tasks because these were too easy for them. They finished early but it’s not bad because we had time to talk a little bit in Russian.

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.

Questions for the treasure hunt:

  1. Выйти из гостиной. Повернуть налево. Повернуть налево. Спуститься на первый этаж. Найти конверт №2 рядом с арабской гостиной.
  2. Расположить буквы русского алфавита в правильном порядке.
  3. Перечислить все ингредиенты для приготовления блинов.
  4. Назвать хотя бы (at least) три способа сказать по-русски «мне все равно».
  5. Проспрягать глагол «заснуть»
  6. Как сказать по-русски bride, groom, to marry, to divorce, to be happily married?
  7. Какой праздник отмечают в России 13 января?
  1. Из русской гостиной возле арабской
  2. Из арабской гостиной на общую кухню (молоко, мука, яйца, сахар, соль, масло)
  3. Из общей кухни идем в общий холл
  4. Из общего холла в glass room (там на доске спрягаем глаголы)
  5. Из glass room идем к немецкой гостиной
  6. Из немецкой гостиной идем на улицу, на лавочку перед Олденборгом
  7. Возвращаемся в русскую гостиную

 

RU F16 INT Discussion on Varied Topics

December 9, 2016 /

Conversation Class Lesson Summary

Language Resident Name: Tatiana Ermolaeva 

Day and Date: Wednesday, 09/28/2016

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class): Russian, Intermediate 

Class theme/topics discussed: Discussion on varied topics

Goal of the class: practicing speaking skills 

How did you structure the class?

  1. Warm up. Questions board game (Handout 1). A student rolls the die and moves the marker to the correct place. Then a student reads the question out loud and answers it. Student gives the die to the person sitting on the right. The person who gets the finish first wins.

15 minutes

  1. Discussion. Each student chooses a piece of paper with a topic on it (Handout 2). He/she has 3 minutes to prove to the other students the importance of this thing for mankind. The other students should bring counterarguments.

20 minutes

  1. 10 ways to say you don’t care in Russian (Handout 3). Read the article and discuss. Make you own sentence with the vocabulary from the article.

http://blogs.transparent.com/russian/10-ways-to-say-you-dont-care-in-russian/

20 minutes

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

Handouts

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

The class went well; students talked a lot. I had a student who didn’t want to participate and I had to make him talk.

How could this class be improved/ modified?

For the second task the students decided that they want to make others guess what they were talking about so it turned out to be even more fun!

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

Начало Что ты любишь делать в свободное время?

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 Сколько чашек кофе в день ты пьешь? Что ты любишь смотреть по телевизору?

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Как часто ты ходишь в кино?

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 Сколько раз в неделю у тебя курс русского языка? Где ты завтракаешь? Куда ты ходишь гулять?

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Куда ты ходишь за покупками? Что ты делаешь по вечерам в пятницу?

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 Что ты ешь на ужин? Во сколько ты ложишься спать?

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Куда ты ездишь на праздники?

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 Какая у тебя людимая еда? Где живет твой лучший друг? Куда ты ходишь в выходные?

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Какую одежду ты любишь носить? Как часто ты видишься с друзьями?

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 Во сколько ты встаешь в воскресенье утром? Сколько времени ты делаешь домашнюю работу?

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Конец Кем ты хочешь работать? Куда ты ходишь, чтобы отдохнуть? Какой твой любимый цвет?

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Handout 2

цветы Нью-Йорк опера корабли
пластиковые ложки открытки на день рождения паспорт часы
Современное искусство детективные романы школы носки
бумага пекарня застежка на молнии колесо

 

Handout 3

10 Ways To Say You Don’t Care In Russian

Russian has many ways to say you don’t care about something. They range from neutral to decidedly low-register to downright vulgar.

Normally, we say “[adjective/noun in the dative case] + всё равно́” to mean “I don’t care.”

Мне всё равно, куда́ идти́.

Note that “всё равно” is followed by a subordinate clause. Literally, it means “It’s all the same (to someone).”

A more formal way of saying this is “[dative] + безразли́чно” — “makes no difference to someone.” Note that “безразлично” is used similarly to “всё равно” to introduce a subordinate clause. In addition, безразлично can refer to a noun (something you don’t care about), in which case it has to agree with that noun in gender and number.

Пото́м мы по-пре́жнему и́зредка ви́делись, она́ мне нра́вилась, и, как мне каза́лось, я то́же ей не был безразли́чен, хотя́ она́ не подава́ла ви́ду. 

  1. По бараба́ну

A colloquial way of saying you don’t care is [dative] + по бараба́ну. Бараба́н is a drum.

