Course detail

Russian 2

FSI-R2 Acad. year: 2021/2022 Summer semester

The course is intended to teach Russian as a foreign language at general level. It is focused on practical, everyday communication for the international workplace.

Language of instruction

Russian

Number of ECTS credits

3

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will be made familiar with general vocabulary and simple grammar for everyday communication.

Prerequisites

Course is intended for false beginners. The course R2 follows up on the knowledge of grammar and vocabulary acquired in the course R1.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Language instruction as an extension of basic professional curriculum.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Course-unit credit is awarded on condition of having worked out all assigned tasks in e-learning (with 60% points as minimum). Final evaluation reflects the student's systematic work and the knowledge tested by the examination. The examination consists of a written and an oral part and corresponds to the A1 level according to the Common European Framework.

Aims

The aim of the course is to equip students for real-life tasks, such as describing problems or giving instructions, that arise in daily life.

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

Attendance at seminars is compulsory and is systematically checked by the teacher. Absence may be in justified cases compensated for by the agreement with the teacher.

The study programmes with the given course

Programme N-OBN-P: Common Offer, Master's, elective

Programme B-OBN-P: Common Offer, Bachelor's, elective

Type of course unit

 

Language exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

Introduction. Unit 5 – Daily routine. Verbs “wake up, go, have breakfast/lunch/dinner, wash”.
Unit 5 – Speaking about time: seasons, months, days, hours. Verbs “begin, start, end, finish”.
Unit 5 – Leisure time, weekly schedule, parts of the day, time expressions and prepositions.
Unit 6 – Food and eating. Verbs “eat, drink”.
Unit 6 – Numbers. Numbers and nouns. Genitive. Negative structures.
Unit 6 – Adjectives. Russian cuisine. Small talks.
Unit 7 – Living, furniture. Verbs expressing position (“stand, hang, lay, be located”).
Unit 7 – Ordinal numbers 1-10. Flat for rent advertisement.
Unit 7 – Declension of feminine nouns. Housing.
Unit 8 – Transport, travelling. Verbs expressing movement (“walk, go”).
Unit 8 – States, nationalities and languages. Future tense. Planning the trip to Russia.
Unit 8 – Sightseeing in Russia.
Revision, credits.