Students will study the Russian alphabet, numbers, greetings, the politeness system, directions and places in the city, family members and professions. Throughout the course students will learn to use basic sentence structures to express present and future actions, describe themselves and their families, to ask and answer simple questions about people, weather, hobbies, and occupations. Grammatical topics introduced in LR9001 include pronouns, cases, verb conjunctions and question forms.
Through the use of authentic texts and audio-visual materials the students’ knowledge of the culture in Russia and Russian speaking countries will also be enhanced and expanded.
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Year Taken: AY 20/21, Sem 1
Oral 1 – 15% Pairs/group, marked individually
Quiz 1 – 15% Individual
Written – 30% Individual
Pair/Group oral – 20% Group, marked individually
eWorksheets – 10% Individual
Class participation – 10% IndividualWhile it may not be the easiest language class (hello cyrillic letters), the curriculum is suitable for complete beginners. I remember spending the first 2-3 weeks reciting the sounds of the various Russian alphabets before delving into the words. Tests were relatively doable and straightforward. I saw a scholar getting 98/100 for the Written paper so I think the difficulty can be gauged from there. (I scored about 70-ish? Careless mistakes included). eWorksheets (i.e online worksheets to be done after finishing a chapter) were pretty easy.
For oral 1, we were tested in groups and we had to answer 2-3 questions that will be asked by the tutor. After that, we had to read a dialogue that is completely in Russian. Before the oral 1, She gave a LOT of hints by asking us different questions in Russian before every lesson. Those questions later came out during the oral exams. For the group oral, we had to craft out a 7-10 mins skit in Russian. The tutor was very nice and approachable, and she does take memes very well. A lot of us liked to crack Russia-related jokes during classes and she usually goes along with them.
(not sure how many times I internally sighed in class from the sheer amount of Putin jokes)I found this elective easier to deal with as compared to German, mainly because of the teaching style I suppose. хахаThis review was reposted with the kind permission of Pressing Realities. Originally published at https://pressingrealities.wordpress.com/2020/11/19/ntu-modules-review-for-ay20-21-y2s1/
June 29, 2021
