FIRST YEAR RUSSIAN-RUS 101, 102, 103/150, 151

at Portland Community College, Sylvania
Web page created and maintained by Kristine Shmakov

Russian Internet Links
This web page was created to provide supplemental web-links for each chapter of our textbook Welcome.  You'll also find links for the language lab activities we will be doing during class. I hope you have as much fun using them, as I did finding them. 

The alphabet chapter
Sounds of the letters:
-Hear the all the letters of the alphabet pronounced.
-Watch a video of the Russian alphabet with pronunciation of each letter.
-Here's a Russian cartoon featuring a bird giving a rabbit a whole lesson on the Russian alphabet, complete
     with curvise writing.
-Keep practicing and maybe your pronunciation will be a good as this little Russian girl!

Learn the alphabet:
-Flashcards for practicing the sounds of the alphabet.
-Practice the alphabet with a bunny at Hello-World.
-This Russian kids' game at Солнышко features the pronunciation of each letter. (Press the space bar to hear each letter.)
-See how well you know the sounds of each letter with this game.
-Here's a game to help you learn the order of the Russian alphabet.
-Watch the Russian Sesame Street alphabet song again and again until you can sign it yourself!

Reading practice:
-Practice Russian cognates for names, countries, and other words.
-Sick of reading cognates? Try these childrens' reading games with three letter, four letter and five letter
     Russian words. (Press the space bar to hear each word.)
-The Russian alphabet in pictures, otherwise known as an azbukha.
-Here's a video featuring Russian street sign cognates.

Classroom expressions:
-Flashcards for classroom expressions. To use them, click on the study option on the left.

Cultural stuff:
-Read all about the history of the Cyrillic alphabet at Wikipedia.
-For those of you who know American Sign Language, you might find it interesting to see the Russian
     alphabet in Russian Sign Language.

Don't forget to listen to the supplemental audio materials for this chapter! You'll find them under the supplemental listening comprehension link on the First year Russian main page.

Chapter 1
Greetings:
-Flashcards for greetings vocabulary.
-Flashcards for basic expressions.
-Practice greetings vocabulary with these exericses by George Mitrevski.
-Here's a short video exercise on greetings from Bowdoin College.
-Here's a site with pronunciation practice for the greetings.

Russian name system:
-Practice matching Russian name with their diminuitive form with this exercise by George Mitrevski.
-Another name matching exercise.

Songs featuring greetings:
-Here's the video of "Последний герой", the Kino song we listened to in class.
-Here's the Soviet band Secret's song "Привет".
-If punk is more your style, here's Амели's song "Алло, привет!"
-Here's a song by Чиж и Co. called "Доброе утро."
-Юля Савичевa asks "Как твои дела?"
-Zemfira is hugely popular right now in Russian. Here's her song "До свидания".
-If you like pop music, here's Katya Lel' hit song До свидания, милый.
-Alla Pugacheva is the Russian Cher. She was very popular during the 70's and 80's and is still very popular
     with the older crowd.  Here's her song До свидания, лето.

Don't forget to listen to the supplemental audio materials for this chapter! You'll find them under the supplemental listening comprehension link on the First year Russian main page.

Language lab activities to be completed as a class:
Learn more Russian names at this website. Which ones do you like? (Answer sheet on p. 50 of textbook.)


Chapter 2
Numbers 1-10:
-Can you count to ten?
-Play this Russian game to hear the numbers 1-10 said.
-Play a number game with addition from 1-10.

Numbers 10-100:
-Flashcards for numbers 1-100.
-Here's a number quiz for 1-20.
-Practice addition from 13-20 with this game.
-Addition with numbers 10-100 here.
-More practice with addition for  numbers 1-100 with this quiz.
-After listening to Akvarium's song "212-85-06," you always remember how to say these numbers!

Nationalities:
-Flashcards for nationalities.
-Here's an exercise with nationality vocabulary from by George Mitrevski. 
-Flashcards for countries.

