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Content-Based Teaching of Russian as a Foreign Language book cover

1st Edition

Content-Based Teaching of Russian as a Foreign Language

Edited By Jason Merrill, Olga Makarova, Svetlana V. Nuss Copyright 2025
248 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

248 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

248 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Content-Based Teaching of Russian as a Foreign Language explores how content-based instruction can be applied in the teaching of Russian as an additional or heritage language. Bringing together the perspectives and experiences of scholar-practitioners, this edited collection presents diverse contemporary approaches to the content-based instruction of Russian. Through case studies that detail... Read more

PART I

CONTEXTUALIZING CONTENT-BASED LANGUAGE TEACHING

 

1 The content-based teaching of Russian: A dual commitment to language and content

Olga Makarova and Jason Merrill

 

2 The content-based teaching of Russian: Themes, trends, opportunities

Maria Khotimsky

 

PART II

FROM BEGINNER TO INTERMEDIATE

 

3 Content integration at the beginning level: What can be done?

William J. Comer

 

4 Content-based curriculum design for lower-level Russian language students: Theory and Practice

Joan F. Chevalier

 

5 Subtitled pop-music videos in the teaching of language and culture in intensive beginning Russian

Jeff R. Watson

 

6 Language arts: Teaching Russian in a university museum

Emil Asanov, Heather Harris, and Lisa Di Bartolomeo

 

PART III

FROM INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED

 

7 “Balance of interests”: Fostering advanced Russian in a course on the Caspian Sea Treaty

Anna A. Alsufieva

 

8 Teaching intercultural communication as an autonomous discipline in L2 Russian

Maria Goebert

 

9 Building language and intercultural competence in content-based courses

Maria Bourlatskaya and Olena Chernishenko

 

10 Interdisciplinarity through content-based instruction: Addressing social and ecological justice in the Russian language program for global professionals

Victoria Hasko

 

11 Media and motivation in advanced language courses for Gen Z learners

Alyssa DeBlasio and Izolda Savenkova

 

12 Micro-publishing and content-based instruction: The Russian-Speaking Arizona book project

Liudmila Klimanova

 

13 Bridging worlds: Realities, challenges, and opportunities for the content-based teaching of Russian

Svetlana Nuss, Jason Merrill, and Olga Makarova  

Biography

Jason Merrill is Professor of Russian at Michigan State University and former Director of the Middlebury College Kathryn Wasserman Davis School of Russian, USA.

Olga Makarova is Senior Lecturer in Russian Studies at Queen Mary University of London, UK.

Svetlana V. Nuss is a series editor and teacher educator affiliated with the University of Alaska and Grand Canyon University, USA.

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