RUS101 RUSSIAN
COURSE OUTLINE
SEMESTER: SPRING 2013
FACULTY MEMBER’S DETAILS
NAME:
Pelekanou Olga
OFFICE HOURS:
EMAIL:
fe_olga@mail.ru
WEB SITE:
http://www.cdacollege.ac.cy
PREREQUISITE (S): None
OBJECTIVES
The course aim to help students develop communication skills for the language of Russian. By the
end of the course, students are expected to:
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Build up their knowledge of Russian to Elementary stage
Be able to write correct Russian sentences by the use of grammar
Be able to speak clearly
MAIN BOOK
Title:
Ultimate Russian Beginner Intermediate, Living Language
ADDITIONAL READING AND OTHER LEARNING RESOURCES
Books
Title:
Author(s):
The New Penguin Russian course: a complete course for beginners
N.J Brown
Title:
Russian Vocabulary cards: academic study card set
Author(s):
Edition/Year:
SCHEDULE
WEEKS
ACTIVITIES
TOPICS
Getting acquainted – Consonants, Pronunciation and
Lectures, discussion,
Intonation – Grammar and usage: the absence of “to be” in practical exercises,
1
the present tense, articles, personal pronouns, simple
group work
4-8/02 negation, asking and answering questions - At the airport –
1
Vowels – Grammar and usage : formal vs informal speech,
the “umbrella” spelling rule, the gender of nouns, nouns
plural, “to have”
At a hotel – Intonation pattern, soft and hard vowels,
Lectures, discussion,
consonants – Grammar and usage: introduction to verb
practical exercises,
11-15/02
conjucation, the present tense of conjucation I verbs,
group work
cardinal numbers 1-10, irregular noun plurals - exchanging
money – Pronunciation and Intonation – Grammar and
usage: an introduction to cases, the nominative case; the
prepositional case; the prepositional case of personal
pronouns, either/or, cardinal numbers 11-20
2
At work – Consonants Devoicing and consonant clusters, Lectures, discussion,
more consonants – Grammar and usage: the verbs “to live” practical exercises,
18-22/02
and “to write”, the accusative case and direct objects, the group work
days of the week, the conjunction, patronymics and last
names
- Renting an apartment – Consonants ш and щ, the hard
sign ъ – Grammar and usage: an introduction to adjectives,
short form adjectives, the verb “to want”, cardinal
numbers 30-1.000
3
Talking about home and family - Consonants ж, х, ч, ц, Lectures, discussion,
exclamation with ИК, the soft л – Grammar and usage: the practical exercises,
25/02present tense of conjucation II verbs, possessive adjectives group work
01/03 and pronouns, demonstrative adjectives, the prepositional
case of adjectives and special modifiers, the accusative
case of nouns and pronouns, family and relationship words
- At a concert – Questions with ИК, pronunciation with
complex sentences – Grammar and usage: genitive case,
the genitive case of personal pronouns, Нет with the
genitive case, complex sentences, commands and requests
4
Renting a car, getting gase – Double letters, intonation of Lectures, discussion,
new or questioned information – Grammar and usage: two practical exercises,
04-08/03
verbs of motion, location versus direction, the accusative group work
over time and space, the accusative case of adjectives and
special modifiers, reflexive verbs, emphasis with же
- The post office – The consonant й, the soft p – Grammar
and usage: the dative case, the accusative with через, the
genitive after the prepositions у, до, от, the genitive with
numbers 2-4, possibility and permission, feminine nouns
ending in -ь, capitalization
5
Dentistry; Grammar and usage: perfective verbs in future Lectures, discussion,
tense, which; that; who; whom, irregular verbs, verbs
practical exercises,
11-15/03
ending -авать, the prepositions к, от, and у, interjections. group work
6
2
Gratitude and compliments; Grammar and usage: aspect
pairs, много versus очень, the preposition за, the past
19-22/03
tense of unidirectional verbs of motion, Let’s…
7
Lectures, discussion,
practical exercises,
group work
Domestic activities; Grammar and usage: aspect of verbs Lectures, discussion,
of motion, aspect pairs with different stems, тогда versus practical exercises,
26-29/03
потом versus затем , word roots, the verb проводить.
group work
8
9
Midterm
Midterm
02/-05/04
Filling out forms; Grammar and usage: the date and the Lectures, discussion,
year, collective numbers, expressing “to ask”, the verbs practical exercises,
08-12/04
“to grow up” “to die”, свой versus мой.
group work
Shopping in a department store; Grammar and usage: plus
the dative case, “to fit, to suit”, expressing opinions, verbs
with consonant mutations/stress shifts, expressing
proximity.
10
A wedding; Grammar and usage: the dative case of plural Lectures, discussion,
adjectives and special modifiers, the instrumental after
practical exercises,
15-19/04
становится/стать and быть, aspect with нельзя and
group work
можно, expressing “also, besides”, почти versus чуть не.
11
Popular culture, folk music; Grammar and usage:
Lectures, discussion,
prepositions requiring the instrumental case, a summary of practical exercises,
22-26/04
aspect, the prepositions из, от and с, verbs with an added group work
soft л, the four compass points.
12
Shopping for food; Grammar and usage: the genitive and Lectures, discussion,
accusative case of plural adjectives and special modifiers, practical exercises,
13-17/05
the comparative, units of food, love and hate.
group work
Revision
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Travel & Tourism Grading System:
%
Grade
90-100
80-89
75-79
65-74
Grade
Grade
Meaning
A
B+
B
C+
Excellent
Very Good
Good
Above Average
Grade
Points per
Credit
4.00
3.50
3.00
2.50
3
60-64
55-59
50-54
Below 50
C
D+
D
F
Average
Below Average
Poor
Failure
2.00
1.50
1.00
0.00
ASSESSMENT
Class Participation/Tests:
Assignments:
Mid-term examination:
Final examination:
10%
20%
70%
Final Examination: The final examination will have a duration of two hours. It will be
comprehensive and it will test the students on the material covered during the semester.
NOTES:
 Class attendance and participation in class discussion is expected and absences will affect
your final grade.
OTHER INFORMATION
Class attendance: Students are expected to attend the classes regularly and be punctual.
Humane matters: Inform your faculty member for any un-expectancies that may occur, thus not
allowing you to carry out your responsibilities.
Library: You are advised to visit regularly the library of our College and read articles published in
academic journals. Do not hesitate to ask the librarian to inform you about the facilities offered by
our library and how you will use them in a productive way. I recommend you studying regularly
among others, articles of your interest, published in international journals.
Web Site: You are advised to visit the College’s web site in order to find class notes, information
on assignments or important notes and announcements.
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