MCCCD Official Course Competencies:

RUS201  1996 Fall – 2011 Summer II

Intermediate Russian

1.

Use pronouns in correct case form. (I)

2.

Use correct case forms of nouns. (I)

3.

Use correct case forms of adjectives. (I)

4.

Use correct forms of cardinal and ordinal numerals. (I)

5.

Use correct form of verbs in present/past/future tenses. (I)

6.

Use appropriate time expressions. (I)

7.

Form and use conditional constructions. (I)

8.

Select and use correct prepositions and correct case. (I)

9.

Form sentences with impersonal expressions. (I)

10.

Differentiate and correctly use the particles -to and - nibud'. (I)

11.

Form chtoby (in order to) constructions. (I)

12.

Form indirect commands with the verb prosit'/poprosit'. (I)

13.

Use the comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs. (I)

14.

Use the equivalents of "the wrong." (I)

15.

Differentiate between the forms of verbal adverbs. (I)

16.

Differentiate between the forms of verbal adjectives. (I)

17.

Form simple oral sentences in Russian. (II)

18.

Respond appropriately to simple spoken Russian. (II, III)

19.

Read and describe edited Russian materials. (II, IV, V)

20.

Write complex sentences in Russian, using appropriate vocabulary and grammar. (V)

MCCCD Official Course Outline:

RUS201  1996 Fall – 2011 Summer II

Intermediate Russian

I. Grammar

A. Pronouns

1. Personal and interrogative

2. Reflexive (sebya)

3. Emphatic (sam)

B. Nouns

1. All cases, singular and plural

2. With suffix -in

3. Declension of surnames in -ov and -in, singular and plural

C. Adjectives

1. All cases, singular and plural

2. Comparative degree

D. Verbal adjectives

1. Past passive-predicate and attributive use-and present passive

2. Present and past active

E. Verbal adverbs: imperfective and perfective

F. Verbs

1. Verb government

2. Verb agreement with numerals, quantity expressions, and kto, chto, eto

3. Multidirectional vs. unidirectional verbs

4. "To be," "to become," and instrumental case

5. Constructions with verbs of perception

6. Prefixed verb stem -ezzhat'

7. Indirect commands

8. Verbs of putting

9. Absence or non-existence in past, present, future

10. Conditional constructions

G. Adverbs: comparative degree

H. Time expressions

1. Divisions of day

2. Duration of time vs. intended or resultant time

3. Point of time when with days, months, and years

4. Expressing dates

5. Telling time and twenty-four hour clock

I. Numerals: cardinal and ordinal

1. Declension

2. Form of modifiers with numerals

J. Prepositions

1. Direction, location, direction from

2. Use of instrumental case without prepositions vs. prepositions governing instrumental case

K. Particles -to and -nibud'

II. Speaking skills

III. Listening skills

IV. Writing skills: daily written exercises

V. Reading skills

A. Daily work with textbook exercises

B. Weekly readings of narratives in Russian