by Wendy Newman | Oct 10, 2013 | Russian Culture, Russian Practice, Russian updates, Russian Zone
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...
by Wendy Newman | Oct 10, 2013 | Russian Practice, Russian updates, Russian Zone
Victoria Rolfe and Mark Payne (University of Sheffield) Я читаю – I read Ты читаешь – You read Он/она читает – He/she reads Мы читаем – We read Вы читаете – You read Они читают – They read INTRODUCTION In our experience of teaching and learning in secondary schools in...
by Wendy Newman | May 3, 2013 | German Reviews, German Zone
Mandy Wight, Reviews Editor Our reviews section for this issue provides an eclectic mixture of publications of interest to teachers of German. Only Sicher, aimed at teaching students at CEFR B1+ level, can be described as a course book: its up-to-date topics,...
by charlottelr | Aug 31, 2012 | Russian Practice, Russian updates, Russian Zone
Jeremy Morris (University of Birmingham) This article reports on a small-scale learning enhancement project conducted with first-year Russian Studies students at Birmingham University over one semester in 2011. The project provided a weekly face-to-face seminar...
by Wendy Newman | Aug 31, 2012 | Russian Reviews, Russian Zone
Andrew Jameson, Reviews Editor (Editor’s Note: All reviews are by Andrew Jameson unless otherwise indicated.) RUSSIAN TEXTBOOKS На старт, Внимание, Марш! Michael Ransome and Marta Tomaszewski Available from http://www.classroom-resources.com Classroom Resources, PO...
