Russian Course Descriptions:

Russian 1:
(3 hours per week for 6 weeks)

This is a beginner-level Russian language course designed for students who have little or no prior Russian learning experience. Students are introduced to the four basic language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing, as well as to the Russian culture. An emphasis on sounds, vocabulary, and sentence patterns will establish strong communicative skills which students will be able to use in authentic contexts and role-playing scenarios. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to carry on basic conversations in Russian as well as read and write sentences using the structures learned. Alphabet Unit and Unit 1 of the textbook will be covered.

Students who successfully complete this course should be able to:

• Identify and write the Russian alphabet and spell given words
• Identify Russian sound system
• Greet and say good-bye, formal and informal
• Introduce and give information about yourself
• Introduce family and friends
• Ask for information about someone else
• Read Russian business cards
• Identify Russian names and people
• Use the verb "to be"
• Use the nominative case
• Use the appropriate form of "my"
• Use the prepositional case

Textbook: Golosa: A Basic Course in Russian - Book 1 (5th edition)
ISBN: 978-0205741359

Russian 2:
(3 hours per week for 6 weeks)

The level 2 Russian course is designed for students who have completed level 1 language proficiency. Students will continue to develop their four basic skills (i.e. listening, speaking, reading, and writing) in Russian and learn about Russian culture. Chapters 2 and 3 of the textbook will be covered. Students who successfully complete this course should be able to:

Students who successfully complete this course should be able to:

• Name common objects, clothing, and basic colors
• Talk about languages
• Discuss ethnic and national backgrounds
• Respond to compliments
• Talk in the present tense and past tense
• Identify the grammatical gender of words
• Use nominative plural of nouns
• Use personal pronouns
• Use possesive modifiers
• Use the nominative case of adjectives
• Use two forms of 'what'
• Use 'this is' and 'these are'
• Indicate that you have something
• Use the prepositional case of singular and plural modifiers and nouns
• Use conjunctions

Textbook: Golosa: A Basic Course in Russian - Book 1 (5th edition)
ISBN: 978-0205741359

Russian 3:
(3 hours per week for 6 weeks)

The level 3 Russian course is designed for students who have completed level 2 language proficiency. Students will continue to develop their four basic skills (i.e. listening, speaking, reading, and writing) in Russian and learn about Russian culture. Chapters 4 and 5 of the textbook will be covered.

Students who successfully complete this course should be able to:

• Talk about where and what people study
• Make a presentation about themselves
• Read and write academic schedules
• Read diplomas, transcripts, and school websites
• Talk in the present tense and past tense
• Talk about daily activities and schedules
• Talk about classes
• Ask and tell time on the hour
• Make and respond to simple invitations
• Understand voice messages
• Speak and write in paragraphs
• Use Ha + the prepositional case for location
• Use the accusative case of modifiers and nouns
• Use the prepositional case of question words and personal pronouns
• Use question words and sentence expanders
• Use B/Ha + accusative case for direction
• Express necesity or obligation

Textbook: Golosa: A Basic Course in Russian - Book 1 (5th edition)
ISBN: 978-0205741359

Russian 4:
(3 hours per week for 6 weeks)

The level 4 Russian course is designed for students who have completed level 3 language proficiency. Students will continue to develop their four basic skills (i.e. listening, speaking, reading, and writing) in Russian and learn about Russian culture. Chapters 6 and 7 of the textbook will be covered.

Students who successfully complete this course should be able to:

• Talk about homes, rooms, furnishings, and colors
• Make and respond to invitations
• Read job ads and resume
• Talk about renting an apartment
• Use verbs of position
• Use genitive case of pronouns, question words, and singular modifiers and nouns
• List the uses of the genitive case
• Talk about ownership, existence, and presence
• Express nonexistence and absence
• Talk about possession and attribution
• Specify quantity
• Name family members
• Talk about people: names, ages, professions, where they were born, where they grew up
• Exchange letters and e-mails about families
• Use the dative case of pronouns
• Compare ages
• Use accusative case of pronouns
• Summarize the uses of the accusative case

Textbook: Golosa: A Basic Course in Russian - Book 1 (5th edition)
ISBN: 978-0205741359

Russian 5:
(3 hours per week for 6 weeks)

The level 5 Russian course is designed for students who have completed level 4 language proficiency. Students will continue to develop their four basic skills (i.e. listening, speaking, reading, and writing) in Russian and learn about Russian culture. Chapters 8 and 9 of the textbook will be covered.

Students who successfully complete this course should be able to:

• Ask for advice about purchases
• Make simple purchases
• Use birthday greetings
• Talk about presents and gift giving
• Read store and restaurant advertisements
• Talk about shopping in Russia
• Talk about making plans to cook dinner
• Talk about making plans to go to a restaurant
• Order meals in a restaurant
• Read menus and restaurant reviews
• Use the instrumental case with the preposition c
• Use the future tense
• Talk about Russian food stores and meals
• Talk about the metric system: weight and volume

Textbook: Golosa: A Basic Course in Russian - Book 1 (5th edition)
ISBN: 978-0205741359

Russian 6:
(3 hours per week for 6 weeks)

The level 6 Russian course is designed for students who have completed level 5 language proficiency. Students will continue to develop their four basic skills (i.e. listening, speaking, reading, and writing) in Russian and learn about Russian culture. Chapter 10 of book one will be covered, as well as Chapter 1 of book two.

