Teaching Russian through Film: III

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Brief Description

The roundtable seeks to explore the use of Russo-Soviet Film to teach the Russian language. Participants discuss the use of film in a proficiency-oriented and student-centered-classroom. The discussion focuses on the development of speaking, listening, and writing while using the wide variety of feature and documentary films from the Soviet 1920s till the recent winners of international film festivals made in the Russian language. The roundtable also will discuss the textbooks, already published or just at the beginning of the publication process. The participants are going to exchange their syllabi teaching materials, and/or lesson plans for particular films and activities. The roundtable has three sections A, B, and C.

Sub Unit

• Linguistics/Language Pedagogy/Translation

Chair

• Olga Dobrunoff, U.S.Military Academy

Roundtable Members

• Olga Dobrunoff, U.S.Military Academy

• Kathryn Anne Duda, Mercyhurst U

• Yuliana Gunn, U of Colorado at Boulder

• Alexei Lobski, U of Jyvaskyla (Finland)

• Annalise Rivas, Gustavus Adolphus College

Session Manager

• Alicia Baca, Ohio State U