“Assessment and Curriculum for Heritage Language Learners: Exploring Russian data,” with Olga E. Kagan, Foreign Language Proficiency: Curricular and Assessment Issues, Susan Gass, Paula Winke, Springer, ed. ; Educational Linguistics, Volume 37, 2019, pp. 71-91.
“In defense of the culture list(s): Assessing the cultural awareness of Russian heritage speakers” with Nila Friedberg, Bloomington, IN: Slavica, 2018, pp. 49-82
“Developing a Textbook: A Framework and Reflections,” with Olga E. Kagan, The Art of Teaching Russian, E. Dengub I. Dubinina, J. Merrill, ed.
Kagan, O. & Kudyma, A. (2012) Heritage Language Learners of Russian and L2 Learners in the Flagship Program: A Comparison. Russian Language Journal, Volume 62. pp. 27-46.
The Use of Oral Computer-Mediated Communication: Adding a New Dimension to FL Teaching and Learning with Hiromi Aoki, Ted Liu// Proceedings of the DIGITALSTREAM CONFERENCE , California State University Monterey Bay, March, 2006
Uchebnyi komputernyi dialog //Tezisy konferentsii MAPRYAL “Teoria i praktika sozdania kommunikativno orientirovannykh individualnykh uchebnikov”. [“Computerized Dialog for Academic Purposes”. Proceedings of the International Conference, International Association of Teachers of Russian Language and Literature. Theory and Practice of creating communicatively-oriented individualized textbooks.] Tallin,1988.
Uchebnyi komputernyi dialog “Kommercheskie peregovory” Komputernye uchebnye materialy po russkomu iazyky kak inostrannomu. [“Computerized Dialog for Academic Purposes: Commercial Negotiations.” Computerized course materials for Russian as a foreign language.] Moscow, Pushkin State Russian Language Institute, 1988.
Semanticheski orientirovannye komputernye programmy po russkomu yazyky. //Tezisy Mezdunarodnoi konferentsii MAPRYAL. “Psihologicheskie i pedagogicheskie osnovy organizatsii obuchenia russkomu yazyku v usloviyax nerusskoi yazykovoi sredy” [“A semantically-oriented computer program for Russian Language.” Proceedings of the International Conference, International Association of Teachers of Russian Language and Literature: Psychological and pedagogical principles of Russian language study in a non-Russian-speaking country.” Tbilisi, 1989.
Eksperimentalnoe psikhometricheskoe ismerenie sinonimicheskikh otnoshenii/metodicheskii aspect/ Primenenie EVM v izuchenii fundamentalnykh distsiplin. [“Experimental psychometric measurement of synonymous relationships/methodological aspect: The use of computers in the study of fundamental disciplines.”] Kiev: Academic-methodological office of the Ukrainian Ministry of Education, 1990.
Izuchenie leksicheskoi sinonimii s pomoshch’u komp’utera? [“Computer-aided study of lexical synonyms?” Russian Language and Literature in World Communication: problems of performance and teaching. Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference, International Association of Teachers of Russian Language and Literature.] Moscow: Russkii iazyk, 1990.
Courses
Elementary Russian: Russian 1– 2 – 3
Intermediate Russian: Russian 4– 5– 6
Russian 101 A – Third –year Russian
Russian 102 A – Fourth-year Russian
Russian 103 A – Russian for Native and near Native Speakers: Russian National Identity
Russian 103 B – Russian for Native and near Native Speakers: Literature and Film
Russian 103 C – Russian for Native and near Native Speakers: Special Topics
Russia 107 A: Russian for Social and Cultural Studies
Russian108 – Business Russian
Russian Flagship Program courses
Ukrainian 101 A –B – C: Introductory Ukrainian
Ukrainian 187 A – F: Advanced Tutorial Instruction in Ukrainian
Recent Presentations
Panel Organizer: Content-based Russian Textbooks: theory and practice. This panel is dedicated to the memory of Professor Olga E. Kagan, AATSEEL, New Orleans, LA, 2019
“Bringing Students from Intermediate to Advanced through Russian films and Art,”AATSEEL, New Orleans, LA, 2019
“The new content-basedtextbook Russian through Art: For Intermediate to Advanced Students,” ASEEES, Boston 2018
“In Defense of the Culture List(s): Assessing the Cultural Competence of Russian Heritage Speakers,” Third international Conference on heritage/community languages, LA 2018
