109-110 Advanced Russian B

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109-110 Advanced Russian B
Availability	2nd, 3rd and 4th year
Credit Points	12.5
HECS Band	1
Coordinator	Dr Robert Lagerberg
Prerequisites	109-109 Advanced Russian A or equivalent.
Semester	2 (view timetable)
Contact	A 1-hour lecture, a 1-hour seminar and two 1-hour language classes per week
Subject Description	This subject involves advanced grammar, translation in both directions, composition, and close study of literary texts. By the end of the subject students should demonstrate a very solid control of the grammatical system; demonstrate a fairly large active and passive vocabulary, sufficient for translating medium-difficulty texts (Russian to English) without a dictionary and difficult ones with a dictionary; be able to write and converse in Russian on relatively serious topics (eg. social or political issues); understand normal spoken Russian (eg. lectures, broadcast talks) on any general topic; and understand the content and literary structure of selected literary texts (by commenting and translating). Students should also develop a deeper knowledge of Russian society and culture.
Assessment	A 1-hour exam on the language component, a 1-hour exam on the literature component, a 15-minute oral exam, and written work totalling 1250 words.
Prescribed Texts	S Khavronina, Russian As We Speak it. P Davis & D Oprendek, Making Progress in Russian. 2nd edn, 1997.

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