-Here are a series of exercises for practicing nationality forms. Exercise 1, exercise 2, exercise 3, exercise 4,
 
Classroom vocabulary and gender of nouns:
-Flashcards for classroom vocabulary.
-Practice negation with this exercise from George Mitrevski.
-Do these three exercises by George Mitrevski to practice gender of nouns. Exericse 1, Exercise 2, Exercise 3. 

Don't forget to listen to the supplemental audio materials for this chapter! You'll find them under the supplemental listening comprehension link on the First year Russian main page.

Chapter 3
Places in the city vocabulary:
-Flashcards for places in the city vocabulary.
-Learn some places in town by doing this matching exercise.
-Play a concentration game with places vocabulary.

Stating location using the prepositional case:
-Practice the prepositional case endings for cities using this exercise by George Mitrevski. (живу means "I live")
-Practice the prepositional case for stating location with this exercise by George Mitrevski

Professions vocabulary:
-Flashcards for professions vocabulary.

Pluralizing nouns:
-Flashcards for pluralization rules and irregular plurals.
-Practice forming the plural of nouns using these two exercises by George Mitrevski. Exercise 1, Exercise 2. * extra credit! 101
-Need some more practice with pluralizing nouns? (by Sasha Kulikova)
-Another exercise with plurals from Luc Beaudoin.

Type I verbs:
-Flashcards for personal pronouns.
-Akvarium's rock anthem Рок-н-рол мёртв has lots of personal pronouns in it. Here's a live version of the song. Here's a 1983 version they played on Soviet tv.
-Flashcards for Type I verbs "to work," "to know," "to understand."
-Exercise with pronunciation for the verbs "to know" and "to work."
-Listen to the pop song "Я знаю" by Свинцовый туман.

Cultural stuff:
-Learn about the history of St. Petersburg  and take a virtual tour of the city. 
-Pictures of St. Petersburg.
-See more pictures of St. Petersburg in this video.
-Listen to DDT's ode to St. Petersburg, Ленинград.

Don't forget to listen to the supplemental audio materials for this chapter! You'll find them under the supplemental listening comprehension link on the First year Russian main page.

Language lab activities to be completed as a class:
What job openings are there in Moscow. Find out on this Russian employment website. (Answer sheet on p. 111 of textbook.)
    Click on the tab that says, "Poisk raboty" then when the next window comes up, click on the button that says, "naiti" at the
    right. A list of vacancies will appear at the bottom of the page.

Chapter 4
Family vocabulary:
-Flashcards for family vocabulary.
-George Mitrevski has created two exercises for practicing family vocabulary.
-Here's a family vocabulary matching exercise.
-Here's a video exercise from Bowdoin College.
-Watch a video of Akvarium performing their song, "Сестра."
-Kino also sings of another family member in their cult classic Мама анархия.
-Аквариум gives us "Брат никотин,"
-Here's a song from Russian Sesame Street (Улица Сезам) about families.

Adjectives for describing people:
-Flashcards for family adjectives.

Possessive adjectives:
-Flashcards for possessive adjectives.
-Here are two exercises for practicing possessive adjectives from George Mitrevski. Exercise 1, Exercise 2.
-Yet another exercise on possessive adjectives from George Mitrevski.
-Practice gender of nouns and possessive adjectives with these exercises by Sasha Kulikova.

The verb жить and the prepositional case:
-Flashcards for the verb "to live."
-Here are two exercises practicing the verb "to live" with the prepositional case from George Mitrevski. Exercise 1, Exercise 2.

Age and the dative case:
-Drill the dative case pronouns for expressing age with this exercise from George Mitrevski.
-You can see how Russian used to be taught by watching this Soviet Russian video all about meeting someone's family. The best
     part are the Soviet propaganda posters that randomly pop up.
Watch this video from chapter 1 of  Golosa. (Answer sheet is on p. 158 of textbook.)
Watch this video from chapter 7 of Golosa. (Answer sheet is on p. 165 of textbook.)
-Here's a summary exercise for answering questions about your family.

