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1. Russian, Faculty of Arts (v3, p160) : Next:126-260 | Prev:126-117
Credit points: 16.7 2nd year, 3rd year and 4th years
Coordinator: Assoc Prof P Cubberley.
Prerequisite: Intermediate Russian or equivalent.
Contact:
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
By the end of the subject students should be able to:
- demonstrate a very solid control of the basic grammatical system, and at least passive knowledge of such finer points as occur in the textbook;
- demonstrate a fairly large active and passive vocabulary, sufficient for the following;
- translate medium-difficulty texts (R-E) without a dictionary and difficult ones with a dictionary;
- write and converse in Russian on relatively serious topics (e. g. social or political issues);
- understand normal spoken Russian texts (e. g. lecture, broadcast talk) on any general topic;
- demonstrate an understanding of the content and literary structure of selected literary texts (by commenting and translating).
Content:
Advanced grammar. Translation in both directions. Composition. Close study of literary texts.
Assessment:
A 2-hour test on each of the language and literature parts; a 20-minute oral exam; assignments totalling up to 2,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
1. Russian, Faculty of Arts (v3, p160) : Next:126-260 | Prev:126-117
2. Russian, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p168) : Next:126-260 | Prev:126-117
Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Assoc Prof P Cubberley.
Prerequisite: Intermediate Russian or equivalent.
Contact: 259: three lectures and a tutorial. 359: three lectures and two tutorials
Timetable: First semester.
Objectives:
By the end of the subject students should be able to:
- demonstrate a very solid control of the basic grammatical system, and at least passive knowledge of such finer points as occur in the textbook;
- demonstrate a fairly large active and passive vocabulary, sufficient for the following;
- translate medium-difficulty texts (R-E) without a dictionary and difficult ones with a dictionary;
- write and converse in Russian on relatively serious topics (e. g. social or political issues);
- understand normal spoken Russian texts (e. g. lecture, broadcast talk) on any general topic;
- demonstrate an understanding of the content and literary structure of selected literary texts (by commenting and translating).
Content:
Advanced grammar. Translation in both directions. Composition. Close study of literary texts.
Assessment:
A 2-hour test on each of the language and literature parts; a 20-minute oral exam; assignments totalling up to 2,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
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2. Russian, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p168) : Next:126-260 | Prev:126-117
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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