Course Details

Russian for Beginners 2

Academic Year 2025/26

VYR002 course is not part of any programme in the faculty

Topics –– leisure time and hobbies (films, musical instruments, sports), daily routine, occupations, education, holidays and vacations

Grammar –– declension of nouns and pronouns, verb conjugation, verb forms, reflexive verbs, ordinal numbers, dates, past tense, names of countries, verbs of motion


Credits

2 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

summer

Course Guarantor

Mgr. Lucie Strnadová

Institute

Institute of Social Sciences

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit

Entry Knowledge

Students should have a good command of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet, basic vocabulary, and the following grammar topics: forms of address, numerals, verb conjugation, basic noun declension patterns, personal and possessive pronouns, and reflexive verbs.

Students should be able to speak on the following topics: introductions, greetings, phone conversations, nationalities, visiting someone, and family. 

 

Aims

Mastery of the basics of Russian, including the Cyrillic alphabet in both written and spoken form, basic vocabulary, and grammar. The ability to read, translate, and produce simple texts. The student will meet the course objectives by mastering the fundamentals of Russian — that is, the written and spoken Cyrillic alphabet, basic vocabulary, and essential grammar structures — as well as by demonstrating the ability to read, translate, and create simple Russian texts. 

Basic Literature

Materiály zpracované vyučující kurzu. Doporučená literatura: JELÍNEK, S. a kol. Raduga 1 po-novomu, Plzeň, Nakladatelství Fraus, 2007 [128 str.] ISBN 978-80-7238-659-8JELÍNEK, Stanislav. Raduga 2: po-novomu. Plzeň: Fraus, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7238-700-7. (ru)

Prerequisites

Students should have a good command of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet, basic vocabulary, and the following grammar topics: forms of address, numerals, verb conjugation, basic noun declension patterns, personal and possessive pronouns, and reflexive verbs.

Students should be able to speak on the following topics: introductions, greetings, phone conversations, nationalities, visiting someone, and family. 

 

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/294921

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1.Introduction, revision of chapters 1-5
  • 2.Unit 6 - Jobs
  • 3.Unit 6 - Jobs
  • 4.Unit 6 - Jobs
  • 5.Unit 7 - Free time
  • 6.Unit 7 - Free time
  • 7.Unit 7 - Free time
  • 8.Unit 8 - Hobbies
  • 9.Unit 8 - Hobbies
  • 10.Unit 8 - Hobbies
  • 11.(Raduga 2) Unit 1 - School
  • 12.Unit 1 - School
  • 13.Revision, summary, games