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RSN 250 – Intermediate Russian I

2018 – S1 External

General Information

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Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit Convenor
Marika Kalyuga
marika.kalyuga@mq.edu.au
Contact via marika.kalyuga@mq.edu.au
AHH L2 North Wing
TBA
Tutor
Tatiana Oitzinger
tatiana.oitzinger@mq.edu.au
Credit points Credit points
3
Prerequisites Prerequisites
RSN155 or HSC Russian
Corequisites Corequisites
Co-badged status Co-badged status
Unit description Unit description
This is an intermediate Russian unit involving further study of grammar, developing the skills of written and oral expression and the ability to read simple literary works. Students are encouraged to use their language skills to communicate and interact in a variety of situations and contexts.

Important Academic Dates

Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  • To read, listen to, comprehend and discuss a variety of adapted Russian texts.
  • To attain a required level of spoken and written Russian through practice in class and completion of exercises and assignments.
  • To revise grammatical structures previously studied and learn new structures essential to oral and written fluency and accuracy.
  • To understand and gain proficiency in the mechanics of writing Russian.

General Assessment Information

Indicative examples of assessment tasks will be available on iLearn.

Late Assessment Penalty

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – two (2) marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted more than seven (7) days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – e.g. quizzes, online tests.

Assessment Tasks

Name Weighting Hurdle Due
Class participation/ Quiz 10% No ongoing
4 Grammar and Vocab. Quizzes 20% No TBA
Oral test 40% No TBA
Final written test 30% No TBA

Class participation/ Quiz

Due: ongoing
Weighting: 10%

Active participation in class for Internal students. External students will have an online quiz.
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • To revise grammatical structures previously studied and learn new structures essential to oral and written fluency and accuracy.
  • To understand and gain proficiency in the mechanics of writing Russian.

4 Grammar and Vocab. Quizzes

Due: TBA
Weighting: 20%

Grammar and Vocabulary Quizzes.

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • To read, listen to, comprehend and discuss a variety of adapted Russian texts.
  • To attain a required level of spoken and written Russian through practice in class and completion of exercises and assignments.
  • To revise grammatical structures previously studied and learn new structures essential to oral and written fluency and accuracy.
  • To understand and gain proficiency in the mechanics of writing Russian.

Oral test

Due: TBA
Weighting: 40%

For the oral test, Internal students will have their oral test during their last class in week 13. External students will use Zoom online in week 13.
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • To attain a required level of spoken and written Russian through practice in class and completion of exercises and assignments.
  • To revise grammatical structures previously studied and learn new structures essential to oral and written fluency and accuracy.

Final written test

Due: TBA
Weighting: 30%

The purpose of the written test is to check students’ knowledge of all aspects of grammar and vocabulary that they learn throughout the semester.
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • To read, listen to, comprehend and discuss a variety of adapted Russian texts.
  • To attain a required level of spoken and written Russian through practice in class and completion of exercises and assignments.
  • To revise grammatical structures previously studied and learn new structures essential to oral and written fluency and accuracy.
  • To understand and gain proficiency in the mechanics of writing Russian.

Delivery and Resources

Required and recommended texts

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.

University Co-operative Bookshop Macquarie University Sydney NSW 2109 Tel: +61 2 9850 7618

TECHNOLOGY USED AND REQUIRED

Online Unit

Login is via: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/

Is my unit in iLearn?: http://help.ilearn.mq.edu.au/unitsonline/ to check when your online unit will become available.

Technology

Students are required to have regular access to a computer and the internet. Mobile devices alone are not sufficient.

For students attending classes on campus we strongly encourage that you bring along your own laptop computer, ready to work with activities in your online unit. The preferred operating system is Windows 10.

Students are required to access the online unit in iLearn by the end of Week 1 and follow any relevant instructions and links for downloads that may be required. If applicable, students are required to download the relevant language package prior to Week 2.

Please contact your course convenor before the end of Week 1 if you do not have a suitable laptop (or tablet) for in-class use.

