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RUSS2012: Russian Language 2B

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Type Open
Level 2
Credits 40
Availability Available in 2024/2025
Module Cap None.
Location Durham
Department Modern Languages and Cultures (Russian)

Prerequisites

  • Russian Language 1B (RUSS1042) or equivalent.

Corequisites

  • At least one additional level 2 module in Russian Studies

Excluded Combinations of Modules

  • Russian Language 2A (RUSS2191)

Aims

  • To further develop linguistic skills acquired at Level 1 across the full range of reading, writing, listening and speaking.
  • To prepare students for living abroad in terms of language, practical knowledge, and cultural competence.

Content

  • Weekly sessions devoted to the following:
  • Grammar
  • Translation from Russian into English and comprehension (reading)
  • Translation from English into Russian
  • Audio-Visual Comprehension (listening)
  • Oral (speaking)
  • Essay (writing)
  • The teaching and resources in this module reflect a commitment to linguistic and cultural diversity. It positions the richness of the Russian-speaking world at the core of its syllabus.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:

  • Students will extend their basic vocabulary to a level commensurate with Level 2 study and complete the process of familiarisation with more complex grammatical structures, while at the same time being exposed to a greater diversity of register in the texts with which they are working.

Subject-specific Skills:

  • Students will develop skills in translation (from Russian into English and English into Russian), in producing more sophisticated spoken and written Russian, and in processing aural and visual material in the target language.

Key Skills:

  • Students will begin to develop the ability to work independently within a prescribed framework and across a range of differentiated tasks. On completion of the course, students will be able to present a clear argument in the target language in both oral and written form.
  • Students will gain the ability to present information and/or construct an argument effectively in the target language

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

  • The course involves highly differentiated modes of teaching, appropriate to the specific skills being developed.
  • Plenary informal grammar lectures will set the context for a series of skills-based smaller-group grammar activities, followed by sessions focused on one of the five particular skills of reading, translation, writing, speaking and listening.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

ActivityNumberFrequencyDurationTotalMonitored
Grammar211 Weekly1 hour21Yes
Excercises211 Weekly1 hour21Yes
Translation Eng to Russ211 Weekly1 hour21Yes
Translation Russ to Eng101 Fortnightly1 hour10Yes
Audio-visual111 Fortnightly1 hour11Yes
Oral211 Weekly1 hour21Yes
Essay211 Weekly1 hour21Yes
Preparation and Reading274 
 
Total400 

Summative Assessment

Component: Continuous AssessmentComponent Weighting: 20%
ElementLength / DurationElement WeightingResit Opportunity
Continuous Assessment of written skills300 words80
Continuous Assessment of oral skills10 minutes20
Component: Written ExaminationComponent Weighting: 60%
ElementLength / DurationElement WeightingResit Opportunity
Written Examination 1:Translation into English, Grammar (on campus)2 hours50Yes
Written examination 2: Translation English into Russian, Essay (on campus)2 hours50Yes
Component: Oral AssessmentComponent Weighting: 20%
ElementLength / DurationElement WeightingResit Opportunity
Oral examination (on campus)10 minutes80Yes

Formative Assessment

Regular translations/essays / grammar exercises and oral preparation work.

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