2024 Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Second foreign language courses
Russian Conversation: Intermediate Course 2
- Academic unit or major
- Second foreign language courses
- Instructor(s)
- Elena Okano
- Class Format
- Exercise (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-6 Wed
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- LAL.R242
- Number of credits
- 010
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 17, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course is designed for students who have learned Russian about a half or 1year. This course will provide conversation training in Russian.
The aim of this course is to develop oral skills, so that students will be able to communicate effectively in various everyday situations, speak about themselves, talk about their opinion and various topics of Russian and Japanese cultures.
In this course students develop conversation skills learned in Russian Conversation: Intermediate Course1.
Course description and aims
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) communicate in various everyday situations, 2)speak about themselves, 3) talk their opinion, 4) talk about various topics of Russian and Japanese cultures.
Keywords
Russian, conversation, communication
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
At the beginning of each class, students learn model dialogues in videos and audio CDs. Using these materials and handouts provided by the instructor, the instructor and students practice conversation in Russian.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | The course schedule will be determined through discussions held among students and the instructor. | Be able to communicate in more advanced phrases. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
None required.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Course materials are provided during class.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Students will be assessed on the works in classes.
Related courses
- LAL.R241 ： Russian Conversation: Intermediate Course 1
- LAL.R243 ： Russian Conversation: Intermediate Course 3
- LAL.R244 ： Russian Conversation: Intermediate Course 4
Prerequisites
Students are required to master basic Russian grammar.