Course Description
Part one of a two-part intensive intermediate course in modern
Russian, Russian culture, and introduction to the subfields of
professional Russian. This course continues to further develop
students’ competence in speaking, listening, reading, and writing
Russian, with a persistent focus on proficiency-oriented
instruction and assessment.
Athena Title
Intensive Intermediate Russ I
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in RUSS 2001
Prerequisite
RUSS 1002 OR RUSS 1012
Semester Course Offered
Offered summer semester every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
- By the end of this course, students should be able to identify the main idea and extract key details from spoken, written, or signed texts on familiar topics, identifying connections within a series of sentences.
- By the end of this course, students should be able to create conversations on familiar topics, constructing coherent sentences and series of sentences to ask and respond to a variety of questions in spontaneous spoken, written, or signed exchanges.
- By the end of this course, students should be able to organize and present information, ideas, and opinions on familiar topics through spoken, written, or signed language, using sentences and connected sentence structures to communicate effectively.
- By the end of this course, students should be able to examine and compare cultural products and practices in their own and other cultures to infer underlying perspectives, enhancing their intercultural understanding.
- By the end of this course, students should be able to produce functional interactions within familiar cultural contexts, adapting their language and behavior to facilitate effective communication.
Topical Outline
- People’s appearance, personality traits, and personal relationships
- My family and I
- Extended family, family history, marriage, and divorce
- University life: Class schedules, daily routines, and extra-curricular
activities
- Computers, the internet, and scientific discoveries
- Places where we live and study
General Education Core
CORE IV: World Languages and Global Culture
