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

at Portland Community College


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
letters of the alphabet spoken. The Master Russian site also has the sounds of the letters with the
     cursive writing.
-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.

-For those of you who would like to learn more that you ever wanted to know about the fine points of
     Russian pronunciation, you will find them and corresponding audio materials at this site.

Learn the alphabet:
-Here's a bunny at Hello-World to help you learn the Russian alphabet.
-Practice the alphabet with the same bunny.

-This Russian kids' game at Солнышко features the pronunciation of each letter. (Press the space bar to hear each letter.)
-Flashcards from the Flashcard Exchange for practicing the sounds of the alphabet.
-How well do you know the alphabet? Test yourself.
-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 audio link on the main page.


Chapter 1
Greetings:
-Flashcards for greetings vocabulary.
-Flashcards for basic expressions.

-Practice greetings vocabulary with these exericses by George Mitrevski.


Russian name system:
-Practice matching Russian name with their diminuitive form with this exercise by George Mitrevski.
-Here's a word find called a "Filvord" with Russian first names. (Choose Filvord #1) . The trick with this is
     that the words can curve around from one line to the next. The letters only need to be in order.

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".
-See how Russian pop music has changed since Soviet times with Юля Савичева's song "Привет".
-Now 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 audio link on the 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 this reveal the picture game with numbers 1-10.
-Play a number game with addition from 1-10.
-Watch the Russian Sesame Street video on the number 12. (Do you remember it from your childhood?)

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.

Classroom vocabulary and gender of nouns:
-Flashcards for classroom vocabulary.
-Play bingo and memory with the classroom vocabulary at Hello-World.
-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 audio link on the 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 * extra credit! 101

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)
-Here's another exercise on gender of nouns and pluralization by Luc Beaudoin.
 
Type I verbs:
-Flashcards for personal pronouns.
-Do you know your personal pronouns? You will if you play this game on Hello-World.
-Akvarium's song Рок-н-рол мёртв has lots of personal pronouns in it.
-Flashcards for Type I verbs "to work," "to know," "to understand."
-Flashcards for the verbs "to know" and "to work."
-Listen to the song "Я знаю" by Андрей Сапунов.

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 audio link on the 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:
-Family vocabulary picture dictionary.
-Listen to a woman introduce her family members at Hello-World.
-Flashcards for family vocabulary.
-George Mitrevski has created two exercises for practicing family vocabulary.
-Want to read about the Simpson family in Russian? Here's the Simpsonopedia, so you can learn more about Bart, Lisa and 
     Homer.
-Are you dying to see the Simpsons speak Russian. Here's an clip.
-Watch a video of Akvarium performing their song, "Сестра."
-Kino also sings of another family member in their cult classic Мама анархия.

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.

Songs:
-Watch a video of Bulat Okudzhava's song Абрат and learn more about this famous Russian bard.
-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 audio link on the main page.

Language lab activities to be completed as a class:
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.)


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.

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.
-Flashcards for the verb "to think."
-Practice conjugating verbs with this exercise from George Mitrevski. 
-Drill type I verbs with this exercise by George Mitrevski.
-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.

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.

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"
ДДТ:  "Я получил эту роль," "Что нам ветер" "Осень" "Это всё" "Конвеер" "Терророст," "Ветер," "Чёрный пёс Петербург"
     "Рождённые в СССР," "Дождь," "В последнюю осень'" "Родина" "Ленинград"
Кино: "Группа крови," "Перемен," "Мама анархия" "Видели ночь,'" "Кукушка," "Следи за собой,"  "Когда твоя девочка больна,"
     "Закрой за мной дверь," "Война," "Спокойная ночь'" "Троллейбус," "Электричка," "Кончится лето," "В наших глазах,"
     "Красно-жёлтые дни," "Каждую ночь," "Это не любовь," "Музыка волн,""Звезда по имени солнца," "Побробуй спеть вместе со
      мной,"
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,"
Секрет: "Привет," "Алиса," "Моя любовь на пятом этаже," "Сара Барабу" "Я люблю буги-вуги,"

Alternative/Modern rock:
Земфира: "Искала," "Кукушка,"( Kino cover) "Бесконечность," "СПИД," "Итоги,"
"Аривадерчи," "Траффик," "Хочешь," "Параноя,"
     "Сигареты Земфиры," "Почему," "Прости меня, моя любовь," "Не стреляйте,"

