Russian for Beginners Z5

Lecturer:

Miloslava Čechová

Tutor:

Miloslava Čechová

Supervisor:

Department of Languages

Synopsis:

The course expects the student to have completed RZ4, because it concentrates predominantly on reading skills (working with professional texts, i.e., their understanding and summarizing, extracting information) and speaking, and partly writing about the professional information obtained by reading the texts. Speaking skills are trained on everyday topics. Grammar structures concentrate only on items typically used in professional communication.

Requirements:

a pass in course RZ4

Syllabus of lectures:

textbook: Raduga 3

Lesson 1 - 5 without literatury parts

textbooks: Technical Russian for mathematicians, physicists and nuclear engineers

Texts 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20

Syllabus of tutorials:

The course is run as a series of seminars following the topics and scope of the syllabus mentioned above.

Study Objective:

Knowledge:

Knowledge of morphology, syntax, and lexis at the level appropriate to the course, namely: grammar typical of professional style of science (passives, perfectivity, verbal adjectives, gerunds), vocabulary range from economics, technology, job hunting, revision of idioms and useful phrases

Skills:

their application in everyday communication and in more professional contexts, namely:

read professional texts from science and technology, interpret them, translate and summarize, extract important information, express opinion orally and in writing, write a formal letter and CV

To qualify for admission to examination

Study materials:

Key references:

[1] S. Jelínek, J. Folprechtová, R. Hříbková, H. Žofková: Raduga 3

Fraus, Plzeň 1999 (textbook)

[2] I. Dvořáková, E. Lhotová, E. Markvartová: Technical Russian for mathematicians, physicists and nuclear engineers

Ediční středisko ČVUT 1990 (textbooks)

Recommended references:

[3] teaching materials prepared at the Department of Languages

disposal at the Department of Languages

possibly also http://people.fjfi.cvut.cz/cechomil

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans: