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Russian Language
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:9.00
Study Course Accepted:13.05.2020
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VC_099 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Linguistics | Target Audience: | Juridical Science; Psychology; Communication Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ludmila Jermakoviča | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Language Centre | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | Dace Žibala | ||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 16 Dzirciema Street, valodas rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061586 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 20 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 40 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 40 | ||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.2 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 20 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 40 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 40 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 20 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 40 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 40 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | No preliminary knowledge of the Russian language is required. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Ensure that having completed the course, students are able to use Russian for communication in daily life and work-related situations in accordance with the description of skills corresponding to levels A1/A2 of the “Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment”. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Alphabet. Pronunciation of vowels, consonants and letter combinations. Intonation models. Russian cursive letters. | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | First contacts: greeting and saying goodbye, getting acquainted. Addressing someone formally (using second person plural) and informally (using second person singular) Defining noun gender by noun endings. Word order in the sentence. Questions with interrogative pronouns "кто?" and "что?” Personal pronouns "я, ты, он, она, оно, мы, вы, они" and possessive pronouns "чей? – мой, твой, его, её, наш, ваш, их". | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | My family and I, family members and relatives. Professions. The names of countries, their languages, and nationalities. Genitive of personal pronouns. Phrases: "У меня есть...", "У тебя есть...?", "Кто вы? – Я студент". Full and shortened replies. Conjugation of verbs "говорить, изучать, читать, писать". Plural of nouns. Cardinal numbers from 1 to 100. | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Place of residence, house, flat, city. Conjugation of the verbs "жить, работать, отдыхать, смотреть, учиться, делать" in the present tense. Locative of the noun with prepositions "в" or "на" when replying to the question "Где?” The past form of the verb. The past forms of the verb "быть – был". "Где ты был вчера? Ты был вчера в.. или на...?” Adjective gender and number. Agreement with nouns. Interrogative pronouns "Какой? Какая? Какое? Какиe?” | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Food, dishes, drinks. Shopping at a grocery store, shop departments. Meals; menu, speaking in a cafe or restaurant. The conjugation of the verbs "есть, пить, любить, завтракать, обедать, ужинать". Accusative of the noun without prepositions. Imperative. | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Seasons, Days of the week and months. Hobbies. Conjugation of the modals "хотеть, мочь, должен" and their usage with the infinitive of the verb. Interrogative pronoun "Когда?" and time adverbs "утром, днём, вечером, ночью, зимой...". Accusative of the noun for directions "Куда? – в университет, на работу". | Classes | 7.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Clock, time, time management. Time expression – formal and informal. "Который час?” Event time and venue "В котором часу...?” Years, birthdays – ordinal numbers from 1 to 10 and over 10. Reflexive verbs. Holidays, celebrations, traditions. Genitive of the noun with negation "нет, не было, не будет". Dative of personal pronouns "Сколько вам/тебе лет? Мне 20 лет/21 год". | Classes | 7.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | My daily routine. Planning of a weekday. Perfective and imperfective verbs, their forms and usage. Perfective verb prefixes "вы-, на-, по-, под-, при- про-, с-, за-, у-". Adverbs of imperfective verbs. "Как часто? – всегда, иногда, часто, редко, обычно, долго". The future tense – simple and compound future; future tense forms and conjugation. Interplay between perfective and imperfective verbs. Dative of the noun "– Кому? Чему?” | Classes | 6.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Alphabet. Pronunciation of vowels, consonants and letter combinations. Intonation models. Russian cursive letters. