RUSSIAN 200
Intermediate Russian 1
Please note: this is archived course information from 2018 for RUSSIAN 200.
Description
RUSSIAN 200 is designed for students who have completed RUSSIAN 101 or who have a comparable knowledge of Russian. The course revises the essential grammar of Russian covered in the first-year course: declension – the forms and meanings of the grammatical cases; conjugation – formation and government of verbs; verbal aspect; morphology for vocabulary building. This essential grammar is consolidated in context - through conversation practice, listening comprehension and the reading of a variety of authentic texts.
Objectives
Russian at Stage II aims to equip students with a foundation sufficient to develop further proficiency in the language through subsequent independent use of Russian language sources – print and electronic media, general and specialised literature.
Language Ability Declaration
Students who study Russian for the first time at The University of Auckland must complete a Language Ability Declaration and will be selected on a first in first enrolled basis.
Availability 2018
Semester 1
Lecturer(s)
Coordinator(s) Dr Mark Swift
Reading/Texts
Richard Robin, Golosa: Book Two, 5th ed.
RUSSIAN 200 covers the first half of this same textbook-workbook package also used in RUSSIAN 201. Golosa combines a rigorous treatment of grammar with a communicative approach. The course is supported with extensive online audio and video resources.
Assessment
Coursework + exam
Points
RUSSIAN 200: 15 points
Prerequisites
RUSSIAN 101 or approval of Academic Head or nominee
Restrictions
RUSSIAN 210. May not be taken if a more advanced language acquisition course in this subject has previously been passed
