Course Description
Part two of a two-part intensive intermediate course in modern
Russian and Russian culture, with an 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 II
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in RUSS 2002
Prerequisite
RUSS 2011
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
- Theatre, music, ballet
- Travel and tourism
- Life in a city, driving, directions
- Clothing, weather, illnesses, natural disasters
- Food and cooking
- Sports, literature, movies
