High School Russian 4A and 4B
High School Russian 4A and 4B is designed for students who have mastered the language skills in Elementary Russian. Students are usually prepared for study in Russia after they have completed this level. Students learn to operate in basic social and cultural environments in Russia through the use of authentic materials: film, poetry, stories, video, ads, proverbs, tails, food, and song. Conversational skills needed on the telephone, train, hotel and other daily situations; listening and reading skills such as mass media and classical Russian literature are studied. Course offers more emphasis on practical grammar with its immediate activation in conversations. Classes are centered on the textbook Welcome Back: Russian Stage Two, an integrated Russian language program based on a video series that take students to Moscow to follow the new adventures and misadventures of Russian college student Tania, her friends and family.
Prerequisite: HS Russian 3B or approval by BSN Instructor
Enduring Understanding
- Students at the end of the semester will have improved functional competence in speaking, listening, reading and writing Russian.
- They will be able to have conversations in Russian; understand native speaker who speaks slowly and clearly; read and retell short Russian stories and have significant Russian cultural knowledge.
- In terms of the ACTFL proficiency scale, the aim of this course is to provide the learner with the tools necessary for attaining a solid Intermediate Mid Level proficiency.
Course Design
Using the distance learning technology available to students and instructor, this course seeks to provide students with the necessary tools to learn Russian language at the intermediate level of study. Through practicing speaking, listening and writing in Russian, they will gain a solid knowledge of Russian language which will give them a rudimentary knowledge in both written and spoken Russian.
Additional Resources Needed
Required Textbooks:
- Irina Dolgova, Cynthia Martin (2010) Welcome Back; Russian Stage Two. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company: Dubuque, Iowa. Third Edition Contains a textbook, two student workbooks (one for each semester), DVD and two audio CDs. ISBN-13: 978-0-7575-6343-0
Publisher's website
Required Technology:
- Computer that meets the minimum system requirements listed on the Live Classroom page
- Internet connection (Broadband preferred)
- Headset with microphone combination
- E-mail account (recommended)
- Printer
- Scanner
- DVD Player (in PC or consumer player)
- Web camera for computer (recommended
- Writing tablet (recommended)- Bamboo [Small] Pen tablet with pen only - $70 - from Amazon.com)
Content Topics
Unit 1
Expressions: “быть в гостях”, “ходить в гости”, The preposition: - “по”, Review of Instrumental case, Expressing certainty/doubt, Intonation Construction 5, Reciprocal action (expressed by reflexive particle: “-ся”) , The conjunction: “о том, что”, Imperfective to indicate urgency, immediacy, Indefinite articles: “-то”, “-нибудь”
Unit 2
“Уже” and “eщё”, Negation in past & future, Genitive plural review, Expressing obligation: “должен, должна, должны”, Reported speech: commands, requests, wishes
Unit 3
Descriptions with “c”+ Instrumental, First person imperative , Expressing necessity with: “нужен, нужна, нужно, нужны”, Construction: “мне нужно”+ infinitive, Verbs: “заходить-зайти, заезжать-заехать” (to stop by, to pick up), Constructions for accepting and turning down invitations
Unit 4
Review of demonstrative pronoun: “весь, вся, всё, все”, Clauses of purpose introduced by: “чтобы”, Static verbs: “стоять, висеть, лежать, сидеть”, Causative verbs: “класть, ставить, вешать”, Giving compliments about clothing: “кому что идёт”, Un-prefixed verbs of motion in past, The verb: “лететь-летать” (to fly)
Unit 5
Construction: “я не успел/а..., и ...”, Impersonal construction: “как тебе не...”, Use of “чтобы” to express wishes, Constructions to describe personal appearance and clothing, Constructions for proposing toasts, Demonstrative: “сам, сама, само, сами”
Assessments
- Attendance: 10%
- Class Participation 10%
- Homework: 10%
- 4 Tests 40% (10% each)
- Final Exam 30%