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LfA Russian Intermediate - LFA00265L

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  • Department: Language and Linguistic Science
  • Module co-ordinator: Dr. Dan Li
  • Credit value: Information currently unavailable
  • Credit level: LFA
  • Academic year of delivery: 2023-24
    • See module specification for other years: 2024-25

Module summary

This course is aimed at students who already have some knowledge of Russian. Over the course of a year, it will steadily build the knowledge, skills, and strategies necessary for students to engage in everyday conversations and with short texts. It will focus on developing a communicative competence at intermediate level.

Related modules

LfA Russian Lower Intermediate / Russian Language and Cultures: Lower Intermediate or equivalent.

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Semester 1 2023-24 to Semester 2 2023-24

Module aims

The module aims are to:

  • further develop the four skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking);
  • to improve student’s communicative competence;
  • to understand and produce texts on topics which are familiar and of personal interest;
  • to give the students further insight into everyday life in the Russian speaking countries.

Students will engage, individually and in groups, in activities and tasks emphasising three core communicative skills:

  1. reception activities (oral, audio-video and reading comprehension);
  2. production activities (oral and written production);
  3. interaction activities (oral, written and online interaction).

The mediums of instruction are Russian and English.

Module learning outcomes

  • Ability to understand straightforward factual texts with a satisfactory level of comprehension.
  • Ability to produce short, complex texts on topics of interest and give and justify their opinion. Ability to summarise, report and give their opinion about accumulated factual information and to produce very brief reports in a standard conventionalised format.
  • Ability to express personal opinions and exchange information on topics that are familiar, of personal interest or pertinent to everyday life (e.g. family, hobbies, work, travel and current events).
  • Ability to understand the main points on familiar matters regularly encountered
  • Ability to engage in spontaneous conversation, and describe and events and give reasons and opinions

Module content

Topics may include:

  • Travel and tourism;
  • Healthy lifestyle;
  • Russian cities;
  • Social media;
  • Education in Russia or home country;
  • Cultures, traditions and customs.

Assessment

Task Length % of module mark
Departmental - attendance requirement
Attendance requirement		 N/A 100

Special assessment rules

Pass/fail & Non-reassessable

Additional assessment information

The course is non-assessed but students will receive an LfA Certificate of Completion if they participate in at least 13 sessions out of 18.

Reassessment

None

Module feedback

Regular homework tasks will provide opportunities for ongoing feedback on progress.

In addition, students will have the opportunity to complete coursework. Its purpose is not to provide a summative assessment of students’ performance but to provide the basis for relevant tutor’s feedback and feedforward.

Indicative reading

Course materials and guided readings will be provided by the module convenors via the VLE at the start of the year.


The information on this page is indicative of the module that is currently on offer. The University is constantly exploring ways to enhance and improve its degree programmes and therefore reserves the right to make variations to the content and method of delivery of modules, and to discontinue modules, if such action is reasonably considered to be necessary by the University. Where appropriate, the University will notify and consult with affected students in advance about any changes that are required in line with the University's policy on the Approval of Modifications to Existing Taught Programmes of Study.