This is a course aimed at intermediate Russian-speaking students who wish to attain a working knowledge of Ukrainian. Because of the similarity between the two languages, Russian speakers will progress through the Ukrainian language sequence of courses at a very fast rate and will be able to comprehend, read, write, and communicate at a higher proficiency level in a shorter period of time. Lexicon building, proper pronunciation and intonation, and conscious recognition of differences between Russian and Ukrainian will be emphasized. Please contact course instructor Svitlana Rogovyk with any questions (srogovyk@umich.edu).

Please email slavic@umich.edu if you need a permission to enroll in this course (most of the intended audience will not have taken the enforced prerequisite).

Intended Audience:

This course is for you if you are an intermediate Ukrainian and/or Russian learner, heritage speaker of Ukrainian and/or Russian, graduate student with East Slavic language knowledge experience, or a professional with some knowledge of Russian and/or Ukrainian.

Class Format:

All weekly meetings for this course will be conducted synchronously. If needed, they could be recorded and made available asynchronously.

Testing for this course will be asynchronous and will consist of recorded audio-files, written translations, and listening comprehension tasks that will be submitted via Canvas during a designated time frame.

All synchronous meetings with the instructor will be conducted through BlueJeans. Students should have access to a camera and microphone.