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Russian – Intermediate Russian
This course is aimed at students who have
successfully completed about one hundred and
forty contact hours of Russian (Russian for
beginners and lower intermediate Russian). In
other cases placement in this course is based
on an entrance assessment (written and oral).
Dates and times of the test will be advised on
the course application form. This course is
offered to learners who have a reasonable
knowledge of Russian grammar and some
communicative competence.
The course aims to develop students’
knowledge of Russian language and culture.
At the end of the course the students should be
able to read and comprehend journalistic as well
as literary texts, and to communicate with native
Russian speakers.
The class is held once a week for one and a half
hours. The total number of contact hours is thirty
and a half (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, advanced 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 (course fee and photocopying levy) 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
€345 payable in advance. This fee is non-
refundable once the course has commenced.
A concession rate (€240) 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
Course materials are prepared by the teacher.
There is a photocopying levy of €15.
Time and place
Mondays, 7 p.m. - 8.30 p.m., in room 5040,
Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2.
Duration
Teaching in Michaelmas term commences on
Monday, 30 September 2013 and ends on
Monday, 9 December 2013. Teaching in Hilary
term commences on Monday, 13 January 2014
and ends on Monday, 31 March 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.
