New Online First-Year Russian Class from Univ. of Illinois
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 17:48:39 +0000
From: "Finke, Michael C" <mcfinke@ILLINOIS.EDU>
Subject: first-yr Russian on line through Illinois
Dear Colleagues,
Would you please help me spread the word regarding a new first-year course of Russian offered on line at the University of Illlinois at Urbana-Champaign?
The course, which begins June 11 and runs for eight weeks, will be taught by Dr. George Mitrevski, emeritus of Auburn University, who is quite experienced in delivering on-line language instruction.
Here are key links with instructions on how nondegree students should register:
Illinois | Online and Continuing Education - Subjects
OCE | Registration Policies
Please feel free to give my contact information to anyone who might have additional questions.
Thank you,
Michael
Michael Finke
Professor and Department Head
Slavic Languages and Literatures
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 FLB, MC-170
707 S. Mathews
Urbana, IL 61801
mcfinke@illinois.edu
office: (217) 244-3068
Reading Russian in Latin (Roman) alphabet on the web
I learned Russian mostly in order to be able to read Russian books and web pages. I've found that even after years of reading my speed is slightly higher when using Latin alphabet (a sort of Translit) instead of Cyrillic.
Because of this I've modified existing fonts in order to be able to read Russian in Latin everyhwere on the Web without actually converting the text or using plugins, and have put together a small web page with a description of this process and a couple of fonts here.
This could also be helpful for beginners, especially those who already speak another Slavic language, because Russian in Latin may look rather more familiar and less daunting to them than when it is written in Cyrillic.