Нам тут всем по барабану, что в Москве́ о нас напи́шут. (All of us here couldn’t care less what they write about us in Moscow.) 

  1. Фиоле́тово

“Фиоле́товый” is the Russian word for the color purple. Its derivative adverb, фиоле́тово, is thought to refer to the purple color of the neutral litmus test.

― От того́, что бу́дет про меня́ говори́ть типи́чный москви́ч, мне абсолю́тно “фиоле́тово”.

  1. Паралле́льно

This is an adverb that, literally, means “parallel.” The idea is that if something is “parallel” to you, you don’t cross paths, so you have nothing to do with it.

Э́тому чува́ку вообще́ всё паралле́льно (This dude doesn’t care about anything).

  1. Плева́ть

This verb means “to spit.” To say you don’t care, you can say “мне плева́ть на + accusative noun.” This colloquial turn of phrase is a bit more established in the general language and appears in general dictionaries. You could also say “Плевать, что…” to introduce a subordinate clause.

Плевать на жену́, лишь бы де́ти бы́ли дово́льны! (Who cares about the wife as long as the kids are happy).

  1. до ла́мпочки

Лампа is the diminutive of ла́мпа (lamp) and usually means “light bulb.” [Noun/pronoun in dative] + до ла́мпочки is yet another synonym of “I don’t care.”

Я прошу́ их помо́чь мне, но им всё до ла́мпочки (I’m asking them to help me, but they don’t care about anything).

  1. до фе́ни

“До фе́ни” works the same way as “до ла́мпочки” in that it is followed by the person in the dative case. As most words on this list, this is a slang expression that should not be used in formal situations.

Ему́ все до фе́ни, лишь бы буты́лки сдать (He doesn’t care about anything other than returning bottles).

  1. до фонаря́

Фона́рь is a lantern or a street light. The etymology of this expression is disputed, but it is considered a variation of “мне до ла́мпочки.” Grammatically, it is followed by a noun/pronoun in the dative case, like many of its synonyms.

Пра́вда, тако́му челове́ку, как она́, все эти бана́льности до фонаря́ (Actually, a person like her doesn’t care about these trivial things).

  1. по́ фигу

Yet another synonym is по́ фигу + dative. You may also come across this slang word spelled по́фиг or по́фигу. Фи́га is the Russian for “fig (tree).” Фига is also the non-offensive gesture meaning “You’re not getting anything.”

― Мне то́же ра́ньше бы́ло стра́шно. А сейча́с ― по́ фигу. 

  1. чиха́ть

Чиха́ть is literally “to sneeze.” This word is followed by the person in the dative case + на + the thing they don’t care about in the accusative case.

Изве́стно ли вам, что есть лю́ди, кото́рые воспринима́ют шу́тки сли́шком серье́зно? ― […] Но мне чиха́ть на э́тих серье́зных, прости́те!

 

 

 

 

 

RU F16 INT Giving and Following Directions

December 9, 2016 /

Conversation Class Lesson Summary

 Language Resident Name: Tatiana Ermolaeva

Day and Date: Wednesday, 09/07/2016

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class): Russian, Intermediate

Class theme/topics discussed: Directions vocabulary

Goal of the class: to memorize the patterns of giving directions through the game; to make them feel like a team where every one trusts and respects each other

How did you structure the class?

  1. Warm up. Catch the ball. The aim of the game is to tell an embarrassing or secret fact about you when catching a ball. 10 min
  2. Introducing the vocabulary to give directions (направо, налево, вперед, назад)

5 min

  1. Trust Walk Teambuilding activity.

There’s a labyrinth on the floor made of the blue tape. The class is divided into pairs. One person doesn’t see anything; the other person has to guide him/her to come to the finish line. Then they change their roles. If they step on the tape, they have to start over again.

35 min

  1. Discussion of the activity:

– What was it like to be the guide?

– What do you think was the purpose of this activity?

– Did you have any difficulty trusting your partner while blindfolded? Why or why not?

– Why is it important to trust your teammates?

– How did it feel when you successfully completed the task?

– Was it hard to work as a team? Why or why not?

10 min

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

Blue tape, whiteboard, a ball

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

I can tell now already that it’s one of the best lessons in this class. I had to modify it a little bit as the number of people was not even so 2 people were giving directions in turns and 1 person was following them. They changed their roles when someone moved too far and stepped on the blue tape. The game was vey exciting and challenging for them.

Advice: don’t forget about a back up activity in case the game will over faster (if the students are good at giving directions in Russian).