Songs:
-Watch a video of Bulat Okudzhava's song Абрат and learn more about this famous Russian bard.
-Listen to Bulat Okudzhava's song Абрат.
-Listen to DDT's ode to St. Petersburg, Ленинград.

Don't forget to listen to the supplemental audio materials for this chapter! You'll find them under the supplemental listening comprehension link on the First year Russian main page.


Chapter 5
Musical instrument vocabulary:
-Flashcards for musical instruments and sports.
-Do a word find with musical instruments.
-Visit a musical instrument store in Russia.
-Feeling in the mood for some Russian classical music? Watch the Russian "Nutcracker cartoon" here. Here's part II. And part III.

Sports:
-See what’s going on in the world of sports.

Type I verbs:
-Flashcards for new type I verbs.
-Flashcards for conjugation type I verbs.
-Exercise for the verb "to think."
-Practice conjugating 42 verbs with this exercise from George Mitrevski.  What could be more fun?
-Drill type I verbs with this exercise by George Mitrevski.
-Contextual exercises from Bowdoin College for practicing new verbs and prepositional case. Exercise 1, exercise 2 with video, exercise 3,
-Listen to Чичерина's song Просто пою.
-Flashcards for adverbs.

Accusative case for direct objects:
-Flashcards for new nouns.
-Practice the accusative case with this exercise by George Mitrevski.
-Is this a subject or a direct object? Do this exericse from  George Mitrevski to help clear this up.
-Practice writing sentences in the accusative case. (by George Mitrevski)
-Work on correct word order with George Mitrevski's exercise.
-Hone your translating skills with this exercise by George Mitrevski.
-Watch a babushka tell the fairy tale "Репка" to her  grandson. (This is darling!)
-Watch a cartoon version of "Репка."

Cultural stuff:
-Try reading some on-line Russian language newspapers, now that you know the verb читать.

Music videos:
YouTube offers an huge selection of Russian popular music. Below you'll find some of the most popular groups for different genres of music. Happy viewing and listening!

Classic rock:
Aквариум "Город" (from the film ASSA), "Поезд в огне," "Брод," "Десять стрел" "Никита Рязанский" "Рок-н-рол мёртв " "Серебро
     господа," "Чай," " "Брат никотин," "500," "Сестра" "Древнерусская тоска," "Аделаида," "Сидя на красивом холме" "Иван чай,"
    "Мальчик Евграф," "Северный цвет," "Нога судьбы," "Танцы на крайне весны," "Великая железнодорожная симфония," "Маша и
     медведь," "Встань у реки," "25 к 10," "Иванов," "Поколение дворников,"
ДДТ:  "Я получил эту роль," "Что нам ветер" "Осень" "Это всё" "Конвеер" "Терророст," "Революция," "Ветер," "Чёрный пёс Петербург"
     "Рождённые в СССР," "Дождь," "В последнюю осень'" "Родина" "Ленинград," "Метель," "Ночь Людмила," "Небо на земле," "Белая       
      ночь,"
Кино: "Группа крови," "Перемен, being signed in Russian sign language" "Мама анархия" "Видели ночь,'" "Кукушка," "Следи за
     собой," "Следи за собой live,"  "Когда твоя девочка больна," "Закрой за мной дверь," "Война," "Спокойная ночь'" "Троллейбус,"
     "Кончится лето," "В наших глазах," "Красно-жёлтые дни," "Каждую ночь," "Это не любовь," "Музыка волн,""Звезда по имени
       солнца," "Побробуй спеть вместе со мной," "Последний герой," "Апрель," "Песня без слов," "Дальше действовать будем мы,"
      "Восьмиклассница," "Легенда," "Пачка сигарет," "Бошетунмай," "Камчатка," "Звезда," "Муравейник," "Мои друзья всегда идут,"
      "Малыш,"
Наутилус Понпилиус: "Гуд бай, Америка," "Я хочу быть с тобой," "Крылья,"
Машина Времени: "Разговор в поезде" "Костёр" "Марионетка" (circa 1976-dig the lead singers Weird Al hair!), "За те, кто в море,"
    "Поворот," "Она идёт по жизни смеясь," "Солдат," "Наш дом,"
Секрет: "Привет," "Алиса," "Моя любовь на пятом этаже," "Сара Барабу" "Я люблю буги-вуги," "Именины у Кристины," "Tысяча
     пластинок"

