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Deciphering Contextual Usage of Imperfective Verbs in Russian: "Konstatatsiya fakta deistviya" and "znachenie obshchefakticheskogo deistviya" in Narrative Discourse.
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Launer, Michael K. – Russian Language Journal, 1979
The parameters that help learners decipher imperfective usage (particularly KF) in Russian are described. Subcategories of KF which do not overlap are analyzed through their contextual usage in detective stories. Suggestions are made for helping learners decode KF in speech and writing. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Context Clues, Language Usage, Russian, Second Language Instruction
Extra-Curricular Activities in Second-Language Teaching in a University Setting: Experience of a Russian Program.
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Tumanov, Alexander – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1983
Integration of extracurricular activities into the second language curriculum is supported in the context of culturally oriented communicative second language teaching. After methodological approaches in the literature are analyzed, various extracurricular program provided at the University of Toronto are described. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Context, Extracurricular Activities
Understanding Russian Texts: A Short Course Procedure Using the Integrated Dictionary Search Method.
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Heron, Patricia A. – Reading in a Foreign Language, 1983
A teaching technique used in a short course in reading scientific and technical Russian without previous Russian language experience is described. A special grammar-and-dictionary is used in a rule-governed manner to produce semi-automatically a sentence-for-sentence analysis of specialized texts. (MSE)
Descriptors: Dictionaries, Discourse Analysis, Grammar, Language Usage