Russian 3: module 3
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- Start Date: 30 Apr 2025End Date: 02 Jul 2025This course has startedWed (Evening): 18:00 - 19:30In PersonLocation: Keeley StreetDuration: 10 sessions (over -10 weeks)Course Code: LR332Tutors: Altannavch MurrayFull fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00
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What is the course about?
This course aims to increase your fluency in everyday topics and widen your knowledge of grammatical structures and vocabulary.
What will we cover?
Topics: travels, accommodation, customs and traditions and the world of work
Grammar: cardinal and ordinal numbers, compound conjunctions, modal verbs and expressions and adjectival and other pronouns.
What will I achieve?
By the end of this course you should be able to...
- use numbers in a variety of ways;
- give detailed reasons and justifications for choices;
- ask a range of questions; and
- understand a range of professional vocabulary.
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
You should have completed a two-year course and 'Russian 3 module 2' or have an equivalent knowledge of the language (i.e. be in your 4th year of studying Russian).
This course is suitable if you can already:
- take part in a simple conversation on a variety of everyday topics (e.g., weather, family, interests, times of working day, locations).
- give and justify your opinions and ideas,
- write with a good degree of accuracy (e.g., giving an account of educational background, job, interests, etc),
- express hypothetical sentences and doubt.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
The course is based on the communicative approach:
- active students’ interaction
- emphasis on speaking and listening skills
- pair and group work
- role plays
- use of realia, pictures and authentic material
- use of audio-visual techniques when appropriate
Please note, students are expected to participate in oral classroom activities and to do some homework as and when required.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
Based on the ‘Russian Tutor’ by John Murray learning ISBN: 9781473623484.
When I've finished, what course can I do next?
Russian 3 upper: module 1 starting in September.
Navcha is an international freelance Russian and Mongolian linguist and has had many prestigious assignments in Paris, Frankfurt, Brussels, The Hague and Dublin as well as in London and beyond Europe in the USA, Australia, Hong Kong, Thailand and Vietnam for institutions such as the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, UNDP and USAID. She was born in Mongolia but was educated entirely in Russian from primary school and has been living in London for 20 years and teaching at City Lit since 2011. Navcha uses the communicative approach to language teaching, privileging effective communication over strict formality. She has worked in the City Lit Language Department as Digital Leader pioneering Flipped Learning which encourages students to learn at their own pace whilst maximizing productivity in the classroom and thereby speeding up the learning process.
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