Prof. Dr. Jacob Caflisch, Sr.
Dr. Jacob Caflisch, Sr.,
Professor, International Executive-Secretary, PSI & Charter President,
2000—
Dr. Victor E. Peppard,
Professor, WLE Chair & Charter Vice President, 2000—
On 16 January, 2K1, in Cooper Hall, Room 459 from
2:00 to 4:00 p. the Delta Zeta Chapter of the National Honor Society in Slavic
Languages & Cultures held its Charter initiation for the following lifetime
faculty, student, and members honoris
causa:
Our charter initiation roster, January 16,
2001:
·
Dr.
Jacob Caflisch, Linguistics, Polish, Russian
·
Dr.
Victor E. Peppard, Russian
·
Dr.
Irena Nemchonok, Russian
·
Dr.
Darrell Slider, Government & Political Science
·
Dr.
Golfo Alexopoulos, History
·
Raymond
Cepko, Graduate Student Linguistics
·
Alexandra
Fitos, Graduate Student in International Studies & Russian
·
Kira
Motchalina, Fulbright Exch. Scholar in English studies, Russia
·
Mila
Nedelkovska, Fulbright Exch. Scholar,
Skopje, Macedonia
An applicant considered for membership in
Dobro Slovo must:
·
have
an 85% (=B+) average in at least two years of coursework in a Slavic language,
literature and culture. For the Russian and other Slavic areas at USF this requirement
is equivalent to at least three years of study for which current course grades
are to be considered;
·
have
a minimum overall GPA of 80% or
a B;
·
indicate
an active and abiding interest in Slavic languages, literatures, and cultures
and/or related areas of scholarship in Slavics.
Why study a Slavic language?
Dr. Jacob Caflisch
In the world of today, commerce and fellowship seem
to be opening up and developing at a rapid pace. This excitement is occurring within many areas in former times
that were not particularly in good working relationships with the west. It
seems to be universal that friendships and understanding can be gained and
fostered more adequately and with a surprising modicum of cooperation whenever
communicative barriers can be eased. At least the basic thing seems to be the
effort to attempt a language or culture of a target area. The study of any
foreign language puts people into a decided advantage in the ability to exude a
feeling of cooperation and understanding. It seems natural, given these
hypotheses, that people feel more relaxed and are in a better position to “hit
it off” around those who make an assertive attempt to use and experience the
languages of those with whom they wish to communicate. Studying a language can
open up a vast area of new experiences and, at the same time, knowing one
Slavic language makes it much more likely that the speaker can more easily
reach people who speak another Slavic language. The Slavic areas are now
fertile ground for concentrated efforts to maximize trade via cooperative
efforts and ideas. People everywhere are basic—despite governments. Our basic
position is that people are really pretty much the same everywhere—everyone
wants a shelter from the Elements, a decent living wage, and food for survival.
If we in the west can move favorably toward historical understanding, apply
good business acumen and show ourselves as genuinely interested potential
partners and associates, we will have come far. In short, we ought to show ourselves
as an example in the world. I would add that humans are gregarious by nature,
so it is good to have friends and other acquaintances with whom to share our
feelings—joys, sorrows, successes, and otherwise. Language allows all these
things and provides a “personal” flavor and perspective. Dobro Slovo provides a
center around which scholars of similar interests can make their works and
ideas known to others in the Society as well as to all in our Bay Area
communities. We can say that we offer ourselves as a service to both campus and
business.
Our Russian Offerings:
RUS
1120. Beginning Russian I (04). CR: RUS 1120L. A first course in the
contemporary language. Students develop their four basic skills—speaking,
listening, reading, writing. Concentration on comprehension, speaking, reading.
RUS
1120L. Russian I Laboratory (01). CR: RUS 1120. If RUS 1120 is dropped, then
RUS 1120L is dropped simultaneously. This course is taken concurrently with RUS
1120. Involves exercises and other laboratory work.
RUS
1121. Beg. Russian II (04). PR: 1120, or CI. CR: 1121L. A second course in
elem. Russian. Continued development of the four skill areas of the language.
RUS
1121L. Beg. Russian II Laboratory (01). CR: 1121. Concurrent enrollment with
the lecture course is required, and if lecture course is dropped, 1121L is
dropped simultaneously.
RUS
2200 (04). Russian III (04). PR: First-year Russian, or EQ. Review and development of the four skills,
expansion of composition, reading, conversation.
RUS
2201. Russian IV (04). PR: 2200 or EQ. Review and continuance of skills in
conversation, composition, reading
abilities.
RUS
2270. Overseas study program (01—06). Intensive concentrated study of Russian
in Russia (RF), involving at least 20 hrs./wk. Of lecture—instruction and
discussion, with cultural excursions conducted in Russian. Various sites are
visited.
RUS
3240. Conversation I (04). PR: Second-yr. Russian, or EQ. Skills sharpened in
conversation, topics, discussion.
