Russian Absolute Beginners level 1

Russian Absolute Beginners level 1
Your Course
This 10 week course will suit those amongst you who have no previous knowledge of Russian. The course covers the basic language needed for everyday situations, and aims to develop three language skills [listening, speaking and reading]. The emphasis will be on extracting specific information from short texts such as travel and tourist information brochures, menus and publicity materials. In the speaking part of the course, students will learn the necessary language for communication in shops, restaurants, hotels and when asking for directions.
During this course students will take a short internal assessment in reading Russian at beginners' level. This will help to prepare them for the OCR Asset Language test that will be taken at the end of the first year of study.
This course feeds into Beginners Level 2 in Summer 2010 and Beginners Level 3 in Autumn 2010.
Course book: Culhane, Terry and Bivon, Roy,'Russian Language and People',BBC Worldwide 2006.The course will cover chapters 1-10.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the 10 week course you will have been given the opportunity to:
· Greet people and introduce yourself.
· Say where you live, ask and give directions.
· Speak on the telephone.
· Talk about likes and dislikes.
· Ask questions with regard to nationality.
· Request and give information in shops, restaurants, hotels, travel agencies and when you are visiting interesting places in Russia.
· Understand the weather forecast and speak about the weather.
· Read short texts.
· Learn basic grammar: nouns - gender, singular and plural, cases, verbs - conjugations, present tense, modal verbs, adjectives, simple adverbs, pronouns and prepositions as well as telling the time and the numbers 1-100
Your Tutor
Anna Nerukh graduated from Kharkov State Polytechnic University, Ukraine. She is a native Russian speaker with work experience in USA and UK. She teaches Russian at King's School in Ely and Cambridge Russian School for Children. She has experience in translating scientific papers including books and teaching and taking examinations in the Russian language at GCSE and A level.
Day and time: Thursday 7-9 pm
Start date: 21st January
Number of sessions: 10
Tuition fees: £ 95
Method of payment: Fees for short courses (10 weeks or less) to be paid in full at enrolment and for long courses (12 weeks or more) fees of 50% can be paid at enrolment plus 50% as a cheque. Course places cannot be reserved without receipt of both payments.
Half term:
Please note that there are no classes during half term Monday 15th - Friday 19th February 2010 unless otherwise stated.