This course provides an introduction to the basics of the Russian language for the purpose of reading and comprehension. It is designed to meet the needs of later-year undergraduates, especially those in Honours programs, whose research and projects require them to acquire a reading knowledge of Russian in a short time. The course covers the Cyrillic script and the fundamentals of the Russian sound system, and develops basic reading skills through the analysis of simple sentences and grammatical and syntactic structures. It provides an understanding of the workings of Russian inflections, while building a core vocabulary centred largely on international words.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to:- Read materials containing elementary Russian grammatical structures with the help of a dictionary
- Understand the fundamentals of Russian grammar so as to analyse simple sentences
- Understand the fundamentals of the Russian sound system, so as to decode the Cyrillic script accurately
- Translate simple Russian sentences and texts with the help of a dictionary
Indicative Assessment
Weekly quizzes, 3 hours per week (20%) [Learning Outcomes 1-4]
Test One, duration 3 hours (10%) [Learning Outcomes 1-4]
Test Two, duration 3 hours (20%) [Learning Outcomes 1-4]
Final 3-hour examination (50%) [Learning Outcomes 1-4] HURDLE exam
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Workload
130 hours of total student learning time made up from:a) 36 hours of online activity including 6 hours of tests
b) up to 94 hours of independent student research, reading and writing (these may include optional 12 hours of tutorials).
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
Recommended: Nicholas J. Brown, The New Penguin Russian Course, Harmondsworth, 1996; The Oxford Russian Minidictionary; edited by Della Thompson, revised 1997.Preliminary Reading
Nicholas J. Brown, The New Penguin Russian Course, Harmondsworth, 1996;
The Oxford Russian Minidictionary; edited by Della Thompson, third edition 2006.
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 1
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2017 | $2856 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2017 | $4080 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
First Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2069 | 20 Feb 2017 | 27 Feb 2017 | 31 Mar 2017 | 26 May 2017 | Online | N/A |