Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Marika Kalyuga
Contact via marika.kalyuga@mq.edu.au
W6a 203a
TBA
Tutor
Tatiana Oitzinger
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This is an introductory Russian unit specifically designed for speakers of English who have no prior knowledge of Russian, or Russian background speakers who do not have literacy skills. The unit covers the main concepts of Russian grammar and vocabulary. It develops different functional skills of language usage: speaking, reading, writing and translating from and into Russian. There is one on-campus session during the semester for external students living in the Sydney metropolitan area.
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Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Indicative examples of assessment tasks will be available on iLearn.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Language study orientation | 5% | No | Week 2 |
Class participation/ quiz | 10% | No | ongoing |
6 Grammar and Vocab. Quizzes | 25% | No | TBA |
Oral test | 15% | No | TBA |
Final written test | 45% | No | TBA |
Due: Week 2
Weighting: 5%
Prepares students for university language study and the Russian Studies online environment. Pass/Fail.
Due: ongoing
Weighting: 10%
Active participation in class for Internal students. External students will have an online quiz.
Due: TBA
Weighting: 25%
6 Grammar and Vocabulary Quizzes
Due: TBA
Weighting: 15%
For the oral test, students have to prepare a three-minute talk on a topic of their choice. Internal students will have their oral test during their last class on week 13. External students can use the Voice Tool (see http://ilearn.mq.edu.au/ RSN150, Oral test) or can send their voice recording to their tutor by week 13.
Due: TBA
Weighting: 45%
The purpose of the written test is to check students’ knowledge of all aspects of grammar and vocabulary that they learn throughout the semester.
There are no required textbooks for this course but ALL STUDY MATERIALS FOR LECTURES, TUTORIALS AND ASSIGNMENTS ARE AVAILABLE via your online unit.
Recommended book: Levine J. S. Schaum's Outline of Russian Grammar, McGraw-Hill, 1999. Thomas, R. Beyer. 501 Russian Verbs, Barron's Educational Series, 2001
University Co-operative Bookshop Macquarie University Sydney NSW 2109 Tel: +61 2 9850 7618
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Students are required to have regular access to a computer and the internet. Mobile devices alone are not sufficient.
Week One The Russian Alphabet.
Week Two The Russian Alphabet. Pronouns. Gender in Russian.
Week Three The Russian Alphabet. Gender of nouns.
Week Four Pronouns.
Week Five Adjectives.
Week Six Plural of Nouns.
Week Seven The Past tense of verbs.
Week Eight The Prepositional Case.
Week Nine Numerals. The Prepositional Case of Adjectives and Ordinal Numerals.
Week Ten Numerals.
Week Eleven The Present Tense.
Week Twelve The Future Tense.
Week Thirteen Revision.
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Academic Honesty Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html
Assessment Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/assessment/policy_2016.html
Grade Appeal Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/gradeappeal/policy.html
Complaint Management Procedure for Students and Members of the Public http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/complaint_management/procedure.html
Disruption to Studies Policy (in effect until Dec 4th, 2017): http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html
Special Consideration Policy (in effect from Dec 4th, 2017): https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policies/special-consideration
In addition, a number of other policies can be found in the Learning and Teaching Category of Policy Central.
Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/support/student_conduct/
Results shown in iLearn, or released directly by your Unit Convenor, are not confirmed as they are subject to final approval by the University. Once approved, final results will be sent to your student email address and will be made available in eStudent. For more information visit ask.mq.edu.au.
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This graduate capability is supported by:
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This graduate capability is supported by:
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15/02/2017 | Amended spelling mistake in the assessment section. |
03/02/2017 | Added an assessment activity: Language study orientation |