Monday, February 2, 2026

Сегодня в лингафонном кабинете ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN (Урок 5, неделя 3 Unit 5 Week 3 Elementary Russian)

Ну, погоди means "Just you wait!"

Привет!

Возьмите хендаут! На if you want a virtual one! (In Russian, you can say На! and it'll be understood as "Here, take this!" It's not super formal, but it's not rude...) 


Let's start with the grammar quiz! Grab it in the lab and have it checked by us before you leave the class (аудиторию)


А ТЕПЕРЬ (=and now...)

Next 10 minutes. «Ну погоди!»

Не хотите посмотреть мультфильм? Do you want to watch a cartoon? Русские (скорее советские граждане) очень любят серию «Ну погоди!». Watch an episode of the much-loved animated series «Ну погоди!» ("Just You Wait!"). Every Russian-speaker I know can recite these series from memory... Watch one episode! It's just ten minutes!






Закончили?? МОЛОДЕЦ! Ну погоди makes Tom and Jerry look like Teletubbies, right? Wipe the blood off your computer screen. 

There was a time before trigger warnings... было да сплыло... 

Last 30 minutes.
А теперь... Поработаем! Handout

On your handout, you'll find some exercises for за столом и за компьютером, for table work with tutors and for work at the computer. Do whichever you wish first! Как хотите! But do them both and include the completed handout in your Unit 5 portfolio.

1) The work at the tables is on the tricky Russian translation of "CLASS"... I'm going to class! I'm taking a class! Class! Класс! (That word, класс, means (among other things)... "That's cool!")
2) Listen to 5-41 (the first exercise below) and 5-42 (the second). Just jot down the answers on the handout. You'll find the exercise additionally printed there, on your handout. 


Sunday, February 1, 2026

RUS 202 ВТОРОЙ КУРС Unit 5 LAB 3



Здравствуйте, дорогие студенты!

1. Сначала.... КВИЗ по грамматике ! 

2. Теперь... посмотрите программу "Лучше всех" про повара Полину (3 года). Посмотрите 8 минут, она готовит салат Оливье... ням-ням... (10 мин)


Вам понравился ролик? Правда, очень мило? А теперь давайте поработаем!

3. Возьмите наш хэндаут. Сделайте устные упражнения 11 и 12 (15 мин)

4. А теперь давайте повторим reflexive verbs=REVIEW THE FOLLOWING VERBS (PAY ATTENTION TO STRESS!!!) (5 min)

USE  the nonreflexive form (WITHOUT –СЯ) when an animate being is the grammatical subject (Миша начал смотреть кино) Use the reflexive form (with –ся) when something inanimate is the subject (Библиотека закрывается в 7 часов)



5. Теперь устное упражнение 16 (10 мин)

ВСЁ! УРА!

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Сегодня в лингафонном кабинете ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN (Unit 5 Week 2/Урок 5 неделя 2)




 
 




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Пора работать! It's time to work. 

First, take the vocab quiz!

Here is the хэндаут for today. If you come to the lab, then I'll have some copies for you. 


Давайте послушаем. Напишите ответы. Do this exercise on the lab хендаут. Listen to the recording at least twice! If you need to review numbers go HERE and spend 5 minutes on 1-100.
  • Listen to the recording and jot down Ско́лько сто́ит? How much does it cost? (Recall the word Сколько from the phrase Ско́лько се́йчас вре́мени?) You'll hear prices given in rubles and kopecks (рубли и копейки) but you'll hear them in their inflected forms рублей и копеек. 

Check the answers with tutors or professors
Принесите нам хендаут и мы его вам проверим (We'll check it).


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Таке а second and review your QUESTION WORDS!


  • On your handout, jot down at least three questions using the question words. We'll start our class tomorrow with these questions.

Now, let's finish up with verbs of motion, examining the "there-and-back-again" verbs ездить and ходить. Take a second to examine their conjugational pattern. They are regular verbs like говорить, but they have a mutation in the я form, like the verb любить (люблю).



Consider for a moment the 3rd person forms of these two verbs, both of which have an "end-stem" stress pattern. The first-person я form is stressed on then ending, while all the other non-past forms are stressed on the stem. 

Typical for many second-conjugation (и-class) verbs, the third singular and third plural are essentially homophonous -- they sound the same because я reduces to /и/ when not under stress.  
он хОдит...они хОдят
they both sound like /хОдит/

он Ездит... они Ездят
  • Do the written tasks 6 and 7 on your handout for practice.

Monday, January 26, 2026

Сегодня в ЛИНГАФОННОМ кабинете REVIEW LAB RUS 202 Unit 5 Урок 5


ЗДРАВСТВУЙТЕ!!!
Сначала=at first, practice QUIZLET to review the vocabulary of Unit 5 for 5 min.

Now, take the vocab quiz!!!

Теперь (=now), загрузите и распечатайте этот хэндаут... мы будем читать первую часть истории про Малыша и Карлсона! (=download and print out this handout or just grab a printed copy at the lab. We will read the first part of a classic Russian cartoon about Malysh and Karlson)

1) прочитайте текст с тьютором и переведите! = read the text outloud (preferably with a tutor) and translate.
2) посмотрите мультфильм (= watch the first episode until Karlson leaves the house after breaking the lamp. It's just 6 min. stop at 6:45!


