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 .