Susan Kresin

Books

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  Čeština hrou

  introductory Czech language textbook

  McGraw-Hill, 1997, 1999

1. Language pedagogy

Review of Özçelik, Ö. & Kennedy Kent, A. (2023). Designing Effective Language Learning Materials for Less Commonly Taught Languages. A Research-based Guide. RLJ Vol 75, issue 1 (2025).

“Teaching the Less Commonly Taught Slavic and East European Languages,” Čeština doma a ve světě, 2024 (1), 29-33.

“Russian in the Greater Los Angeles Area” (lead author, with S. Bauckus and D. Matero), in Multilingual LaLa Land, ed. C. Chik. Routledge, 2021.

        Based on three surveys and thirty interviews with speakers of Russian in the Greater Los Angeles Area, focusing on attitudes toward heritage language maintenance and methods for promoting heritage language acquisition

“Language and Cultural Learning through Song: Three Complementary Contexts” (with K. Evans-Romaine, S. Goldberg, V. Galloway), in The Art of Teaching Russian, eds. E. Dengub, I. Dubinina, J. Merrill. Georgetown University Press, 2020.

“К вопросу о роли аудирования в преподавании русского языка как иностранного,” MAPRIAL conference proceedings, Nur-Sultan (Astana), Kazakhstan, 2019.

Connecting across Languages and Cultures: A Heritage Language Festschrift in honor of Olga Kagan, coedited with S. Bauckus. Slavica, 2018.

“Slavic and East European Language Programs and Heritage Language Communities.” Canadian Journal of Ukrainian Studies 4.1 (2017).

“Transnational Identities and Language Teaching in the Globalized World.” Language, Individual & Society 9 (2015).

“Czech Emigration and Czech Heritage:  Implications for Teaching” (with O. Kagan). In Between Texts, Languages, and Cultures: A Festschrift for Michael Henry Heim, co-edited with C. Cravens and M. Fidler. Slavica, 2008.

“Výuka češtiny pro anglicky mluvící studenty:  gramatické a pragmatické obtížnosti,” in Sborník Asociace učitelů češtiny jako cízího jazyka (AUČCJ) 2005-2006. Akropolis, 2006.

“Využití internetu v kurzech češtiny pro začátečníky,” in Setkání s češtinou, eds. Krausová, M. Slezáková. Z. Svobodová. Institute of the Czech Language, Academy of Sciences, 2002.

Čeština hrou (introductory Czech language textbook, with I. Kořánová, H. Subak-Kaspar, F. Kašpar). McGraw-Hill, first edition 1997, second edition 1999.

2. Slavic linguistics

“Czech” (with M. Fidler and V. Cvrček) in The Slavonic Languages, 2^nd edition, eds. V. Friedman and L. Grenoble. Forthcoming in the series Routledge Language Family Descriptions.

       The first English-language overview of the Czech language based primarily on data from the Czech National Corpus, including spoken/literary comparisons

Entries on tense (with F. Štícha and M. Hirschová) and aspect (with N. Nübler and P. Biskup) in Nový encyklopedický slovník češtiny, ed. P. Karlík, M. Nekula, J. Pleskalová. Lidové noviny, 2015.

“Aspect and Negation in Russian and Czech” (with S. Dickey). Russian Linguistics 33/2 (2009).

“Demonstrative Modification of Proper Nouns:  A Corpus Based Study,” in Grammar and Corpora, ed. František Štícha. Prague: Academia, 2009.

“Demonstratives, Definite Articles and Clines of Grammaticalization: Evidence from Russian and Spoken Czech,” in Where One’s Tongue Rules Well, A Festschrift for Charles E. Townsend, ed. L. Janda, R. Feldstein, S. Franks. Slavica, 2002.

“A Definite Article in the Making? The Case of Czech ten,” in Pragmatics in 2000: Selected papers from the 7th International Pragmatics Conference, Vol. 2, ed. E. Nemeth. International Pragmatics Association, 2001.

“From Czech to English: Interrelations of Tense and Aspect.” Kosmas 14.1 (2000).

“Singularization and Pluralization in Russian and Czech Aspect.” SEEJ, Fall 2000.

