Advanced Russian Language A

Learning Outcomes

• At the end of this course students will have developed good competence in the Russian language:
  
  
• The ability to understand a wide range of sentence structures;
  
• A firm understanding of advanced level prose;
  
• An understanding of sociolinguistic registers;
  
• Familiarity with journalistic prose, formal, and informal use of language;
  
• Developed critical thinking via close-readings, argumentative presentations, and classroom discussions
  
• The ability to compose prose using a variety of sentence structures, idiomatic expressions and link words;
  
• A heightened linguistic sensitivity facilitating the acquisition of other non-English languages
  
  In addition, they will have acquired:
  
  
• An enhanced intercultural understanding of Russian language and civilisation both within Europe and globally (through history and in relation to current events);
  
• A more general sensitivity to cultural diversity in a global context.
  
  This course will also address key attributes of the UC Graduate Profile:
  
  
• Have competence to use their knowledge of the Russian language in many situations;
  
• Be enterprising in developing their language skills;
  
• Understand the place of other international languages in the cultural context of Aotearoa New Zealand;
  
• Acknowledge the community role of Russian in a land of many tourists, students and immigrants;

Prerequisites

Restrictions

For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .