Elementary Russian (101-2-1)

Instructors

Elisabeth M Elliott
847/491-8082
Kresge Hall, 3-305, 1880 Campus Dr.
Office Hours: Wednesdays 10am to 12pm and by appointment

Meeting Info

Kresge Centennial Hall 2-339: Tues, Thurs 10:00AM - 11:20AM

Overview of class

Welcome to continuing Elementary Russian! Elementary Russian 101-2 is the second part in a three-quarter sequence designed to introduce students to the Russian language and contemporary Russian culture. In this course, students will continue to develop the fundamentals of speaking, listening, writing, and reading through a variety of communicative and content-based activities. Emphasis will be placed on practical communication so that students should be able to function at a basic level in several authentic situations by the end of the year.

Registration Requirements

RUSSIAN 101-1 or equivalent

Learning Objectives

To have fun learning Russian through games, virtual excursions in Russia, online asynchronous activities, and self-selected topics for projects and assignments; To continue building on conversing and communicating on a variety (family and friends, self, interests, etc) of non-technical topics at the beginning/novice level; To navigate and negotiate the Russian Internet in Russian; To view things from multiple perspectives: one of the great benefits of learning a foreign language is the opportunity to see the world from the perspective of a foreign culture. You'll learn not to merely see Russia through your own native perspective but begin to understand how Russian speakers see the world; To learn about the very diverse ethnic make-up of Russia and Russian speakers outside of Russia (China, Israel, US, Canada, Central Asia, other parts of Europe).

Class Materials (Required)

https://mezhdunami.org/ free and online