Student-Centered Approaches to Russian Language Teaching

Svetlana V. Nuss is a Second Language Acquisition (SLA) consultant and coach affiliated with the University of Alaska, USA.Cynthia L. Martin is the Undergraduate Program Director for Russian, University of Maryland, USA.

• Contextualizing Student-centered Teaching of RFL 1. Student-centered Teaching of Russian: From Principles to PracticeCynthia L. Martin and Svetlana V. Nuss2. History of Student-centeredness, Its Modern Vision in Education, and What This Means for Teaching L2 Russian TodaySvetlana V. NussKnow your students3. Self-Efficacy-Based Instructional Method in Teaching Beginner Russian: Towards Better Strategic Self-Regulated LearningTatiana Maslova4. Correct Me if I’m Wrong: Student Attitudes towards Learning Russian GrammarAlexander Lorenz5. Rough and Beautiful: Russian in Contemporary Czechia from the Perspectives of Corpus Research and Pupilsʼ Attitudes Michal Místecký and Denisa Místecká Moving toward student-centered curriculum design and assessment 6. Making More Time for Proficiency: A "Flipped" Model for Adding AuthenticityCori Anderson 7. My Russian Journey: Rethinking Teaching Russian to BeginnersSvetlana Sokolova, Daria Kosheleva, Elena Bjørgve, Laura A. Janda, Tore Nesset and Elmira Zhamaletdinova8. Bringing Task-Based Instruction Online: Challenges of Remote Language AssessmentBrian James Baer and Tanya McIntyreEmbracing change and innovation9. Lessons of the Pandemic: A Critical Look at Digital Tools for Online and Face-to-Face Instruction of Russian as a Foreign Language Maria Khotimsky and Anna Leontyeva 10. Preparation for Study Abroad: The Action-oriented Approach for RFL StudentsSnezhana Zheltoukhova 11. Transposing Venice to Russia: Task-based "Recipes" for developing figurative thinkingLudmilla A’Beckett12. Reflections on practice, additional considerations, and the importance of institutional support for teachers Cynthia L. Martin and Svetlana V. Nuss