Russian Language Journal
Conceptualizing and Teaching Russian Verbs of Motion: Searching for Alternative Approaches
About this Special Issue:
The special issue, guest-edited by Maria Bondarenko (Université de Montréal, Canada), examines Russian verbs of motion as a central topic in Russian linguistics, Slavic aspectology, and second language instruction. Contributions explore traditional and alternative approaches to conceptualizing and teaching verbs of motion, with attention to cognitive and usage-based perspectives, acquisition by native and non-native speakers, corpus-based research, classroom practices, teaching materials, and pedagogical approaches such as gamification, task-based learning, project-based learning, and TPR.Editorial Introduction
Articles
Motion Verbs and Secondary Predications: What Corpus Data Can Tell the Classroom Practitioner
Tore Nesset
Нестандартные метафоры движения в текстах казахско-русских билингвов / Non-Standard Metaphors of Motion in Kazakh-Russian Bilinguals
Ekaterina V. Rakhilina and Aimgul Kazkenova
Russian Verbs of Motion in L2 Acquisition: Testing the Efficacy of a Usage-Based Approach
Tobias-Alexander Herrmann
From Gesture to Coded Knowledge: Rediscovering and Redefining TPR when Teaching Russian Motion Verbs in an Outdoor Classroom
Elena Susanna Weygandt
Teaching Verbs of Motion in a Task-Based Russian as a Foreign Language (RFL) Course
Joan Castellví and Elena Markina
Directionality of Motion in Second Language Acquisition: With a Focus on L1-Korean L2-Russian Speakers
Hakyung Jung, Hyug Ahn, and Jacee Cho
A Pedagogical Analysis of How Unprefixed Verbs of Motion are Presented in Instructional Materials for Beginner Russian Language Learners
Elena Petrova and Kris Lewis
Book Reviews
Book Review: Interpreting Chekhov’s Prose
Galina Rylkova
Digital Resources Corner
Spotlight: Russian Aspect in Conversation and Russian Grammar YouTube Channel
Margaret Godwin-Jones
