RUSS231-24S2 (D) Semester Two 2024 (Distance)

Intermediate Russian Language B

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 15 July 2024
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 28 July 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 29 September 2024

Description

This is the second of two intermediate Russian language courses. It extends the reading, writing and discussion skills acquired in RUSS230 and places greater emphasis on conversation skills.

This is the second of two intermediate Russian language courses. It aims at extending the
reading, writing and discussion skills acquired in RUSS 230 and places greater emphasis on
conversational skills.

The Russian distance course has a dedicated course site on Learn, UC’s online learning management system, with comprehensive resources, usually structured on a week-by-week basis.
Online support will be available for students via online forums and a weekly communication session with a tutor via Zoom.

Learning Outcomes

As a student in this course, you will learn:

1. An ability to comprehend more advanced conversations and express oneself in everyday
conversational situations;
2. An ability to understand simple everyday prose;
3. An ability to understand simple journalistic prose and to produce simple narratives and
more difficult prose;
4. An improved understanding of grammatical concepts and an overall grasp of the
workings of the Russian language;
5. A heightened linguistic sensitivity facilitating the acquisition of any non-English
language

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

Employable, innovative and enterprising

Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

Engaged with the community

Students will have observed and understood a culture within a community by reflecting on their own performance and experiences within that community.

Globally aware

Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.

Prerequisites

RUSS230, or
placement test.

Restrictions

RUSS201

Course Coordinator

Henrietta Mondry

Tutor

Evgenia Dovbysh

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Homework assignments 20% weekly
Vocabulary and Grammar quiz (2) 15%
Online quizzes 5% Weekly
Written test 1 20% End of Term 3
Written test 2 20% End of Semester 2
Oral test 10% End of Semester 2
Zoom conversation assignments 10% weekly

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

R. Robin, et. al; Golosa: a Basic Course in Russian, Book 2 ; Sixth Edition; Routledge, 2023.

There is a Learn (Moodle) component to this course.

Other material, which may be helpful, can be found in the Library Subject Guides

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $844.00

International fee $3,950.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .

All RUSS231 Occurrences

  • RUSS231-24S2 (C) Semester Two 2024
  • RUSS231-24S2 (D) Semester Two 2024 (Distance)
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