Upon the successful completion of Russian 2, students will be able to:give a short description of their homes talk about the weather ask and give directionswrite short letters and messagesunderstand short written and audio messages

Russian 1

This course builds on the language topics covered in Russian 1. Therefore the following areas will be covered: phoneticsintonationnounadjectivepersonal and possessive pronouns: dat. sg., instr. sg. and gen. pl.verbs of motion without prefixesindication of timenumerals 1 - 1000government of the numeralsimperative of the verbsverbal aspect in future tense
Course participants will talk about the following topics:description of home small talkthe weather In addition, students will also conduct conversations in the following situations:telephone enquiries invitations (home, theatre, circus,...)asking and giving directions sightseeingasking for information on the underground railwaytseeing enquiries

Loos, Harald and Anatoli Berditschewski:Projekty - Ein Russischlehrwerk für Beruf und Alltag. Ismaning, Hueber Verlag, 42004.Hamann, Carola: Otlitschno! A1. Ismaning, Hueber Verlag, 2010.

Lecture and presentation, group work, pair work, role plays, learning games, blended learning, homework

Written exam (50%), oral exam (40%), active participation and homework (10%) according to CEFR (understanding, speaking, writing, grammar)