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Heritage Learners in the Russian Classroom

Heritage Learners in the Russian Classroom. Megan Swift University of Victoria. The following slides present the results of a research project into Russian Heritage speakers and their experience in the 1 st year Russian classroom at U Vic

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Heritage Learners in the Russian Classroom

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  1. Heritage Learners in the Russian Classroom Megan Swift University of Victoria

  2. The following slides present the results of a research project into Russian Heritage speakers and their experience in the 1st year Russian classroom at U Vic • The research project was conducted between 2009 and 2010. • Heritage speakers make up approximately 10% of our first-year population • Most of them come from the Doukhobor communities based in the Kootenay mountain region of British Columbia

  3. Doukhobor Communities in British Columbia Kootenay Mountain Region x x

  4. Do you have one or more relative who spoke Russian in the family home?

  5. For how many years did you take Russian in the public school system? 6 years 12 years

  6. What was the average number of contact hours per week? • Elementary School – 3 hours a week • Secondary School – 7.5 hours a week

  7. Did you continue your Russian language training at university beginning in your first year?

  8. Did you or do you intend to complete all four years of language training?

  9. Did you or do you intend to go on a travel/study abroad program to Russia or Ukraine?

  10. Are you or do you intend to become a Russian major or minor?

  11. When you took Russian 100A and B were you familiar with:The case system (nominative, accusative, genitive, dative, prepositional, instrumental); if not, which ones?Verbal aspect (imperfective and perfective verbs)? 80% were partially familiar with the cases but not at all with verbal aspect 20% were not familiar with either

  12. Approximately what percent of the vocabulary from Russ 100A and B were you familiar with? (Answers ranged from 20% to 75%) 20% 75%

  13. How would you rate your first year experience in Russian language at U Vic (great, very good, good, okay, not good) 17% 83%

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