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RUS-1010: Beginners course in written and oral Russian Work Load
20 credits (ECTS) | Type of course
Theoretical subject. | Level of course/Year of study
Normally first or second year. | Language of instruction
Scandinavian languages and Russian | Examination semester
Spring | Objectives
The student will acquire the main features of modern Russian grammar and pronunciation which will enable him/her to read and write simple texts and carry simple conversations in Russian. | Contents
This is an introductory course to Russian which gives an overview of modern Russian grammar and pronunciation.
Required previous qualifications/ courses: University admission certification.
Recommended previous qualifications/ courses:
No prior knowledge of Russian is required in order to take this course, but a completed EXF-0720 including the course in linguistics is an advantage. | Form of teaching
Forms of teaching are lectures and exercises, including exercises in the language laboratory. Students will submit and receive feedback on translation assignments every week.
Teaching consists of approximately 10-14 hours per week for 18 weeks.
The literature will be in English and Scandinavian languages.
Language of instruction: Norwegian and Russian | Coursework requirements
8 av 12 oversettelsesoppgaver
| Exam and assessment
Coursework Requirements:
12 out of 18 translation assignments must be submitted by the weekly deadline and be assessed as a pass.
Assessment method:
The examination consists of two parts:
a) A 3-hour written school exam at the end of the semester
b) An oral exam of 15-30 minutes at the end of the semester
The written examination consists of the translation of two unfamiliar texts of totally approximately 250 words - one translation from Norwegian into Russian and one from Russian into Norwegian. The oral exam consists of one or more of the following components:
a) A simple conversation in Russian
b) The student reads an unfamiliar text in Russian
c) The student answers questions to the unfamiliar text, in Russian
d) The student translates the unfamiliar text into Norwegian
The written exam counts for 70%, and the oral for 30%, of the final grade.
Performance in the course will be assessed with the grades A-F.
Exam language(s): Norwegian and Russian | Date(s) of written examination
29.05.2006
The exam date is preliminary and may be subject to change. Definitive exam date will be announced on the notice boards at the faculties in the beginning of May for the spring semester and in the beginning of November for the autumn semester. | Contact person/lecturer
Margje Post. Tel. 776 44751
E-mail: margje.post@hum.uit.no | Recommended reading/syllabus
Available on request |
Teaching spring 2006
Første forelesning: Mandag 09. januar kl 1015, rom B 1003 | | Forelesning | Ingen undervisning i uke 15
| | Grammatikk | Foreleser Margje Hanne Kristien Post
Foreleser David Pineda Dijkerman
| | Øvelser | Forelesere: Margje Post og Erlend Hagan
Foreleser Margje Hanne Kristien Post
| | Muntlig | Foreleser F.lektor Olga A Komarova
Foreleser Margje Hanne Kristien Post
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