Здороваемся «Здравствуйте, привет, салют!» (UNIT 2: BONUS LANGUAGE LAB! Week 4, Day 2

Здравствуйте, студенты! Welcome, Elementary Russian students!



This is a little poem, стишки, about saying hello. What words do you recognize?

Здороваемся «Здравствуйте, привет, салют!» – 
Говорим мы там и тут.
Взрослым «здравствуйте» мы скажем,
Уважение окажем.
«Здравствуй!» – то есть будь здоров,
С теми, с кем на «ты» готов -
С одноклассником, подругой
Поприветствуем друг друга.
«С добрым утром!» - скажем всем –
Взрослым, маленьким совсем.
«Добрый день» и «добрый вечер»
Также скажем мы при встрече,
А «салют» - почти «привет» -
Всем приятелям в ответ…

As the poem points out, you can say Добрый день, доброе утро, добрый вечер (good day, good morning, good evening) to anyone, formal or informal, teachers, bosses, kids... They're all purpose ways to greet! Notice the forms of добрый... they reflect the nouns they modify. 

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Today you'll take a quiz, do a little listening work at the computers, and then practice for your Oral Performance tomorrow... (You've signed up IN PAIRS, right?)

1. Take your GRAMMAR QUIZ! And have it graded by someone... 
2. Берите хэндаут! Get your handout from the center table! Saddle up to a computer! Listen to these exercises. The first is about intonation in questions. The second wants you to transcribe some numbers:

• Intonation (listening to questions and question words) 

• Numbers (There are two exercises you need to do on the worksheet, Б и В. These start at 1:50 on the recording; click on the link, and then move the ball on the player forward to 1:50!)

3. At the tables: Practice reading the dialogues for tomorrow's oral exam. You'll find the dialogues on the handout. This dialogue performance is only PART of the exam! Make sure you're ready! 

Here's the full assignment for the oral:

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Your Oral Performance (Thursday)

(1)   I’ll ask you three or four questions from the first composition (obverse, #1). MAKE SURE THIS IS MEMORIZED!

Do you have a dictionary? Yes, I have one. What kind is it? It’s a nice new Russian one!

У вас есть словарь? Да, есть. Какой? Он новый, хороший, русский. (Мой словарь новый, хороший, русский.).

(2)   Then, you’ll give me a little tour of your wardrobe. Name me four items, minimum!

Это моя новая зелёная рубашка! 

А это мои старые джинсы.

(3)   You and your partner will read one dialogue from this unit. You may bring the text with you! You don’t need to memorize it, but it should be REHEARSED and expressive and without phonological errors.