Learning of the Russian Language variant “0” III

obligatory courses

Student should pass the exam on the subject: Learning of the Russian language II variant “0”. The indispensable condition is to master General Russian within the subjects referring to everyday life (home, family, education, professional issues)

The classes are aimed to develop and polish communication skills: comprehension listening, speaking, reading and writing within the lexical, morphological and syntactical material defined for B1 level according to CEFR as well as to communicative and linguistic competence within the subjects referring to everyday life: person’s appearance, person’s character and temperament, human health.

Lexical topics:

1. Person’s appearance (physical characteristics; canons of beauty in the past and today; beauty care, cosmetics; plastic surgery, the appearance of the man of success - politician, businessman, TV star; fashion; dress culture).

2. Person’s character. Types of temperament (features of character - advantages and disadvantages; types of temperament; zodiac signs and horoscopes; character shaping, personality development; the character of the nation, national stereotypes; characteristics of various social groups).

3. Human health. Names of body parts and internal organs. Well-being and health. Diseases and their symptoms. Health care system. Polyclinic. Names of medical specialties. A visit to the doctor, an ambulance call, outpatient and hospital treatment. Hospital, clinic. Medicines and treatments. Prophylaxis. Healthy lifestyle.

Grammar material:

I. Qualitative, relative and possessive adjectives.

1. Grammatical forms of hard and soft-stem adjectives of all three genders in singular and plural.

2. Undeclined adjectives.

3. Compound adjectives.

4. Hypocoristic forms of adjectives.

5. Degrees of comparison of adjectives.

6. Short forms of adjectives.

7. Compatibility of short forms of adjectives.

8. Short forms of adjectives in the function of a predicate.

9. Full forms of adjectives in group of predicatives.

II. The use of adverbial clauses of cause.

1. A. Gołubiewa, Kowalska N., Ćwiczenia z gramatyki praktycznej języka rosyjskiego, cz. 1 i2, Warszawa 1999.

2. D. Samek, N. Kowalska, Praktyczna gramatyka języka rosyjskiego, REA, Warszawa 2004.

3. M.Kossakowska-Maras, M.Mierzwa, Znakomimsia s Rossijej, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego, Rzeszów 2009

4. I.S.Kostina, N.N.Aleksandrowa, T.I.Aleksandrow, J.B.Bogosłowskaja, Pierspiektiwa, wypusk 1-5, Izdatielstwo „Złatoust” Sankt-Pietierburg 1995-2000.

5. N.A.Markina, Ju.E. Prochorow, My pochoży, no my raznyje, Russkij jazyk. Kursy, Moskwa 2004

6. A.Pado, Czitaj, piszy, gowori! Podręcznik do języka rosyjskiego, część I i II, Wydawnictwa Szkolne i Pedagogiczne, Warszawa 1998.

7. Additional educational supplies worked out by the lecturers conducting a class. The articles from magazines. Internet.

KNOWLEDGE

1. The student knows language devices enabling him/her to formulate phonetically, morphologically, syntactically, lexically and grammatically correct elaborate oral and writing statements and knows how to use them in verbal communication within the scope of all the course material

2. The student knows and understands on the basic level the relations and interdependence in the process of learning the language as well as the culture of given linguistic region

3. The student knows and understands on the basic level the rules of converting written text into oral statement and oral statement into written text

SKILLS

1. The student can participate in the conversation and discussion on the subjects expected by the program

2. The student can form short oral and written statements (dialogue, description, story) within the scope of all the course material

3. The student can work both individually and in group

SOCIAL COMPETENCES

1. The student is ready to acknowledge the importance of knowledge for developing his/her own interests related to the improvement of Russian

2. The student is ready to accepts a variety of attitudes, opinions and arguments in interpersonal relations

Assessment of the course:

- presence and active participation in classes,

- systematic preparation for the assigned material,

- preparing homeworks and control works on time,

- active participation in preparation for presentations, speeches, projects.

In order to obtain a credit the following criteria are taken into account:

- achieving the assumed learning outcomes covering all relevant aspects - 5,0 (very good grade)

- achieving the assumed learning outcomes covering all relevant aspects with a small number of errors or inaccuracies - 4,5 (good plus)

- achieving the assumed learning outcomes not taking into account some (less important) aspects - 4,0 (good grade)

- achieving the assumed learning outcomes, omitting some important aspects and with significant inaccuracies - 3,5 (satisfactory plus)

- achieving the assumed learning outcomes, omitting important aspects or with serious inaccuracies - 3,0 (satisfactory)

- no achievement of the assumed learning outcomes - 2,0 (unsatisfactory)

The components of assessment:

- continuous assessment (the current preparation for classes and activities) - 30%

- control tests during the semester - 35%

- presentations, speeches, projects – 35%

Criteria for the assessment of written statement:

a/ compliance of the statements with the topic,

b/ compliance of the statement with the required form,

c/ composition,

d/ the length of work,

e/ richness of vocabulary,

f/ linguistic correctness.

Criteria for the assessment of oral statement:

a/ compliance of the statements with the topic,

b/ cohesion and fluency of speech,

c/ richness of vocabulary,

d/ linguistic correctness,

e/ correct pronunciation.

The student has the right to 2 unexcused absences, each subsequent one requires justification. The lecturer decides on the recognition of absence.

Exceeding excused and unexcused absences by 50% of classes may be grounds to fail the course. The conditions for passing the course on the resit exam are the same as on the ordinary of exam.

If it is not possible to conduct classroom classes, classes will be conducted using distance communication tools, most likely Google Classroom and others recommended by the University of Warsaw.

No professional training within the subject.