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.

An example of the Trust Walk for activity 3:

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RU SP16 ADV Russian Poetry

May 6, 2016 /

Language Resident Name: Tatiana Ermolaeva

Day and Date: Thursday, 02/04/2016

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class): Russian, Advanced

Class theme/topics discussed: Russian poetry

Goal of the class: practice reading skills

How did you structure the class?
1. Warm up. Make a short poem of 4 lines using the words that student brainstorm at the beginning.
10 minutes.
2. Do you have a favorite poet? What Russian poets do you know?
Reading poems in turns and drinking tea.
20 minutes
3. If time is left, the game “Interview”. Students write 5-10 questions on a piece of paper. Then they exchange their papers and ask the questions they have received from the other student. At the end they should present the other student to the class using the questions.
20 minutes

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

What worked well in this class? What did not work?
The students did a great job with the first task, they are very creative! They like to read Russian poetry out loud so it was a good practice for them before the traditional Russian tea event. They also wanted to keep all the poems we read. As to the 3rd task, it was a lot of fun!

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.

You’re welcome to use any poems and here’re the variants that I used:
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RU SP16 ADV Political System of Russia

May 6, 2016 /

Language Resident Name: Tatiana Ermolaeva

Day and Date: Thursday, 01/28/2016

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class): Russian, Advanced

Class theme/topics discussed: Political system of Russia

Goal of the class: to familiarize students with the political system of Russia, practice speaking skills

How did you structure the class?
1. Warm up. A game “Who’s a liar”
There’s 2 pieces of paper on the table. 2 students choose a piece of paper. One of them is with a picture on it, the other is blank. The first student is describing a picture to the other students. The second student should pretend that he has a paper with a picture as well and describe it, i.e. to lie. The class should guess who’s lying.
10 minutes.
2. Political system of Russia.
20 minutes
3. Debates on recent political events in Russia.
20 minutes

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

What worked well in this class? What did not work?
The class went very well! All the students were engaging and we had a lot of fun during the warm-up activity though it took a bit more time because the students got excited. While explaining political system in Russia I asked them to name different parts of the system in Russian as they all are majoring in IR. The students were very interested in the topic.

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 for activity 1
Pics for activity 1, lesson 4

Handout for activity 2
Political system

RU SP16 ADV Social Networks in Russia

May 6, 2016 /

Language Resident Name: Tatiana Ermolaeva

Day and Date: Thursday, 01/21/2016

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class): Russian, Advanced

Class theme/topics discussed: Social Networks in Russia

Goal of the class: to introduce social networks used in Russia; discuss advantages and disadvantages of social networks in the world in general

How did you structure the class?
1. Warm up. First time the students just listen to the “song” and try to find out what is going on in the video. For the second time they watch it and should be able to guess what we’re going to discuss. http://rutube.ru/video/4fd7c75ec003c5b2f7de3b9da2e985ae/

5 minutes
2. Quick discussion:
What social networks popular in Russia do you know?
Do you have an account in any of them? Are you an active user there? What do you use it for? (example, talking to Russian friends, following the events in Russia, sharing your photos with Russian friends)
5 minutes
3. Introduction of the Russian social networks. And I also show to the students how the pages at different social networks look like.
15 minutes
4. Discussion: advantages and disadvantages of using social networks.
Students write statements on the board in two columns, then we discuss it together.
15-20 minutes
5. Wrap up. Video about internet and social networks from a famous Russian comedian:
http://rutube.ru/video/a03c459ff636505c14271d0652421aba/
8 minutes
6. Conversation Class Agreement.

What technology, media or props did you use? (internet resources, playmobiles, handouts, etc.)
Internet, TV
What worked well in this class? What did not work?
The lesson went very well! The students seemed to be really interested in the topic and they were very engaging during the conversation. Both videos worked great.
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.
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RU SP16 INT Russian Cartoons

May 6, 2016 /

Language Resident Name: Tatiana Ermolaeva

Day and Date: Wednesday, 02/17/2016

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class): Russian, Intermediate

Class theme/topics discussed: Russian cartoons

Goal of the class: to demonstrate to the students such an important component of Russian culture as Russian cartoons; to practice speaking and listening skills

How did you structure the class?
1. Warm up.
Every student has a picture. The task is to find a student who has a similar (pair) picture by asking questions but not naming the object on the picture. When they think they found their pairing picture they explain to the class why the think they pair and show their pictures to the class simultaneously to find out whether they were right or not.
15 minutes
2. Watch a cartoon “Bremenskie muzikanty” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-HBgvJL5rI
Answer the questions:
Who is there in the cartoon?
Where the musicians are going? What are they doing in the castle? What is happening next?
30 minutes
3. Fill in the missing words from the song.
10 minutes

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

What worked well in this class? What did not work?
The lesson went well. It was a bit difficult to discuss the cartoon because students were too relaxed and didn’t want to engage into the conversation.

