RUSSIAN SPEAKING LANGUAGE WRITING GRAMMAR

Use of Russian (Year 4) (2 contact hours per week) is designed to advance the Russian language skills of final-year students of Russian. Students will be...

Use of Russian (Year 4) (2 contact hours per week) is designed to advance the Russian language skills of final-year students of Russian. Students will be presented with various opportunities to consolidate and improve their existing knowledge of the system of the Russian language (language analysis and manipulation) and to hone their Russian speaking and writing skills (production of Russian). Students taking the module will get to discuss, and express themselves on, a variety of topics relating to modern-day Russia, its history, culture, and current affairs. Materials for the module will be drawn from a wide range of contemporary authentic sources adequate for the study of Russian at advanced level.

RUSSIAN GRAMMAR COMPREHENSION SPEAKING LANGUAGE

All students on degrees with Russian take both modules on the Year 2 Russian Language programme:

SERS0020: Comprehension of Russian (Year 2A) (Russian-English...

All students on degrees with Russian take both modules on the Year 2 Russian Language programme:

SERS0020: Comprehension of Russian (Year 2A) (Russian-English Translation, Aural Comprehension)
SERS0022: Use of Russian (Year 2A) (Grammar, Writing Skills, Oral)

The two compulsory 15-credit modules build on the thorough base in Russian achieved in the Year 1 Russian language programme through further study at upper intermediate level and leading towards a more advanced level of Russian.

SERS0022 Use of Russian Year 2 acquaints students with a wide range of authentic language materials, develops skills of production and use of different registers of Russian, and enhances students’ knowledge and understanding of Russian life and culture through the materials studied.

The general theme of the Year 2 Russian Language Programme is “Россия в 21-ом веке перспективы и реальность.” Authentic materials used for the module are designed to introduce students to the diversity of life, thought, society and culture in Russia. Classes use materials drawn from a wide variety of Russian publications and video clips from Russian TV channels.

This module aims to develop students’ command of written and spoken Russian at an upper intermediate level leading towards an advanced level, to consolidate and further develop their knowledge of grammar and syntax, lexis, register and style, and to boost their language awareness and language learning skills in preparation for the study abroad period.

By the end of the module, students are expected to acquire production skills in written and spoken Russian within their cultural and linguistic experience.