• Offered by School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics
  • ANU College ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Course subject Russian
  • Areas of interest International Relations, Asian Studies, Central Asia Studies, European Studies, Language Studies
  • Academic career UGRD
  • Course convener
    • Dr Ksenia Gnevsheva
  • Mode of delivery In Person
  • Co-taught Course
  • Offered in Second Semester 2024
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In this second introductory course students continue to develop basic listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in the Russian language. Students are introduced to further aspects of life and culture of the Russian-speaking societies. The course incorporates principles of communicative and task-based language teaching.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

  1. engage in simple communication of predictable content in spoken and written Russian about topics covered in the course;
  2. read and understand more complex texts;
  3. listen to/watch and understand more complex audio and video extracts; and
  4. demonstrate an understanding of further aspects of life and culture of the Russian speaking societies, including basic principles of culturally appropriate Russian language use.

Indicative Assessment

  1. Homework and participation (10) [LO 1,2,3,4]
  2. Assessment 1 (may include an oral and written component) (30) [LO 1,2,3,4]
  3. Assessment 2 (may include an oral and written component) (30) [LO 1,2,3,4]
  4. Assessment 3 (may include an oral and written component) (30) [LO 1,2,3,4]

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Workload

130 hours of total student learning time made up from:

a) 48 hours of contact over 12 weeks, including recorded/online and tutorial activities,

b) 82 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.

Inherent Requirements

Not applicable

Requisite and Incompatibility

To enrol in this course you must have completed RUSS1003, or have equivalent level of language proficiency as demonstrated by placement test, or with permission of the convener.

Prescribed Texts

Not applicable

Assumed Knowledge

Students should have an assumed language proficiency equivalent to the successful completion of RUSS1003.

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you 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). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees

Student Contribution Band:
1
Unit value:
6 units

If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found 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
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2024 $4080
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2024 $5280
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

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.

Second Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
7650 22 Jul 2024 29 Jul 2024 31 Aug 2024 25 Oct 2024 In Person N/A

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