Russian – Level 1 UVIC Course

This course will help you to discover introductory concepts of the Russian language such as the alphabet, pronunciation, intonation, formal/informal styles of communication, grammar, vocabulary, as well as how to make full sentences and ask questions. Through a communicative approach, you will actively learn basic Russian by using four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. In this engaging and practical course, you will participate in a wide variety of fun classroom activities, watch videos and learn about Russian culture.

Learning objectives

At the end of this course, students will be able to:

• recite Cyrillic letters of Russian alphabet
• understand the phonetic system of Russian voiced and voiceless, hard, and soft consonants
• understand the concept of vowel reduction in Russian
• apply the concept of stress in words and use 4 types of Russian intonation
• distinguish between cursive and non-cursive writing
• form statements /questions using animated/non-animated pronouns кто/что
• understand and use the concept of noun gender (feminine, masculine, neuter) and plural/singular
• recognize and distinguish formal and informal greetings (‘ты’ and ‘вы’)
• introduce yourself (name, surname, occupation, origin, current city, friends, family members)
• ask about one’s name, surname, occupation, origin, current city
• count from 0-100; read telephone numbers, postal codes and address’
• list the days of the week, months, today’s date, and time
• form sentences using simple negations
• answer questions about spoken languages
• conjugate verbs быть (to be), говорить (to speak), работать (work), жить (work), читать (read)