Prerequisite: Russian Level 2 or equivalent/a placement test with the teacher
Overall Goals:

1. This course is a continuation of Russian Conversation – Level 2. Students will enrich knowledge of Russian vocabulary and grammar and improve their listening, speaking, and reading skills. Topics covered earlier will be revised and extended, and new themes introduced will develop students’ understanding of Russian culture.
2. The primary focus of the course is an expansion of your communicative skills in Russian. Through a variety of individual and group exercises, students will be able to communicate on a wide range of everyday issues.

Intended Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this course, students will be able to:

• At the end of the course students will be able to express themselves, in brief oral exchanges, to give an opinion or to give information of an event.

Methodology:

• Pronunciation activities
• Vocabulary activities
• Modelling and practising short conversations
• Pair and group activities
• Listening activities
• Reading activities
• Grammar activities and games

Required Material :

• Headphones and an external microphone
• High-speed stable internet connection
• Access to a computer with a minimum of Windows 7 or Mac G5
• Book :

  Title : Sputnik: An Introductory Russian Language Course, Part II
  Author : Julia Rochtchina
  Price : Approximately price of $44.55 CDN ($24.83 Kindle Edition)
  
  Available at : Amazon.ca
  Kindle Edition
  
  OR
  Hard Cover

***Students can choose to purchase either an e-book, or a paperback , but not both.

**The purchase of books should only take place after the first class.