CONTENTS

Introduction ................................................................................................................1

Overview of contents ...................................................................................................1

Next steps: A proposal to the Russian language teaching
profession.....................................................................................................4

Designing the framework .....................................................................................7

National trends in education .......................................................................7

Foreign language study in the US in the 90s ..........................................9

Russian language study in the US: Facing three new revolutions ......15

A framework for Russian-language curriculum design:
Principles & stages ..............................................................................................19

Introduction: A sketch of the framework ....................................................19

Six principles .................................................................................................21

From principles to stages: Why we need a language learning
framework for Russian ..............................................................................24

Instructional orientation .........................................................................26

Management of learning .......................................................................28

Measuring language knowledge .........................................................30

Three stages: The path to in-country study ..............................................34

Elementary stage ....................................................................................35

Intermediate stage ..................................................................................36

Advanced stage ......................................................................................37

An aside: In-country study .....................................................................38

An Application of the Framework: A common curriculum to
facilitate articulation ............................................................................................39

The articulation problem ..............................................................................39

The common curriculum: At the intersection of different programs .....41

Elementary stage ....................................................................................43

Intermediate stage ..................................................................................50

Conclusion ..................................................................................................................55



		CONTENTS
	Introduction ................................................................................................................1 Overview of contents ...................................................................................................1 Next steps: A proposal to the Russian language teaching profession.....................................................................................................4 Designing the framework .....................................................................................7 National trends in education .......................................................................7 Foreign language study in the US in the 90s ..........................................9 Russian language study in the US: Facing three new revolutions ......15 A framework for Russian-language curriculum design: Principles & stages ..............................................................................................19 Introduction: A sketch of the framework ....................................................19 Six principles .................................................................................................21 From principles to stages: Why we need a language learning framework for Russian ..............................................................................24 Instructional orientation .........................................................................26 Management of learning .......................................................................28 Measuring language knowledge .........................................................30 Three stages: The path to in-country study ..............................................34 Elementary stage ....................................................................................35 Intermediate stage ..................................................................................36 Advanced stage ......................................................................................37 An aside: In-country study .....................................................................38 An Application of the Framework: A common curriculum to facilitate articulation ............................................................................................39 The articulation problem ..............................................................................39 The common curriculum: At the intersection of different programs .....41 Elementary stage ....................................................................................43 Intermediate stage ..................................................................................50 Conclusion ..................................................................................................................55