Grade Level:
Sophomore/Junior/Senior
Length:
One Year
Credit:
1.0 per Year
Pass/Fail option
Prerequisite:
None
Special Note: This course is not open to students with prior experience in Russian.
In this course, students are expected to master the Cyrillic alphabet in order to develop proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students are also expected to master Russian penmanship. Topics revolve around the students' immediate world, including self, family, friends, home communities, interests, food, professions, health, transportation, holidays, and seasons. Students build good pronunciation and listening skills by reading simple, authentic texts. In addition, this course seeks to develop and enhance an understanding of Russian culture.
Unit One: Русский алфавитRussian
Alphabet
Vocabulary: Reading and writing the Cyrillic alphabet
Unit Two: Встречи
и прощанияGreetings
and Farewells
Vocabulary: Greetings and farewells
Grammar: Personal pronouns
Culture: Formal vs. informal you, greeting etiquette
Unit Three: СемьяFamily
Vocabulary: Family members, pets
Grammar: Possessive adjectives, gender of nouns, accusative and
genitive cases of personal pronouns
Culture: Имена-отчества
Unit Four: Числа/времяNumbers/Time
Vocabulary: Numbers 1-100
Grammar: Dative case of personal pronouns
Culture: 24-hour clock, Russian grading system
Unit Five: ПрилагательныеAdjectives
Vocabulary: Colors, adjectives to describe external and internal
characteristics, age descriptions
Grammar: Adjective-noun agreement
Individual Video Assessment: Family Presentation
Unit Six: ЕдаFood
Vocabulary: Foods, drinks, eating verbs, descriptive adjectives
for foods and drinks
Grammar: First conjugation verbs, second conjugation verbs, accusative
case of singular nouns, adjectives and possessive pronouns, irregular verbs
i.e. хотеть и есть,
use of infinitives with double verbs.
Culture: Russian eating habits and foods specific to Russia
Partner Video Assessment: Presentation on food preferences and habits
Unit Seven: ПрофессииProfessions
Vocabulary: Professions, places of work, related verbs
Grammar: Prepositional case of singular nouns, adjectives, and possessive
pronouns, reflexive verbs, "овать/евать"
verbs, past tense of intransitive verbs
Unit Eight: Дом
и квартираHouse
and Apartment
Vocabulary: Basic furniture, rooms in a house or apartment, personal
hygiene verbs, different types of buildings, related verbs
Grammar: Masculine prepositional in -у, genitive case of singular
nouns, adjectives and possessive pronouns
Culture: Typical Russian apartment and the concept of дача
Unit Nine: Свободное
времяFree Time
Vocabulary: Sports, musical instruments, related verbs, adverbs
for feelings
Grammar: Dative case of personal pronouns, impersonal constructions,
adjective-adverbial pairs, нравиться
vs. любить
Culture: Typical Russian free time activities
Unit Ten: Части
тела и здоровьеParts
of the Body & Health
Vocabulary: Parts of the body, illnesses, related verbs
Grammar: Review of the dative case of personal pronouns and impersonal
constructions
Culture: Hospitals and clinics, Celsius vs. Fahrenheit
Unit Eleven: Погода,
времена года,
месяцы и дни
неделиWeather,
Seasons, Months, & Days of the Weeks
Vocabulary: Weather, seasons, days of the week, months, ordinal
numbers
Grammar: Genitive case of months, compound sentence structure
Culture: Russian calendar
Unit Twelve: ПраздникиHolidays
Vocabulary: Holidays, related verbs
Grammar: Dative case of singular nouns, adjectives, possessive pronouns
Culture: Russian holidays
Group Video Assessment: Creation and celebration of a new holiday
Unit Thirteen: Город
и транспортCity
& Transportation
Vocabulary: Places around town, modes of transportation
Grammar: Nominative plural of nouns and adjectives, accusative vs.
prepositional, verbs of motion (walking and riding), imperative forms of
all verbs, instrumental case of singular nouns, adjectives, and possessive
pronouns
Culture: Slides of Russian cities, modes of transportation in Russia
Partner Video Assessment: Presentation on hometown or any city