Course detail

Russian 2

FSI-R2Acad. year: 2025/2026

The course is intended to teach Russian as a foreign language at general level. It is focused on practical, everyday communication for the international workplace.

Language of instruction

Russian

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Entry knowledge

Course is intended for false beginners. The course R2 follows up on the knowledge of grammar and vocabulary acquired in the course R1.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Course-unit credit is awarded on condition of having worked out all assigned tasks in e-learning (with 60% points as minimum). Final evaluation reflects the student's systematic work and the knowledge tested by the examination. The examination consists of a written and an oral part and corresponds to the A1 level according to the Common European Framework.


Attendance at seminars is compulsory and is systematically checked by the teacher. Absence may be in justified cases compensated for by the agreement with the teacher.

Aims

The aim of the course is to equip students for real-life tasks, such as describing problems or giving instructions, that arise in daily life.


Students will be made familiar with general vocabulary and simple grammar for everyday communication.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

BRČÁKOVÁ, Dagmar, Natalia ARAPOVA a Veronika MISTROVÁ. Govorite po-russki: Ruská konverzace. 2., upr. a rozš. vyd. Voznice: Leda, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7335-139-7
GOLOVATINA, Varvara. Beseda i ekzamen: 25 témat pro procvičování a přípravu k maturitě + MP3 audio. Plzeň: Fraus, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7489-256-1 (RU)
KOZLOVA, Tat‘jana Valentinovna. Dogovorilis'!: obchodujeme, podnikáme a komunikujeme v ruštině. 2. vyd. Plzeň: Fraus, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7238-787-8. (RU)
MAMONOVA, Julija a Adam JANEK. Ruština pro samouky a věčné začátečníky: + MP3. Brno: Edika, 2016. ISBN 978-80-266-1016-8 (CS)
VALOVA, Liudmila, Varvara GOLOVATINA a Milena RYKOVSKÁ. Tvoj šans A1: ruština pro střední a jazykové školy : učebnice s integrovaným pracovním sešitem. Plzeň: Fraus, 2018. ISBN 978-80-7489-423-7 (CS)

Recommended reading

Elektronické studijní materiály - www.vutbr.cz/elearning - www.uj.fme.vutbr.cz

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-OBN-P Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme N-OBN-P Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme BIT Bachelor's 2 year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme BIT Bachelor's 2 year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Language exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

Introduction. Unit 5 – Daily routine. Verbs “wake up, go, have breakfast/lunch/dinner, wash”.
Unit 5 – Speaking about time: seasons, months, days, hours. Verbs “begin, start, end, finish”.
Unit 5 – Leisure time, weekly schedule, parts of the day, time expressions and prepositions.
Unit 6 – Food and eating. Verbs “eat, drink”.
Unit 6 – Numbers. Numbers and nouns. Genitive. Negative structures.
Unit 6 – Adjectives. Russian cuisine. Small talks.
Unit 7 – Living, furniture. Verbs expressing position (“stand, hang, lay, be located”).
Unit 7 – Ordinal numbers 1-10. Flat for rent advertisement.
Unit 7 – Declension of feminine nouns. Housing.
Unit 8 – Transport, travelling. Verbs expressing movement (“walk, go”).
Unit 8 – States, nationalities and languages. Future tense. Planning the trip to Russia.
Unit 8 – Sightseeing in Russia.
Revision, credits.