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Russian for Beginners CEFR Level: A1

Author: Elena Khokhlova

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Coordinator: Erik L. Dostal

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Overview CA Institute’s Russian courses are designed for today’s students and professionals who are seeking to further expand their understanding of life, business and culture in Russia and over than fifteen Russian-speaking countries.

Goals To improve the level of students’ understanding of a foreign language and to get the students to use the language in an effective manner to succeed in basic communication in various general topics and daily life situations. To reach an A2 level according to the CEFR.

End of course “CAN DO” statements n I can do formal and informal greetings n I can talk about myself; introduce myself and others; meet new people. n I can say names, nationalities and names of countries and languages. n I can say the time of a day, days of the week, names of

Materials Rus’: a comprehensive course in Russian Russian in One’s Palm Russian Today Russian grammar reference chart

Other resources Flashcards, grammar tables, alphabet handwriting schoolbook, animations, projector, internet, dictionaries, special projects

Russian for Beginners

Syllabus M-F Open

Course duration: 36 lessons 90 minutes each

CEFR Level – A1

CEFR start: A1 CEFR end: A2 CA Institute of Languages E-Mail: [email protected]



months, basic numbers. n I can locate objects. n I can navigation in a city: streets, squares, public transport. n I can give directions: addresses and telephone numbers. n I can speak about study, work and leisure activities, daily routines. n I can say my likes, dislikes, feelings, wishes and necessities. n I can participate in a discussion n I can talk about professions, occupations, hobbies. n I can discuss problems. n I can talk about my Family. n I can read typed and handwritten texts and subtitles in Russian, understand information on schedules, business cards, titles, signs, flyers, advertisements. n I can write short texts and e-mails in Russian. n I can speak with others, introduce myself, find out about others, express personal opinions and feelings; find out basic information. n I can listen to and understanding public announcements, directions and others. n I can meet new people, exchange and obtain information; navigate through a city.

Prerequisites There are no special prerequisites for the Beginner course.

Requirements

It is necessary to be flexible and prepared. Please complete all assignments beforehand and bring the following to class:

1. Laptop 2. Articles, textbooks, your personal vocabulary and

homework

Milestones Weekly quizzes Homework Personal language portfolio Personal vocabulary Mid-course exam Final exam Certificate upon completion

Special activities

Weekend courses Intensives Movie night Much more… .



Topic Outline / Schedule

Important Note: Refer to the course calendar for specific meeting dates and times. Activity and assignment details will be explained in detail within each week's corresponding learning module. If you have any questions, please contact your instructor.

n Lesson 1

Get to know classmates and instructor. Course introduction. Go over course material and goals. General information about Russian. Cyrillic alphabet.

n Lesson 2

Russian alphabet: reading. Pronunciation: soft and hard vowels, soft and hard consonants, special consonants. Simple tongue twisters. Phrase “I have”. New vocabulary: First Russian words.

n Lesson 3

Russian alphabet: writing. Game with letters. Special letters. New vocabulary: Russian words beginning with typical Cyrillic letters. Reading abbreviations. Game with letters.

n Lesson 4

Formal and informal greeting. Russian names. Reading and pronunciation practice. Stress in simple words. Gender of nouns. New vocabulary: Countries of the world.

n Lesson 5

Game. Recap of Russian alphabet. Writing test. Stress in complex words. Gender of nouns. Reading practice. Asking “What is it?”. New vocabulary: Capitals of the world.

n Lesson 6

Reading and writing names of places. Grammar recap game. New vocabulary: Names of months. Russian verb “to be”. Personal pronouns.

n Lesson 7



Reading advertisements. Recap test on noun gender. Concept of cases. Hard and soft nouns. Nominative case of nouns. Reading dialogues. New vocabulary: Objects in classroom.

n Lesson 8

Writing game on new vocabulary. Constructing short dialogues. Spelling game. Reading titles and announcements. Locating objects. Giving directions.

n Lesson 9

Quiz on Nominative case of nouns (masculine, feminine, neutral gender, soft and hard groups of nouns). Intonation in a Russian sentence. New vocabulary: Time of a day, days of a week.

n Lesson 10

Adjectives. Genders of adjectives. Hard and soft adjectives. Connecting adjectives and nouns in Nominative case. Game. Advanced reading rules. Reading. New vocabulary: First Russian adjectives.

n Lesson 11

Test on the alphabet and stress: reading, writing and spelling. Presenting friends. New dialogues. Song “Babochka”: listening, writing down, reading aloud, translating and reading.

n Lesson 12

General recap: Nominative case of nouns and adjectives; pronouncing a tongue twister; reading and translating an advertisement or a ticket; preparing a dialogue in a group; listening and writing down some words from the vocabulary.

n Lesson 13

Greeting, identifying and leave-taking. Speaking about professions and occupations. Present tense of verbs. Negation. New vocabulary: Professions in nouns and verbs.

