Russian Beginners (part 3)

Complete your beginners knowledge of Russian with our third and final beginners module, part 3.

In part 3, we will cover topics including talking about your hometown, sporting activities and hobbies. Your understanding of Russian grammar will also improve, as we examine the perfect and imperfect aspects of verbs and declension of personal pronouns.

Using a combination of activities and new learning techniques, you’ll improve your written and conversational skills.

Part 3 is the last of three beginners modules, taught at progressive level. By the end of the course, you’ll be communicating at CEFR A1 level of the Common European Framework of language learning.

Who is it for?

You should have studied Russian at beginners level for approximately 40 hours. It is the next step if you have finished part 2 or if you are familiar with the content in parts 1 and 2. See the eligibility section for more details.

Timetable

Lessons take place once a week at 18:30 for two hours for 10 weeks.

Benefits

• Complete your beginners knowledge and communicate at CEFR A1 level
• Learn as alongside a small group of peers
• Taught by qualified native speakers.

By the end of this course, you will be able to

• describe yourself and your family
• learn the story of “Ruslan book”
• describe rooms in the house and talk about your hometown
• count ordinal numbers.

Grammar

• instrumental singular of nouns
• nouns in dative, instrumental and prepositional plural
• declension of personal pronouns
• adjectives in the accusative singular
• the use of dative to express age
• consolidation of reflexive nouns
• the perfective and imperfective aspect of verbs.

You will be awarded an official City, University of London certificate on completion of the course if you attend over 70 per cent of the classes. The course is not formally accredited.

Teaching

Your activities will include pair work, group work and role-play, as well as regular discussion in class. You will work on pronunciation and intonation and learn about grammar in context.

Assessment

Our tutors will set weekly homework to help you practise what you have learned in class.

You should have studied Russian for approximately 40 hours.

This course is the right level for you if you can:

• talk about your leisure time and invite someone to a restaurant
• count higher numbers
• discuss likes and dislikes
• understand the present tense of the verb говорить.

English requirements

You will need a good level of spoken and written English to enrol on this course.