Concentrated development of speaking skill. Conducted entirely in Russian by a native speaker. Students may take only one half course per semester. Designed for proficiency in business communication skills. Studies the grammar and lexicology of commercial offers, orders, contracts, complaints, shipping, and delivery.
Russian sources read in conjunction with English language courses.
Independent course of study established by instructor and student. Students may take only one half course per semester. Detailed analysis of Chekhov s poetics of theater through close reading and discussion of his major plays. Application of his theater poetics to his prose writings for their adaptation for stage. Studies the changing image of women in Russia through the writings of feminist theorists, politicians, social activists such as Kolantai, Akhmatova, Krupskaya, Tolstaya.