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 126-041 Intermediate Russian B

Note

Formerly available as 126-116/216/316. Students who have completed 126-116/216/316 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Availability

1st, 2nd and 3rd year

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Dr R Lagerberg

Prerequisites

VCE Russian, Beginners Russian C and D or equivalent. Students must be concurrently enrolled in Intermediate Russian A.

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

Three lectures and a tutorial per week

Subject Description

Consolidation of basic Russian grammar, formal grammar exercises, use of computer-aided language learning. By the end of the subject students should be able to: 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 aid of dictionary; conduct conversation and write compositions on a limited number of basic topics (e.g. family, weather, travel, studies); gain an introductory knowledge of Russian society and culture.

Assessment

A 1-hour test, and written work totalling 2500 words, and a 10-minute oral exam.

Prescribed Texts

  • E Stepanova et al, Russky yazyk dlia vsekh (Russian for Everybody). 6th edition or later.


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