3) теперь сделайте упражнения из вашего хэндаута (вопросы) = now, do assignments from your handout (all questions should be answered in writing)

СПАСИБО ЗА ОТЛИЧНОЕ ЗАНЯТИЕ!!!!

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Сегодня в лингафонном кабинете... Урок 5, Неделя 1 // Language Lab Elementary Russian Unit 5 Week 1



SAVE THE DATE! CULTURAL CREDIT AND RUSSIAN PORTFOLIO CREDIT PROVIDED FOR BOTH EVENTS!
January 26, MONDAY, 1pm-2pm at SPREES 
Strings and History: Slavic Folk Music Lab
Experience Slavic folk music beyond the textbook in this interactive, hands-on workshop. You will explore traditional Slavic instruments, learn to play balalaika, and discover how Slavic folk music has evolved from ancient village traditions to modern stage performances. No musical experience required!


January 26, MONDAY 4pm-5pm at Lee Chapel (Elizabeth Hall)
A Musical Journey around the World: Domra, Guitar, and Voice concert
This one-hour concert features Peter Omelchenko, one of the world's greatest domra players. He is joined by Anna Kusner, a Gnessin academy-trained guitarist, and a renowned Ukrainian baritone Peter Slutsky. The musicians will perform popular classical favorites, Ukrainian melodies, Jewish music, Russian romances, and international hits. Learn more about the musicians and listen to the music excerpts HERE



Давайте поработаем! Сначала... 

ДАВАЙ!

Here's the worksheet for today. There will be "physical" copies in the lab for you! 

Prepare for the vocab quiz next week:
1) Follow the link, and memorize the days of the week
2) Follow the link, and memorize useful phrases from the dialogues

Now, work on days of the week for at least 10 minutes. Remember! 

Monday понедельник (СТАРТ недели)  
Tuesday вторник (ВТОРой день недели)
Wednesday среда (в середине (middle) недели)
Thursday четверг (четвертый день недели)
Friday пятница (пятый день недели)
Saturday суббота (как на иврите, sabbath shabbos) 
Sunday воскресенье (an old word... it has CROSS in the middle)

Next, РАЗГОВОРЫ ДЛЯ СЛУШАНИЯ.

Послушайте разговоры 2 и 3 (Textbook, p. 150). Напишите ответы на  хендауте. (Write your answers on the back of the lab handout). Spend about 15 minutes on this section. 

Разговор 2. Билеты на рок-концерт. (5 мин... )



Разговор 3. Пойдем в буфет! (5 мин)

Now, look through this Point Presentation on Verbs of Motion. Click through the slides; there are 8. You'll get a bird's-eye view of the system of motion verbs in Russian. 

The point: These verbs are systematic! There's a series of rules that underwrite their usage. Learn the system, and learn the correct way to express motion in Russian. We'll spend much of this unit working on this verbal system. 

А теперь... письменные упражнения 
на  хендауте! =Now, go work on written work with the tutors or your professor. 

Monday, January 19, 2026

Сегодня в лингафонном кабинете Урок 5 LAB 1 Second-Year Russian



SAVE THE DATE! CULTURAL CREDIT AND RUSSIAN PORTFOLIO CREDIT PROVIDED FOR BOTH EVENTS!
January 26, MONDAY, 1pm-2pm at SPREES 
Strings and History: Slavic Folk Music Lab
Experience Slavic folk music beyond the textbook in this interactive, hands-on workshop. You will explore traditional Slavic instruments, learn to play balalaika, and discover how Slavic folk music has evolved from ancient village traditions to modern stage performances. No musical experience required!


January 26, MONDAY 4pm-5pm at Lee Chapel (Elizabeth Hall)
A Musical Journey around the World: Domra, Guitar, and Voice concert
This one-hour concert features Peter Omelchenko, one of the world's greatest domra players. He is joined by Anna Kusner, a Gnessin academy-trained guitarist, and a renowned Ukrainian baritone Peter Slutsky. The musicians will perform popular classical favorites, Ukrainian melodies, Jewish music, Russian romances, and international hits. Learn more about the musicians and listen to the music excerpts HERE




First, spend 10 minutes working on the vocab list (we will have the vocab quiz next week) HERE
А теперь... and now...

Grab the worksheet or download and then print out our worksheet for today HERE. It is important to download the worksheet before printing it so that images display properly.


1) РАЗГОВОРЫ ДЛЯ СЛУШАНИЯ:
Послушайте разговоры = listen to the conversations  2, 3 (see the questions in your handout)

Напишите ответы на хэндауте (=jot down your answers in your handout! 

2) Нравиться - понравиться: review THIS PPT before doing the oral drill in writing:

 ORAL DRILL 4 SAM p. 102 


 И eщё... and more...

3)
 ПИСЬМЕННЫЕ УПРАЖНЕНИЯ written ex 5.5 SAM p. 109  Write ex. and check them with me or with tutors. Don’t forget to include corrected versions in your portfolio