Russian language program for advanced students
General description:
The course of Russian Language of the 2nd
Certification Level
corresponds to the third level according to the
European Standard of
competency in foreign language.

The classes develop the student's language
proficiency in the
following types:
Vocabulary and grammar;
Reading;
Writing;
Listening comprehension;
Spelling.

After this course students can pass the State
Certificate Test, Second
level. The course load is 720 instructional hours
(380 of general &
340 of professional language communication)/20-24
hours per week.
Also modifications are possible. The Student can
intensify any part of
the course (grammar, spoken language etc.) or can
combine the course
with other topics.

The content of the course:
Reading & commenting.
The program of this course is based on the
classical and modern
Russian Literature and includes historical,
cultural and language
aspects.
Modern Russian Mass Media
This course provides the acquaintance with
Russian papers and
magazines, reading and analysis of articles in
different fields of
modern life. Students observe the features of
publication style,
increase their vocabulary and even attempt their
own publication.
Topics covered include television, radio,
advertising, the music
industry, films, newspapers and journals.
Academic writing
During this course students study the technology
of creating different
kinds of scientific texts: theses, synopses,
reviews, articles,
annotations, using the special language of
Academic Russian.
Special courses such as Old Russian book, culture
and literature,
Russian Customs and Folklore, Reading and
Commenting of Modern Russian
Literature
Old Russian book, culture and literature.
Students get the possibility to read and study
old Slavonic texts
(episodes from chronicles, lives of saints, old
Russian poetry), to
observe the features of Church Slavonic language,
to realize the
mentality and traditions of that period, to see
real old Russian books
from the collections of local libraries.
Russian Customs and Folklore. It is kind of
language -literary-
cultural course which includes studying Russian
folk traditions in
connection with mentality (for example,
superstitions), reading folk
tales and legends, visiting museums.
Reading and Commenting of Modern Russian
Literature (Shukshin,
Astafiev, Petrushevskaja, Dovlatov, Pelevin).
Requirements:
Students wishing to participate must have
completed at least two years
of studies in the field of Russian language.

The terms of the course:
October, 2 - May, 25 (Christmas vacation December
23 - January 9)


Contact person:
Galina Parikhina (Ms)
Head of Department of Educational and Exchange
Programs
Northern European Open University
Petrozavodsk State University

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