1. Covering the Russian (Individual Study)
Go back to the Usefиl Words aпd Phrases in Sections si1ently and test yourself to see if уои сап speak the А and
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Cover ир the Russian. Read the English Russian for еасЬ word and phrase. Check the ехрrез-sions you are uncertain about and after you have gone through the who1e Iist, uncover the Russian and review them. Go through the Iist once more and continue for at least three times or until уои сап give the Russian readily for аН the expressions. То make sure of this,
pick out expressions at random and вес if уои сап speak out the Russian quick1y. Speak the Russian a10ud and try to imitate your Guide's pronunciation ав well аз уои сап remember it.
2. Vocabulary Check-Up
То the Group Leader: Go to the UseJttl Words and Phrases in Sections А and В. Read to the group the English equivalent оС the Russian expressions. Са1l оп differcnt studcnts not in апу fixed order, asking for the correct Russian for the English. For instancc, say to А, "КАК skaZAJ ра RUs!fi: Where is the hotel?" The students аге to respond witll theJr books closed: The Guide will indicate Ьу а negative sign wllenevcr he hears а Rttssian cxprcssion tllat is wrong, or, if there is по Guide, tlle other members of the group wШ indicate tlJat they do not agrce. Immedi ately ask someone else to give the exprcssion corrcctly. Апу grdi.Jp mcmbcr WllO has difficulty in giviпg the corrcct Н.нssiап should Ьс told to revicw the UseJul Words and Phrases th01'oughly bcfore the пехt mecting of the group. Do поt sрепd апу time tаlkiпg abottt the why of the Russian; stick to the how.
Therc are two precautions which the Lcader must obscrve in аН cxcrciscs оС this sort and in tlle сопvсгsаtiоп practicc throughout the course. Ве sure that evcryone uпdегstапds tllem. Thcy are as follows:
1. Every Russian ехргеssiоп must Ье given smoothly and completely before the student's performance сап Ье сопsidегеd satisfactory. If there is ап crror iп the first attempt, ask thc studспt to givc the cxprcssion over аgаiп iп completc form. If Itе fumbIcs badly, turn to sоmсопс else.
2. Еvегуопс must �?�ak loud ,епоugh, so tltat аН �ап hea�. Every stud�n� should Ье encouraged �o �a1l <;JUt "Loudcr, please! 1f he сап t hcar. Check оп th1s occaslOnally Ьу pOllltlllg to tlle studcnt who 13 11stcn1llg
to s01ueone else's Russian, апd ask "What did Itе Бау?"
If уои do поt observe thc,se ргесаutiопs, much time and cffort тау Ье wasted iп group шссtiпgs.
rn this section уои are going to have your first сЬапсе the instructions carefully, get everyti1ing уои are to do to engage in conversation in Russian. This, of course, is straight in your mind, and then p1unge in.
the most usef111 part of the entire unit, and the part In order to fix in your mind thc expressions уои will you shou1d do with the greatest amount of рер and need in the conversation, check Y0l11'se1f оп YOllr ability realism. Оо it half-hearted1y and уои lose most of the to speak the Russian уои have 1earned. Ву now уои va1ue of the lInit. Оо it earnest1y and enthusiastically shou1d not have to grope {or it. ТЬе I.eader of thcgroup and уои wil\ find that уои сап readi\y say а great num- wil\ ask уои to supp1y in turn the Russial1 expressions ber of things in Russian, fluent1y and correct1y. Read (ог the English equiva1ents which Ье reads {rom the
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23Useful Words and PJzrases. If you have done а thorough smoothly when уон hear the English. Your Guide wШ job of recalling tIle Russian when уон are looking on1y 1et уои know if your Russian expressions are not cor- at the Епg1ish еquivаlепts, аБ suggested in Sесtiоп Е, гесt. If уои have по Guide, t11e тетЬеГБ of the gгоuр уои will lщvе по difficulty iп геsропdiпg promptly апd should Ье ready to correct faulty ехргеssiопs.
3. Simple Arithmetic in Russian
Hel·e are Боте sample additions: а. SKOfs,ka В U!Jit a!)IN i !)Eyij?
сколько будет один и девять? a!)IN i !)Eyij, !)E§ij.
PA T i TjU, VO§iт. 5+3=8
пять и три, восемь.
1+9=10 с. SKOfs,ka
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U!Jit SHE$T i chiTIJi? 6 + 4один и девять - десять. сколыю будет шесть и четыре?
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SKOfs,ka B U!Jit РА Т i TjU? 5 + 3 = ? SHE$T i chiTIJi, !)E§ij.сколько будет пять и три? шесть и четыре - десять.
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10 Оп а sheet of paper, write out the figures Cor similar not just the answer. For example, if уои have written problems which do not add ир to тоге than ten. Write, down 8 + 2 = 10, уои Бау: SKOfs,ka
В
U!Jit VO§iт ifor examp1e 8 + 2 = 10. The Gгоuр leader will then ask D VA ? and the опе who апswегs must Бау: VO§iт i
опе of the members of the group to вау ЫБ problem iп D VA , !)E§ij, not just plain !)E§ij. Сопtiпuе this exer- Russian and another to answer it in Russiап. The cise until everyone has had а chance to ask and to person who answers must give the whole addition, and answer.
4. Conversation
То the суоuр Leader: Read the fol1o\viag directions with the class. Encourage t!Je students to strike out for them,;elves. Spend al1 the time уои сап 011 free conversation practice in an effort to get to the point where students сап speak
easily and smoothly with а шinimum of ums and ers. The Leader will assign parts and will ask уои to take turns in pairs, carrying оп the following conversations. The two persons who are talkirfg together should stand ир and act out t:heir parts, speaking ав smoothly and naturally аБ possible. Make it rea1 and get воте fцп
out of it. The Guide will help уои if your Russiап is wrong or if your pronunciation is bad. The JJeader will prompt уои if уои are not sure what сотеБ пехt in your part.
1 . Asking Directions
1. You walk ир to а stl'anger, beg his pardon, and tion over there, to the right, and asks ask where the railroad station is. уои understand.
2. Не апswегs that it's to the right. 7. Уои say уои understand, and thank him.
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Уои ask him what Ье said. 8. Не says уои'ге welcome.whetller
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Не [epeats. Со thгоцgll this convel'sation twice more, asking first5.
Уои beg his рагdоп, say уои don't understand for the hotel and then the [estaurant, and have the him, and ask him please to speak slowly. stгапgег [eply Ьу saying that tlle hotel is here to the 6. Не repeats vегу slowly that that's the гаilгоаd sta- [igllt, the геstаuгапt thеге to the left.2. At а Restaurant
1. Уои walk into а [estaurant, sit down, say Ьеllо 10. After you've eaten, уои ask her how тисЬ that to the wаitгеss, and ask how slle is. costs.
2. She says she's fine, and asks how уои are. 1 1 . She says it's
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roubles and 10.3. Уои say уои'ге fine too. You'd like to eat. 12. Уои рау, saying Ьеге it is (paZHALsta). 4. She asks what you'd like. 13. She thanks уои, and уои both say good-bye.
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у ои ask how the meat is. 6. She says it's good.7. Уои say good, you'd like meat and potatoes. 8. She asks whether you'd like tea or beer. 9. Уои say beer, please.
If it is so desired, рагtiсu)аг)у when the group is too large to give everybody а сlшпсе to рагticiраtе in the conversation, the exercise should Ье continued for а longer time. It is also а good practice to give people who are having difficulties а second trial.