Looking at Real Language: A Seminar for Teachers of English

Schedule

June 30, 2005

Last class! Library closed. We will instead meet at Культ, (Яузская ул., 5) just across the river from the library, for conversation practice.

June 23, 2005

1. Thurm, Mariam. "Housecleaning." Michigan Quarterly Review. Vol. XXXIX, no. 4 (Fall 2000).

June 16, 2005

1. Finish "The Book Stops Here".

June 9, 2005

Kevin is out of town, so Vincent will substitute again.

1. Excerpts from Keillor, Garrison. "Lake Wobegon Summer 1956." The Atlantic Monthly. Vol. 288, no. 2 (Sept. 2001).

June 2, 2005

Kevin is out of town, so Francesca Carlin will substitute. Reading was distributed in class.

May 26, 3005

Library closed. We will instead meet at Культ, (Яузская ул., 5) just across the river from the library, for conversation practice.

May 19, 2005

Kevin is unavailable, so Michael Lestingi, another Fulbright student, will substitute. The reading was handed out in class:

1. Notes on Black English
2. Excerpts from: Hansberry, Lorraine. "A Raisin in the Sun." 1959.

May 12, 2005

Kevin is out of town, so Vincent Bohlinger, a Fulbright-Hays recipient, will substitute.

1. Sedaris, David. "The Youth in Asia." Me Talk Pretty One Day. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 2000.

May 5, 2005

1. Kevin will demonstrate how to search the Internet effectively. See Searching the English-Language Internet. He will repeat this talk for the general public at the American Center on May 18.

April 28, 2005

Library closed. We will instead meet at Культ, (Яузская ул., 5) just across the river from the library, for conversation practice.

April 21, 2005

1. Finish "More Pie, Mr. President?".
2. Pink, Daniel H. "The Book Stops Here." Wired. March 2005.

April 14, 2005

Kevin is out of town, so Vanessa Jackson, another Fulbright student, will substitute.

1. Douthat, Ross. "The Truth about Harvard." The Atlantic Monthly. Mar. 2005.

April 7, 2005

1. Finish "Political Split is Pervasive".
2. Hitt, Jack. "More Pie, Mr. President?" New York Times Magazine Oct. 17, 2004.

March 31, 2005

No class because the library is closed. You might consider going to English Language Evenings Moscow on April 1 instead for some practice listening.

March 24, 2005

1. Discuss any questions about Swingers.
2. Finish "The Media and the Military".
3. Von Drehle, David. "Political Split is Pervasive." Washington Post. Apr. 25, 2004.

March 17, 2005

Kevin will be out of town, but the American Center will show Swingers (1996) while I'm not here. There is a script online, but we can also discuss any language questions you have in class next week.

March 10, 2005

1. Sedaris, David. "City of Angels." Me Talk Pretty One Day. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 2000.
2. Kaplan, Robert D. "The Media and the Military." The Atlantic Monthly. Vol. 294, no. 4 (Nov. 2004).

March 3, 2005

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