Unit Schedule

Week One Numerals

Week Two The Genitive Plural

Week Three The Accusative Plural

Week Four The word 'должен / нужен'. Plural of Adjectives in the Genitive and Accusative. Numerals in Sentences

Week Five The category of aspects in the Russian verbs

Week Six Formation of aspects

Week Seven The Prepositional Plural of Nouns, Pronouns and Adjectives

Week Eight The word ‘который’

Week Nine The word ‘если’

Week Ten The Dative Plural

Week Eleven The Pronoun ‘свой’

Week Twelve Time Expressions

Week Thirteen Revision

Policies and Procedures

Macquarie University policies and procedures are accessible from Policy Central (https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policy-central). Students should be aware of the following policies in particular with regard to Learning and Teaching:

Undergraduate students seeking more policy resources can visit the Student Policy Gateway (https://students.mq.edu.au/support/study/student-policy-gateway). It is your one-stop-shop for the key policies you need to know about throughout your undergraduate student journey.

If you would like to see all the policies relevant to Learning and Teaching visit Policy Central (https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policy-central).

Student Code of Conduct

Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/getting-started/student-conduct​

Results

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.

Student Support

Macquarie University provides a range of support services for students. For details, visit http://students.mq.edu.au/support/

Learning Skills

Learning Skills (mq.edu.au/learningskills) provides academic writing resources and study strategies to improve your marks and take control of your study.

Student Services and Support

Students with a disability are encouraged to contact the Disability Service who can provide appropriate help with any issues that arise during their studies.

Student Enquiries

For all student enquiries, visit Student Connect at ask.mq.edu.au

IT Help

For help with University computer systems and technology, visit http://www.mq.edu.au/about_us/offices_and_units/information_technology/help/. 

When using the University's IT, you must adhere to the Acceptable Use of IT Resources Policy. The policy applies to all who connect to the MQ network including students.

Graduate Capabilities

Discipline Specific Knowledge and Skills

Our graduates will take with them the intellectual development, depth and breadth of knowledge, scholarly understanding, and specific subject content in their chosen fields to make them competent and confident in their subject or profession. They will be able to demonstrate, where relevant, professional technical competence and meet professional standards. They will be able to articulate the structure of knowledge of their discipline, be able to adapt discipline-specific knowledge to novel situations, and be able to contribute from their discipline to inter-disciplinary solutions to problems.

This graduate capability is supported by:

Learning outcomes

  • To read, listen to, comprehend and discuss a variety of adapted Russian texts.
  • To attain a required level of spoken and written Russian through practice in class and completion of exercises and assignments.
  • To revise grammatical structures previously studied and learn new structures essential to oral and written fluency and accuracy.
  • To understand and gain proficiency in the mechanics of writing Russian.

Assessment tasks

  • Class participation/ Quiz
  • 4 Grammar and Vocab. Quizzes
  • Oral test
  • Final written test

Critical, Analytical and Integrative Thinking

We want our graduates to be capable of reasoning, questioning and analysing, and to integrate and synthesise learning and knowledge from a range of sources and environments; to be able to critique constraints, assumptions and limitations; to be able to think independently and systemically in relation to scholarly activity, in the workplace, and in the world. We want them to have a level of scientific and information technology literacy.

This graduate capability is supported by:

Learning outcomes

  • To read, listen to, comprehend and discuss a variety of adapted Russian texts.
  • To attain a required level of spoken and written Russian through practice in class and completion of exercises and assignments.
  • To revise grammatical structures previously studied and learn new structures essential to oral and written fluency and accuracy.
  • To understand and gain proficiency in the mechanics of writing Russian.

Assessment tasks

  • Class participation/ Quiz
  • 4 Grammar and Vocab. Quizzes
  • Oral test
  • Final written test

Effective Communication

We want to develop in our students the ability to communicate and convey their views in forms effective with different audiences. We want our graduates to take with them the capability to read, listen, question, gather and evaluate information resources in a variety of formats, assess, write clearly, speak effectively, and to use visual communication and communication technologies as appropriate.

This graduate capability is supported by:

Learning outcomes

  • To read, listen to, comprehend and discuss a variety of adapted Russian texts.
  • To attain a required level of spoken and written Russian through practice in class and completion of exercises and assignments.
  • To revise grammatical structures previously studied and learn new structures essential to oral and written fluency and accuracy.
  • To understand and gain proficiency in the mechanics of writing Russian.

Assessment tasks

  • Class participation/ Quiz
  • 4 Grammar and Vocab. Quizzes
  • Oral test
  • Final written test

Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR)

The unit aims at fostering language skills to level B1, described as follows in the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR): Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. Can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken. Can produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest. Can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.