How could this class be improved/ modified?
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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 for activity 1
Handout for activity 3

RU SP16 INT Housing

May 6, 2016 /

Language Resident Name: Tatiana Ermolaeva

Day and Date: Wednesday, 02/01/2016

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class): Russian, Intermediate

Class theme/topics discussed: Housing

Goal of the class: remembering vocabulary from chapter 5 of the textbook; instrumental case

How did you structure the class?
1. Warm up.
Brainstorming on the housing vocabulary (students give the names of the pieces of furniture and write it on the board).
Students stand in circle. One of them has a small ball. They throw a ball to each other naming the pieces of furniture they’ve learnt in chapter 5 of their textbook. Those who can’t remember a word steps out of the circle but he/she has a chance to come back shouting out a word if the other person doesn’t remember it.
10 minutes
2. There’s a picture of a room/kitchen with furniture on the screen. The task is to describe what is where using prepositions за, под, перед, над, между, рядом.
20 minutes
3. Interview. Students write 5-10 questions on a piece of paper. Then they exchange their papers and ask the questions they have received from the other student. At the end they should present the other student to the class using the questions.
20 minutes

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

What worked well in this class? What did not work?
The lesson went very well! The students remembered the vocabulary we needed so both activities were both useful and helpful for them. They also told me that the activity with questions also helped them to speak and asked to do it more often.

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.

RU SP16 INT Introductory lesson

May 6, 2016 /

Language Resident Name: Tatiana Ermolaeva

Day and Date: Wednesday, 01/19/2016

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class): Russian, Intermediate

Class theme/topics discussed: Introduction lesson

Goal of the class: to get acquainted with the students and make them learn something new about each other

How did you structure the class?
1. General questions on how they spend the day, what courses they take this semester, how they spent their winter break
8-10 minutes.
2. The game “Human Bingo”.
Every student gets a piece of paper with a bingo chart on it. The boxes are filled in with the phrases. The task is to find a student who answers “yes” to the statement from the box. Wins the one who get a bingo combination with names first.
15 minutes
3. Tags on back. Names of famous people (not necessarily Russian) are written on a piece of paper and put into students’ back. Students must ask each other yes/no questions about the personality on his/her back (the other students can see the name) until he/she guess the personality.
15-20 minutes
4. Discussing topics for the new semester.
5 minutes

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

What worked well in this class? What did not work?
The games took more time than I expected. In general the lesson went ok though most of the students are still not so enthusiastic about learning Russian and keep on switching into English.

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 for task 2. Human Bingo

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RU F15 ADV Everyday Life

December 11, 2015 /

Conversation Class Lesson Summary

Language Resident Name: Tatiana Ermolaeva
Day and Date: Thursday, 12/03/2015
Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class): Russian, Advanced
Class theme/topics discussed: Everyday life
Goal of the class: spontaneous speech practice

How did you structure the class?
1. Warm up. Dice talk.
Students throw dice. The number on it corresponds to the number of the topics on the list below:
1. What is your biggest dream?
2. How do you make friends with people?
3. Tell about the book you’ve recently read.
4. What would you like to change in the world?
5. What would you do if you won 1 billion $?
6. What places would you like to visit?
7. Would you change anything in your life if you could?
8. What is your most pleasant memory?
9. What is your favorite holiday? Why?
10. What bothers you most of all in present moment?
10 minutes
2. Guess what the movie is about
a) http://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/839253/
Listen to the trailer (no video). Try to find out what the movie is going to be about. Develop the story. Watch the trailer again with the video this time. Does it correspond to the story you’ve invented?
b) http://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/840258/
Watch the trailer without sound this time. Try to guess what the movie is about. Watch the video for the second time with the sound.
20 minutes
3. Look at the pictures of my friends and try to guess what their life looks like.
20 minutes.

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

What worked well in this class? What did not work?
The warm up activity worked great (thanks to the previous Japanese LR for the idea with the dice!). I chose questions that can be developed into serious and long conversations so the students were able to talk a lot but not endlessly. It’s a great exercise for spontaneous speech in a target language (if questions are adequate). As to the other tasks, they were not so exciting for the students though one of them now wants to watch one of the Russian movies that I showed a trailer of. In general the class went well.

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.