Сплин: "Моё сердце," ""Выхода нет," "Новые люди,"
Би-2 "Полковник," (from film Brat-2) "Варвара," "Зажигать'" "Песок,"
"Дурочка,"
Чиж& Co.: "О любви," "Поезд," "Ерогенная зона," "Вот пуля просветела," "Дверь в лето," "Still life," "Домой," "Еду, еду, еду," "Она
     не вышла замуж," "Вечная молодость," "Хочу чаю" "Перекрёсток" "Солдат на привале," "Невеста,"
Чичерина:  "Сама," "Уходя, уходи," "Когда твоя девушка больна" (Kino cover), "Ту лу ла," "Жара," "Просто пою,"
Ночные снайперы: "31ая весна" "Светафоры," "Актриса,"
Танцы минус: "Диктофоны," "Город," "Цветы," "Половинка," "32 капель"
Смысловые галлюцинации: "Вечно молодой," "Первый день осени," "Утро," "Апрель," "Полюса,
Маша и медведи: "Любочка," "Без тебя,"
АукцЫон: "Дорога," "Еду, еду, еду," "Моя любовь," "Всё вертится," "День победы 1" "День победы 2," "Падал," "Птица," "Любовь,"
группа Ленинград:
"Кислотный DJ" "Музыка для мужика," "Дикий мужчина," "Губoшлёп," "Мальчик" "Яблочко," "Всё это рейв, "
      "Люди не летают," (Leningrad is known for obscene lyrics and rowdy concerts.)

Heavy metal/Punk:
Король и шут: "Отцы и маски," "Лесник," "Охотник," "Гробовщик,"
Алиса: "Власть'" "Родина," "На пороге неба,"
Наив: "Что нам делать," "Мама анархия (Kino cover)," "Суперзвезда," "Я не шучу," "Селави," "Вася," "Танки панки," "НЛО," "Рок," "Моё сердце не остановилось," "Думаешь нет, говоришь да," "Один день,"

Pop/Techno/Rap:
Иван Купала: "Кострома," "Пчёлы," "Колядка," "Брови," "Молодость,"
Дискотека Авария, "Зло," "Новый год," "На острые атаки," "Яица" "Давай Авария" "Супер звезда," "Пей пиво!" "Паша Face
     Control," "Некуда деваться"
Руки вверх: "Московская тоска," "Крошка моя," "Думала, "Назови его, как меня," "Без любви," "Студент,"
Тату: "Я сошла с ума," "Нас не догонят,"

UG:  "Ещё один день," "Остаюсь таким же,"
Автобус: "Район моей мечты"

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,"
Булат Откуджава: "Ballad of soldiers' boots"
"Пока земля ещё вертится," "O Володе Высоцком," "Последний троллейбус."
Сергей и Татьяна Никитины: "Переведи меня через майдан," "Когда мы были молодые," "Снег идёт"
Жанна Бичевская: "Ой, да не вечер," "Ворон," "Миленький ты мой," "Шумел камыш," "Боже,"
"Не уходи," "Донская балада,"
Александр Розенбаум: "Вальс Бостон," "Нарисуйте мне дом," "Я не верю."

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.

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

In-class music exercise to be completed in class:
Sestra
, "V poslednuyu osen'"  "Grupa krovi,"Arividerchi," "Den' pobedy,"Eshe odin den"Otsy i maski,"Pcheli,"Novyi god,"Chto nam delat"Voron,"Ya ne liubliu,"Val's Boston,"


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.
-Flashcards for the verbs "to love," "to look, watch," "to see,"
-Conjugate Type II verbs with this exercise from George Mitrevski. (Just ignore the verb "spat'")
-Here's another verb conjugating exercise from Luc Beaudoin.

Accusative case:
-Flashcards for accusative case endings.
-Flashcards for new nouns.

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)

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 audio link on the 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.)
Watch this video from chapter 3 of Golosa. (Answer sheet on p. 246-247 of textbook.)


Chapter 7
What do you have?
-Technology words picture dictionary.
-Flashcards for technology vocabulary.
-Flachcards for "to have"
-Do you know the genitive case pronouns? (by George Mitrevski).
-Flashcards for genitive case endings.

-Practice expressing ownership with this exericse by George Mitrevski.
-Drill those genitive case endings with this exercise by George Mitrevski.

Adjectives:
-Flashcards for adjectives.
-Practice those adjective endings with these exercises by George Mitrevski.
-More practice with adjective endings with this exercise by George Mitrevski.
-Here's a exercise on shifting adjectives to the plural by George Mitrevski.
-Get practice with pluralizing nouns and adjectives this exercise by George Mitrevski.
-Practice the forms of этот/эта/это/эти. (by Sasha Kulikova)
-Try this translation exercise by George Mitrevski.
-Flashcards for other good vocabulary.

