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| Module Availability |
| Semester 1 |
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| Assessment Pattern |
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Unit(s) of Assessment (SITS MAB)
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Weighting Towards Module Mark( %)
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Integrated skills portfolio
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60%
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Two hour examination
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40%
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Qualifying Condition(s)
A weighted aggregate of 40% is required to pass the module
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| Module Overview |
This is a Level 3 module for Russian. It is taught in the target language, in Semester 1, three contact hours per teaching week. Attendance is compulsory. |
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| Prerequisites/Co-requisites |
| Successful completion of HE2 Russian modules or equivalent |
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| Module Aims |
| To gain language skills at upper-intermediate level. It builds on the knowledge and competence acquired at HE2 and enables students to develop their competence in oral and written Russian. |
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| Learning Outcomes |
On successful completion of the module, students will:
- be able to communicate using a large variety of grammar structures and diverse vocabulary.
- have developed their competence in spontaneous speech (immediate reactions to situations, holding coversations and discussions, expressing opinions)
- have improved their reading and understanding
- have improved their listening and understanding
- accurate use of sufficient vocabulary in communication.
- accurate use of grammatical structures in communication
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| Module Content |
The following areas are indicative of topics to be covered:
- culture, history, ecology, social life, inerpersonal relations, profession, everyday situations.
- Each topic combines training in communication, comprehension and grammar.
- various aspects of everyday life in Russia, as well as issues of Russian culture and society.
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| Methods of Teaching/Learning |
| Teaching will be delivered in a combination of lectures, seminars and workshops. There will be opportunities for class discussion, group work and peer evaluation. Further guidance for independent study will be provided by the class tutor. There will be opportunities for formative feedback on a practice presentation and from written and spoken tasks set as homework. |
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| Selected Texts/Journals |
Set texts:
Khachaturova S. S. Russian Express . Communicative course of Russian. Intermediate level. Moscow: Moscow Linguistic Centre
Khavronina, S. A. and A.I. Shirochenskaya. Russian in Exercises. Moscow: Russkij jazyk.
Other materials to be supplied by module tutor. |
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| Last Updated |
| 15.4.11 |
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