Alternative/Modern rock:
Земфира: "Искала," "Кукушка,"( Kino cover) "Бесконечность," "СПИД," "Итоги," "Аривадерчи," "Траффик," "Хочешь," "Параноя,"
     "Сигареты Земфиры," "Почему," "Прости меня, моя любовь," "Не стреляйте," "Малыш," "Мы разбиваемся," "Ждать," "Ромашки," "До
      свидания," "Город," "Ненавижу," "Досказано," "Румба," "Маечка," "Непошлое," "Блюз Земфира," "Прогулка," "Самолёт,"
Сплин: "Моё сердце," ""Выхода нет," "Новые люди," "Первый снег," "Моя любовь," "Прочь из моей головы," "Гандбол," "Остаёмся
      зимовать," "Лабринт," "Паузы," "Пластмассовая жизнь," "Обрит без Сарары," "Романс,"
Би-2 "Полковник," (from film Brat-2) "Варвара," "Зажигать'" "Песок," "Дурочка," "Серебро," "Моя любовь," Научи меня быть
     счастливым," "Держаться за воздух," "Скольские улицы," "Он плохо кончил,"
Чиж& Co.: "О любви," "Поезд," "Ерогенная зона," "Вот пуля просветела," "Дверь в лето," "Still life," "Домой," "Она
     не вышла замуж," "Вечная молодость," "Хочу чаю" "Перекрёсток" "Солдат на привале," "Невеста," "Последние деньги," "Полонез,"   
    "На двоих,"
Чичерина:  "Ту лу ла," "Сама," "Уходя, уходи," "Когда твоя девушка больна" (Kino cover), "Жара," "Просто пою," "Показалось," "Пожарные," "На войне," "Ясно,"
Ночные снайперы: "31ая весна" "Светафоры," "Актриса," "Кошка," "Ты дарила мне розы," "Катастофический," "Куба," "Светофоры,"
     "Сенбернары,"
Танцы минус: "Диктофоны," "Город," "Цветы," "Половинка," "32 капель" "Охотник," "Разум когда-нибудь победит," "Зачем топтать
     мою любовь,"
Смысловые галлюцинации: "Вечно молодой," "Первый день осени," "Утро," "Апрель," "Полюса,
Маша и медведи: "Любочка," "Без тебя,"
Кукрыниксы: "Колдовство," "Никто," "Звезда," "Знай," "Свадьба,"
АукцЫон: "Дорога," "Еду, еду, еду," "Моя любовь," "Всё вертится," "День победы 1" "Падал," "Птица," "Любовь,"
группа Ленинград: "Кислотный DJ" "Музыка для мужика," "Дикий мужчина," "Губoшлёп," "Мальчик" "Яблочко," "Всё это рейв, "
      "Люди не летают," "www," "Алкоголик,"  "Геленджик," 

Heavy metal/Punk:
Король и шут: "Отцы и маски," "Лесник," "Охотник," "Гробовщик," "Прыгну со скалы," "Кроклатый старый дом," "Ели мясо мужики,"
     "Мётвый анархист," "Северный флот," "Кукла Колдуна," "Хороший пират–мёртвый пират," "Я устал," "Джокер,"
Алиса: "Мы вместе," "Власть'" "Родина," "На пороге неба," "Белая невеста," "Дождь," "На пороге неба," "Траса Е95,"
Наив: "Что нам делать," "Мама анархия (Kino cover)," "Суперзвезда," "Я не шучу," "Селави," "Вася," "Танки панки," "НЛО," "Рок," "Моё
     сердце не остановилось," "Дурак,"