Questions for the 1st task:
1. Расскажи о своей самой заветной мечте.
2. Как ты заводишь друзей?
3. Расскажи о книге, которую ты недавно прочел.
4. Что ты хотел бы изменить в мире?
5. Что ты бы сделал, если бы выиграл 1 миллион долларов?
6. Какие места ты бы хотел посетить?
7. Изменил бы ты что-либо в своей жизни, если бы мог?
8. Расскажи о своем самом приятном воспоминании.
9. Какой твой любимый праздник? Почему?
10. Что тебя беспокоит больше всего в данный момент?

RU F15 ADV Russian Proverbs and Sayings

December 11, 2015 /

Conversation Class Lesson Summary

Language Resident Name: Tatiana Ermolaeva

Day and Date: Thursday, 09/17/2015

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class): Russian, Advanced

Class theme/topics discussed: Russian proverbs and sayings

Goal of the class: learn about the meaning of the Russian proverbs and sayings. Try to apply them in the real life situations.

How did you structure the class?
1. Match the two sides of proverbs and sayings (Handout 1).
Try to explain its meaning (5 proverbs to each student).
Do you know any American proverbs? Do you use any of them? Do you know the Russian equivalent?
20 minutes.

2. Imagine situation where you can apply these proverbs.
10 minutes

3. Russian Fairy tale – read (Handout 2) and answer the questions:
1. Как получился Колобок?
2. Кого колобок встретил первым?
3. Как Колобок обманул волка?
4. Кого Колобок встретил после волка?
5. Удалось ли Колобку обмануть лису? Как лиса обманула Колобка?
30 minutes

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

What worked well in this class? What did not work?
Only 1 of my 2 students showed up today so all the tasks were completed much earlier. During the time left we discussed whether the language table with the beginners went well yesterday. It was the first time when they all came.
Proverbs were definitely a success. It turned out that the student didn’t know many of them in Russian so he had to think carefully about its meaning.
The fairy tale was also good as in the end we discussed what proverbs can be applied to it.
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. Proverbs and sayings for matching

Без труда не вытащить и рыбки из пруда.
Терпенье и труд все перетрут.
Друзья познаются в беде.
Не место красит человека, а человек место.
Язык до Киева доведёт.
Рыба ищет где глубже, а человек – где лучше.
Слово – не воробей, вылетит – не поймаешь.
Не было бы счастья, да несчастье помогло.
Заставь дурака Богу молиться, так он себе и лоб расшибет.
Встречают по одёжке, провожают по уму.

Handout 2. Колобок

Жили-были старик со старухой.
Вот и говорит старик старухе:
— Поди-ка, старуха, по коробу поскреби, по сусеку помети, не наскребешь ли муки на колобок.
Взяла старуха крылышко, по коробу поскребла, по сусеку помела и наскребла муки горсти две.
Замесила муку на сметане, состряпала колобок, изжарила в масле и на окошко студить положила.
Колобок полежал, полежал, взял да и покатился — с окна на лавку, с лавки на пол, пó полу к двери, прыг через порог — да в сени, из сеней на крыльцо, с крыльца на двор, со двора за ворота, дальше и дальше.
Катится колобок по дороге, навстречу ему заяц:
— Колобок, колобок, я тебя съем!
— Не ешь меня, заяц, я тебе песенку спою:

Я колобок, колобок,
Я по коробу скребен,
По сусеку метен,
На сметане мешон
Да в масле пряжон,
На окошке стужон.
Я от дедушки ушел,
Я от бабушки ушел,
От тебя, зайца, подавно уйду!

И покатился по дороге — только заяц его и видел!
Катится колобок, навстречу ему волк:
— Колобок, колобок, я тебя съем!
— Не ешь меня, серый волк, я тебе песенку спою:

Я колобок, колобок,
Я по коробу скребен,
По сусеку метен,
На сметане мешон
Да в масле пряжон,
На окошке стужон.
Я от дедушки ушел,
Я от бабушки ушел,
Я от зайца ушел,
От тебя, волк, подавно уйду!

И покатился по дороге — только волк его и видел!
Катится колобок, навстречу ему медведь:
— Колобок, колобок, я тебя съем!
— Где тебе, косолапому, съесть меня!

Я колобок, колобок,
Я по коробу скребен,
По сусеку метен,
На сметане мешон
Да в масле пряжон,
На окошке стужон.
Я от дедушки ушел,
Я от бабушки ушел,
Я от зайца ушел,
Я от волка ушел,
От тебя, медведь, подавно уйду!

