Russian 2, continuation course (3cr)

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

Students will further develop their basic language proficiency in Russian. After completing this course, the students
- can communicate in simple, everday situations
- knows the basic grammar: genitive of personal pronouns, accusative and prepositional cases, verb conjugation and tenses, declension of adjectives in nominative singular, plurals of nouns and adjectives, verbs of motion.
- can handle travel situations.
- can do shopping.
- knows months and days of the week.
- can tell about the leisure time, language skills and living.
- understands written standard language with the help of a dictionary and can write short messages.
- understands Russian customs.

Content

- Increasing the basic grammar/vocabulary skills
- Shopping
- Studies and language skills
- Leisure time and work
- Time, days, months
- In a restaurant and café
- Asking and describing directions
- Numbers
- Cultural knowledge

Materials

Jegorenkov & Piispanen: Pora! 1, Venäjää aikuisille. Otava. 2013 or newer

Teaching methods

- Written and oral assignments (lectures)
- virtual assignments

Exam schedules

Written and oral exam on the last lesson

Student workload

lectures and guided exercises 36 h, pair and group work 10 h, exam 3 h, independent studies 31h

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

1: Students are able to communicate in some everyday oral situations when helped. Students make mistakes in pronunciation. Students understand some slowly spoken speech and can find the theme and understand some words and expressions in written texts.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

3: Students are able to communicate independently in everyday oral situations, mistakes don?t disturb communication. Pronunciation is mainly understandable. Students can understand main points in a slowly spoken speech and texts.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

5: Students are able to active, independent and understandable communication in everyday oral situations. Pronunciation is like a native Russian speaker. Students understand speech in normal tempo and written texts. They can write understandable text which may have minor mistakes..

Qualifications

Russian 1