Richard Robin
- Title:
- Associate Professor of Russian and International Affairs
- Office:
- Room 509 Phillips Hall
- Phone:
- 202-994-7081
- Fax:
- 202-994-0171
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Website:
- http://home.gwu.edu/~rrobin/
Areas of Expertise
Russian language, linguistics, and methodology; Russian media
Professor Robin received his Ph.D. in Slavic linguistics from the University of Michigan and has been at GW since 1981. His main interests include Russian phonetics and methodology of Russian language teaching. He teaches intensive Russian language courses. In addition to numerous articles on Russian-language pedagogy and the use of technology in the classroom, he has co-authored a number of textbooks: Golosa: A Beginning Course in Russian, a proficiency-based program, Russian for Russians, and Political Russian. He also coordinates distance-learning projects using authentic foreign-language materials on the Internet. He is the winner of numerous awards in pedagogy, including AATSEEL's 2006 Slavic Teachers of The Year.
Education
Ph.D., University of Michigan
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