Selected  conference, workshop and other presentations, 2018-present

“Open Houses, Open Doors: Connecting with Community Heritage Language Schools,” poster presentation accepted for the Fifth International Conference on Heritage/Community Languages, UCLA, February 2026

“Independent Media in Kazakhstan,” in roundtable on “Resources for Teaching about Kazakhstan,” ASEEES 2025

AASEEL/ACTR Program Building Workshops for High School and College Educators: invited presenter in session on “Program Building (Part II): Student Purpose and Vision Creation/Support,” Fall 2025

“Applying Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to Assessments to Enable Neurodiverse Learners,” in roundtable on “ Supporting Students with Disabilities and Learning Differences in the Russian Language Classroom,” ACTR 50^th Anniversary Conference, Spring 2025

“Promoting Civil Discourse in L2 Instruction,” ACTR 50^th Anniversary Conference, Spring 2025 (roundtable organizer and presenter)

“The Summer Russian Language Teachers Program (SRLT): An Opportunity for International Connections” ACTR 50^th Anniversary Conference, Spring 2025 (roundtable organizer and presenter)

“Strengthening Community School – College Connections through National Open Houses,” SWALLT, Spring 2025

“Differentiation in Assessment,” in roundtable on “Strategies for Teaching Language Classes with Mixed Proficiency Levels,” AATSEEL 2025

“Empowering Neurodivergent Students in the Language Classroom,” AATSEEL 2024 (roundtable presenter)

“‘Malá pravda, velká lež:’ Addressing Media Literacy in Language and Area Studies Courses,” AATSEEL 2024

“Q-Pop in Kazakhstan: A Window to Discussing Post-Soviet Language Policy,” Flagship roundtable on “Music and Youth Culture in Kazakhstan: a Russian Flagship Project,” ASEEES 2023

“Rethinking Syllabus Design to Promote Greater Inclusivity,” AATSEEL 2023

“Media Literacy across the Russian Language Curriculum,” Flagship roundtable on “Teaching Information Literacy in Russian in a Changing Media Environment,” ASEEES 2022

ACTR Diversity, Equity, Access and Inclusion Reading Group workshops (3): “Promoting Inclusivity through Syllabus Design,” Summer 2022 (organizer and presenter)

“Teaching Media Literacy in Intermediate-Level Language Courses,” UCLA EPIC conference “Building Sustainable Modern Language Programs: The Next Generation of Transformative Language Courses,” Spring 2022

“Kino and Russian Rock: Collaboration and Culture Learning through an Online Game,” Russian Flagship Roundtable, AATSEEL 2022

“On Integrating Central European Film into Diversity Courses,” AATSEEL 2021

“Russian in Greater Los Angeles: A Changing Landscape,” with S. Bauckus and D. Matero, UCLA International Week 2021

“The ‘COVID slide’ and its consequences for differentiation: Focus on project-based assignments,” panel on “Teaching Russian in the Time of Zoom: Novel Strategies and Tactics,” ASEEES 2021

“Assessment in Contexts of Virtual Learning,” at “Adapting to the Remote Environment: Focus on the Slavic, Central and East European LCTLs” (webinar organizer and presenter), July 2020

“Developing Independent Research Skills in LCTLs: Tapping the Potential of Online Translators,” AATSEEL 2020

“К вопросу о роли аудирования в преподавании русского языка как иностранного,” MAPRIAL conference 2019, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

“Research-based vocabulary acquisition and reinforcement through topical reading, speaking and listening,” AATSEEL 2019

“Integrating Study Abroad into the Undergraduate Curriculum” (roundtable), ASEEES 2018

“Promoting Diversity in Heritage Language Course Offerings,” Third International Conference on Heritage/Community Languages, February 2018

“An Integrated Approach to Teaching Listening,” AATSEEL 2018 and as keynote speaker at Slavic and East European Languages LEARN, a workshop for educators from U.S. government institutions organized by the National Cryptology School, January 2018

“Promoting Slavic and East European Languages through Collaborative Course Design,” organizer, presented with Viktorija Lejko-Lacan, with contributions also by Melinda Borbely, Georgiana Galateanu, Roman Koropeckyj and Vadim Shneyder, AATSEEL 2018

Promotional work for UCLA

UCLA Alumni Travel host lecturer:

• Baltic and Scandinavian Treasures, 2017
• Petersburg and the Baltic Capitals, 2018
• Grand Danube Passage, 2019, 2022
• Journey through Central Europe, scheduled for 2027