Upon the successful completion of the Language Immersion Course Russian 3, students will acquire the following competencies related to the Russian language:

• form and understand complex texts
  
• read and write texts
  
• make oneself well understood in everyday situations
  
• understand audio and video messages
  
• talk about life in the office
  
• speak about experiences (e.g. childhood, zoo)
  
• talk about cultural life (e.g. theatre, cinema)
  
• describe oneself (how do I look like)
  
• have conversations about health
  

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This is a language course for slightly advanced students with basic knowledge of Russian (at CEF level A2-B1). The following language topics will be covered in this module:

• Endings of the genitive case and its use
• The dative case in the construction "mne nužen"
• The pronoun "kotoryj" in the nominative case
• Introduction to the term "verbal aspect"
• Pronouns with "ni-, "-to and "nibud' " (nikto , kto-to , kto-nibud'
• The use of "li" and "esli"
• Generalization of the prepositional case of nouns
• Personal pronouns in all cases
• Generalization of the dative case of nouns
• The verbs "moč' "and "umet' "
• Introduction to "verbs of motion"
• Generalization of the accusative case of nouns
• The use of the verb pairs "ležat' - ložit'sja", "viset' - vešat' " "sidet' - sadit'sja"
• The degrees of comparison of adjectives and adverbs
• The constructions are "takoj že, kak" and "tak že, kak"
• The use of verbs of motion in the present tense
• The genitive case of adjectives and possessive pronouns
• The questions "Čej?", "Č'ja?", "Č'ë?", "Č'i?"
• The possessive pronoun "svoj"
• The basic use of verbs of motion without prefixes in all tenses
• The formation and use of short adjectives
• The instrumental case of adjectives and possessive pronouns
• Using the instrumental case

• Shopping and talking about goods and prices
• Work and job duties
• Vacation (e.g. on a beach)
• Talking about children and their activities
• Wild animals and pets
• The appearance of a person and going to the hairdresser.
• Description of city streets and public transport
• The theatre, the actor's work, talking about a play
• Insects, snakes and spiders (including the habitat of insects)
• Diseases, taking care of your health, going to the doctor

• Shopping
• Office life
• Holidays at the sea
• My childhood
• At the zoo / animals
• Personal description (How do I look like?)
• Asking for the way and describe directions
• Cultural interests / at the theatre.
• Healthy living

Red Kalinka (ed.). Sistema Kalinka 3. Gijón: Red Kalinka.
Daum, E. & Schenk, W. (1998). Die russischen Verben. Leipzig/Wien: Langenscheidt.
Loos, H. (2016). Business: Lehrbuch der russischen Sprache für die Wirtschaft. Eisenstadt: E. Weber Verlag. (Audio CD and DVD with exercises included)
Murawjowa, L. (2001). Verbs of Motion in Russian. Moscow: Izd-vo Russkij jazyk.

• Lecture and presentation
  
• Group and pair work
  
• Role plays
  
• Learning games
  
• Self-study
  
• Presentation
  
• Homework

Integrated module exam (immanent examination character):

• Final written exam (60%)
  
• Oral exam (30%)
  
• Active participation and homework (10%) according to CEFR (understanding, speaking, writing, grammar)