Course detail

Russian for Pre-intermediate Students

FAST-BYR2Acad. year: 2024/2025

Topics - classes, orientation in the city, means of transport, shopping, Moscow and Petrohrad, Prague
Grammar – prepositional phrases, inflexion of nouns and pronouns, conjugation of verbs, infinitive, inanimate and animate nouns, indeclinable nouns

Language of instruction

Czech

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Lucie Strnadová

Department

Institute of Social Sciences (SPV)

Entry knowledge

Students should master Russian alphabet well, vocabulary and conversation on the following topics - introducing, phoning, basic information about myself, nationalities, on a visit, family, jobs, free time, hobbies, school. Students should accomplish the following grammar - numerals, conjugation of verbs, reflexive verbs, inflexion of nouns and pronouns, date, past tense, using "vy" when addressing a person.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Aims

The aim of the subject is to achieve a pre-intermediate level of Russian both in vocabulary and grammar. Then the ability to read, translate and make slightly difficult Russian texts.

Student will accomplish the aim of the subject if he achieves a pre-intermediate level of Russian both in vocabulary and grammar and if he is also able to read, translate and make slightly difficult Russian texts.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

JELÍNEK, Stanislav a kol.: Raduga 2 po novomu. Plzeň: Fraus, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7238-700-7. (RU)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Lucie Strnadová

Syllabus

1. Introduction, revision 2. L2-revision of topic School, Classes - reading and listening of texts, new vocabulary, school subjects 3. L2-Classes, timetable, dialogues, inflexion of pronouns (who, what), prepositional phrases (after) 4. L2-Classes, types of school, inflexion of nouns (masculine, feminine gender, singular number), revision of grammar and vocabulary, additional text, role playing 5. L3-Orientation in a city, dialogues, underground in Moscow, conjugation of verbs "go/drive, can" 6. L3-Means of transport, infinitive clauses, revision of grammar and vocabulary, additional text, role playing 7. L4-Shopping, dialogues, exercises, conjugation of verbs "buy, ask, take", 1st and 2nd case of plural number of some nouns 8. L4-Shopping, clothes, flowers, food, flexible "-o-, -e-" in nouns, 4th case of plural number of inanimate and animate nouns, revision 9. L5-Moscow - sights, texts, exercises, inflexion of nouns (neuter gender, singular number) 10. L5-Petersburg - sights, texts, exercises, indeclinable nouns, prepositional phrases (after) - summary 11. L6-Prague - sights, dialogues, 1st and 2nd case of plural number of nouns (feminine, neuter gender) 12. L6-Prague, exercises, text, inflexion of nouns in plural – summary 13. Revision, summary, games, role playing