505 Ukrainian I
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Ukraine is an old country that has been in the news recently. Its language is an Eastern Slavic language, related to Russian but distinctly different. A beautiful and complex language, it’s tricky for English speakers, but well repays your efforts. In this class we will be starting from the very beginning, with the alphabet, so don’t worry if you have no experience with it or any Slavic language! We will be using the book Beginner’s Ukrainian by Yuri Shevchuk, second edition, ISBN 978-0-7818-1324-2, available online or on order from Books-A-Million here in Oak Ridge. There will be about an hour’s worth of homework weekly.
- The class will not meet on April 8 and 15.
Karen Davis
Karen Davis worked for the federal government for 42 years. All of that time she was spent speaking or translating Russian or Ukrainian. For the last 12 years she has taught languages to DOD personnel. She scored 4s in reading on the Interagency Language Roundtable scale (near-native) in both languages.