Course Details
Russian for Pre-Intermediate Students 2
Academic Year 2026/27
VYR004 course is not part of any programme in the faculty
The aim of the course is to develop students' Russian vocabulary and grammar at the A2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). The course also develops the skills required to read, translate, and produce moderately complex texts in Russian.
Topics: meeting friends; physical appearance; the human body; clothes; letter writing; personality; seasons; weather; time; dates.
Grammar: constructions different from Czech; verb conjugation; declension of adjectives; dates; substantivised adjectives; pronouns; expressions meaning "it is necessary" and "one must"; years; telling the time; expressions of approximation.
Credits
2 credits
Language of instruction
Czech
Semester
Course Guarantor
Institute
Forms and criteria of assessment
Entry Knowledge
Students are expected to have a good command of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet, vocabulary, and conversational skills related to the following topics: introducing oneself; telephone conversations; nationalities; visiting people; family; occupations; leisure time; hobbies; school; getting around the city; means of transport; shopping.
Students are expected to have knowledge of the following grammar: numbers; verb conjugation; reflexive verbs; the infinitive; declension of nouns and pronouns; animate and inanimate nouns; indeclinable nouns; prepositional constructions; dates; the past tense; formal and informal forms of address.
Aims
The aim of the course is to develop students' Russian vocabulary and grammar at the A2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). The course also develops the skills required to read, translate, and produce moderately complex texts in Russian.
Basic Literature
Prerequisites
Students are expected to have a good command of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet, vocabulary, and conversational skills related to the following topics: introducing oneself; telephone conversations; nationalities; visiting people; family; occupations; leisure time; hobbies; school; getting around the city; means of transport; shopping.
Students are expected to have knowledge of the following grammar: numbers; verb conjugation; reflexive verbs; the infinitive; declension of nouns and pronouns; animate and inanimate nouns; indeclinable nouns; prepositional constructions; dates; the past tense; formal and informal forms of address.
Offered to foreign students
Course on BUT site
Exercise
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
Lesson 1: Introduction; Meeting friends; holidays; picture description
Lesson 2: Meeting friends; dating
Lesson 3: Physical appearance; the human body – description; the construction быть похожим
Lesson 4: Physical appearance; declension of adjectives following the pattern новый
Lesson 5: Physical appearance; revision – dates
Lesson 6: Clothes; reciprocal expressions; the pronouns какой and который; verb conjugation
Lesson 7: Personality; the verbs ждать and понимать
Lesson 8: Personality; the expressions потому что and поэтому; expressions meaning "it is necessary" and "one must"
Lesson 9: Personality and occupations
Lesson 10: Weather; seasons
Lesson 11: Weather; telling the time; dates and years; declension of adjectives following the pattern летний
Lesson 12: Weather; weather forecast
Lesson 13: Revision and course summary