Russian for Beginners I
Russian for Beginners I
School of Humanities an Media Studies
The course is divided into two units. Listening, speaking, reading and writing are practiced in both units. Some work with grammar is included in order to develop the ability to understand the structure of the language.
L07 Getting around the City
This short lecture gives you a short cultural and language introduction into the Russian system om transportation. It presents the two main verbs of motion in the Present tense and gives you a good opportunity to learn yourself some new vocabulary by means of its practical application on the final dialogues.
Nov 23, 2009
20 min
Video
L05-P01 Introducing and giving Information about yourself
This session gives a short introduction into the topic: how to give more information about yourself. Here we learn how to talk about nationality, how to describe where you live. We also introduce the Past Tense of the Russian verbs.
Nov 23, 2009
18 min
Video
L02 Russian Greetings and Good byes
This short lecture gives you an opportunity to learn how to greet Russians. A special attention is paid to the formal and informal ways of greetings.
Nov 23, 2009
18 min
Video
L06 Talking on the Phone
Here we present the simple rules of telephone conversation in Russia. Verb aspects and the future tense of the verbs are introduced in this session. We apply new phrases and words in a couple of dialogues at the end.
Nov 23, 2009
18 min
Video
L05-P02 Introducing and giving Information about yourself
Here you can learn how to talk about your age, your family. We do present the Dative case of pronouns and nouns.
Nov 23, 2009
13 min
Video
L04 Profession
This is the course third lecture which illustrates the most common professions. The session's material introduces words and phrases when talking about where you study or/and work. It also presents verbs in the Russian language with the focus on the two main verbs: "to work" and "to study.
Nov 23, 2009
24 min
Video
L03 Getting Acquainted
This session gives a short introduction on how to get acquainted, present yourself and/or your friend. It also illustrates how we fomulate the Russian names. The lecture presents some basics of the Russian grammar which is needed for this topic.
Nov 23, 2009
26 min
Video
L01 Introduction to Russian I
This is a short photo introdution to the course Russian for Beginners. It gives you a very short insigt into Russia and the Russian Language. Here the main topics of the course are presented.
Nov 23, 2009
4 min
Video