И опять покатился — только медведь его и видел!
Катится колобок, навстречу ему лиса:
— Колобок, колобок, куда катишься?
— Качусь по дорожке.
— Колобок, колобок, спой мне песенку!
Колобок и запел:

Я колобок, колобок,
Я по коробу скребен,
По сусеку метен,
На сметане мешон
Да в масле пряжон,
На окошке стужон.
Я от дедушки ушел,
Я от бабушки ушел,
Я от зайца ушел,
Я от волка ушел,
От медведя ушел,
От тебя, лисы, нехитро уйти!

А лиса говорит:
— Ах, песенка хороша, да слышу я плохо. Колобок, колобок, сядь ко мне на носок да спой еще разок, погромче.
Колобок вскочил лисе на нос и запел погромче ту же песенку.
А лиса опять ему:
— Колобок, колобок, сядь ко мне на язычок да пропой в последний разок.
Колобок прыг лисе на язык, а лиса его — гам! — и съела.

RU F15 ADV Stereotypes about Russia and Russians

December 11, 2015 /

Conversation Class Lesson Summary

Language Resident Name: Tatiana Ermolaeva
Day and Date: Thursday, 09/10/2015
Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class): Russian, Advanced
Class theme/topics discussed: Stereotypes about Russians and Russia
Goal of the class: to find out the stereotypes American people have about Russian and vice versa.

How did you structure the class?
1. Warm up. Brainstorm on what stereotypes Americans have about Russian people. 5 minutes
2. Watch the video on how would a film about Russians look like if it was shot in Hollywood. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5KYZb178kI
Discuss what stereotypes are included in this video (enumerate them one by one); which of them to the students’ opinion might be true?
Discuss what stereotypes do people have about Americans.
25 minutes.

3. Watch commercials and guess which stereotypes about Russia and Russian people are used in them.
http://golbis.com/pin/this-is-russia-10-stereotipov-o-rossii-v-reklame-globalnyih-brendov/#.VfE0vrRTDbo
20 minutes

4. Wrap up. The video about what Americans find strange about Russian homes.

4 minutes.

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

What worked well in this class? What did not work?
The class went well, students talked about stereotypes with pleasure. We had laughed a lot as well. They also shared their experience of staying in Russia and confirming or ruining the stereotypes.
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.

