Dr. Irina Six
- Associate Teaching Professor
- Language Coordinator, Russian
- Russian Language Pedagogy | Business Russian
Contact Info
Education —
Teaching —
Teaching interests:
- Russian Language Pedagogy
- Business Russian
Selected Publications —
“Russian through Oral History” (under contract with Routledge, co-authored with Anna Kudyma, Irina Walsh, forthcoming in 2027)
“Do Your ABC: Teaching Tense and Aspect with Verbs of Motion”, Russian Language Journal, Vol. 75(1), 2025.
“Russian thought Film: For Intermediate to Advanced Students”. Co-authored with Anna Kudyma, Irina Walsh.
ISBN 9780367896119. Published October 31, 2022. Routledge. 226 Pages.
“Russian Through Film”, 2022 (forthcoming with Routledge), with Anna Kudyma (UCLA) and Irina Walsh (Bryn Mawr College)
“Make Me Talk: A Bichronous Russian Language Course for Beginners”, Russian Language Journal, wth Olga Garbrandt, Vol. 71, No. 2, 2021, pp. 157 - 170.
«В каком контексте? »: A Context-Based Approach to Teaching Verbs of Motion”, Russian Language Journal, Vol. 69, 2019, pp. 213 - 234.
“Benjamin Rifkin, Evgeny Dengub, and Suzanna Nazarova. Panorama: Intermediate Russian Language and Culture, Washington DC: Georgetown University Press, 2017. Index. 460 pages”. Book Review. Russian Language Journal, Vol. 67, pp. 80-83.
“Born in the USSR”: Searching High and Low for Post-Soviet Identity.” Ulbandus 11 (2008): 232 – 251.
“What Do Ads Do to the Classroom?” Global Business Languages 11 (2006): 83 – 95.
“Advertising in the Russian Language Classroom.” Language and Culture Out of Bounds: Discipline-Blurred Perspectives on the Foreign Language Classroom. Eds. Vicky Galloway and Cothran, Betina. AATSP Professional Development Series Handbook. 6. Mason: Thompson, 2006. 151 – 170
“What Language Sells: Western Advertising in Russia.” The Journal of Language for International Business 16(2) (2005): 1 - 12.
Selected Presentations —
May 20, 2022 “Functional Approach to Teaching Russian for Students with Different Academic Interests” at UCLA Flagship webinar: “Russian for STEM and Professional Purposes: Curricula and Assessment”
February 7, 2020 “Context Approach to Teaching Verbs of Motion”. AATSEEL Annual Conference 2020, San Diego, CA
December 11, 2018 “Verbs of Motion: Keep it Simple and Meaningful”. ACTR webinar. Presenter.
February 1, 2018 “Why Can't We Teach Verb of Motion?”. Presenter. LEARN Workshop. Catholic University, Washington, DC.
Grants & Other Funded Activity —
External: Business Language Teaching Research Grants award, Center for International Business Education & Research (CIBER). Project: Mastering Business Case Discussion: Data-Driven Teaching Materials for Intermediate Students of Russian.
Internal: KU CREES Grants for Course Development. Projects: Russian for the Profession (2009); Russia and Eastern Europe: Business, Culture, Society (2008); Post-Soviet Communication (2006)