On the intermediate level, students will acquire knowledge and develop skills in the areas of listening, speaking, reading, writing, and culture. C. Detailed Description of Conduct of Course Class instruction focusses on communication practice utilizing the situations, communication tasks, vocabulary, culture, and grammar introduced in a given chapter.
Class is conducted almost exclusively in the target language.
D. Goals and Objectives of the Course Students will develop language skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing necessary for every day life in a Russian speaking country. They can supply information on simple forms and documents, and write about some personal interests in letters or in a diary format. They will be able to produce most Russian sounds and sound sequences correctly with good stress and intonational patterns. E. Assessment Measures Speaking progress will be evaluated in oral interviews. Written homework assignments and test exercises provide a basis for the evaluation of writing progress.