Spring 2027

Special Topics in Russian Language/linguistics

A graduate course covering special topics in Russian language and linguistics, focusing on areas such as listening comprehension, grammar, and phonetics.

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Summary

1 / 5

Past student reviews · Karen Evans-Romaine

Students completed 7–9 hour take-home exams that penalized grammatical errors, incorrect spelling in phonetic transcriptions, and missing optional pictures in presentations.

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Graduate/professional standing

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SLAVIC 705

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  • Graduate/professional standing

Professors

Spring 2027

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

KAREN EVANS-ROMAINE is recorded teaching in Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2018, Spring 2019. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

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Student experience

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Past student reviews · Karen Evans-Romaine

This listening comprehension course focused on how well students already knew Russian rather than the specific skill being taught.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2016: 3.50 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2018: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2019: 3.61 GPA, 77.8% A/AB (n=9 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Karen Evans-Romaine

Students completed 7–9 hour take-home exams that penalized grammatical errors, incorrect spelling in phonetic transcriptions, and missing optional pictures in presentations.

Past student reviews · Karen Evans-Romaine

Past students found the grading arbitrary and demotivating, particularly when points were deducted for minor details or optional elements.

Topics

  • Russian language and linguistics

Skills

  • Study of specific topics in Russian language structure and linguistic analysis.

Grades

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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  "output_id": "a274b186891e2be46ab7cbfb062ede30f41e7640f6d52e6145cc296b37770c03",
  "requirements_status": "valid",
  "dataset_revision": "fc1811fa52e581ea57a35c0cf3343f8740a8ffbf",
  "observed_at": "2026-10-14 17:50:09.728220+00:00"
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