ML9423: Russian Beginners A1 Part 3

School Languages for All
Department Code MLANG
Module Code ML9423
External Subject Code 101151
Number of Credits 10
Level L4
Language of Delivery English
Module Leader Miss Nazaret Perez-Nieto
Semester Autumn Semester
Academic Year 2022/3

Outline Description of Module

This is a module designed for students who completed Russian Beginners A1 Part 2 or have completed a short introductory course in Russian language. This module aims to provide you with a very basic range of simple expressions about personal details and needs of a concrete type.

This module is the third part of the preparation for CEFR A1.

How the module will be assessed

All key language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing, as well as grammar and vocab) are assessed over the course of the module.

Written end of module test (50%) and course work (30%). 

Oral assessment (20%).  

Assessment Breakdown

Type % Title Duration(hrs)
Written Assessment 30 Coursework N/A
Oral/Aural Assessment 20 Speaking Test N/A
Class Test 50 End Of Module Test N/A

Syllabus content

  • Revision of the topics ‘My Family and I’; Russian forms of address; ‘Counting in Russian’ and ‘Travelling around town’;
  • Talk about/express food preferences and order food in a restaurant/café/bar etc;  
  • Asking and answering questions on the topic ‘The weather’;
  • Asking and answering questions relevant to the topic ‘Telling the time’;
  • Express preferences using the verbs любить/нравиться in the correct form; talk and write messages using impersonal sentences and modal expressions можно; нужно; нельзя; надо and modal verb хотеть; ordinal numerals; long and short form of adjectives.

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