Course Details
Russian 2
2 Jun 2011
Personal Interest
Languages
Victoria University Community Continuing Education
Level 2, Rutherford House, 23 Lambton Quay, Wellington City
After Hours
5:45pm - 7:45pm
5:45pm - 7:45pm
$270.00
Early Bird Payment Fee 19/05/11 $245.00
Early Bird Payment Fee 19/05/11 $245.00
This course builds on the skills and knowledge gained in Russian 1 or in previous study to further develop your ability to communicate in everyday situations.
Target Audience:
Russian 2 is suitable for those who have either completed Russian 1 or its equivalent and feel confident with their knowledge of basic Russian. It is relevant to those travelling to Russia to live and/or work or wishing to learn Russian for personal or business reasons, or for personal study.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this course students will have learned:
* More advanced grammar
* Specialised vocabulary and common idioms
* How to improve your conversational skills
* Strategies for reading Russian texts
* Longhand writing
* How to hold a telephone conversation
* How to talk about careers and sport
* Weather, holidays and festivals
* How to find your way in Moscow
* About transport and verbs of motion.
Course Format:
This course comprises 24 hours of classroom interactive group learning made up of 2-hour sessions over 12 weeks. To reinforce your learning homework is encouraged. There is no formal assessment.
Required Materials:
Required text: Colloquial Russian (Fleming S L and Kay S: Routledge 2007). This course covers chapters 6 to 10.
This text must be purchased separately and is not included in the course fee.
Get your Continuing Education language course textbooks at reasonable prices from VicBooks, and/or other leading booksellers.
VicBooks' Pipitea campus store: Rutherford House, Ground Floor, 23 Lambton Quay, Pipitea campus.
Class Limit:
This course is limited to a maximum of 20 participants
Relevant Links:
Russian 1
Language Learning Centre
Schedule:
Thursday, 2 June 2011 5:45pm - 7:45pm Workshop
Thursday, 9 June 2011 5:45pm - 7:45pm Workshop
Thursday, 16 June 2011 5:45pm - 7:45pm Workshop
Thursday, 23 June 2011 5:45pm - 7:45pm Workshop
Thursday, 30 June 2011 5:45pm - 7:45pm Workshop
Thursday, 7 July 2011 5:45pm - 7:45pm Workshop
Thursday, 14 July 2011 5:45pm - 7:45pm Workshop
Thursday, 21 July 2011 5:45pm - 7:45pm Workshop
Thursday, 28 July 2011 5:45pm - 7:45pm Workshop
Thursday, 4 August 2011 5:45pm - 7:45pm Workshop
Thursday, 11 August 2011 5:45pm - 7:45pm Workshop
Thursday, 18 August 2011 5:45pm - 7:45pm Workshop
Target Audience:
Russian 2 is suitable for those who have either completed Russian 1 or its equivalent and feel confident with their knowledge of basic Russian. It is relevant to those travelling to Russia to live and/or work or wishing to learn Russian for personal or business reasons, or for personal study.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this course students will have learned:
* More advanced grammar
* Specialised vocabulary and common idioms
* How to improve your conversational skills
* Strategies for reading Russian texts
* Longhand writing
* How to hold a telephone conversation
* How to talk about careers and sport
* Weather, holidays and festivals
* How to find your way in Moscow
* About transport and verbs of motion.
Course Format:
This course comprises 24 hours of classroom interactive group learning made up of 2-hour sessions over 12 weeks. To reinforce your learning homework is encouraged. There is no formal assessment.
Required Materials:
Required text: Colloquial Russian (Fleming S L and Kay S: Routledge 2007). This course covers chapters 6 to 10.
This text must be purchased separately and is not included in the course fee.
Get your Continuing Education language course textbooks at reasonable prices from VicBooks, and/or other leading booksellers.
VicBooks' Pipitea campus store: Rutherford House, Ground Floor, 23 Lambton Quay, Pipitea campus.
Class Limit:
This course is limited to a maximum of 20 participants
Relevant Links:
Russian 1
Language Learning Centre
Schedule:
Thursday, 2 June 2011 5:45pm - 7:45pm Workshop
Thursday, 9 June 2011 5:45pm - 7:45pm Workshop
Thursday, 16 June 2011 5:45pm - 7:45pm Workshop
Thursday, 23 June 2011 5:45pm - 7:45pm Workshop
Thursday, 30 June 2011 5:45pm - 7:45pm Workshop
Thursday, 7 July 2011 5:45pm - 7:45pm Workshop
Thursday, 14 July 2011 5:45pm - 7:45pm Workshop
Thursday, 21 July 2011 5:45pm - 7:45pm Workshop
Thursday, 28 July 2011 5:45pm - 7:45pm Workshop
Thursday, 4 August 2011 5:45pm - 7:45pm Workshop
Thursday, 11 August 2011 5:45pm - 7:45pm Workshop
Thursday, 18 August 2011 5:45pm - 7:45pm Workshop
Margaret Borshevsky is a freelance interpreter, certified translator and tutor in Russian.