Weekly essays, a midterm and a final are required. Longer and more demanding texts are read in 352 than in 351, and an initial fluency in reading is expected. No credit granted to those who have completed 403. Russian 401 is offered during the Fall Term and Russian 402 during the Winter Term of every academic year. Work in grammar covers Russian verbal prefixes and aspects, a review of the verbs of motion, participles and verbal adverbs.
Progress is checked by examinations and term papers.
Analysis of Contemporary Spoken Russian. Russian 415 is offered Fall Term and Russian 416 is offered Winter Term every academic year. Russian 415 and 416 emphasize difficult aspects of the Russian language, such as colloquial Russian, idioms and set phrases, use of the polite form in Russian speech, and practical stylistics as an instrument of style, synonymy of short and long adjectival forms, use of particles in spoken Russian, and analysis of different styles. Progress is checked by term paper. Students read short stories by different Russian authors, plays, articles from newspapers and magazines, and write compositions and give oral reports.