High School Russian II

In Russian II, we will spend two semesters studying and admiring the linguistic culture of this beautiful, perplexing, intriguing society. After a thorough review of the concepts and communicative skills learned in Russian I, students will continue to master the usage of the cases of nouns in the singular and plural, and begin to understand the aspects of verbs in the imperfective and perfective past and future tenses. More vocabulary and communication for practical situations will be added. Topics include family, professions, dining, descriptions of people, personality traits, the body and health, time and routines, interests and hobbies, describing a city, and asking and giving directions. Exercises will incorporate listening and reading comprehension of authentic materials from Russian life, such as news articles, authentic documents, menus, transportation schedules, etc. Students in Russian II will also get quality exposure to excerpts carefully chosen from the great canon of Russian poetry, literature, folklore, and music.

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Fall '21 - Spring '22 Registration is Open!

Sue Ellen Turscak studied Russian and Ukrainian from an early age. She concentrated in Russian History and Literature at Harvard, and worked as an oral history interviewer for the Ukrainian Famine Commission, interviewing those who lived through the Stalin era in the Soviet Union. She received a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship in Russian Pedagogy and is a life member of ACTR, the American Council of Teachers of Russian. She has taught four levels of high school Russian at independent college preparatory schools in Ohio and Virginia, and led student exchange programs to St. Petersburg.

Mrs. Turscak homeschooled her two children through high school. Her son works as a data scientist for a major consulting firm, and her daughter is a software developer for Microsoft. Sue Ellen resides with her husband and one very grumpy cat in Northeast Ohio, and attends St. Elia the Prophet Orthodox Church. She enjoys international travel, Slavic music, literature, cooking, and folklore, and has an embarrassingly large collection of matryoshka dolls.