Pop/Techno/Rap:
Иван Купала: "Кострома," "Пчёлы," "Брови," "Молодость," "Галя," "Росы," "Велик день," "Дятель,"
Дискотека Авария, "Зло," "Новый год," "На острые атаки," "Яица" "Давай Авария" "Супер звезда," "Пей пиво!" "Паша Face
     Control," "Некуда деваться" "Опа,"
Руки вверх: "Московская тоска," "Крошка моя," "Думала, "Назови его, как меня," "Без любви," "Студент,"
Тату: "Я сошла с ума," "Нас не догонят," "220,"
Глюк'оZа: "Танцуй, Россия!!" "Ой, Ой," "Юра," "Бабочки," "Дочка," "Ненавижу," "Швайне," "Снег идёт," "Невеста,"
UG:  "Ещё один день," "Остаюсь таким же," "Ненависть и верность,"
Серёга: "Кукла" "Возле дома твоего," "Чёрный бумер," "Дискомарерия," "Кружим,"

Bards/Folk music:
Владимир Высоцкий:   "Я не люблю," "Утренная гимнастика," "Дорогая передача," "Песни о слухах," "Мы вращаем землю," "Спасите наши души," "Что случилось в Африке," "Невероятное из сумасшедшего дома," "Милицейский протокол," "Охота на волков,"
Булат Окуджава: "Ballad of soldiers' boots" "Пока земля ещё вертится," "Песенка об Арбате," "О Володе Высоцком," "Песенка о Моцарте," "Последний троллейбус," "Песенка, короткая, как жизнь сама,"
Сергей и Татьяна Никитины: "Переведи меня через майдан," "Бручмулла," "Весеннее танго," "Александра," "Песня шута," "Прощание с Парижем," "Какое небо голубое," "Снег идёт,"
Жанна Бичевская: "Ой, да не вечер," "Чёрный ворон," "Миленький ты мой," "Шумел камыш," "Боже," "Бродяга," "Старуха,"
Александр Розенбаум: "Вальс Бостон," "Вещая судьба," "Казачья," "Я не верю." "Налетела грусть,"

Soviet music:
This site has it all if you are feeling nostalgic for the Soviet past! Also contains a nice collection of Soviet propaganda posters.

If you'd like to buy your own Russian CD's, they're available at Russiandvd.com. (There's a button at the top of the page to change to English. Also I've ordered from this site and have not had any problems.)

Don't forget to listen to the supplemental audio materials for this chapter! You'll find them under the supplemental listening comprehension link on the First year Russian main page.

Chapter 6
School vocabulary and studying:
-Flashcards for university and studying vocabulary.
-Matching exercise for some school vocabulary.
-Concentration game for school vocabulary.

Type II verbs:
-Review verb conjugating with this exercise. (by George Mitrevski)
-Flashcards for new verbs.
-How many of these infinitives to you know?
-Contrast Type I versus Type II verbs with this exercise from George Mitrevski.
-Exercise for the verbs "to love," "to look, watch," "to see,"
-Conjugate Type II verbs with this exercise from George Mitrevski. (Just ignore the verb "спать," though it is a Type II verb and means "to sleep".)
-Here's another short exericse with type II verbs from Luc Beaudoin.
-Here's a reading text with Type I and II verbs.
-Contextual exercises from Bowdoin College for practicing new verbs. Exercise 1,

Accusative case:
-Flashcards for accusative case endings.
-Flashcards for new nouns.
-Can you distinguish between the accusative and prepositional cases?

Languages:
-Practice the vocabulary for languages with this exercise by George Mitrevski.
-Work on learning the proper form of a language to use with verbs. (by George Mitrevski)
-Watch this video from chapter 3 of Golosa. (Answer sheet on p. 246-247 of textbook.)
-A short video exercise from Bowdoin College on nationality and language.

Summary exercises:
-Hone your translation skills with these exercises by George Mitrevski.

Cultural stuff:
-What should a 21st century school look like? Find out in this video.
-Here's the 2006 list of top Russian univerisities.
-View Moscow State University’s web page.

