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Russian – Lower Intermediate
Russian
This course is aimed at students who have
successfully completed the Russian for
beginners programme. Otherwise placement in
this course is based on entrance assessment
(
written and oral). Dates and times of the test
will be advised on the course application form.
This course further develops students’
knowledge of Russian language and culture,
as well as reading and communication skills.
The class consists of two one and a half hour
sessions per week of grammar, listening and
reading comprehension and conversation. The
total number of contact hours is sixty-three
(
twenty-one weeks). At the end of the course
students have an option of final written and oral
assessment, which may be one of the entrance
requirements in order to proceed to the next
level, intermediate Russian.
This course will normally run if there is a
minimum of twelve students enrolled for the
year.
How to apply
Application forms are available from the
Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies
either in hard copy or electronic form
.
The completed application form accompanied by
payment in the form of a personal cheque,
postal money order or bank draft, payable to
Trinity College no. 1 account, should be returned
by 20 September 2013.
Contact information: The Executive Officer,
Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies,
room 5045, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin
2.
Phone: 01 896 1896, email:
Fee
€690 payable in advance. This fee is non-
refundable once the course has commenced.
A concession rate (€480) is available to Trinity
College Dublin undergraduate students who are
not taking this course for ECTS credits, to Trinity
College Dublin postgraduate students with a
letter from their head of department or
supervisor indicating that they are required to
develop their Russian-language skills, and those
in receipt of a social welfare pension. If you are
unemployed or in receipt of a social welfare
payment, contact the facilitator in your local
social welfare office. You may be entitled to
certain assistance in funding. The number of
concession rate places in any given class is
restricted to twenty per cent. Payment must
accompany applications.
Course materials
The course book is continued from the previous
level (Russian for beginners) + teacher’s
materials.
Time and place
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7 p.m. - 8.30 p.m.,
in room 5040, Arts Building, Trinity College,
Dublin 2.
Duration
Teaching in Michaelmas term commences
on Tuesday, 1 October 2013 and ends on
Thursday, 12 December 2013. Teaching in
Hilary term commences on Tuesday, 14 January
2014
and ends on Thursday, 3 April 2014. There
is a one week break in each term (4-8
November 2013 and 24-28 February 2014)
when no classes will take place.
Further information
See introductory paragraph under Slavonic
languages on page 50.
