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Slavic and East European Languages: Acquisition, Techniques, and Technologies

Duke-UNC SEELRC Summer Institute
July 17-26, 2000

Monday, July 17

Regal University Hotel, 2800 Campus Walk Avenue, Durham, NC

6:30 p.m.
Reception to Welcome Summer Institute Participants

Tuesday, July 18

Sessions will be held at the R. David Thomas Center, Duke University. Refreshments and lunch will also be provided at the Thomas Center.

9:30-11:30
"Language and the Construction of Semantics" (Edna Andrews, Professor of Slavic Linguistics and Cultural Anthropology and Director of CSEEES and SEELRC, Duke University).

11:30-12:30
Lunch

12:30-2:00
"Learning Russian as a Second Language: Pedagogy, Testing, and Technology" (Edna Andrews, Professor of Slavic Linguistics and Cultural Anthropology and Director of CSEEES and SEELRC, Duke University).

Wednesday, July 19

Sessions will be held at the R. David Thomas Center, Duke University. Refreshments and lunch will also be provided at the Thomas Center.

9:30-11:30
"Об опыте составления 'нестандартных' учебников румынского языка как иностранного" (Dana Cojocaru, Research Fellow, SEELRC; Assistant Professor, Department of Russian Language and Literature, University of Bucharest).

11:30-12:30
Lunch

12:30-2:00
"Особенности стилистики научного языка" (Elena Maksimova, Assistant Professor of the Practice, Department of Slavic Languages and Literature, Duke University).

Thursday, July 20

Morning sessions will be held in Toy Lounge on the 4th floor of Dey Hall, UNC-CH. Refreshments and lunch will be provided in Toy Lounge.

8:30-9:00
Welcome and refreshments

9:00-10:15
"The Foreign Language Resource Center: Managing Change" (James S. Noblitt, Research Professor of Romance Languages, UNC-CH and Director, Foreign Language Resource Center).

10:45-11:00
Break

11:00-12:15
"How to Teach Second Slavic Languages for Use with Grandmothers, Girlfriends, or Graduate Work" (Beth Holmgren, Professor of Russian and Polish Literatures, UNC-CH and Ivana Vuletic, Assistant Professor of South Slavic Literatures, UNC-CH).

12:15-1:15
Lunch

Afternoon sessions will take place in Room 107A Dey Hall

1:15-3:00
"Developing Interactive Web-Based Exercises" (George Mitrevski, Professor of Slavic Languages, Auburn University).

3:00-3:15
Break

3:15-5:00
"Developing Interactive Web-Based Exercises" (George Mitrevski, Professor of Slavic Languages, Auburn University).

Friday, July 21

Sessions will be held in Room 107A Dey Hall. Refreshments and lunch will be provided in Toy Lounge.

8:30-9:00
Refreshments in Toy Lounge

9:00-10:30
"Developing Interactive Web-Based Exercises" (George Mitrevski, Professor of Slavic Languages, Auburn University).

10:30-10:45
Break

10:45-12:15
"Developing Interactive Web-Based Exercises" (George Mitrevski, Professor of Slavic Languages, Auburn University).

12:15-1:15
Lunch in Toy Lounge

1:15-3:00
"Developing Interactive Web-Based Exercises" (George Mitrevski, Professor of Slavic Languages, Auburn University).

3:00-3:15
Break

3:15-5:00
"Developing Interactive Web-Based Exercises" (George Mitrevski, Professor of Slavic Languages, Auburn University).

Saturday, July 22

Field trip to Old Salem.

We have rented a 15 passenger van, which Laura Janda has graciously volunteered to drive. Some participants may need to drive private vehicles. Tickets will be paid for by SEELRC. Participants will be responsible for their own meals.

Location and time of departure TBA.

10:00 a.m.
Check In/Town Tour

1:30-2:30
"Comenius and the (Un)common Slav in the Classroom Serving our Heritage Students" (Laura A. Janda, Professor of Slavic Linguistics, UNC-CH).

2:30
Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) Tour.

4:00
The Gallery at Old Salem Tour, featuring works by Henry Benbridge: Charleston Portrait Painter.

Sunday, July 23

Jordan Lake excursion. Times to be announced.

Monday, July 24

Sessions will be held in Toy Lounge on the 4th floor of Dey Hall, UNC-CH. Refreshments and lunch will be provided in Toy Lounge.

8:30-9:00
Refreshments

9:00-10:45
"Understanding Case from the Inside: The Case Book for Russian" (Laura A. Janda, Professor of Slavic Linguistics, UNC-CH and Steven Clancy, Senior Lecturer in Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Chicago).

10:45-11:00
Break

11:00-12:15
"Новые реалии в жизни сегодняшней России: их отражения в лексике" (Eleonora Magomedova, Director of Russian Language Instruction and Lecturer in Russian Language and Conversation, UNC-CH).

12:15-1:15
Lunch

1:15-2:45
"Creating Opportunities for Students of Minority Studies in Russian Studies" (Kathleen Ahern, Lecturer in Russian Langage and Literature, UNC-Greensboro).

2:45-3:00
Break

3:00-4:15
"Technology as Enabler and Disabler in the Language Classroom" (Robert Greenberg, Associate Professor of Slavic Linguistics, UNC-CH).

Tuesday, July 25

Sessions will be held at the R. David Thomas Center, Duke University. Refreshments and lunch will also be provided at the Thomas Center.

9:30-12:30
"Unicode, XML, and the Web: Bringing Language Pedagogy into the 21st Century" (Dan Swanwick, Technology Coordinator, Slavic and East European Language Resource Center, Duke University).

12:30-1:30
Lunch

1:30-3:00
"Using Commercial Web-Based Course Packages" (Samantha Earp, Center for Instructional Technology, Duke University).