Ukrainian For Undergraduates

"Ukrainian for Undergraduates is primarily intended as a textbook for students with some previous knowledge of Ukrainian, whether from the home, Saturday schools, high schools, or an elementary language course at the university level. Since the proficiency level of these students will necessarily be uneven, the textbook covers all the elements of basic morphology. The organization of the material proceeds from the easiest elements (e.g., the nominative case of nouns and the past tense of verbs) to the most complex (e.g., adjectival and adverbial participles). All of the material is presented from the point of view of an English speaker learning Ukrainian. Ukrainian for Undergraduates is divided into twenty-three chapters and an introduction to phonetics. This division readily corresponds to a lesson per week in a twenty-six-week academic year, with the first two weeks devoted to phonetics, and one week remaining for testing and review. Since the aim of the textbook is to instill rules of morphology, only a basic vocabulary of approximately 1300 words is provided, sufficient to allow for grammatical pattern drills and translations. Each chapter is preceded by a vocabulary list of words to be used in the drills and explanations. A short table of contents in each chapter provides a quick reference to the morphological items covered in the lesson as well as to the equivalent terminology in Ukrainian. This, it is hoped, will facilitate a transfer to a Ukrainian-language textbook in the next level of instruction. There are no dialogues or readings in Ukrainian for Undergraduates. This is a conscious omission. Although dialogues play an important part in any conversational approach, the aim of this book necessitates some limitations. The constraints imposed by a limited vocabulary and the relatively short time available for instruction would make dialogues both oversimplified in content and ineffective in reaching the desired goal. In place of dialogues this textbook envisions the use of language tapes to reinforce morphological forms, vocabulary, accentuation, and intonation through audio-oral drills. Suitable language tapes, together with a manual, are available." --Publisher.

Have you ever wanted to learn a new language but were intimidated by the foreign script? Do you wish you could read Ukrainian but aren't sure how to get started? Are you interested in the Ukrainian language and Ukrainian culture? If so then this course is for you! Other language courses show beginning students a table of the alphabet and then launch directly into dialogues and grammatical descriptions. This is not the ideal way to teach a foreign alphabet and can leave the student feeling discouraged and may cause the student to just give up. Instead of that approach, this course teaches each letter of the Ukrainian alphabet in a systematic way while providing enough practice along the way so that the student learns the entire alphabet without becoming discouraged. With this system you will be able to read the Ukrainian alphabet in only 5 days or less! In addition to the alphabet, this course teaches more than 150 real Ukrainian words that were carefully selected to be of maximum benefit to beginning language students. These are the words that you need right away. Scroll up and order a copy of "Learn to Read Ukrainian in 5 Days" today and start to enjoy the language and culture of Ukraine in a way that only reading the language makes possible.

A groundbreaking new Ukrainian language resource! The Ukrainian-English Collocations Dictionary provides the core Ukrainian lexicon as it is used in contemporary speech. This dictionary has no precedents in Ukrainian and Slavic lexicography and combines elements of six types of dictionaries: translation, collocations, learner's, thesaurus, phraseological and encyclopedic dictionaries. The Ukrainian-English Collocations Dictionary will be useful to Ukrainian language learners of all levels (elementary, intermediate, advanced and superior), Ukrainian language instructors and instructors of theory and practice of translation, Ukrainian-English and English-Ukrainian translators and interpreters, comparative linguists, lexicographers, researchers, business people, journalists, and anyone with an interest in the Ukrainian language. It is an irreplaceable resource for Ukrainian-speakers who study English and native speakers of Ukrainian who wish to perfect and enrich their Ukrainian. Includes: Over 9,000 entries that comprise the most frequently used Ukrainian lexicon More than 200,000 word collocations 80,000 illustrative examples, including common Ukrainian idioms and their English equivalents A comprehensive introduction to the Ukrainian language and grammar

Placing language learning within a cultural framework enlivens the learning process and jumpstarts contextual conversations in the classroom. Experienced instructor Dr. Alla Nedashkivska has crafted a textbook that presents a modern version of Ukrainian, one that will encourage students' interest in learning, with the goal of building proficiency in the language and knowledge of Ukrainian culture and society. This text is excellent for studies over a longer period, using the intermediate exercises to start, then progressing to the advanced exercises to cement comprehension. An absolute must for anyone teaching or learning Ukrainian at senior levels.

Ukraine is Europe's second state and this lavishly illustrated volume provides a concise and easy to read historical survey of the country from earliest times to the present. Each of the book's forty-six chapters is framed by a historical map, which graphically depicts the key elements of the chronological period or theme addressed within. In addition, the entire text is accompanied by over 300 historic photographs, line drawings, portraits, and reproductions of books and art works, which bring the rich past of Ukraine to life. Rather than limiting his study to an examination of the country's numerically largest population - ethnic Ukrainians - acclaimed scholar Paul Robert Magocsi emphasizes the multicultural nature of Ukraine throughout its history. While ethnic Ukrainians figure prominently, Magocsi also deals with all the other peoples who live or who have lived within the borders of present-day Ukraine: Russians, Poles, Jews, Crimean Tatars, Germans (including Mennonites), and Greeks, among others. This book is not only an indispensable resource for European area and Slavic studies specialists; it is sure to appeal to people interested in having easy access to information about political, economic, and cultural development in Ukraine.

Following the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, a child of the Ukrainian diaspora challenges her formative ideologies, considers innocence and complicity, and questions the roots of patriotism.