Short course

Blended learning in Glasgow

£ 230 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Short course

  • Level

    Beginner

  • Methodology

    Blended

  • Location

    Glasgow (Scotland)

  • Class hours

    40h

  • Duration

    20 Weeks

For complete beginners. The tutor will assume no prior knowledge of the language.Combines class bsed sessions wih on line support via University's VLE ( Moodle )

Important information

Government funding available

Facilities

Location

Start date

Glasgow (Glasgow City)
St Andrew'S Building Eldon St, G12 8QQ

Start date

On request

About this course

Topic areas:
1. Learn Cyrillic alphabet, reading and writing.
2. Ask and give basic directions in Russian.
3. Understand the Russian name system and recognise some common Russian names.
4. Introduce yourself to someone and give some basic information about your family.
5. Talk about what you were doing in the past and where.
6. Ask someone else about their habits, what they do, where they live, where they work etc.
7. Ask for what you want in a shop, order a meal in a restaurant.
8. Say what do you like doing in your leisure time.
9. Tell the time in Russian in whole hours.

For complete beginners.

none

10 credits at University level 1

Delivered by experienced trained tutors in modern teaching facilities combining classroom sessions with blended on-line support

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Subjects

  • Listening and speaking
  • Russian Language

Teachers and trainers (1)

Sonia Bates

Sonia Bates

Russian tutor

Course programme

Topic areas:

  1. Learn Cyrillic alphabet, reading and writing.
  2. Ask and give basic directions in Russian.
  3. Understand the Russian name system and recognise some common Russian names.
  4. Introduce yourself to someone and give some basic information about your family.
  5. Talk about what you were doing in the past and where.
  6. Ask someone else about their habits, what they do, where they live, where they work etc.
  7. Ask for what you want in a shop, order a meal in a restaurant.
  8. Say what do you like doing in your leisure time.
  9. Tell the time in Russian in whole hours.

Main Grammar Points:

· Recognise the gender of nouns: masculine, feminine and neuter

· The basic rules of the past tense.

· The use of the Genitive case of nouns

· The Prepositional case. The preposition “o” that takes the prepositional case

· Adjectives in the nominative case.

· The Accusative case.

· Conjugation of verbs in the past tense according the gender of pronouns and nouns.

· Verbs in the present tense:

First conjugation of verbs ending in “-ать”.

Other first conjugation verbs.

Second conjugation verbs with ending in “-ить”.

Irregular verbs.

By the end of the course you should be able to communicate with a native Russian speaker who asks you the following questions:

Как Вас зовут?

Где Красная площадь?

Где Вы были? Вы были в Париже?

У Вас есть друг (семья, брат, сестра)?

Где Вы работаете? Где живёте?

Вы говорите по русски?

Вы любите спорт?

Который час?

In trying to choose the correct level, you may have to balance what you know of the language( grammar, vocabulary etc) with you ability to speak it since depending on your personal history of learning the language, you may be stronger in one area than another.

Additional information

Funding and fees   If you plan to study credit courses totalling 30 credits or more in the year 2015-16, you may be eligible to apply for the SAAS Part-time Fee Grant (PTFG) which can contribute towards course fees. Students in receipt of certain state benefits or those who are earning £25,000 or less per year, including any private and state pensions, may be eligible. Please note if you are applying for a SAAS PTFG you will need to enrol in person. For further information visit gla.ac.uk/study/short/ and to download an application pack with completion guidelines please visit the SAAS website at saas.gov.uk or telephone 0300 300 3137.It is important that you apply for funding for all your courses at the same time at the start of the 2015-16 session. If you add further courses during the year you are unlikely to receive additional SAAS funding and you will need to fund them yourself.   Centre for Open Studies / Ionad an Oilein Fhosgailte, University of Glasgow, St Andrew's Building, Glasgow G3 6NH
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Russian Stage 1

£ 230 VAT inc.