RUSS 451 - Advanced Russian Conversation and Composition

Description:
The course focuses on conversational practice and composition writing. Learning with authentic Russian materials, students will be able to advance their speaking and writing skills, express complex ideas, and achieve advanced communicative and inter-cultural competence. Course will be offered on even numbered years (Spring).

Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: RUSS 342 or permission of the instructor.

Credits: (5)

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Recognize and use in written text and in speech advanced level grammatical concepts and constructions (such as verbs of motion, aspectual pairs, conditional and hypothetical constructions, complex sentence, case system in relation to verbs and prepositions).
Demonstrate in-depth understanding of the content of authentic Russian texts and their cultural context.
Analyze authentic Russian texts from the perspectives of content and form both in written and oral modalities.
Formulate and express a range of ideas in spoken Russian: from descriptive narration and characterization to argumentation and critical analysis.
Value and practice cultural awareness and communicative competence in the context of Russian culture and use the knowledge acquired in the course to recognize and understand cultural diversity.

Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
2/1/18