Students will receive an introduction to Russian and acquire a basic active command of the language with a balanced emphasis on 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. As regards speaking, students will begin to communicate on a basic level with learned material in predictable situations. Students' listening skills will enable them to recognize learned material and some other words and phrases when strongly supported by context. As regards reading, students will be able to identify learned material without assistance and to understand some new material when strongly supported by cognates, context, or dictionary assistance. In writing, students will be able to produce isolated words and phrases from learned material.