MHRU1121 - Russian : Mastering Spoken Russian
Credits :
5
Lecturer :
Mode of delivery :
Face-to-face , first and second term, 60 hours of exercises.
Language of instruction :
Russian
Learning activities :
Learning outcomes :
Upon completion, the students will be able: - to put into practice the rules of pronunciation and accentuation, and to use correctly various modes of intonation; - to produce a phonetic transcription of texts, whether or not studied during the course; - to use the vocabulary and related constructions during a written transposition from French to Russian of typical sequences of the oral speech within the framework of studied subjects; - to understand and restore to the paper, under a good lexico-grammatical control, the contents of oral texts in relation with matters seen in the course; - to produce a continuous oral speech of ± 3 minutes on matters seen in the course; - to communicate, in a direct exchange, information on familiar activities and events, while answering questions deviating from studied topics.
Prerequisites :
None
Co-requisites :
None
Course contents :
Theoretical part: explanations concerning the vocabulary and related constructions.Training part: exercises of sounds drills, use of various types of intonation, and their phonetic transcriptions; oral and written exercises as to the use of the vocabulary and related constructions, exercises of written and/or oral restitution of oral texts, exercises of performing continuous speech, as well as in situation of exchange.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Theoretical explanations; drills.
Assessment methods and criteria :
Q1 examinations: 30 % of the total mark; Q2 examinations: 70 % of the total mark. —ongoing formative (not certificative) assessment, in the form of written and oral tests intended to assess the acquisition of the rules of pronunciation, intonation and phonetic transcription;
—written examination: - evaluation of the acquisition of vocabulary and related constructions: written transposition from French into Russian of typical sequences of the oral speech (Q1&Q2 examinations); - listening comprehension: answering questions concerning the contents of oral texts (Q1 examinations); written restitution of the contents of an oral text (Q2 examinations);
—Oral examination: - reading and phonetic transcription of texts, whether or not studied in the course (Q1 examinations); - performing a continuous speech of about three minutes, within the framework of studied subjects (Q2 examinations); - exchanges with the professor (question-answer) on familiar activities and events deviating from studied topics. (Q2 examinations).
Recommended or required reading :
—Syllabus containing pronunciation drills of various sounds and types of intonation; recordings of oral exercises; —Syllabus containing the vocabulary and related constructions, texts and exercises; recordings of oral texts.
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