Students who successfully complete this course should be able to:

• Talk in more detail about yourself and your family
• Tell where your city is located
• Talk about the Russian educational system
• Read and listen to short biographies
• Express resemblance
• Express location
• Talk about entering and graduation from school
• Indicate the year in which an event takes/took place
• Use time expressions
• Use motion verbs
• Use 'have been doing': the present tense
• Talk about famous Tolstoys of Russia
• Describe weather
• Prepare for travel
• Express feelings
• Talk about seasons and months
• Make invitations using the future tense
• Make Whether and If statements

Textbook: Golosa: A Basic Course in Russian - Book 1 (5th edition)
ISBN: 978-0205741359

     Golosa: A Basic Course in Russian - Book 2 (5th edition)
ISBN: 978-0205214600

Russian 7:
(3 hours per week for 6 weeks)

The level 7 Russian course is designed for students who have completed level 6 language proficiency. Students will continue to develop their four basic skills (i.e. listening, speaking, reading, and writing) in Russian and learn about Russian culture. Chapters 2 and 3 of book two will be covered.

Students who successfully complete this course should be able to:

• Manage telephone conversations
• Take and leave messages
• Express ability
• Use short-form adjectives
• Describe your city
• Use cardinal numbers
• Get around town in Russia
• Give and understand simple directions
• Read maps and directions
• Read about a city’s transportation system
• Describe location
• Ask and express how long something takes
• Use imperatives

Textbook: Golosa: A Basic Course in Russian - Book 2 (5th edition)
ISBN: 978-0205214600

Russian 8:
(3 hours per week for 6 weeks)

The level 8 Russian course is designed for students who have completed level 7 language proficiency. Students will continue to develop their four basic skills (i.e. listening, speaking, reading, and writing) in Russian and learn about Russian culture. Chapters 4 and 5 of book two will be covered.

Students who successfully complete this course should be able to:

• Make hotel and travel arrangements
• Deal with common travel problems
• Read ads for hotel and travel services
• Use ordinal numbers and express the date
• Discuss movies and television
• Express likes and dislikes
• Agree or disagree with the person you’re talking to
• Read TV and movie schedules
• Make comparisons
• Use reflexive verbs

Textbook: Golosa: A Basic Course in Russian - Book 2 (5th edition)
ISBN: 978-0205214600

Russian 9:
(3 hours per week for 6 weeks)

The level 9 Russian course is designed for students who have completed level 8 language proficiency. Students will continue to develop their four basic skills (i.e. listening, speaking, reading, and writing) in Russian and learn about Russian culture. Chapters 6 and 7 of book two will be covered.

Students who successfully complete this course should be able to:

• Speak about books, authors and genres
• Get a library card and borrow books from the library
• Read Russian poetry
• Express need or obligation
• Use “who,” “which” and “that” statements
• Express concepts like “nowhere” and “nothing”
• Make and invitation to places and events
• Ask and describe how people spend free time
• Talk about sports, hobbies and music
• Express learning or teaching skills
• Make impersonal passive statements

Textbook: Golosa: A Basic Course in Russian - Book 2 (5th edition)
ISBN: 978-0205214600

Russian 10:
(3 hours per week for 6 weeks)

The level 10 Russian course is designed for students who have completed level 9 language proficiency. Students will continue to develop their four basic skills (i.e. listening, speaking, reading, and writing) in Russian and learn about Russian culture. Chapters 8 and 9 of book two will be covered.

Students who successfully complete this course should be able to:

• Use the internet and internet cafes
• Read and respond to personal ads
• Express sending things
• Express “from” and “put”
• Say that you miss someone or something
• Express concepts like “everyone” and “everything”
• Name the parts of the body
• Indicate simple symptoms
• Read announcements about medical services
• Give health advice
• Express your physical condition
• Describe well-being and illness
• Convey what one wants someone else to do
• Use asking verbs
• Express means
• Answer yes-no questions with keywords

Textbook: Golosa: A Basic Course in Russian - Book 2 (5th edition)
ISBN: 978-0205214600

Russian 11:
(3 hours per week for 6 weeks)

The level 11 Russian course is designed for students who have completed level 10 language proficiency. Students will continue to develop their four basic skills (i.e. listening, speaking, reading, and writing) in Russian and learn about Russian culture. Chapter 10 of book two will be covered. The teacher will provide additional handouts.

Students who successfully complete this course should be able to:

• Speak about holidays
• Meet and greet guests and hosts at an event
• Talk about Russian etiquette and hospitality
• Make a toast using formulaic expressions
• Use appropriate holiday greetings
• Use more complex time expressions
• Use imperfect imperatives to make an invitation
• Make hypothetical “would” statements
• Use the declensions of “each other”
• Recognize the differences between the Julian calendar and Russian Orthodox calendar

Textbook: Golosa: A Basic Course in Russian - Book 2 (5th edition)
ISBN: 978-0205214600

Russian Private Lessons:

We offer Russian language private lessons. Private lessons are $80 per hour for 1 to 4 students. We will schedule lessons based on the availability of the student(s) and teacher. Start dates are flexible. Please register at least 2 weeks before your first lesson.