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Beginner Russian: A1.2 Course continues from Beginner Russian: A1.1 Course and is designed for students with approximately 20 hours of prior Russian study. It extends the introductory language of A1.1 into schedules, study, leisure activities and talking about where you live.

Students practise asking for and giving everyday information while developing accusative and plural forms, possession, demonstratives and a range of common verbs. Pronunciation work focuses on unstressed е, voiced and voiceless consonants and the hushing consonants Ж, Ш, Ч and Щ, supported by vocabulary for study, leisure and the home.

DELIVERY MODE

Language courses are offered in two delivery modes:

• Face-to-Face: WEA Sydney
• Online: via Zoom or Microsoft Teams

Please check the delivery mode listed before enrolling, as some classes are face-to-face and others are online.

TEXTBOOK

• Beginners Russian with Interactive Online Workbook 2nd Edition (Hippocrene: 2022), ISBN: 9780781814409

Suggested Textbook Suppliers: Abbey's Bookshop · Intext Book Company / Language International Bookshop · The Language People

The textbook is not included in the course fee. Please check textbook availability with the supplier and wait until your course is confirmed before purchasing. WEA Sydney cannot accept responsibility for textbook purchases if a course is cancelled. Courses are confirmed or cancelled at least 7 days before the start date.

COURSE OUTLINE

Communication

• Get information about schedules.
• Talk about what you study.
• Talk about how you spend your leisure time.
• Talk about where you live.

Grammar

• Use the singular accusative case with nouns and adjectives, including with days of the week.
• Use the plural accusative case with inanimate nouns and adjectives.
• Use nominative plural forms with nouns and adjectives.
• Use possessive forms and the demonstrative этот (this).
• Conjugate common verbs including читать (to read), делать (to do), слушать (to listen), писать (to write), любить (to love), ходить (to walk) and смотреть (to watch).
• Use the past tense of verbs.
• Express possession using у + genitive forms of personal pronouns.
• Answer the question Куда? (Where to?).

Phonetics

• Pronounce е correctly in syllables before stress.
• Distinguish voiced and voiceless consonants.
• Pronounce the hushing consonants Ж, Ш, Ч and Щ.

Vocabulary

• Schedules and days of the week.
• Academic subjects and educational institutions.
• Numbers up to 1000.
• Likes and dislikes.
• Weekend activities.
• The home and apartment.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. ask for and give information about schedules, study, leisure activities and where they live;
2. apply the supplied case, possessive, demonstrative and verb forms in familiar everyday contexts;
3. distinguish and produce the pronunciation features practised in the course, including unstressed е and the hushing consonants Ж, Ш, Ч and Щ.