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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : Russian

126-259/359/459 Advanced Russian A

Credit Points:

16.7 2nd, 3rd and 4th year

Coordinator:

Dr Robert Lagerberg

Prerequisite/s:

Intermediate Russian or equivalent.

Timetable:

Semester 1

Contact:

126-259: Three lectures and a tutorial. 126-359/459: three lectures and two tutorials

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 2000 words.

Prescribed Texts:

  • Townsend C, Continuing with Russian, Slavica.
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