FF:CJVR1BM Russian I - Course Information
CJVR1BM Russian for Academic Purposes
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2012
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Halyna Myronova, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Dana Plíšková (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- doc. Halyna Myronova, CSc.
Language Centre Faculty of Arts Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: doc. Halyna Myronova, CSc.
Supplier department: Language Centre Faculty of Arts Division – Language Centre - Timetable
- Wed 8:30–9:40 U44
- Prerequisites
- Previous knowledge from secondary school is required, or level B1 (based on CEFR).
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 650 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to achieve the B2 level (based on the Common giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.European Framework of Reference) of English language competence. Students should understand the main ideas of relatively complex text on both concrete and academic/professional topics, including discussions in their field of specialisation; can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party; can produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of academic/professional subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue The course is focused on academic skills and professional language. During the course all language skills will be practised (listening, reading, speaking, writing). Other material is used - authentic texts.
- Syllabus
- Educational system in Russia - articles.
- Analysis of journalistic texts - abbreviations, acronyms, short forms.
- Media - print, radio, television, internet - personal pronouns.
- Job search, the labour market - vocabulary related to movement and body positions; pronoun adverbs.
- Analysis of journalistic texts - journalistic jargon.
- Political institutions - past tenses.
- Environment - sequence of tenses.
- Immigration policy in Russia - subjunctive, morphology.
- Culture in Russia - prepositions of time.
- Stylistic language registers - expressing slang and informal language.
- Analysis of journalistic texts - vocabulary of quantity and measurment units.
- Literature
- Barnet, Vladimír a kol. Ruština pro pokročilé. 4., upr. vyd. Praha : Leda, 2003. 384 s. ISBN 8073350130.
- Mojmír Vavrečka, Jelena Kupcevičová. Obchodní korespondence v ruštině. Brno, 2005, ISBN 80-251-0588-1.
- Teaching methods
- One two-lesson seminar every week. Regular practical training of oral and written knowledge. Additional practice. Widening the lexicon – translations. Deepening the knowledge of realia – by a form of a paper.
- Assessment methods
- Seminar form of teaching.
Course completion requirements: written credit test. Active class participation is obligatory (70% attendance). - Language of instruction
- Russian
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Předmět není určen začátečníkům. Nutno ovládat azbuku slovem i písmem, znalost základní gramatiky - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- CJVR2BM Russian for Academic Purposes II
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- CJVR2BM Russian for Academic Purposes II
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2012, recent)
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