Songs:
-Listen to Vladimir Vysotsky's song Я не люблю. He's probably the most famous Russian singer ever.
-I know you loved Secret's song Я люблю буги-вуги so much that you can't wait to watch the video over and over!

Don't forget to listen to the supplemental audio materials for this chapter! You'll find them under the supplemental listening comprehension link on the First year Russian main page.

Language lab activities to be completed as a class:
Watch this video from chapter 4 of Golosa. (Answer sheet on p. 240-241 of textbook.)

Chapter 8
New verbs:
-Flashcards for new verbs
-Practice conjugating reflexive verbs with this exercise from George Mitrevski.

Past tense verbs:
-Practice the past tense with this exercise by Katya Hughes.
-Watch an internet cartoon of the fairy tale "Kurochka riaba."
-Here's another version of Курочка ряба.
-Hear a Russian todler tell Курочка ряба. Don't you wish you could speak Russian so well!
-Kino sings of the fun they had one night in Видели ночь.
-Doing aerobics is a requirement while listening to the song  Думала by Руки вверх!
-Listen to Алсу's song "Вчера."
-Listen to Аквариум's song, "После завтра я опять буду здесь".

Future tense:
-Listen to this Soviet favorite song for children, "Пусть всегда будет солнце."
-Watch Akvarium perform the song, "После завтра я опять буду здесь."

Instrumental case "with":
-Flashcards for instrumental case endings.
-Flashcards for other good vocabulary.

Cultural stuff:
-Read more about the life of Aleksandr Pushkin, Russia's greatest writer.
-Read more of Pushkin's poems in translation. Unfortunately, they lose so much in translation, but until you can read the
     originals, it's better than nothing!

Don't forget to listen to the supplemental audio materials for this chapter! You'll find them under the supplemental listening comprehension link on the First year Russian main page.

Chapter 9
Colors:
-Flashcards for the colors.
-Play this Russian color game to hear the colors pronounced over and over again.
-Practice matching the colors with the Russian words for them.
-Play bingo with color vocabulary at Hello-World.
-Listen to Жанна Бичевсая's song "Чёрный ворон."
-Listen to the song "Голубой вагон" from the cartoon Чебурашка.

Food vocabulary:
-Flashcards for food vocabulary.
-Fruits and vegetables anyone? Play this game to practice vocabulary.
-Take a tour of a man's refrigerator on this video exercise from Bowdoin College.
-Do a word find with fruits and vegetables.
-Flashcards for food adjectives.
-Flashcards for verbs "to eat" and "to drink."

-Watch a video of a little Russian girl eating sugar and discussing it with her mother. Too cute!
-Watch this clip from Улица Сезам where Зелебоба tries new foods.
-How do Russians view vegetarians? This hilarious scene from Everything is Illuminated will show you.
-Here's an on-line pizza delivery site. What do Russian's like on their pizzas and how much do they cost.
-Care for some eggs? Дискотека Авария will cook up some for you with this song.
-Why don't you drink some beer Пей пиво! with those eggs. Another chart buster from Дискотека Авария.
-Don't like beer? Listen Akvarium's song Чай and have a cup of tea instead!
-Chiz and Co also want some tea. Listen to their song Хочу чаю.

Adjectives in the accusative case:
-Practice your adjective ending in the accusative case with this exercise from George Mitrevski.

Cultural stuff:
-What are you hungry for? Find out what you can eat at  Moscow  restaurants.
-RusCuisine.com offers more authentic Russian recipes.
-Here's another one of those Soviet Russian language videos on food.

Chapter 10
Verbs of motion:
-Flashcards for verbs of motion.
-Practice the "to go" verbs with this quiz by Al Stoner.
-Another exercise with verbs of motion by George Mitrevski.

Destinations and modes of transportation:
-Flashcards for new destinations.
-Flashcards for modes of transportation.
-Review location versus destination with this exercise by Sasha Kulikova.
-Watch the cartoon Чебурашка идёт в школу.