RUS
3470. Overseas study (01—06). Must be enrolled in the USF Summer Study in
Moscow Program. Two years of study required. PR: Intensive Russian at
Moscow Linguistic University (MLU), with excursions in Moscow and other sites.
Students from other institutions are eligible.
RUS
3500. Russian Culture (03). This is a course in the Cultural History of Russia
from Rus’ to ca. 1920. The “Four Pillars of Russia” are
covered—Religion, Art, Architecture, and Music. (For Literature, see RUT
courses below).
RUS
4241. Conversation II (04). PR: The previous course of this series, or EQ.
Conversation skills concentrate on topics, fields, vocabularies.
RUS
4402. Advanced Conversation & Composition I (04). PR: 4241, or CI.
Third-yr. level of proficiency.
RUS
4403. Advanced Conversation & Composition II (04). PR: 4241, or CI.
Third-yr. proficiency required.
RUS
4471. Advanced Overseas Study (01—06). Must be enrolled in the USF Summer
Study in Moscow Program. Three
yrs. of Russian study required. Intensive language study at MLU, with
excursions in Moscow and other sites. Students from other institutions are
eligible.
RUS
4709. Russian Linguistics (03). PR: Second yr. required; third-yr. desired, or
CI. Phonology, morphology, morphophonemics and word-formation data/analyses. Some
basics of syntax. Agreement/government.
RUS
4900. Selected Topics (01—03). Author, movement or theme within a period.
(Literature concentration).
RUS
4905. Directed Study (01—03). Topic and requirements to be mutually decided
between professor & student. Subjects are open to negotiations.
RUT
3110. Classics in English Translation (03). Masterworks and genres of 19th
c. Major works of Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol’, Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy,
and Chekhov. Available as an elective for all students from all academic
disciplines and departments.
RUT
3111. 20th c. Literature in
English translation (03). Masterworks
of Soviet and some Post-Soviet eras: Bely, Olesha, Babel’, Zamyatin, Akhmatova,
Bulgakov, Pasternak, Blok, and Solzhenitsyn. Elective for all students from all
academic disciplines and departments.
Our Polish Offerings:
POL
1120. Beginning Polish I (04). CR: POL 1120L.
Some knowledge of Russian can help. The four basic skill
areas—listening, speaking, reading, writing. Course seeks to individualize
students’ needs to some extent. Dictation, grammatical exercises, writing, and
vocabulary-building are central issues. S-U available.
POL
1120L Beg. Polish I Laboratory (01). CR: 1120. Concurrent enrollment, with
lecture session. If 1120 is dropped, 1120L is dropped simultaneously. S-U
only. Laboratory experience designed to offer additional practice using
instructional technologies and media (language skill areas).
POL
1121. Beg. Polish II (04). PR: 1120, or EQ. CR: 1121L. Course continues the
four skill areas, with continued emphasis on structures, dialogues, readings,
dictations, vocabulary-building. Some work in aspect, verb structures, nominal
case apparatus and government. S-U available.
POL
1121L. Beg. Polish II Laboratory (01). CR: 1121. Concurrent enrollment in
lecture session required, and, if dropped, then 1121L is dropped
simultaneously. S-U only.
POL
4709. Issues in Polish Linguistics. No Departmental approval required. PR: 1121.
Grapheme-morphophoneme connections and equivalencies, morphology, agreement,
verbal aspects, cases of argument structure, some issues in syntax, including
floating clitics and government.
POL
4905 Directed Study (01—05). PR: Departmental approval. Topic and requirements to be negotiated
between professor and student.
*Polish Literature & other culture courses
currently under review.
Russian Faculty at USF:
Victor E. Peppard, PH.D., Professor,
& WLE Department Chair
Jacob Caflisch, PH.D., Professor, International Executive Secretary, Phi Sigma Iota, WLE
Irena Nemchonok, PH.D., Lecturer, WLE
Ionka Sarieva, Doctoral Program in SLA-IT,
Bulgarian, Russian, WLE & ELI
Polish Faculty at USF:
Jacob
Caflisch, PH.D., Professor
Other areas touching on Slavic study:
Government, Politics, & History:
Darrell Slider, PH.D., Professor, History & Government, History
Robert V. Barylski, PH.D., Assoc. Professor, Government, History
Golfo Alexopoulos, PH.D., Assistant Professor, Government & History,
History
Culture & Civilization:
Victor Peppard, Culture & Civilization, Distance
Learning, Honors Program at USF
Jacob Caflisch, Culture & Russian-Eurasian
Interface, Honors Program at USF
Irena Nemchonok, PH.D., Lecturer.
Linguistics:
Jacob Caflisch, Theoretical Linguistics
(comprehensive) & Polish, SLA-IT
Roger W. Cole, PH.D., Professor, Linguistics & Bulgarian, WLE, SLA-IT
Some photographs of our charter Dobro Slovo
membership, January 16, 2001.