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126-050 Advanced Russian B | |
Note | Formerly available as 126-260/360/460. Students who have completed 126-260/360/460 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 2nd, 3rd and 4th year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | Dr P Cubberley |
Prerequisites | Advanced Russian A or equivalent. |
Semester | 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | A lecture and a seminar and two language classes per week |
Subject Description | Advanced grammar. Translation in both directions. Composition. Close study of literary texts. By the end of the subject students should be able to: demonstrate a very solid control of the grammatical system; demonstrate a fairly large active and passive vocabulary, sufficient for the following objectives - translating medium-difficulty texts (Russian to English) without a dictionary and difficult ones with a dictionary; writing and conversing in Russian on relatively serious topics (e. g. social or political issues); understanding normal spoken Russian (e. g. lectures, broadcast talks) on any general topic; understanding the content and literary structure of selected literary texts (by commenting and translating). Deeper knowledge of Russian society and culture. |
Assessment | A 1-hour exam on the language component, and a 1-hour exam on the literature component, and a 15-minute oral exam, and written work totalling 1250 words. |
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