Face-to-face , first term, 30 hours of exercises.

Russian

On completing this Unit students should be able to :
- Put their theoretical expertise in the grammar (morphology and syntax) of contemporary Russian into practice in oral but especially in written and expression;
- With regard to understanding an oral and written speech and also by the same token the translation process : understand complex sentences and texts by identifying and correctly interpreting the constituent morphological and syntactic components in context;
- With regard to written and oral expression in language C, express or complete complex sentences or messages, reproducing these with correct morphological and syntactic forms that are appropriate for the category of discourse concerned.
- With regard to passive comprehension during the translation process: be able to recognise specific non-standard or archaic components.

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• Compound sentence - Participles & participle clauses. Relative clauses (adjective subordinate clauses). Active voice and passive voice. Object subordinate clauses (subordinating conjunctions and uses). Direct and reported speech.
• Verb aspect : specific uses (present, past, future, infinitive, imperative & negation);
• Simple verbs of motion (revision) and prefixed verbs of motion: meanings and uses.

Face-to-face exercise-based grammar practice.

• The theory is both studied by students through preparatory work at home and - where necessary - through in-class reviews in lecture format.
• Classes focus mainly on applying the theory through practical exercises.
Individual and group based out-of-class coursework focuses on the one hand on mastering the fundamentals of Russian grammar, and on the other on mastering the grammar through exercises (in the Course Handouts, or syllabi).

• The final evaluation (summative assessment) - a written exam - includes a range of question types, exclusively in the form of practical applied exercises, which are designed to verify that students have acquired and mastered the theoretical material.

• Summative assessment counts for 100% of the course unit's final mark. A pass grade of the course is considered with an overall mark of 10 out of 20 or higher. An overall mark inferior to 10 out of 20 will be considered a fail grade.

Remote online exam if stricter social distancing measures are required due to Covid-19.


Under Article 50 of the Overall Regulations on Education and Examination applicable at the « Université Saint-Louis - Bruxelles » and Article 4, § 3 of the Executory Rules complementary to the above-metioned Regulations applicable to the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting Marie Haps, unless explicit permission of non-attendance is granted by the lecturer for pedagogically motivated reasons at the beginning of the academic year or academic term (semester), class attendance on a regular basis is mandatory to be granted access to the final evaluation exam : unjustified absence to more than two class sessions in each academic term will be automatically sanctioned by a mark of zero at the exam.

- Course Handouts (syllabi) provided by the course tutor
- See the bibliography provided by the course tutor in the Course Programme Handouts (syllabi).

Languages of instruction :
Russian (exercises) and French (theory)