NEWS and SPECIAL DEALS – October 2022

*** On Aug. 25, 2022, Marianna Avery and Polina Guelfreikh held a webinar called “Reading in Russian” (“Как читать с билингвами”), using the book “Vassily the Cat” (original title: “Бабушка кота Василия”) as reading material. All 106 attendees received the link to the webinar recording. The video of the webinar will be coming out on the Soroka YouTube channel. Be sure to subscribe to SorokaDigital , so as not to miss it.

*** The Soroka 2 course is available for purchase at sorokam.com as units. I’d like to remind you that each file is the “horizontal cross-section” of the course, as it contains pages from the Student’s Book, Activity Book and Teacher’s Book. This is a convenient way to purchase the course, one unit at a time.

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New York

Do I have any readers in New York? Would you like to meet there when I come?

I invite everyone interested to meet with me and other teachers of Russian as a foreign language. Speakers who have already confirmed their attendance: Olessia Apert, Alyona Greene, Olga Kisluhina and Ekaterina Klimchenko. We meet on Oct. 23, 2022, at 11am at Hampton Inn, located at:

220 West 41st St.
New York, New York, 10036-7203

We are planning to hold a small round table on the issues of teaching Russian to children, so be ready to ask your questions, please, and let me know if you also want to be a speaker.

Please, confirm that you are coming so that we can keep in touch and inform you about any changes to the program if such will be made.

Don’t hesitate to contact me by e-mail at opulentus@mail.ru; or call/text and ask questions on 855-765-1265.

NEWS and SPECIAL DEALS – September 2022

*** On August 20, 2022, Marianna Avery and Ekaterina Klimchenko held a webinar, “Сверим часы в планировании.” All of the 33 attendees received certificates of participation, free books by Marianna Avery, and the opportunity to watch the recording of the webinar.

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sorokam.com NEWS

*** In the Sorokam e-bookstore all items are divided into groups now. I hope this will help our customers to find the right product faster. Here are our categories:

Books
This section includes only the books in the Soroka and Sarafan courses; the comic book; etc.

Additional Material
Tests, flashcards for reading, and other necessities for use in the Soroka course.

Consultations and Webinars
Registration for individual consultations and upcoming webinars; also, archived webinars for purchase.

Books by Units
This is the “horizontal cross-section” of the course — i.e., one file contains one unit from all three books. For instance, in the folder Unit 1 of the “Soroka 1: Russian for Kids” course, you will find pages from the Student’s Book, Activity Book and Teacher’s Book in English and Russian languages – all pages from Unit 1, Soroka 1.

*** The sorokam.com website has been migrated to the new host server; I hope that the operation speed of the site has significantly increased now.

*** I also remind our customers from Russia that the procedure of purchase is different for them. Here are three steps you should take in order to receive e-books:

1. Create a personal account on the website;

2. Send a list of items you want to purchase to opulentus@mail.ru;

3. Follow the instructions in the mail that you received in response.

NEWs and Ads – July 2022

You asked me for flashcards so many times that now they have finally appeared on sorokam.com.

Those, who already have the Teacher’s Book of Soroka 1 in the personal account on the site, have already received them as a gift.

Additionally, you may buy them on the websites TpT and asordi.com

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Denver, CO

What: Meeting with Marianna Avery, author of books for teaching Russian for children, Soroka and Sarafan.

Where: Denver, CO, Botanic Garden, 1007 York St, Denver, CO 80206

When: July 8, 2022, from 10 am till 1 pm

For who: for teachers and parents who teach Russian for children

We meet at 10 am at the entrance to the Garden. The first 5 people will get free admission to the garden. Our plan, as we walk through the Garden, is to exchange questions and answers on teaching Russian for children. Lunch will be at a restaurant located in the Garden.

Don’t hesitate to call/text and ask questions on 855-765-1265. You also may text me to confirm that you are coming.

Look forward to seeing you there!

This is a link to the Garden web-site:

AATSEEL round table – invitation to participate

Dear all,

On February 2023, at the AATSEEL conference I am planning to organize a round table with the title “No Tears No Fears Russian Language Class for Children”, and I would like to invite you to participate.

In accordance with the AATSEEL rules for round tables, I must submit a list of participants with their contact information. Look here (https://www.aatseel.org/program/2023-guidelines/).

Could you please be so kind and join me for the round table? Your participation would be greatly appreciated.

Here are some potential topics for discussion:

Reducing prejudice against Cyrillic in reading lessons
Keeping children’s attention in the electronic age
Learning Russian and mending cultural barriers
The importance of recognizing and rewarding learning progress

You are welcome to add anything you propose to this list.

Here is an abstract from the rules of round table

“Roundtables are less formal than panels. Initial roundtable presentations are generally shorter than papers (about 10 min. per person). Then the speakers engage in discussion with each other, and the audience is usually invited to engage more directly than at panels. A roundtable is more of an open conversation: speakers come with their own insights and points of view, but not necessarily with a topic to analyze or a thesis to defend.”

Please let me know if you are interested in this round table and planning to participate, and I will include you into the proposal.

Let me know if you have more questions. Thank you!

NEWs & ADs – Summer 2022

*** If you have a school or a personal website, we invite you to exchange links. On a special page of my blog, I will place your logotype and the link to your website. It is a particular pleasure to mention those, who already study by the Soroka course. Next to your logo we indicate: Here kids learn Russian by the Soroka course. In return I will send you my logotype with a short description of my page, if necessary, to place it on your website.
Looking forward to receiving your letters on my email opulentus@mail.ru.

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Please join us

If you feel comfortable enough to join online meeting held in Russian please come to our workshop on teaching Russian for children.

All the speakers are amazing! All of them have a lot to say about teaching Russian for kids.

The meetings are free of charge, if you want a recording, you may buy it later for a reasonable price. Please register here

http://onlinemasterskaya-rkidetyam.tilda.ws/page27382308.html

As for me, I will speak there about comic books during Russian lessons. Come to join us!

NEWs & ADs – May 2022

*** If you want me to judge your Olympiad of Russian language, contact me by email opulentus@mail.ru. Please, do it in advance so that I can plan ahead, and attend your event.

*** The list of countries with free shipping extended on asordi.com. Now we deliver books for free over the US and the countries of Central Asia – Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan.

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