Russian 4

Brief description

Exemplary for A2+/B1 Russian:
Communicative focus:
House; Apartment; Surroundings; Furnishings; Household appliances; Directions; Costs.
Hotel stay; Hotel location; Hotel room and service; Room reservation online and
by phone; complaints.
Language focus:
Genitive after number words; compound adjectives with number word in stem; reflexive possessive pronouns
verbs of motion with prefixes; modal constructions "должен + Inf."
compound comparative; demonstrative pronoun "тот".

Mode of delivery

face to face

Type

compulsory

Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools

Exemplary A2+/B1 Russian:

  • T. Blum, E. Gorelova. Weg zum Erfolg, B1. Kurs- and Arbeitsbuch, facultas Verlag, 2016. / T. Blum, E. Gorelova. The Road to Success, B1. Course book and workbook, facultas Verlag, 2017.
  • T. Blum, E. Gorelova, E. Maleeva, T. Ryazantzeva, E. Saprykina, E. Fit for Russian Business Language B1. Оpen Educational Resource, MOODLE, 2018.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Individual and group work; blended learning (Open Educational Resources in Moodle, online exercises, online quizzes, etc.); creation of videos.

Assessment methods and criteria

Choice between:

  • Internationally recognised language certificate
  • Russian: At least 65% of each of the 5 parts (vocabulary and grammar, reading comprehension, listening comprehension, written production, oral part) must be passed.
Internal exam: oral part 50% (oral production and interaction 30 points, oral reception 20 points), written part 50% (reading comprehension 20 points, written production and interaction 30 points).See more details in the Curriculum Matrix for Elective Languages.

Prerequisites and co-requisites

Successful completion of semester 3

Infos

Degree programme

European Economy & Business Management (Bachelor)

Cycle

Bachelor

ECTS Credits

3.00

Language of instruction

English

Curriculum

Full-Time

Academic year

2024

Semester

4 SS

Incoming

No

Learning outcome

Exemplary for A2+/B1 Russian:
After successful completion of the course, students can

  • make arrangements regarding meeting place/date/time and obtain information regarding arrival and departure, as long as these are linguistically brief and concise
  • greet colleagues/clients and exchange simple courtesies, e.g. respond to invitations and apologies
  • briefly introduce themselves in a text (job/family/hobbies)
  • describe an event and say what, when and where it took place.
  • In addition, they develop intercultural competence in contact with Russian-speaking/ Spanish-speaking partners with the aim of building up the mutual necessary trust for common business.
They are introduced to the etiquette of the organisation of the first meeting so that they can…
  • introduce themselves and other colleagues, as well as their own company,
  • bring gifts,
  • carry out small talk,
  • invite guests to city tours and business meals,
  • carry out negotiations

Course code

0389-20-01-VZ-DE-42c