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.
8:30-9:00Refreshments
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).