Cultural stuff:
-A video showing pictures of the Moscow metro.
-View maps of the vast Moscow metro and the St. Petersburg metro.
-Driving is fun in Moscow, as this video will prove.
-Watch the full episode "Винни Пух идёт в гости. Here's "Vinnie pukh and the honey tree "
     "Eyore's gloomy day Part I and Part II."
-See more pictures of the city of Pskov.

Songs:
-Listen to Krokodil Gena sing Голубой вагон.
-Listen to Kino's song Троллейбус.
-Here's a song called Домой by Чиж и Co.
-Еду, еду, еду is by the alternative ska band Аукцыон.
-Here's the classic children's song "Мы едем, едем, едем..."
-Listen to ДДТ's song "Дождь,"

Don't forget to listen to the supplemental audio materials for this chapter! You'll find them under the supplemental listening comprehension link on the First year Russian main page.

Language lab activities to be completed as a class:
What's the weather going to be like in Russia this week? Read the 5-day forecast.  (Answer sheet on p. 432 of textbook.)

Chapter 11
Telling time:
-Check the exact time in Moscow to the second.
-Flashcards for telling time.
-Practice telling time with these quizes by George Mitrevski.
-Flashcards for learning how to tell time by Al Stoner
-What time of day is it? Practice this vocabulary with George Mitrevski's exercise.
-Put this dialogue about going to a concert into correct order. (By Svetlana Clark.)

Daily activity verbs:
-Flashcards for daily activity verbs.
-Here's Kino's song "Каждую ночь".
-Here's an exercise featuring times of the day.

Days of the week:
-Flashcards for learning the days of the week.
-More flashcards for days of the week.
-Concentration game for the days of the week.
-Can you put the days of the week in order?
-How well do you know your days of the week? Test yourself with this exercise by George Mitrevski.
-When are these places open?

Months:
-Flashcards for the months.
-Can you put the names of the months in order?
-Play a game with days and months vocabulary here.
-Here's an exercise with the days of the week and months vocabulary by George Mitrevski.
-Here's a crossword puzzle with the days and months by George Mitrevski.
-Another translation exercise using daily activity verbs from George Mitrevski.
-It wouldn't be New Year's without Дискотека Авария song Новый год. I've never been to a New Year's party where it wasn't
     played!
-Listen to the song Апрель by Смысловые галлюцинации.

Extra time expressions:
-Here is another flash card actitivity for time expressions by Richard Robin.

Don't forget to listen to the supplemental audio materials for this chapter! You'll find them under the supplemental listening comprehension link on the First year Russian main page.

Language lab activities to be completed as a class:
What's on t.v. today? Find out with this on-line t.v. schedule. (Answer sheet on p. 465 of textbook.)
Watch this video from chapter 5 of Golosa. (Answer sheet on p. 477 of textbook.)

Chapter 12
Aspect and verb pairs:
-Flashcards for verb pairs.
-Here's a verb pair exericse from George Mitrevski.

Cultural stuff:
-Watch part of the Russian cartoon "Snegurochka." If you'd like to watch all of it, the other 6 parts are also on Youtube.
-Here is a much longer version of the tale Snegurochka than we read. (In English)
-Watch the Russian animated version of "Filipok."
-Learn more about Leo Tolstoy and read his works in English at this site.

Don't forget to listen to the supplemental audio materials for this chapter! You'll find them under the supplemental listening comprehension link on the First year Russian main page.

Chapter 13
Clothes vocabulary:
-This picture dictionary features men's clothing and women's clothing along with correct pronunciation.
-Flashcards for clothes vocabulary by Richard Robin.
-Watch Super Grover save a woman's hat in this Russian version of Sesame Street.

Нравитсься and the dative case:
-Translate sentences using нравиться with this exercise by George Mitrevski.
-Listen to ДДТ's song  "Родина".