Cultural stuff:
-Watch Krokodil Gena sing the  Russian birthday song from the cartoon Чебурашка.
-Watch the entire cartoon "Cheburashka i krokodil Gena."

-See pictures of  Moscow attractions  and learn about the city's history.
-More picture of Moscow in this video.

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

Language lab activities to be completed as a class:
Watch this video from chapter 2 of Golosa. (Answer sheet on p. 280-281 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."

Future tense:
-Listen to this Soviet favorite song for children, "Пусть всегда будет солнце."

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 audio link on the 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.
-Play tic-tac-toe with the colors at Hello-World.
-Here's another color game from Hello-World.
-Practice colors and adjective endings with this painting game from Hello-World.
-Listen to Жанна Бичевсая's song
"Ворон."
-Listen to Ирма Сохадзе's song "Оранжевая песня."

Food vocabulary:
-Flashcards for food vocabulary.
-Fruits and vegetables anyone? Play this game to practice vocabulary.

-Play bingo with the food vocabulary at Hello-World.
-Do a word find with fruits and vegetables.

-Flashcards for food adjectives.
-Flashcards for verbs "to eat" and "to drink."
-What will crazy Petya eat? Play this game from Hello-World and find out.
-How do Russians view vegetarians? This 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.

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


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 "Vinnie Pukh visits rabbit Part I and Part II," Here's "Vinnie pukh and the honey tree part I  , part II,"
     "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 also by Чиж и Co.

Don't forget to listen to the supplemental audio materials for this chapter! You'll find them under the audio link on the 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.
-Yet another activity with telling time and daily activity verbs.
-Listen to this dialogue on daily activities from Hello-World.

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.

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 audio link on the 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 audio link on the 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.
-Play tic tac toe with clothes vocabulary at Hello-World.

-Here's another colors and clothes game from Hello-World.
-Read about Russian traditional clothing at this site.

Нравитсься and the dative case:
-Translate sentences using нравиться with this exercise by George Mitrevski.

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:
F-lashcards 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.

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
-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.

Don't forget to listen to the supplemental audio materials for this chapter! You'll find them under the audio link on the 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.)


Vocabulary review:
Review basic vocabulary (492 words) with this exercise by George Mitrevski of Auburn University.
Review first year vocabulary from Russian to English with these exercises by George Mitrevski. Exercise 1,
Exercise 2, Exercise 3, Exercise 4, Exercise 5, Exercise 6, Exercise 7, Exercise 8, Exercise 9, Exercise 10, Exercise 11, Exercise 12, Exercise 13, Exercise 14Exercise 15, Exercise16Exercise 17, Exercise 18, Exercise 19, Exercise 20, Exercise 21, Exercise 22, Exercise 23, Exercise 24, Exercise 25, Exercise 26, Exercise 27, Exercise 28.

Review first year vocabulary from English to Russian with these exercises by George Mitrevski. Exercise 1, Exercise 2, Exercise 3, Exercise 4, Exercise 5, Exercise 6, Exercise 7, Exercise 8, Exercise 9, Exercise 10, Exercise 11, Exercise 12, Exercise 13, Exercise 14Exercise 15, Exercise16Exercise 17, Exercise 18, Exercise 19, Exercise 20, Exercise 21, Exercise 22, Exercise 23, Exercise 24, Exercise 25, Exercise 26, Exercise 27, Exercise 28, Exercise 29, Exercise 30.

Russian radio stations:
-You'll find a listing of Russian radio stations that broadcast over the web here. My favorite is Наше радио.
-Kinoradio.com streams live from Portland!
-101.ru offers 92 different music channels. Happy listening! If you prefer to have an English version, here it is.

Russian cartoons on Youtube:

-Can you handle it? Here's Sponge Bob in Russian!
-Russian Winnie the Pooh: "Vinnie Pukh visits rabbit Part I and Part II," Here's "Vinnie pukh and the honey tree part I  , part II,"
     "Eyore's gloomy day Part I and Part II."

-Nu pogodi (Russian Road Runner type of cartoon): Episode 1,
Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 4, Episode 5, Episode 6, Episode 7,
     Episode 8,
Episode 9, Episode 10, Episode 11, Episode 12, Episode 13, Episode 14, Episode 15, Episode 16, Episode 17,
     Episode 18,

-"Troe iz Prostokvashino,"

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"The Cat and the Tree (with subtitles),"
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"The Cat who Walked by Herself part I, part II, (with subtitles)"
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"Moidodyr,"
-"Kot Leopold,"
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"Kotyonok po imeni GAV,"
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"Koshkin dom,"
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"Malish i Karlson"
-"Левёнок и черепаха."

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 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 163 DVDs available for 3 week check out. All