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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.
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 sessionwith a tutor via Zoom.
As a student in this course, you will:1.Gain the ability to comprehend more advanced conversations and express oneself in everyday conversational situations;2. Understand simple everyday prose;3. Understand simple journalistic prose and to produce simple narratives and more difficult prose;4. Gain an improved understanding of grammatical concepts and an overall grasp of the workings of the Russian language;5. Gain a heightened linguistic sensitivity facilitating the acquisition of any non-English language. This course will also address key attributes of the UC Graduate Profile:6. Have competence to use their knowledge of the Russian language in many situations;7. Be enterprising in developing their language skills;8. Understand the place of other international languages in the cultural context of Aotearoa New Zealand;9. Acknowledge the community role of Russian in a land of many tourists, students and immigrants.
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:
Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award
Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.
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.
RUSS230, orplacement test.
RUSS201
Students must attend one activity from each section.
Henrietta Mondry
Evgenia Dovbysh
R. Robin, et. al; Golosa: a Basic Course in Russian, Book 2 ; Sixth Edition; Routledge, 2023.
Robin, Richard M. et al; Golosa: a basic course in Russian: Student Activities Manual for book 2 ; Boston: Pearson.
There is a Learn (Moodle) component to this course.Other material, which may be helpful, can be found in the Library Subject Guides
Library portalAKO|LEARN
Domestic fee $894.00
International fee $4,100.00
* 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 .