Text for the task #3
Стереотипы в рекламе
1. Huawei Honor 3. Телефон для России
Cтереотип: в России все вопросы решаются силой
Невероятную популярность ролик приобрёл благодаря истории о типичных русских бандитах из 90-х, пытающихся «выбить» информацию из молодого человека в офисной одежде. Во время разборки клерка окунают в чан с водой, но разговор по понятиям прерывает телефонный звонок. Смартфон в кармане жертвы оказался водонепроницаемым, что вызвало интерес у главаря банды. В результате разборка заканчивается фотосессией.
2. Nissan Almera. Машина для российских дорог
Cтереотип: в России плохие дороги
Если автомобиль купят в России, значит, он будет ездить по плохим дорогам. Эту довольно очевидную мысль взяло себе на заметку сетевое рекламное агентство TBWA\Moscow в 2013 году и разработало кампанию для автомобильного бренда Nissan под названием «Забудьте о плохих дорогах».
3. Audi. Любые условия — идеальные условия
Cтереотип: в России очень холодно
Благодатную тему плохих дорог и тяжёлых погодных условий автомобильные бренды используют довольно часто. Креативное агентство Instinct (BBDO Group) показало в рекламном ролике системы постоянного полного привода Audi Quattro настоящую русскую зиму. Главный посыл — эти системы идеально адаптируются к российской действительности, поэтому на Audi вы вернётесь домой к ужину в любой мороз и по любой дороге.
4. Nike. Just do it – Play Russian
Cтереотип: в России живут сильные духом люди
В преддверии Олимпиады спортивный бренд Nike запустил рекламную кампанию Play Russian. На экране опять суровая русская зима, но главным объектом внимания на этот раз становится невероятная сила духа и стремление спортсменов к победе любой ценой. Одним словом, русская зима закаляет людей, делает их сильнее и позволяет играть по-русски.
5. IKEA. Отдыхайте за границей дома
Cтереотип: русские любят отдыхать на даче
Загорать на траве, жарить шашлыки, поливать друг друга из шланга и не прерывать отдых на природе, несмотря на дождь, — таковы правила русской дачи. За роликом о летнем отдыхе россиян на их любимом курорте IKEA Россия обратилась к агентству Instinct и получила знакомую многим картинку.
6. Snickers. Хорошо, что не все мечты сбываются
Стереотип: все мальчики в 90-х мечтали стать бизнесменами
В 2011 году компания Mars отмечала 20 лет со дня выхода батончиков Mars, Snickers и Twix на российский рынок. К этой дате рекламное агентство BBDO Moscow подготовило для компании несколько рекламных роликов про то, о чём мечтали дети 20 лет назад. В рекламе Snickers мальчик, чьё детство пришлось на 90-е, рассказывает о том, как мечтает стать бизнесменом, торговать видиками и носить крутую кожаную куртку, когда вырастет.
7. Mars. Хорошо, что не все мечты сбываются
Cтереотип: все девочки в 90-х мечтали выйти замуж за бизнесмена
Ещё один ролик кампании — реклама батончика Mars. Он повествует о том, как светловолосая девочка с бантом, к счастью, не стала секретарём и не ходит на дискотеки в розовых лосинах, как мечтала.
8. Lay’s. From Russia от бабушки
Cтереотип: русские бабушки не дадут замёрзнуть и проголодаться
В 2011 году рекламное агентство BBDO Moscow запустило рекламную кампанию чипсов Lay’s со вкусом малосольных огурцов и укропа. Её лицом стал бывший капитан российской сборной по футболу Андрей Аршавин. В ролике рассказывается о том, как бабушка прислала любимому внуку Андрюше в далёкую Великобританию тёплую спортивную форму и картошечку с огурчиками и укропом.
9. Google. Для тех, кто любит читать
Cтереотип: Россия — самая читающая страна в мире
Ролик Google из цикла «То, что вы любите» рассказывает о том, как продукты компании помогают любителям литературы. Если верить стереотипам, в России любителей литературы особенно много. В ностальгическом ролике появляются кадры, напоминающие те времена, когда за книгами в России выстраивались очереди. В рекламе снялись писательница Виктория Токарева и её внучка Екатерина Тодоровская.
10. Hitachi в России. Непонятно
Cтереотип: русские ничего не понимают в технологиях
Этот ролик можно было увидеть на японских телеканалах в 2012 году. Компания Hitachi сняла добрую, но в то же время ироничную рекламу о своём сотрудничестве с Россией. Японский представитель пытается наглядно объяснить российским товарищам, как работает продукция Hitachi, но на его уточнение «понятно?» получает единогласное «нет». В то же время в ролике можно увидеть пример идеального российского тимбилдинга с дружескими кулачными боями и баней.

RU F15 INT Clothes and Colors

December 11, 2015 /

Conversation Class Lesson Summary

Language Resident Name: Tatiana Ermolaeva
Day and Date: Monday, 11/23/2015
Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class): Russian, Intermediate
Class theme/topics discussed: Clothes and colours
Goal of the class: to introduce and use the vocabulary in speech

How did you structure the class?
1. Warm up – Tongue twister
10 minutes
2. Clothes and color vocabulary. What is your favorite color?
15 minutes
3. Describe the clothes of the person sitting next to you.
10 minutes
4. Students are divided into 2 groups of 3 people. Make a list of pieces of clothes on the picture as fast as possible (the picture is the same for both groups).
15 minutes
5. Game (if time left). Students should understand a question and step out of the circle if they have any mentioned color on them.
5 minutes

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

What worked well in this class? What did not work?
It seemed to me that students liked the idea of learning the clothes and color vocabulary. They asked a lot of questions. Though some of them still didn’t pay much attention to what was going on in class. The game went well as they had to use the vocabulary to speak in Russian.

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
Мыла Мила
Мыла Мила мишку мылом,
Мила мыло уронила.
Уронила Мила мыло,
Мишку мылом не домыла.

Handout 2
Одежда – Clothes
Рубашка – shirt
Костюм – suit
Брюки – trousers
Носки – socks
Свитер – sweater
Футболка – t-shirt
Тенниска – t-shirt, polo-shirt
Майка – singlet, tank-top
Кофта – blouse
Джинсы – jeans
Юбка – skirt
Платье – dress
Шорты – shorts
Водолазка – poloneck
Жакет, куртка – jacket
Жилет – waistcoat
Шарф – scarf
Пальто – coat
Шуба – fur coat
Шапка – cap, hat
Колготки – tights
Ботинки – boots
Сапоги – high boots
Туфли – shoes
Кроссовки – sneakers, sport shoes
Носки – Socks
Спортивный костюм – sport suit
Кеды – gumshoes
Босоножки – sandals
Тапочки – slippers
Бюстгалтер – bra
Нижнее белье – underwear

