Course Details

Russian for Pre-Intermediate Students (exam)

Academic Year 2025/26

VYR050 course is not part of any programme in the faculty

Four elective courses — VYR001, VYR002, VYR003, and VYR004 — are offered in connection with this subject, in which students acquire the required knowledge and skills. The content of the exam is based on the textbooks Raduga po novomu 1–3. The exam consists of a written test that assesses knowledge of grammar and vocabulary, reading comprehension, and the ability to write a short text in Russian. The time allotted for the exam is 2 hours.

Credits

2 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

winter

Course Guarantor

Mgr. Lucie Strnadová

Institute

Institute of Social Sciences

Forms and criteria of assessment

examination

Entry Knowledge

As preparation for the exam, students should master the grammar and vocabulary covered in the Raduga po novomu 1–3 textbooks. Their language skills should be at a pre-intermediate level.

Grammar includes: numerals, verb conjugation, reflexive verbs, infinitive, declension of nouns, adjectives and pronouns, animate and inanimate nouns, indeclinable nouns, prepositional phrases, expressing dates, past tense, formal address, substantivised adjectives, and expressions of approximation.

Vocabulary topics include: introductions, phone conversations, nationalities, visiting someone, family, occupations, leisure time, hobbies, school, city navigation, means of transport, shopping, meeting friends, appearance, the human body, clothing, personal traits, seasons, and weather.


Aims

This exam corresponds to level A2+ according to the CEFR. It assesses whether students have acquired basic vocabulary from general Russian and have mastered the fundamental grammar rules at the required level. 

Basic Literature

JELÍNEK, Stanislav. Raduga 1: po-novomu. Plzeň: Fraus, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7238-659-8. (ru)
JELÍNEK, Stanislav. Raduga 2: po-novomu. Plzeň: Fraus, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7238-700-7. (ru)
JELÍNEK, Stanislav. Raduga 3: po-novomu. Plzeň: Fraus, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7238-772-4. (ru)

Prerequisites

As preparation for the exam, students should master the grammar and vocabulary covered in the Raduga po novomu 1–3 textbooks. Their language skills should be at a pre-intermediate level.

Grammar includes: numerals, verb conjugation, reflexive verbs, infinitive, declension of nouns, adjectives and pronouns, animate and inanimate nouns, indeclinable nouns, prepositional phrases, expressing dates, past tense, formal address, substantivised adjectives, and expressions of approximation.

Vocabulary topics include: introductions, phone conversations, nationalities, visiting someone, family, occupations, leisure time, hobbies, school, city navigation, means of transport, shopping, meeting friends, appearance, the human body, clothing, personal traits, seasons, and weather.


Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/294915