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | First contacts: greeting and saying goodbye, getting acquainted. Addressing someone formally (using second person plural) and informally (using second person singular) Defining noun gender by noun endings. Word order in the sentence. Questions with interrogative pronouns "кто?" and "что?” Personal pronouns "я, ты, он, она, оно, мы, вы, они" and possessive pronouns "чей? – мой, твой, его, её, наш, ваш, их". | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | My family and I, family members and relatives. Professions. The names of countries, their languages, and nationalities. Genitive of personal pronouns. Phrases: "У меня есть...", "У тебя есть...?", "Кто вы? – Я студент". Full and shortened replies. Conjugation of verbs "говорить, изучать, читать, писать". Plural of nouns. Cardinal numbers from 1 to 100. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Place of residence, house, flat, city. Conjugation of the verbs "жить, работать, отдыхать, смотреть, учиться, делать" in the present tense. Locative of the noun with prepositions "в" or "на" when replying to the question "Где?” The past form of the verb. The past forms of the verb "быть – был". "Где ты был вчера? Ты был вчера в.. или на...?” Adjective gender and number. Agreement with nouns. Interrogative pronouns "Какой? Какая? Какое? Какиe?” | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Food, dishes, drinks. Shopping at a grocery store, shop departments. Meals; menu, speaking in a cafe or restaurant. The conjugation of the verbs "есть, пить, любить, завтракать, обедать, ужинать". Accusative of the noun without prepositions. Imperative. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Seasons, Days of the week and months. Hobbies. Conjugation of the modals "хотеть, мочь, должен" and their usage with the infinitive of the verb. Interrogative pronoun "Когда?" and time adverbs "утром, днём, вечером, ночью, зимой...". Accusative of the noun for directions "Куда? – в университет, на работу". | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Clock, time, time management. Time expression – formal and informal. "Который час?” Event time and venue "В котором часу...?” Years, birthdays – ordinal numbers from 1 to 10 and over 10. Reflexive verbs. Holidays, celebrations, traditions. Genitive of the noun with negation "нет, не было, не будет". Dative of personal pronouns "Сколько вам/тебе лет? Мне 20 лет/21 год". | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | My daily routine. Planning of a weekday. Perfective and imperfective verbs, their forms and usage. Perfective verb prefixes "вы-, на-, по-, под-, при- про-, с-, за-, у-". Adverbs of imperfective verbs. "Как часто? – всегда, иногда, часто, редко, обычно, долго". The future tense – simple and compound future; future tense forms and conjugation. Interplay between perfective and imperfective verbs. Dative of the noun "– Кому? Чему?” | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Home assignments with specific tasks for learning active vocabulary and grammar; preparation of presentations. Students are obliged to fill in the course evaluation questionnaire at the end of the course. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Regular attendance of the classes is compulsory; individual work and presentation are compulsory (10%); average assessment of tests (40%); an examination grade (50%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Having acquired the course material, students will know the rules of Russian pronunciation and writing, the basic Russian vocabulary, basic statements and questions, correct word order in the sentence; phrases required for starting and maintaining communication, information exchange; common Russian language patterns; the formation and use of Russian verbs in the past, present, and future. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Having acquired the course material, students will be able: to comprehend simple texts on familiar everyday topics, letters, invitations, advertisements in media and other authentic materials; to use the acquired language in everyday communicative situations. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Having acquired the course material, students will be able: to give some information about themselves, their family, living conditions and studies; to produce an invitation or a personal letter, short messages, put down some information; to produce a monologue or to participate in a dialogue on various topics related to daily routine and studies. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | М.М. Нахабина, В.Е. Антонова, И.И.Жабоклицкая, И.В. Курлова, О.В. Смирнова, А.А. Толстых Русский сезон, учебник по русскому языку, Златоуст, 2019 | ||||||||
| 2 | М.М. Нахабина, В.Е.Антонова, И.И. Жабоклицкая, И.В. Курлова, О.В. Смирнова, А.А. Толстых Русский сезон, рабочая тетрадь, Златоуст, 2018 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Шкатулка, пособие по чтению для иностранцев, начинающих изучать русский язык, Москва, 2018 | ||||||||
| 2 | M. Krasnais, V.Pužule, G. Silakalne „Krievu valodas gramatikas rokasgrāmata” Rīga, Zvaigzne ABC, 2014 | ||||||||
| 3 | Krievu-latviešu vārdnīca ar skaidrojumiem un piemēriem, Zvaigzne ABC, 2005 | ||||||||
| 4 | Универсальный справочник по паблик рилейшнз. Ростов-на-Дону, 2008 | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | www.russian.language.ru | ||||||||
