Course Details

Russian for Pre-Intermediate Students

Academic Year 2023/24

VYR003 course is part of 2 study plans

Elective Courses Summer Semester

Elective Courses Winter Semester

Topics - education, orientation in the city, means of transport, shopping, Moscow and Petrohrad, Prague
Grammar – prepositional phrases, inflexion of nouns and pronouns, conjugation of verbs, infinitive, inanimate and animate nouns, indeclinable nouns

Course Guarantor

Institute

Objective

The aim of the subject is to achieve a pre-intermediate level of Russian both in vocabulary and grammar. Then the ability to read, translate and make slightly difficult Russian texts.

Knowledge

Student will accomplish the aim of the subject if he achieves a pre-intermediate level of Russian both in vocabulary and grammar and if he is also able to read, translate and make slightly difficult Russian texts.

Prerequisites

Students should master Russian alphabet well, vocabulary and conversation on the following topics - introducing, phoning, nationalities, on a visit, family, jobs, free time, hobbies, school. Students should accomplish the following grammar - numerals, conjugation of verbs, reflexive verbs, inflexion of nouns and pronouns, date, past tense, using "vy" when addressing a person.

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

2 credits

Semester

winter

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit

Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

1. Introduction, revision 2. L2-revision of topic School, Classes - reading and listening of texts, new vocabulary, school subjects 3. L2-Classes, timetable, dialogues, inflexion of pronouns (who, what), prepositional phrases (after) 4. L2-Classes, types of school, inflexion of nouns (masculine, feminine gender, singular number), revision of grammar and vocabulary, additional text, role play 5. L3-Orientation in a city, dialogues, underground in Moscow, conjugation of verbs "go/drive, can" 6. L3-Means of transport, infinitive clauses, revision of grammar and vocabulary, additional text, role play 7. L4-Shopping, dialogues, exercises, conjugation of verbs "buy, ask, take", 1st and 2nd case of some plural nouns 8. L4-Shopping, clothes, flowers, food, flexible "-o-, -e-" in nouns, 4th case of inanimate and animate plural nouns, revision 9. L5-Moscow - sights, texts, exercises, inflexion of nouns (neuter gender, singular number) 10. L5-Petersburg - sights, texts, exercises, indeclinable nouns, prepositional phrases (after) - summary 11. L6-Prague - sights, dialogues, 1st and 2nd case of plural nouns (feminine, neuter gender) 12. L6-Prague, exercises, text, inflexion of nouns in plural – summary 13. Revision, summary, games, role play