n Lesson 14

Groups of conjugations in present tense. Game about professions. Speaking about occupation. Counting. New Vocabulary: Numbers.

n Lesson 15

Presenting daily routine. Questions “where” and “when”. Locative case. Speaking about homeland. Present tense of irregular verbs.

n Lesson 16



Detailed daily routine. Asking about address. Giving directions (“where” and “where to”). Locative case. Game in groups. New Vocabulary: Places in my city.

n Lesson 17

Working with text about a city. Nouns in Nominative Plural. Working with map. Listening to Russian speech. Asking “how many?”. New vocabulary: First Adverbs.

n Lesson 18

Mid-course exam. Recap: present tense of regular and irregular verbs. Role play. Working with complex text. Intonations in a Russian sentence. Cultural awareness. Asking “what is it about?” with Locative case.

n Lesson 19

Quiz. Speaking about recent activities: past tense. Expressing like and dislike. Reading and comprehension. New Vocabulary: Adjectives vs. Adverbs.

n Lesson 20

Speaking about family members. Personal pronouns. Past and present tense. Game: then and now. Reading and retelling biographies. New Vocabulary: Family.

n Lesson 21

Game. Expressing feelings about recent cultural events. Accusative case. Basic constructions with indirect speech in present and past. Special cases of the past tense.

n Lesson 22

Reading and speaking about cultural background. Game. Imperfective and perfective forms of verbs. New Vocabulary: Geniuses and masterpieces.

n Lesson 23

Writing an e-mail. Recap on Nominative, Accusative and Locative cases. Likes, wishes and necessities. Game in groups: museum. New Vocabulary: IT.

n Lesson 24

Test (cases, plural in Nominative, present and past tenses, vocabulary). Text on double negation. Moving to and between locations. Game. New Vocabulary: Verbs of motion.

n Lesson 25



Scanning and word recognition. Reporting about texts in present and past. Direct and indirect speech. Numbers and cases. Genitive case. New Vocabulary: Public transport.

n Lesson 26

Game. Genitive case in plural. Adverbs and numbers with cases. Reading, translating and retelling a text. Speaking about time. New Vocabulary: Daily activities.

n Lesson 27

Quiz. Presenting a movie. More about Genitive plural. Imperfective verbs. Asking and answering “Why?”. Game in groups. Expressing possession. Declination of personal pronounces. Game: “I have/I don’t have”.

n Lesson 28

Test on Genitive case. Beginnings, middles and ends. Presenting a book or a movie. Reviewing verbs of motions and their cases. New Vocabulary: Literature and Cinema.

n Lesson 29

Game in groups. Verbs of motion and adverbs of time. Speaking about work. Regular and irregular activities. Listening to Russian speech. New Vocabulary: In the office.

n Lesson 30

Presentation of yourself. Interviewing others. Reflexive verbs. Structuring grammar: cases. Past tense of verbs. Game: moving between cities and countries.

n Lesson 31

Reviewing detailed biography: listening to and interview, reading the text, asking questions and writing down answers, retelling the text. Game, New Vocabulary: Life circle.

n Lesson 32

Plural forms of Accusative and Locative cases. Question game: tourists. Advanced activities with a map. Speaking about local curiosities. Reviewing complex texts.

n Lesson 33

Game: guide. Prepositions and cases. Locating objects. Instrumental case. Interests and hobbies. New Vocabulary: Travelling.

n Lesson 34



Recap: prepositions and cases. Interview game: daily routine. Complex numbers. Speaking about age. Cultural awareness. Listening to interview.

n Lesson 35

Test on prepositions and cases. Advanced verbs: present and past of perfective and imperfective verbs. Regular and special actions in time. Game. Listening comprehension. New Vocabulary: Nature and weather.

n Lesson 36

End of course exam. Presentation of a colleague. Game in a group: job interview. Listening comprehension: locating people in a map according to the spoken guidance. Game: funny questionnaire.

Notes:

Homework contains considerable parts of grammar and vocabulary, which are very important to gain and upgrade such skills as reading, writing, listening and speaking.

Useful Links

http://www.brown.edu/Departments/LRC/RU_writing/index.htm

http://languages.uchicago.edu/NativeHand/CyrillicQuickly/

http://masterrussian.com/start_learning.htm

http://learnrussian.rt.com/

http://english.franklang.ru/download/Frank_Russian_in_Ones_Palm.pdf

Mandatory Reading

SMYTH S., CROSBIE, E., (2002), RUS’: A Comprehensive Course in Russian Result Intermediate Student’s Book , Cambridge University Press.

Recommended Reading

FARMER, R., (2002), Beginner’s Russian: An Easy Introduct ion, Teach Yourself Books.



FLEMING, S., KAY, S., (2009), Colloquial Russian: The Complete Course for Beginners, Colloquial Series.

ZUBAKHIN V., (2010), First Russian Reader for Beginners, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.

ALEXANDROVA N., WATT A., (2012), Russian Handwrit ing : Propis i (Volume 1-4), CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.

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