Russian Advanced 1 Extra

Entry Requirements

This course is for you if you have attended Russian Advanced 1 or similar or have a good command of Russian and want to re-activate and build upon your comprehension and expression.

Overview

The course will expand their fluency, range and depth of their use of the foreign language in the four main areas of listening, speaking, reading and writing.

It will increase their curiosity about the language, the country, the people, their environment, society, traditions and culture

It will support the student on reaching a level of significant competence in the four main areas of listening, speaking, reading and writing.

The module will consolidate the student’s ability to:

• Expand and discuss holidays and problems encountered
• Discuss property issues: prices, adverts.
• Expand shopping
• Discuss tourism and its implications
• Discuss about environmental issues: weather, energy, transport
• Discuss the Russian media and audience habits
• Discuss the Russian national press
• Discuss health issues: i.e. hospitals, policies, treatments, alternatives

Teaching and Learning 

You will be working in groups or pairs with the emphasis of the course being on participation and practice. Our aim is to develop student skills using communicative language and you will be encouraged to actively participate in class through various friendly activities designed to stimulate communication.

We recommend that you spend time between the lessons, revising and practising what has been done in class.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this module, students should be able to: 

1. Demonstrate further that they can cope with an extensive degree of clarity, precision and fluency, taking part in informal and formal exchanges, as in the work place or in social settings. Demonstrate a sufficient knowledge of the language to describe people, places and processes, express opinions and develop arguments using both basic structures and complex forms.
2. Demonstrate a sufficient knowledge of the language to describe people, places and processes, express opinions and develop arguments using both basic structures and basic forms.
3. Extract additional information from texts (i.e.: literaries, newspapers, advertisements), being able to understand reports and articles about contemporary issues.
4. Expand their translation skills with significant degree of accuracy and in an appropriate style
5. Strengthen the clarity, precision and fluency of their writing, using a wide range of vocabulary and with a significant level of linguistic accuracy.

Assessments

The assessment of this course is divided into four parts to assess each of the following skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing. It is designed to enhance what you have learnt during the course.

Speaking: Recording of a short speaking exercise.

Listening: Answering questions in English on a short recording, lasting no more than five minutes.

Reading: Comprehension exercise based on text such as novels, newspapers, advertisements etc.

Writing: A written task

To award credits we need to have evidence of the knowledge and skills you have gained or improved. Some of this has to be in a form that can be shown to external examiners so that we can be absolutely sure that standards are met across all courses and subjects. 

Reading Suggestions

A full reading list can be found via the following link:

 Russian Advanced 1 Extra

Route Progression

Students who successfully complete the module should feel that they have a good introductory command of Russian and should be able to proceed to Russian Advanced 2.

This revision course is Higher Education and accredited. 

 However, it is not part of the Certificate of Higher Education: Modern Languages  

What Do I Need? 

This course can be delivered as an online scheduled session course or as a face-to-face course.

If you are enrolling on the online scheduled session course, you would need the following: 

• Internet access. 
• Access to a laptop or computer with a web camera and microphone; the use of headphones might also benefit. 
• Use of the Chrome web browser where possible. 

If you are enrolling on the face-to-face course, you will need the following:

• Pen and paper/notebook or access to digital equipment to take notes.