Dative case for indirect objects:
-Flashcards for the verb "to give".
-Practice the dative case for indirect objects with this exercise by George Mitrevski.
-Get more practice putting names into the dative case with another exercise by George Mitrevski

Large numbers:
-Flashcards for numbers 100-1000.
-Flashcards for numbers 1-3000.
-Practice numbers with this quiz by George Mitrevski.
-Numbers 1-6000 from George Mitrevsky.
-Listen to Тату's song 220.
-Listen to Секрет's song "Тысяча пластинок."

Shopping and giving gifts:
-Here's a cartoon called Просо так about the virtures of giving gifts.
-Here's another one of those Soviet Russian learning videos on buying gifts.
-Find out the current exchange rate for rubles against various world curriencies.
-Visit the on-line bookstore “Kniga.com” There is a button at the top to change the site to English. (I have ordered from them before without any problems.)
-Want to view more Russian souvenirs? Here's one of many sites that offer them.
-In case you happen to be shopping at GUM in the near future, there's an interactive map of all the stores in the mall on the GUM
     main site. Just click on "Plan magazinov" to access it.
-If you shop to much you end up like Чиж in this song "Последние деньги,"
 
Don't forget to listen to the supplemental audio materials for this chapter! You'll find them under the supplemental listening comprehension link on the First year Russian main page.

Language lab activities to be completed as a class:
Clothes shop till you drop! (Answer sheet on p. 543 of textbook.)
What's the buying power of a ruble? Find out at the on-line shopping site. (Answer sheet on p. 556 of textbook.)

Case review:
-Here's a test over general case knowledge. This will be pretty tough, but give it a try.
-Another text on general case usage. This text is a bit easier, but still will be a challenge for you at this level.
-Here's a summary exercise about asking questions.

More stuff to watch on the Internet:
-Free movies on Russianremote! None of these films are subtitled, but they are available to watch for free.
     You can also watch Russian language cartoons, news reports, t.v. shows, music videos and sport shows all without subtitles.
-You've watchedYouTube. But have you watched  RuTube, Russia's YouTube?

Russian DVD's, videos and books at PCC library
-Here's a link to the Russian DVD collection at the PCC Sylvania Library available for check out to PCC students. We have 70 films.
-We have a great collection of Russian language readers, textbooks, dictionaries, grammar references at the PCC Sylvania library. Don't
     miss out!

Russian DVD's and videos at Multnomah County Library.
-Here's a link to the Russian DVD collection at the Multnomah County Library. They have 460 DVDs available for 3 week check out. All
     you have to do is get a library card, put the DVD on hold and have it delivered for free to the Capitol Hill Branch library down the
     street from PCC or any other area library. If you still watch VHS tapes, they also have 14 of those to watch too.

-Russiandvd.com sells Russian language DVD's and is based in the US. I have ordered from them in the past without any problems. If you decide to buy anything, check to see if there are English subtitles, if you want them, and make sure the DVD is NTSC format. Unless you have a multi-system or region free DVD player, you cannot watch PAL format movies.

Additional web sites:
How do I type in Russian?:
-Russify your computer. Fonts here.
-Russify your Mac.
-Russify everything.
-You can do your own Russian word processing and use a spell checker at GoogleDocs. Create a free account.

Reference tools:
-Multitran is a good on-line Russian dictionary. Ухо dictionary is another good one. I suggest using only these two for now. NEVER!!!!
     use an on-line translator. They are AWFUL, plus if you're caught using one on homework, you'll get an F for the assignment!
-Here you'll find a Russian verb conjugation dictionary. Use it ONLY to check your work! If you rely on it to provide you the answers, I
      can guarantee that you will never learn how to conjugate verbs on your own.
-This dictionary features audio pronunciation of each word.
-This site allows you to type in any word or text in Russian and have it read back to you. Great for pronunciation practice.
-Flashcards for learning the case endings.
-Do some hard core noun declension here. (by Richard Robin)
-On-line reference grammar by Robert Beard.
-On-line case declension charts from University of Pittsburgh.
-Make your own electronic flashcards at this site. Very easy and free! (This is the tool I used to create my flashcards on this site.)

This web page was created and is maintained by Kristine Shmakov. Please report any problems to kshmakov@pcc.edu