Russian 002
By the end of this language course, students should be able to say:|
Interpretive Listening |
Interpretive Reading |
Interpersonal Speaking |
Presentational Speaking |
Presentational Writing |
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I can understand main points in a conversation on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. I can understand the main point of sources such as radio and TV programs when the delivery is relatively slow and clear. |
I can understand texts that consist mainly of everyday or job-related language. I can understand the description of events, feelings and wishes in texts such as personal letters. |
I can deal with most situations likely to arise when speaking with native speakers not used to interacting with non-native speakers. I can enter unprepared into conversation on topics that are familiar, of personal interest, or pertinent to everyday life (e.g., family hobbies, work, travel, and current events). |
I can connect phrases in a simple way in order to describe things such as personal experiences, events, dreams, and hopes. I can briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans. I can, for example, narrate a story or the plot of a book or film and describe my reaction. |
I can write simple connected texts on topics that are familiar or of personal interest. such as personal letters describing experiences and impressions. |
Goals for Cultural Competence
The goals for cultural competence are not organized hierarchically as are the linguistic goals for the course. By the end of the semester, I will be able to to say that I can:
- Identify, discuss, and analyze such intangible products of the culture I am studying, as social, economic, and political institutions, and explore relationships among these institutions and the perspectives of the culture;
- Give examples of social behaviors that express the target culture's underlying value system;
- Interpret social phenomena within the context of the target culture;
- Describe instances of major change within the culture I am studying.
Spring 2007 Textbook(s)
Golosa, Book 1. 4th ed.
Robin, Richard M., Karen Evans-Romaine, Galina Shatalina, and Joanna Robin
New York: Prentice Hall, 2006.