Høst 2019

RUS-3041 Practical Russian 1 - 5 stp

The course is administrated by

Institutt for språk og kultur

Type of course

This course is intended for students in the Master`s Degree Programme in Literature, the Master`s Degree Programme in Language, the Master¿s Degree Programme in Russian studies and the Master`s Degree Programme in Language and Social Studies with integrated practical-educational training. This course may be taken as a single course by students who meet the admission requirements for the Master`s Degree Programme in Russian language. For more information, please contact the Student Advisor.

Course overlap

RUS-3040 Practical written and oral Russian 2 5 stp

Course contents

Translation of relatively difficult texts into Russian, with practical grammar and oral practice in Russian.

Application deadline

Applicants from Nordic countries: 1 June for the spring semester and 1 December for the autumn semester. Applicants from outside the Nordic countries: 1 October for the spring semester and 15 April for the autumn semester.

Admission requirements

This course is intended for students in the Master`s Degree Programme in Literature, the Master`s Degree Programme in Language, and the Master`s Degree Programme in Language and Social Studies with integrated practical-educational training.

The course may be taken as a single course by students who meet the admission requirements for the Master`s Degree Programme in Russian Language. For more information, please contact the Student Advisor.

Code: 9371

Objective of the course

After completing the course the students should have the following knowledge and abilities:

Knowledge

The students have:

knowledge about complex grammatical constructions in Russian.
knowledge about the stylistic techniques that characterize various genres.

Ability

The students are:

able to translate advanced texts into Russian and discuss current events in Russian.
able to carry out oral presentations in Russian.

Language of instruction

Russian.

Teaching methods

The semester is divided into three sections of 5 weeks each. Teaching and lectures will vary between the different sections.

Teaching will be in the form of weekly translation assignments and conversation exercises. The students will submit a translation assignment weekly for 15 weeks for correction and feedback.

Teaching consists of approximately 2-3 hours per week for 15 weeks.

Quality assurance of the course: The course will be evaluated once every third year.

Assessment

Coursework Requirements:

The following coursework requirements must be approved in order to take the final exam:

8 out of 12 written assignments must be submitted by the given weekly deadline and must be approved, and one oral presentation must be approved during the semester.

Assessment method:

An oral test consisting of a conversation with the texts on the syllabus as a starting point and translation of a Russian text into Norwegian or English.

Performance in the course will be assessed with pass/fail, provided that the coursework requirements have been approved.

A re-sit examination is offered in the event of an fail grade. The deadline to register for a re-sit examination is January 15th for the autumn semester and August 15th for the spring semester.