Russian as a Foreign Language

Outline of the course RUSSIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
First certification level, CEFR/В-1,
General language competency, TRFL-1

Duration October 2 - July 8

Number of hours: 688 contact hours (1672 hours of workload in total)

Pre-requisites: none

Course goals Bring students to level B1of language proficiency that enables them to enter a full degree program at a Russian university

Course material (by module)

Module 1 (weeks 1-8, 256 contact hours)

#	Material covered	Total number of hours	Contact hours	Homework
1	2	3	5	6
1	Phonetics	66	32	34
2	Intonation	44	22	22
3	Pronouns. Grammatical gender of nouns	68	34	34
4	Verb (type 1)	62	30	32
5	Questions. Complex sentences	73	34	39
6	Numbers	56	24	32
7	Adjectives	58	26	32
8	Verbs (different types), verbal aspect	84	34	50
9	Adverbs	40	20	20
	Total number of hours:	551	256	295

Module 2 (weeks 9-16, 256 contact hours)

#	Material covered	Total number of hours	Contact hours	Homework
1	Nouns: gender in different constructions	76	30	46
2	Modal verbs and constructions with them	52	26	26
3	Complex sentences with different structure	58	26	32
4	Etiquette Phrases	31	16	15
5	Declension of nouns, adjectives, pronouns; basic functions of different grammatical genders	106	50	56
6	Pronoun svoj	30	14	16
7	Complex sentences, impersonal sentences	78	38	40
8	Verbs of motion	78	38	40
9	Direct and inderect speech	42	18	24
	Total number of hours:	551	256	295

Module 3 (weeks 17-24, 112 contact hours)

#	Material covered	Total number of hours	Contact hours	Homework
1	Active and passive mode of verbs	38	20	18
2	Participles, present and past tense	40	16	24
3	Forms of participles, short participles	37	12	25
4	Comparative and superlative degrees (adjectives and adverbs)	46	14	32
5	Attributive relationships in simple and complex sentences	42	14	28
6	Non-prefixed verbs of motion	44	14	30
7	Prefixed verbs of motions (group 1)	62	22	40
	Total number of hours:	309	112	197

Module 4 (weeks 25-32, 90 contact hours)

#	Material covered	Total number of hours	Contact hours	Homework
1	Prefixed verbs of motions (group 21). Metaphorical meanings of verbs of motion	33	8	25
2	Spatial relationships in simple and complex sentences	33	8	25
3	Numbers. Participles. Expressions of measurements and degrees.	33	8	25
4	Temporal relationships in simple and complex sentences	33	8	25
5	Attributive relationships in simple and complex sentences	33	8	25
6	Conditional relationships in simple and complex sentences	32	8	24
7	Goal relationships in simple and complex sentences	32	8	24
8	Concessive relationships in simple and complex sentences	32	8	24
	Total number of hours:	261	64	197

Grading scale

100 – 85 percent = excellent

84 – 71 percent = good

70 – 51 percent = satisfactory

50 – 0 percent = unsatisfactory

Required textbooks

1. Антонова В.Е., Нахабина М.М., Сафронова М.В., Толстых А.А. Дорога в Россию. Учебник русского языка (элементарный уровень). – М.: ЦМО МГУ им. М.В. Ломоносова. – СПб.: Златоуст, 2015. – 344 с.

2. Антонова В.Е., Нахабина М.М., Сафронова М.В., Толстых А.А. Дорога в Россию. Учебник русского языка (базовый уровень). – М.: ЦМО МГУ им. М.В. Ломоносова. – СПб.: Златоуст, 2015. – 256 с.

3. Антонова В.Е., Нахабина М.М., Сафронова М.В., Толстых А.А. Дорога в Россию. Учебник русского языка (первый уровень): в 2 т. – М.: ЦМО МГУ им. М.В. Ломоносова. – СПб.: Златоуст, 2015.