D_RJ Russian for Academic Purposes

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Monika Ševečková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Dana Plíšková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Monika Ševečková, Ph.D.
Language Centre Faculty of Arts Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Hana Hoblová
Supplier department: Language Centre Faculty of Arts Division – Language Centre
Prerequisites
(FAKULTA(FSS))&&(TYP_STUDIA(D))
You should have a C1 CEFR (Common European Framework) level of Russian language competence to pass this exam or obtain recognition.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
This is an EXAM COURSE ONLY where the student writes an essay on the dissertation topic or can obtain recognition based on previous work (see REQUIREMENTS below). There is NO participation component.
Syllabus
  • RUSSIAN FOREIGN LANGUAGE EXAM FOR FF DOCTORAL STUDENTS:
  • The AIM of this course is to test that the student has at least a C1 level (CEF - Common European Framework) of Russian in ACADEMIC WRITING.
  • Students are obliged to either:
  • write an essay (on the dissertation topic) organized by the Language Education Centre for the Faculty of Arts, MU Brno (FF CJV), or
  • have the exam RECOGNIZED on the basis of an exam that was done before, or on the basis of appropriate documentation (such as a publication in the foreign language; see below). This Russian essay writing is regularly conducted 3 times a year: during exam periods in January/February, May/June and September. Students must register at least 3 working days before the exam date.
  • Exam registration involves
  • signing up in IS and
  • providing a list of 5 topics (for an essay that would be about 4 standard pages long) to be sent to FSS/FF CJV. Each topic must include a brief synopsis of about 5 lines, or 5 sentences, or 5 points. The topics must connect to the theme of the student’s dissertation and must be signed by the student’s ADVISOR in order to be accepted. At the actual sitting of the exam, the examiner will select one of the proposed topics.
  • RECOGNITION OF EXAM is possible if one of the following is provided:
  • International language certificates at the C1 level of CEF
  • the General State Language Exam,
  • a university degree in Russian,
  • a degree obtained from a foreign university where the study language was Russian, or
  • PUBLICATIONS (the student’s name must be written as the main author or first co-author in all of the following cases): book, lecture, article; or PRESENTATION at a conference held in Russian (the student’s name must be written as the main AUTHOR AND PRESENTER; the student must also submit a published abstract of the presentation and a written version of the presentation itself); a rejected unpublished article (the student must also submit the text and the rejection explanation).
Literature
  • http://www.hse.spb.ru/edu/recommendations/essay-2005.phtml
  • http://www.asu.ru/files/documents/00000569.doc
  • Матюхина Н.В. Методика подготовки эссе по заданной теме, Москва 2009
  • Иванов П.И. Методика написания рефератов, Саратов 2000
Teaching methods
no teaching
Assessment methods
This is an EXAM COURSE ONLY. There is no participation component.

Students are obliged to either:

write a essay on a dissertation topic (the exam) organized by the Language Education Centre for the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Social Studies, MU Brno (FF/FSS CJV), or
have the exam recognized on the basis of previous work, or on the basis of appropriate documentation (such as a publication in the foreign language; see below). This written Russian exam (essay on dissertation topic) is regularly conducted 3 times a year: during exam periods in January/February, May/June and September. Students must register at least 3 working days before the exam date. Exam registration involves

signing up in IS and

a list of 5 topics (for an essay that would be about 4 standard pages long) that should be sent to FF/FSS CJV. Each topic must include a brief synopsis of about 5 lines, or 5 sentences, or 5 points. The topics must connect to the theme of the student’s dissertation and must be signed by the student’s ADVISOR in order to be accepted. At the actual sitting of the exam, the examiner will select one of the proposed topics.
Language of instruction
Russian
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Autumn 2001, Spring 2002, Autumn 2002, Spring 2003, Autumn 2003, Spring 2004, Autumn 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2016, recent)
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