Russian 4 (3cr)

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

Students can run errands in banks, shops, hotels, airport etc.
They are able to serve customers in a shop and/or in typical situations of their own study field. They can write email and simple business letters of their own professional field. They know cultural differences in written and oral communication and are able to apply this knowledge in their own communication. They can search information in professional Russian texts of their own professional field.

Content

Running errands in banks, shops, hotels, airports etc. Customer situations of students study field. Email and simple letters. Culture information. Information seeking. Grammar, e.g. dative case and aspects (verbs).

Materials

Jegorenkov & Piispanen: Pora! 2, Venäjää aikuisille. Otava. 2013 or newer, additional material provided by the teacher

Teaching methods

Oral and written ecercises. Pair and group work. Virtual studies.

Employer connections

None

Student workload

Total work load of the course 78 h
- of which contact lessons 32 h
- of which independent studies 20 h
- of which virtual studies 26 h

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. Students know some cultural differences

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. Students are able to write understandable texts even they still make some mistakes. Students know the most common cultural differences.

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. They have deep and versatile knowledge of Russian culture.

Qualifications

Russian 1-3.