2025/2026





Russian 1
Type:
Mago-Lego
Delivered by:
School of Foreign Languages
When:
1-4 module
Online hours:
20
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Anastasia Solomonova
Language:
English
Contact hours:
168
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This course is designed for those students who do not have experience in learning Russian as a Foreign Language. When mastering the discipline «Russian 1", the student will obtain basic knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar of the Russian language, develop the basic language skills of writing, reading, listening and speaking.
Learning Objectives
- The formation and development of foreign language communicative competence at the A2 level, which presupposes the student's readiness and ability to engage in everyday communication in Russian in domestic and socio-cultural communicative situations, and academic communication in the simplest communicative situations.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Understand individual words and some phrases/sentences in spoken and written Russian texts typical of everyday communication.
- Interpret individual ideas, fragments, and sentences from spoken and written texts in Russian, including those typical of the academic sphere.
- Create simple, short spoken and written texts in Russian, clearly expressing thoughts using mostly simple sentences.
- Participate in a simple conversation in Russian, including one typical of the academic sphere.
- Connect several short sentences into a simple oral and written statement in Russian in terms of content.
- Engage in a simple conversation by asking/answering simple questions and responding to the interlocutor's speech with basic phrases in Russian.
Course Contents
- Section 1
- Section 2
- Section 3
- Section 4
- Section 5
- Section 6
- Section 7
- Section 8
- Section 9
- Section 10
- Section 11
- Section 12
- Section 13
- Section 14
- Section 15
- Section 16
- Section 17
- Section 18
- Section 19
- Section 20
- Section 21
Assessment Elements
- Classroom WorkThis assessment component evaluates the student's use of a foreign language to solve various communicative tasks during direct interaction between the teacher and students in the classroom, including based on prepared homework.
- Current Control Module 1Current control is conducted in an in-class format and includes 8 to 10 elements. The final grade is the arithmetic mean of all current assessment elements. The final grade is not rounded.
- Current Control Module 2Current assessment is conducted in an in-class format and includes 8 to 10 elements. The final grade is the arithmetic mean of all current assessment elements. The final grade is not rounded.
- Current Control Module 3Current assessment is conducted in an in-class format and includes 10 to 12 elements. The final grade is the arithmetic mean of all current assessment elements. The final grade is not rounded.
- Current Control Module 4Current control is conducted in an auditorium format and includes 10 to 12 elements. The final grade is the arithmetic mean of all current assessment elements. The final grade is not rounded.
- Final Written WorkThis assessment element evaluates the student's level of lexical and grammatical skills, listening and reading skills, and proficiency in written speech for solving various communicative tasks.
- Oral ExamThis assessment component evaluates the student's level of oral proficiency in solving various communicative tasks
Interim Assessment
- 2025/2026 2nd module0.1 * Classroom Work + 0.25 * Current Control Module 1 + 0.25 * Current Control Module 2 + 0.15 * Final Written Work + 0.25 * Oral Exam
- 2025/2026 4th module0.1 * Classroom Work + 0.25 * Current Control Module 3 + 0.25 * Current Control Module 4 + 0.15 * Final Written Work + 0.25 * Oral Exam
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Дорога в Россию. 1: (Элементарный уровень), Антонова, В. Е., 2016
- Дорога в Россию. 2: (Базовый уровень), , 2016
- Русский язык как иностранный (A1–A2) : учебник для вузов / Г. В. Корнева, Е. Е. Герасимова, З. М. Ким, Ж. С. Шишканова. — Москва : Издательство Юрайт, 2025. — 286 с. — (Высшее образование). — ISBN 978-5-534-13760-6. — Текст : электронный // Образовательная платформа Юрайт [сайт]. — URL: https://urait.ru/bcode/567495 (дата обращения: 03.04.2025).
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Поехали! Русский язык для взрослых. Начальный курс. 1.1: Рабочая тетрадь, Чернышов, С. И., 2019
- Поехали! Русский язык для взрослых. Начальный курс. 1.1: Учебник, Чернышов, С. И., 2019
- Поехали! Русский язык для взрослых. Начальный курс. 1.2: Рабочая тетрадь, Чернышов, С. И., 2019
- Поехали! Русский язык для взрослых. Начальный курс. 1.2: Учебник, Чернышов, С. И., 2019