This course is a part of introduction to Russian for any student wishing to learn the language for pleasure, business, travel or everyday use. The course aims to build basic comprehension and communication skills in conversation, reading, listening and writing. The communicative “natural” teaching approach of this course will allow students to begin communicating in Russian from the very start. This course also serves as an introduction to Russian society and Russian-speaking cultures. Studying the first introduction course or initial acquaintance of the language is preferred.

DELIVERY MODE

• Face-to-Face

TEXTBOOK

• Beginner’s Russian. A Basic Russian Course. 2nd ed. (2022), Anna S. Kudyma, Frank J. Miller, Olga E. Kagan, Michael A. Lavery

COURSE OUTLINE

• Describing someone’s look; Knowing parts of a face, parts of a body
• Vocabulary on health problems, interests and hobbies; Telling exact time
• Describing a city; Express possibility, prohibition and necessity
• Dative singular forms for nouns and adjectives
• Dative case and impersonal constructions
• Instrumental case for pronouns, nouns, adjectives and possessives
• Genitive case with numbers; Genitive plural forms for muscular nouns, adjectives, possessives
• Cultural aspects: some information on Russian history, geography and culture

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Ask and answer questions about someone's appearance
2. Talk in a medical clinic and discuss everyday routine
3. Express likes and dislikes, agreements and disagreements.
4. Talk on invitations, visiting a city and about leisure activities, interests and hobbies