Russian

Elizabeth Blake, Ph.D. | elizabeth.blake@slu.edu

Links for High School

American Council of Teachers of Russian: www.actr.org/K-12 

AP on NEWL: apcentral.collegeboard.org/about-ap/outreach-and-collaborations/national-examinations-world-languages 

STARTALK (HS and College Summer Study): www.startalk.info/students/ 

Critical Language Scholarship (College): www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWdzA9au3RM 

FLAS Fellowships (Undergraduate and Graduate): iris.ed.gov/iris/ieps/contactSheet.cfm?program=NRC 

Language Resources: 

A First-Year Textbook: mezhdunami.org/ 

Support Materials for Language Learning by Textbook: oer.cercll.arizona.edu/llccommons/ 

Resources for Heritage Learners: digitalrussian.middcreate.net/heritage/ 

A Presentation on the Needs of Heritage Learners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ9Vfoucj_M

Old Russian: lrc.la.utexas.edu/eieol/oruol 

Assessment Resources: docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yDnFpIaVTt_deEdwEbMiJMs6Z45Td-Vk/edit#slide=id.p1 

Teaching Training Opportunities

Middlebury's Startalk Program: www.middlebury.edu/language-schools/languages/russian/startalk 

In-Country Summer Training: www.studyabroad.americancouncils.org/srlt 

Defense Language Institute: www.dliflc.edu/elearning/ 

My Materials

Student-Oriented:

Reading of passages from "Pro и Contra": drive.google.com/drive/folders/1aODp_qF8r5swN__XQGyo_RFX_f5xAIlr 

Lecture on Kazakhstan: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yx2-m8VI2CkGpU8Iu3ZCBNLDrtuzxd2N/view

PPT (Kazakhstan): docs.google.com/presentation/d/17oDpCYZ9w7GXf_roGkXc1sFot3aLjwxk/edit#slide=id.p13 

Startalk, CLS, and FLAS: docs.google.com/document/d/1sR_TSXaci9VL_fiIA7O26HcOqnIjHFD2/edit 

Russian 1010 Review: docs.google.com/document/d/1hSYYbHHurfuujbUcbNQho4momXuxgB9u/edit 

Russian 1010 Review: docs.google.com/document/d/1CntxBg8-C6X1m48A3LU31L88v6Z4QRXp/edit 

Public-Facing:

Title VIII Report to American Councils: static1.squarespace.com/static/60a402be57b5c705f27cffbe/t/60cbbccff0f3c57799f96f6a/1623964879894/Final+Report_Blake.pdf 

Presentation of Travels from Dostoevsky's Siberia on Bloggers Karamazov (North American Dostoevsky Society):

bloggerskaramazov.com/2019/08/22/travels-from-dostoevskys-siberia/ 

Invited contribution, “Apropos of Dostoevsky’s Siberia”:  2023.ruhrtriennale.de/en/magazine/apropos-of-dostoevskys-siberia/205 

Interview, "The Write Stuff: Elizabeth Blake, Ph.D.":  www.slu.edu/news/2019/september/write-stuff-blake.php 

For the Profession:

Article from Human Rights in Translation: rprt.northwestern.edu/blake_defending-liberty-from-tyranny-in-dostoevskys-siberia.pdf 

Presentation "The Former Prisoners Nikolai Berdyaev and Fedor Dostoevsky on Confinement, Personality, and Revolutionaries (2024):  sites.northwestern.edu/nurprt/2024/08/30/the-former-prisoners-nikolai-berdyaev-and-fedor-dostoevsky-on-confinement-personality-and-revolutionaries/