Russian Course Levels

Please see an approximate list of topics below.  There is a focus on developing listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in addition to learning grammar.  Vocabulary building is approached from a number of angles.

Russian Beginner A
Introduction to the Russian language

Russian alphabet and pronunciation

Introductory alphabet writing

Greetings and good-byes

Grammatical Gender – Introduction

Possessive pronouns

Basic nouns

Introduction of cases in Russian

Russian Beginner B

Nominative and prepositional cases

The verb, to be, in Russian present-tense sentences

Naming common objects

Greeting friends at the airport, (passport, visa, & documents)

Grammatical gender: continuation

Nominative plural of nouns

Nominative cases of adjectives

Verb, to have

Russian Beginner C

Discussing ethnic and national backgrounds

Talking about where and what people study

Talking about daily activities and schedules

Asking and telling time

Prepositional cases of singular and plural nouns

Conjunctions

Verbs: to study and to learn

Accusative case

Personal pronouns

Basic verbs

Russian Beginner D

Texting and talking on the phone

Days of the week

Reading and writing notes & letters

Talking about homes, rooms and furnishings

Verbs; to go, to do, and to want

Continue to work on basic questions

Accusative case for directions

Expressing necessity; must, should

Expressing existence and presence

Genitive case of pronouns, question words, and singular modifiers and nouns

Continue working on verb conjugations and adjectives.

Russian Intermediate A

Our Family; naming family members, talking about people, names, ages, professions, where they were born, and where they grew up

Verbs: to born, to grow

Dative case of pronouns

Genitive plural

Introduction past tense

Specifying quantity in expressions of age

Expressions related to “My family”

Verbs: to like, to love

Introduction of new adjectives and adverbs

Accusative case of pronouns and nouns

Russian Intermediate B

Shopping; making simple purchases, Birthday greetings, Presents and gift giving

Making plans to go to restaurants

Conjugation of verbs: to eat, to drink

Past tense verb: to be, to have

Dative case of modifiers and nouns

Use of dative case

Indirect objects

Expressing necessity and possibility

Likes and dislikes

Russian Intermediate C

Continue working on the theme, “Shopping and Restaurants”

Hospital and doctor visits

Introduction instrumental case

Exploring new verbs: to help, to need

The future tense

Expression would like

Perfective/imperfective verbs

Question words and pronouns

Russian Intermediate D

Telling more about yourself and your family

Reading, listening and giving an oral presentation on short biographies

Expressing resemblance and location

Time expressions

Review of motion verbs

Verbal aspect: past tense

Present tense in have been doing constructions

Introduction to the Participle

Introduction to new conjunctions

The imperative mood

Reviewing past, present and future tenses

Emphasis on speaking, reading and writing