9647001 Russian

Numbering Code U-LET49 19647 LJ48 Year/Term 2022 ・ First semester
Number of Credits 2 Course Type lecture
Target Year Target Student
Language Japanese Day/Period Wed.2
Instructor name Nkamura Tadashi (Graduate School of Letters Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course We will aim to complete basic Russian grammar. This course is for students who learned elementary Russian the previous year or those who have the equivalent basic practical language skills.
Course Goals 1) Get a complete understanding of basic Russian grammar.
2) Be able to read simple Russian with the help of a dictionary.
Schedule and Contents In a continuation of the previous year's elementary level, the course will follow distributed printouts. The model sentences and grammar points of each teaching unit are roughly as follows. (Weeks 1-6)
Lesson 15: "I want to buy a gift for my husband": Dative Case Expressions
Lesson 16: "Black tea is usually drunk with milk": Instrumental Case Expressions
Lesson 17: "I saw Anton at a Japanese restaurant": Accusative Case of Subject Nouns, Adjective Case Declension
Lesson 18: "How do you know that's not Anton?": Complete and Incomplete Forms of Verbs
Lesson 19: "If you're throwing it out, I'll help you": Summary of Tenses, Auxiliary Verb Rules of Use
Lesson 20: "If I were a bird": Subjunctive Mood

We will then learn further grammar items necessary for reading Russian compositions. (Weeks 7-12)
・Relatives ・Converbs ・Participles ・Passive Voice

While reviewing grammar topics, we will read simple Russian texts. (Weeks 13-14)

Week 15: Summary
 

Feedback will be explained in class.
Evaluation Methods and Policy Assessments on class participation (30%) and exams (70%).
Course Requirements Must have taken Russian (elementary level) the previous academic year or have Russian language skills at the equivalent level.
Study outside of Class (preparation and review) Look over the distributed printouts ahead of time and thoroughly review and master vocabulary and syntax after class.
Textbooks Textbooks/References Other; printouts will be distributed.
References, etc. Other; will be presented at the first class or during other class sessions.
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