Course detail

Russian for Beginners.

FEKT-SJR1Acad. year: 2005/2006

The course is for complete beginners in Russian.The material is based on developing the communicative competence,especially in listening comprehension and effective reading and writing skills.At the beginning,the ability to write in Russian alphabet is practised systematically.Within the course students are also informed about the country,its culture,customs and specifications.Practising the new material and developing communicative skills is emphasized.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

PaedDr. Alena Baumgartnerová

Department

Department of Foreign Languages (UJAZ)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Ability to write in Cyrillic and read it.Response adequately to heard and read situations.Mastering basic grammar structures and using them in speaking and writing activities.Ability to communicate in common everyday situations.

Prerequisites

It is a course of the non-structured ending study program

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

-credit for 1st semester
-credit and examination at the end of 2nd semester

Course curriculum

Unit 1-introduction to Russian,first steps with the Cyrillic and pronunciation
Practising writing skills in Cyrillic and pronunciation,basic language structures
Further practising of basic patterns in speaking
Unit 2-greetings,basic numerals,specifications of stress
Meeting and introducing,intonation of questions and affirmative sentences
Telephoning,making a date,specifications of forms of address
Unit 3-giving personal information,verb conjugation in present tense,forming negative with verbs
Making an invitation,thanking,apologizing;further numerals and the case of nouns coming after numerals
Unit 4-expressing of enjoyment and wonder;female gender nouns,personal pronouns
Explaining misunderstandings;future tense,further numerals
Unit 5-more personal information;possessive adjectives,shifting stress with verbs
Changing intonation according to the meaning of the sentence;verb conjugation;revision
Semester test
Unit 6-invitation(accepting and rejecting);I and II verb conjugation
Giving information about spending leisure time;conjugation of reflexive verbs
Weekly programme;verb conjugation
Unit 7-going to the theatre and cinema(invitation);ordinal numbers
Expressing personal impressions;saying the date,pronoun declension
Address writing,answering to advertisement;intonation of various types of questions
Unit 8-enrolling to language course,finding the way round the building;past tense;the polite form of addressing people
Asking and giving answers about study;pronoun and noun declension
Unit 9-asking the way and giving directions,means of transport;gender of nouns
Going shopping;verb conjugation,pronunciation of preposition patterns
Unit 10-expressing possibility,impossibility and prohibition,cause and comparison,nouns which do not declinate
Expressing enjoyment and regret,travelling impressions;intonation of complex sentences.General revision

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Acquiring basic skills - reading comprehension,listening comprehension and ability to communicate in writing and orally in common everyday situations.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Jelínek a kol. :Raduga 1,Nakladatelství Fraus(učebnice a pracovní sešit)

Type of course unit

Language exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

PaedDr. Alena Baumgartnerová

Syllabus

VUT

Faculties

University Institutes

Parts

Russian for Beginners.

Type of course unit