Украшения – Jewelry
Кольцо – ring
Цепочка – chain
Браслет – bracelet
Ожерелье – necklace
Сережки – earrings
Кулон – pendant

Носить – wear
Надевать – put on
Снимать – put off
Обувать – put on shoes
Переодеться / переодеваться – change

Цвет – Color
Красный – red
Оранжевый – orange
Желтый – yellow
Зеленый – green
Голубой – blue
Синий – dark blue
Фиолетовый – violet
Белый – white
Серый – grey
Коричневый – brown
Черный – black
Розовый – pin

Picture for the 4th task
Picture for the 4th task

RU F15 INT Russian Cartoons

December 11, 2015 /

Conversation Class Lesson Summary

Language Resident Name: Tatiana Ermolaeva

Day and Date: Wednesday, 10/07/2015

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class): Russian, Intermediate

Class theme/topics discussed: Russian cartoons

Goal of the class:

How did you structure the class?
1. Warm-up. Remember and find the names of 12 months in the chart. Handout 1
5 minutes

2. What is your favourite cartoon? Do you like Russian cartoons?
Watch the Russian cartoon about Winni the Pooh

10 minutes
Try to recreate the story (one student says one sentence repeating the sentences of the previous students – snowball).
25 minutes

3. Which song from the cartoon did you like best?
Handout 2
Try to sing it (at least to read it a bit faster)
10 minutes

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

What worked well in this class? What did not work?
The warm up went good. The students remember the material we studied before. The cartoon was a success. The game after the cartoon went well too. Students were very attentive and they spoke well. I still have a couple of students who are not interested in the Russian language, they don’t pay much attention to the tasks during the class and I’m still trying to figure out how to involve them into the conversation with the other students.

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. Найди названия 12 месяцев

с а в г у с т и б о
ы п ы м а р т ю н к
п р р ы ю ц о н ш т
с е н т я б р ь г я
ц л м б н щ ы р н б
р ь а у в р и о о р
ы ф й в а ы ю о я ь
й ф е в р а л ь б д
р й н у ь н ь р р д
д е к а б р ь н ь ю

Handout 2

ПЕСЕНКИ ВИННИ-ПУХА (из мультфильма «Винни-Пух»)
слова Б.Заходера

Если я чешу в затылке –
Не беда!
В голове моей опилки,
Да-да-да.
Но хотя там и опилки,
Но Шумелки и Вопилки
(А также Кричалки,
Пыхтелки и даже
Сопелки и так далее)
Сочиняю я неплохо
И-ног-да!
Хорошо живет на свете
Винни-Пух!
Оттого поет он эти
Песни
Вслух!
И неважно, чем он занят,
Если он худеть не станет,
А ведь он худеть не станет,
(Если, конечно,
Вовремя подкрепится…).
Да!

_______________________
Мишка очень любит мёд!
Почему? Кто поймёт?
В самом деле, почему
Мёд так нравится ему?
Если б мишки были пчёлами,
То они бы нипочём
Никогда и не подумали
Так высóко строить дом;
И тогда (конечно, если бы
Пчёлы – это были мишки!)
Нам бы, мишкам, было незачем
Лазить на такие вышки!

_______________________
Я Тучка, Тучка, Тучка,
А вовсе не медведь.
Ах, как приятно Тучке
Пó небу лететь!

Ах, в синем-синем небе
Порядок и уют –
Поэтому все Тучки
Так весело поют!

RU F15 INT Daily Routine

December 11, 2015 /

Conversation Class Lesson Summary

Language Resident Name: Tatiana Ermolaeva
Day and Date: Wednesday, 09/23/2015
Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class): Russian, Intermediate
Class theme/topics discussed: Daily routine
Goal of the class: to learn / remember the vocabulary for the daily routine

How did you structure the class?
1. Warm up. Look at the Handout 1 and say whether your everyday life is different.
5 minutes.
2. Have a look at the words and expressions from Handout 2, add the words for the actions you do every day.
15 minutes
3. Describe your typical day.
15 minutes
4. Discussion: is there any difference between weekday and weekends?
What do you usually do at the weekends?
15 minutes
5. Fill in the handout “My day” in writing (Handout 3).
10 minutes
6. Watch the video on how the morning is different for boys and girls:

Share your impressions on the video.
5 minutes

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

What worked well in this class? What did not work?
The discussion went very well. Finally the students started using the full sentences, not just separate words. The video was definitely a success. I’ll try to find videos with not many words as they react better and don’t feel the pressure to understand every single word then.
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

Handout 1

Handout 1

Handout 2

Handout 3

Handout 3

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