| Unit name | Introduction to Russian for Graduate Students |
|---|---|
| Unit code | RUSSM0020 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
| Unit director | Ms. McNeilly |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of Russian |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
The unit will provide students with a knowledge of modern Russian inflectional and derivational morphology and syntax and introduce them to the concept of register. Emphasis will be on acquisition of a passive knowledge of the language for reading purposes. In the second teaching block students will be introduced to texts of a historical, political or sociological nature in the original. Teaching will be in small groups. There will be four classes a week over two teaching blocks. The unit will be assessed by a three-hour written examination in the Summer Term which will test knowledge of grammar, breadth of vocabulary, ability to translate from Russian into English and comprehension of a text of a historical, political or sociological nature.
Acquisition of a passive reading knowledge of Russian for research purposes
Up to four hours a week over two teaching blocks. Students will join the Y1 Russian ab initio groups of 15-20 students to study reading comprehension and grammar. In TB1 there will be a further 10 hours of subject- related language teaching in small tutorial groups: 5 hours of working with specialised texts and 5 hours of simple media articles on familiar topics from current affairs
3 hour written examination in the summer exam period which will test knowledge of grammar, breadth of vocabulary, ability to translate from Russian to English and comprehension of a text of a cultural, historical, political or sociological nature.
Svetlana Le Fleming and Susan E. Kay, Colloquial Russian 1. Dedicated materials prepared in house by tutor.