“Assessment and Curriculum for Heritage Language Learners: Exploring Russian data,” AATSEEL 2018, Washington DC
“Teaching Reading: Online Reading in Russian,” AATSEEL 2018, Washington DC
“Integrating Online and In-class Learning,” University of Wisconsin, Fall 2017
Russian Flagship Teacher Training Workshop: Teaching from the Intermediate/1 to Advanced/2 Levels of Proficiency, UCLA, 2017
“Pushkin as a brand: Heritage speakers and cultural awareness,” AATSEEL 2017, SF
Panel organizer: Teaching Russian Grammar. This panel is dedicated to the memory of Professor Frank J. Miller, AATSEEL 2016, SF
“Teaching Russian Grammar at the Advanced level: from Linguistic to Discourse Competence,” AATSEEL 2017, SF
“Online reading in Russian,” UCLA Language Alliance Symposium, Fall 2016, LA
“Teaching Advanced Russian: Problems and Solutions,” UCLA Language Alliance Symposium “Teaching Intermediate and Advanced Language Classes: Proficiency, Content, and Culture,” 2016, LA
“Online Content-Based Course: access to professional language,” ASEEES 2015, Philadelphia, PA
“Blending Online and In-class Learning in Russian,” with N. Lekht, UCLA Language Alliance Symposium, 2015, LA
“Bringing Students from Intermediate to Advanced in a Russian Flagship Program”, AATSEEL 2015, Vancouver, Canada
“What Works in Heritage Classrooms”, Startalk 2014, Indianapolis, IN
“Content-Based Course: An online approach,” AATSEEL 2014, Chicago
“Classification of the Russian heritage language learners enrolled in post-secondary Russian language courses: linguistic and cultural knowledge gaps,” Heritage Teacher Training Workshop “Professional Development of Teachers of Heritage Language Learners,” University of Iowa, June 24 – June28, 2013
“Teaching Writing: A New Russian Textbook for Heritage Learners ‘We are writing in Russian’: A Writing Textbook for Heritage Speakers,” ASEEES 2012, New Orleans, LA
“Teaching Advanced Russian: Challenges and Approaches,” ASEEES 2012, New Orleans, LA
“Teaching Beginners and Intermediate Russian”, workshop, Columbia University, New York, 2012
“The UCLA Russian Flagship Program: Teaching Heritage and Non-Heritage Learners”, NCOLCTL 2012, Madison, WI
“Advanced Level: A Comparison of HL and L2 Learners”, with Olga Kagan, AATSEEL 2012, Seattle, WA
“Teaching with Beginner’s Russian,” AATSEEL 2011, Los Angeles, California
“Different Paths to Superior Proficiency: Heritage and Non-Heritage Learners,” AAASS 2010, Los Angeles, California
“Preparing Graduate Students for the Language Classroom,” AATSEEL 2009, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
“An Undergraduate Flagship Program: Can Students Get from Novice to Superior in Four Years?” AATSEEL 2009, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
“Using on line program Wimba in a Russian Language classroom,” 4th UC Language Consortium Conference on Theoretical and Pedagogical Perspectives, April 25-27, 2008 UCSB
“Communicating in a Foreign Language: Speaking as a Web-based Activity,” UC Consortium for Language Learning & Teaching Conference, UCLA, April, 2006
“The Use of Oral Computer-Mediated Communication: Adding a New Dimension to FL Teaching and Learning,” DIGITALSTREAM CONFERENCE , “EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN TEACHING LANGUAGES AND CULTURES,” CSUMB, March, 2006
“Beyond Digital Audio:Wimba, Adding a New Dimension to Foreign Language Teaching and Learning,” ACTFL 2005:39-th Annual Meeting and Exposition at Baltimore
“V PUTI on the WEB”, AATSEEL Annual Meeting, Washington DC, December 2005 “Russian Wimba,” UCLA CWL, 2005
Grants and Awards
The Language Flagship: STAR (Steps to Advanced Reading) 2018-2020
The UC Consortium for Language Learning & Teaching Grant (2008-2009): Tagging Russian Films
Brian P. Copenhaver Award for Innovation in Teaching with Technology, nominee (2006, 2008)
UCLA Anderson School for Management Grant (2006-2007): Russian Business podcasts
The UC Consortium for Language Learning & Teaching Grant (2006-2007): Materials for WIMBA: web-based oral instructional and testing materials in Russian
Office of Instructional Development Grant (2005-2006): Materials for WIMBA ORAL BOARD, a collaborative project for web-based oral instructional and testing materials in Italian and Russian