Elena Bolton (Solihull) INTRODUCTION When I decided to try my hand at teaching Russian I thought I was well prepared for the task. After all, I had experience of teaching English in Russia. I had also spent several years working as a technical translator, a job which...
Joel Roberts (University of Brighton) INTRODUCTION Peter the Great’s establishment of Saint Petersburg as a ‘window on the West’ opened Russia to a host of European influences. As a city built on Finnish marshland, a celebration of European culture and an ostensible...
Svetlana MacGillivray, Reviews Editor I am delighted to be taking over the reviews editorship of Rusistika. Andrew Jameson, the previous reviews editor, will be a hard act to follow, having carried out the task for many years with great thoroughness: ALL is extremely...
A summary of Languages Today magazine content in 2012/13. Autumn 2012 In 2012, the European Year of Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations, this edition of Languages Today was all about lifelong and intergenerational learning. – We spoke to...
Martine Pillette (Moulton, Northamptonshire) THE GRAMMAR AGENDA In the days of O level (GCE Ordinary level was introduced in Britain in 1951) communication was not at the heart of the MFL agenda. The emphasis was much more on linguistic competence than on performance....
