Svetlana Titkova
Email: stitkova@middlebury.edu
Phone: work802.443.5230
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Kitaigorodskaya Center for Foreign Language Instruction, Moscow State University
Kandidatskaya, Moscow State University
I am currently working on my doctoral dissertation in the area of methodology of teaching Russian as a foreign language. A native Russian, I have been working at Moscow State University since 1982 teaching Russian to foreign students of different levels in groups and individually and applying different methodologies, including both traditional and intensive approaches, with a special focus on conversation aspects. I have worked as a visiting professor in China (1989-1992) and in recent years (2001-2003) as a visiting professor at Middlebury College. My research interests include intensive methods of teaching Russian, intercultural communications, comparative analysis of the Russian and English languages, and classification, forecasting and prevention of errors made by foreign students of Russian.
I am the author and a co-author of a number of textbooks and scholarly articles about "language lacunae." In my spare time I enjoy all kinds of activities: movies, literature, some sports (especially swimming and table-tennis). I have traveled a lot, and I have seen many wonderful countries. But best of all I like to "communicate" with different people and am proud to have many friends all over the world (some of whom were my students) ... So, that's me!
Courses
Courses offered in the past four years.
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RUSS 3302 - Advanced Intermediate Russian ▹
For students with 300 hours of prior formal classroom instruction in Russian. In this class students review the basic grammatical and syntactical structures of the Russian language and focus their attention on more challenging structures of the language such as participles, comparative forms, and verbs of motion. At the end of the summer most students have an active vocabulary approaching 2,000 words. Readings for the class include poetry, short stories, and longer prose works, as well as newspaper articles. During half the summer program significant time is devoted to watching television news reports and reading news items. Students typically complete this course with intermediate-mid to intermediate high language skills.
Summer 2008, Summer 2009, Summer 2010, Summer 2011, Summer 2012
RUSS 3303 - Advanced Intermediate Russian ▹
For students with 300 hours of prior formal classroom instruction in Russian. In this class students review the basic grammatical and syntactical structures of the Russian language and focus their attention on more challenging structures of the language such as participles, comparative forms, and verbs of motion. At the end of the summer most students have an active vocabulary approaching 2,000 words. Readings for the class include poetry, short stories, and longer prose works, as well as newspaper articles. During half the summer program significant time is devoted to watching television news reports and reading news items. Students typically complete this course with intermediate-mid to intermediate high language skills.
Summer 2008, Summer 2009, Summer 2010, Summer 2011, Summer 2012
RUSS 3304 - Advanced Intermediate Russian ▹
For students with 300 hours of prior formal classroom instruction in Russian. In this class students review the basic grammatical and syntactical structures of the Russian language and focus their attention on more challenging structures of the language such as participles, comparative forms, and verbs of motion. At the end of the summer most students have an active vocabulary approaching 2,000 words. Readings for the class include poetry, short stories, and longer prose works, as well as newspaper articles. During half the summer program significant time is devoted to watching television news reports and reading news items. Students typically complete this course with intermediate-mid to intermediate high language skills.
Summer 2008, Summer 2009, Summer 2010, Summer 2011, Summer 2012
RUSS 3305 - Advanced Intermediate Russian ▹
For students with 300 hours of prior formal classroom instruction in Russian. In this class students review the basic grammatical and syntactical structures of the Russian language and focus their attention on more challenging structures of the language such as participles, comparative forms, and verbs of motion. At the end of the summer most students have an active vocabulary approaching 2,000 words. Readings for the class include poetry, short stories, and longer prose works, as well as newspaper articles. During half the summer program significant time is devoted to watching television news reports and reading news items. Students typically complete this course with intermediate-mid to intermediate high language skills.
Summer 2008, Summer 2009, Summer 2010, Summer 2011, Summer 2012
RUSS 0102 - Beginning Russian
Beginning Russian
This course is a continuation of RUSS 0101. (RUSS 0101 or equivalent)
Winter 2009, Winter 2011, Winter 2012
RUSS 0202 - Intermediate Russian
Intermediate Russian
Continuation of the approach used in RUSS 0201. Reading of contemporary Russian texts, conversation, and written assignments in Russian based on reading assignments. (RUSS 0201 or equivalent) 3 hrs. lect., 3 hrs. drill
Spring 2009
RUSS 0500 - Advanced Independent Study
Advanced Studies in Language and Literature
Supervised individual study for highly qualified students. (Approval required)
Spring 2009
