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Prof. Nalibow
421 Waterman
Office hrs.  Fall 06:  Mon. 1:10-2:10; T/W. 10-11 and  or by app't.
PHONE: 6-1474; H: 864 4881
E-mail - kenneth.nalibow@uvm.edu

Russian 121 - Composition-Conversation - Contemporary Russian Film

Русский язык 121 - Сочинение-беседа  -  своременный фильм

                            Syllabus
                 Курсовой план

Required Texts:
Курсовые материалы:

Mara Kashper, Olga Kagan, Yuliya Morozova, Cinema for Russian Conversation, Vol. II,  Focus Publishing,
      
ISBN 1-58510-119-2

During the course we shall watch:
В течение курса мы будем смотреть:

1    Жестокий романс

(A Cruel Romance)

2.   Ребро Адама

(Adam s Rib)

3.   Кавказский пленник

(Prisoner of the Mountains)

4.   Bop

(The Thief)

5.   Ночной дозор
      (Night Patrol

6.   Сирота казанская

(The Kazan Orphan)

7.   Восток-Запад

(East/West)


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 You are  required to purcahse the films we watch.

They can be VERY inexpensively purchased on E-Bay in European formats (which will play on computers
but NOT on DVD players, which are not so equipped).

The URL's below are from the only purveyer selling all of the films.  They are fairly priced.  You may check
this on-line.


1    Жестокий романс = (A Cruel Romance)

http://www.russiandvd.com/store/product.asp?sku=36153&genreid=&genresubid=

2.   Ребро Адама = (Adam's Rib)

Currently our of print BUT the Department owns copies, which I will lend you for viewing

3.   Кавказский пленник = (Prisoner of the Mountains)

http://www.russiandvd.com/store/product.asp?sku=32467&genreid=&genresubid=

4.   Bop = (The Thief)

Currently our of print BUT the Department owns copies, which I will lend you for viewing

5.   Ночной дозор = (Night Patrol

http://www.russiandvd.com/store/product.asp?sku=35108

The Department owns the DVD's and will lend them to you

6.   Сирота казанская = (The Kazan Orphan)

http://www.russiandvd.com/store/product.asp?sku=36361&genreid=&genresubid=

7.   Восток-Запад = (East/West)

http://www.russiandvd.com/store/product.asp?sku=24223&genreid=&genresubid=


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GRADING SYSTEM

Compositions and Oral Reports                        60%
Preparedness and in-class participation             20%
Final Examination                                             20%


ATTENDANCE

Attendance is obligatory. The nature of this course is such that classroom work cannot be made up.


Explanation - Grades for classroom performance

Classroom performance shall receive two grades. One grade shall indicate performance while you are present in the course. This grade shall reflect your preparedness, activity in the course, willingness to take part.  The second grade shall reflect unexcused absence and shall be entered on the spread sheet as a zero. Since the dates of absence shall be recorded on the computer, the amount of time averaged at "zero" shall be directly averaged with your classroom performance grade.

Example:  15 week semester
—Unexcused absences =12 (4 full weeks of a 3 day per week course).
—Classroom performance grade for time in class ==B (85) [=11 X 85 = 935]


Setting up Cyrillic on your computer

For WINDOWS

If you are using XP, go to >SETTINGS, >CONTROL PANEL, >REGIONAL and LANGUAGE OPTIONS.  In the drop-down menu go to >LANGUAGE and click DETAILS. Click >ADD.  In the language list find >RUSSIAN and click >OK.  When the panel closes, click OK again.  You have Cyrillic using the Russian keyboard.   The screen TRAY will now show an EN or RU.  Change the language by clicking in the tray or toggle with SHIFT + ALT.  This will give you the standard RUSSIAN keyboard.

Should you wish to use the so-called phonetic keyboard, download the ASDF PHONETIC keyboard @ http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/bylanguage/russian.html   Clear directions are given on this page. 

Although MAC information is listed below, the bottom of this page also contains information for phonetic keyboards in the MAC operating system.

The following web site contains down loadable fonts and keyboard drivers if you are using something other than XP.  There are TWO standard Russian keyboards.  I recommend neither, but rather the so-called  "phonetic" or "homophonic" keyboard.  In this layout, most Russian letters are found where their English equivalents would be.  This speeds typing.
     http://aatseel.org/fonts/wincyrillic.html


For MAC

MAC users may enable Cyrtillic from within their operating program.  The phonetic keyboard for MAC is located at
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/gavinscoolesteverrussianphonetickeyboardlayout.html .
This is FREE shareware.
The MAC phonetic keyboard download is also @ http://www.friends-partners.org/partners/rusmac/wordproc.html
Go to the chart with FONTS and KEYBOARD LAYOUTS.  Download from the "phonetic" listing.