Russian 2 (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

After completing the course, you will be able to cope with simple customer service situations both as an employee and as a tourist/customer. You know how to communicate politely, use appropriate language according to the language culture. You can ask and explain your needs and wishes. You are able to briefly describe services and products. You can answer simple questions and ask similar questions of others. You are able to write short, simple messages: a short description of yourself, your hobbies and preferences, a description of services, a menu, a short itinerary. You understand short simple written messages on the topics of the course. You understand the core content from simple, short, clearly presented conversations.

Content

Topics
- About yourself: hobbies, places to visit, preferences, possessions, past/present/future activities
- Giving directions with the help of a map
- Location of services, opening hours and description
- Public transport and mobility: going, visiting, leaving
- On the phone (basic phrases)
- Telling about the weather
- Shopping situations: at the ticket office and gift shops
- Expressions of time and festive culture: days of the week, months, dates, Finnish and Russian holidays
- Dining at a restaurant
- Numbers -1000
- Russian communication culture features: using ты/ вы, addressing people and use of names

Grammar
- Accusative case sg (animate and inanimate nouns, personal pronouns)
- Comparatives and superlatives of adjectives
- Plural of nouns and adjectives
- Modality: can/may; cannot/may not
- Genitive case sg (nouns and personal pronouns)
- Ordinal numbers (nominative).
- Verb preterite (past tense) and (compound) future tense
- Instrumental case (nouns and personal pronouns)

Location and time

Tämän opintojakson opiskelijat liittyvät opintojaksolle KEP7011-3005 Venäjän jatko, joka on päiväryhmä.

Student workload

n. 55 tuntia lähityöskentelyä ryhmässä sekä testejä ja palautettan. 80 tuntia ohjattua ja itsenäistä työskentelyä tuntien välillä: perehtymistä materiaaliin, kertaamista, tiedonhankintaa ja valmistautumista testeihin