We currently offer the following intermediate to advanced level courses:
RUSSIAN REGULAR 1
Objectives: By the end of the level, participants are expected to
acquire the following skills:
- learn the Russian alphabet, rules for reading, and intonation patterns,
- write in cursive,
- introduce him/herself,
- understand and master elementary communication techniques: greetings, farewells, apologies, thanks, habitual politeness
formulas,
- understand, ask and answer simple questions concerning family, jobs, daily activities, free time, possessions, cities,
and location,
- read and understand texts, approx. 150 words long, containing up to 1-2% unfamiliar words and syntactic constructions,
and answer questions related to them,
- write essays, 5-7 sentences long, on subjects learnt: family, daily activities, free time and a town/city.
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Introductory phonetic course,
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Grammar: gender of nouns; plural of nouns; nouns in the nominative and prepositional
cases; possessive and demonstrative pronouns; personal pronouns in the nominative and accusative cases; adverbs; 2 types of
verb conjugation; verbs in the present and past tenses; use of construction уменяесть...; adverbs;most common conjunctions
and prepositions; use of prepositions B and НА in the prepositional case
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Vocabulary, listening comprehension and oral speech: short dialogues and texts.
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Learning materials: S.Chernyshov, A.Chernyshova.Poehali!
1.1. 2020 / С. Чернышов, А. Чернышова. Поехали! Часть 1.1. Санкт-Петербург: Златоуст, 2020. ISBN 9785907123069 + ISBN 9785907123083
Level A1
RUSSIAN REGULAR 2
Objectives: By the end of the level, participants are expected
to acquire the following skills:
- talk about following topics: plans and interests, likes and dislikes, climate and weather, daily routine, nationalities,
foreign countries and languages, holidays, food and drinks, clothes, home, and time,
- count to 200,
- express an impression or an opinion,
- understand, ask and answer simple questions related to subjects being learnt,
- read and understand texts, approx. 250 words long, containing up to 2% unfamiliar words and syntactic constructions, and
answer questions related to them,
- write essays, 7-10 sentences long, on subjects learnt: home, daily routine, and holidays.
Programme
- Developing phonetic skills
- Grammar: nouns in the accusative and prepositional cases (with preposition O); adjectives in the nominative, accusative,
and prepositional cases; the accusative case of time; irregular verbs in the present and past tenses; superlative degree of
adjectives; adverbs of frequency; ordinal numbers; modal words можно/ надо/ нельзя; verbs мочьand уметь; possessive and demonstrative
pronouns.
- Vocabulary, listening comprehension and oral speech: monologues, dialogues, and individual projects related to subjects
being learnt.
- Learning materials: S.Chernyshov, A.Chernyshova.Poehali! 1.1. 2020 / С. Чернышов, А. Чернышова.
Поехали! Часть 1.1. Санкт-Петербург: Златоуст, 2020. ISBN 9785907123069 + ISBN 9785907123083 Level A1
RUSSIAN REGULAR 3
Objectives: By the end of the level, participants are expected
to acquire the following skills:
- provide extensive personal information,
- talk about following topics: travel, life style, virtual life, city, hotel, public holidays, culture, life experiences,
- count to 1 000 000,
- tell the dates and telephone numbers,
- understand, ask and answer questions related to subjects being learnt,
- read and understand texts, approx. 400 words long, containing up to 3% unfamiliar words, and answer questions related
to them,
- write essays 9-11 sentences long, on subjects learnt: travel, hotel, life experiences.
Programme
- Grammar: verbs of motion in the present and past tense; reflexive verbs in the present and past tenses; nouns, adjectives
and pronouns in the genitive case; use of construction уменябыл...; pronoun свой; animated nouns in the accusative case; aspects
of verbs; complex sentences with relative pronoun который.
- Vocabulary, listening comprehension and oral speech: monologues, dialogues, and individual projectsrelated to subjects
being learnt.
- Learning materials: S.Chernyshov, A.Chernyshova. Poehali! 1.2. 2020/ С. Чернышов, А. Чернышова.
Поехали! Часть 1.2. Санкт-Петербург: Златоуст, 2020. ISBN 978-5-907123-07-6 + ISBN 978-5-907123-03-8 Level A2
RUSSIAN REGULAR 5
Objectives: By the end of the level, participants are expected to
acquire the following skills:
- understand and make short current events reports,
- give a piece of advice,
- give and understand directions,
- tell the time,
- talk about following topics: free time, life style, work, holidays, shopping, and clothes,
- read, without a dictionary, and understand relatively difficult texts, approx. 600 words long, containing up to 5% unfamiliar
words and syntactic constructions on subject learnt, and answer questions related to them,
- write essays 14-16 sentences long, on subjects learnt: free time, healthy life style, work.
Programme
- Grammar: imperative; constructions with чтобы; nouns, adjectives, and pronouns in the instrumental case; verbs of motion
with the prefixes; aspects of verbs of motion; negative pronouns with –ни; irregular verbs in the present and past tenses;
transitive verbs of motion.
- Vocabulary, listening comprehension and oral speech: self-prepared interviews and dialogues, individual and group projects.
- Learning materials: S.Chernyshov, A.Chernyshova. Poehali! 1.2. 2020/ С. Чернышов, А. Чернышова.
Поехали! Часть 1.2. Санкт-Петербург: Златоуст, 2020. ISBN 978-5-907123-07-6 + ISBN 978-5-907123-03-8 Level A2
- S. Chernyshov, A. Chernyshova. Poehali! Part II, vol. 1. 2016 / С. Чернышов. Поехали! Часть 2.Том 1. Санкт-Петербург:
Златоуст, 2016. ISBN 978-5-86547-869-0 Level B1
UNLPE PREPARATION WORKSHOP
The preparatory course includes:
- Conversation practise (discussions as well as monologue speech)
- Written language practise e.g. essays on various topics
- Enhancement of listening skills e.g. interviews and news
- Grammar revision
Objectives: This workshop is a preparatory for the UNLPE.
The programme includes oral and written preparation, grammar revision and comprehension.
