126-116 Intermediate Russian A

Note

Available as 126-216 at 2nd-year level, 126-316 at 3rd-year level.

Credit Points

Coordinator

Prerequisites

VCE Russian, Beginners Russian or equivalent.

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

Consolidation of previously acquired Russian, including completion of basic grammar, formal grammar exercises, textual reading, oral and aural practice, vocabulary building, use of computer-aided language learning and multimedia. By the end of the subject students should be able to: communicate effectively and accurately in both spoken and written Russian; demonstrate a solid control of the basic grammatical system; show an active or passive knowledge of the relevant vocabulary from the textbook and texts; translate from Russian into English simpler texts without a dictionary and texts of medium difficulty with the help of a dictionary; write and converse in Russian on topics of some depth (e. g. content of a story or play, opinions on basic social issues); show a deepened knowledge of Russian society and culture.

Assessment

Class work, both oral and written, and regular assignments are taken into account: a one-hour test in mid-semester, and a 2-hour exam and 15-minute oral at the end of the semester.

Prescribed Texts

• Stepanova, E. et al, Russky yazyk dlia vsekh. Russky Yazyk.