Mission
The mission of the Center is to promote language learning on USC campus.
Center Staff
A native speaker of Russian, Evgeny Dengub holds a doctorate from Bryn Mawr College in Second Language Acquisition in Russian.
He is the co-author of three Russian language textbooks: Etazhi: 2nd year Russian Language and Culture (2021, Georgetown UP), Russian for Advanced Students (2013, Dunwoody press) and Panorama: Intermediate Russian Language and Culture (2017, Georgetown UP), which received AATSEEL prize for Best Contribution to Language Pedagogy in 2019.
Dengub has created and led a variety of workshops and trainings for teachers both in Russia and the United States and has supervised the work of teaching assistants at Amherst College and University of Massachusetts. For a number of years he directed a STARTALK Institute for teachers of Russian at Middlebury College Russian School where he has worked as a lead instructor and a testing coordinator for more than a decade.
As an active OPI, OPIc and WPT tester and rater, Dengub possesses thorough knowledge of ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines, the oral proficiency test protocol and proficiency-based instruction.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Councils of Teachers of Russian (ACTR).
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dengub@usc.edu
15 languages are offered at USC.
All language programs are located in seven departments/programs within the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences.
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Location
University of Southern California
3501 Trousdale Pkwy
Mark Taper Hall (THH) 309
Los Angeles, CA 90089
Center Director
Evgeny Dengub, Professor of Russian