This is an elementary Russian course intended for beginners in Russian. The course aims at helping the students acquire a working knowledge of Russian so that he could: communicate with Russians on topics covered by the situations dealt with in the course, express the thoughts in Russian on the
basis of the grammar and vocabulary studied, understand aurally, read and retell texts, read with a dictionary and translate more difficult texts and prepare oral or written reports on any given topic.
This course gives the student a thorough knowledge of the fundamentals of Russian.
We read dialogues which provide samples of conversational modern language used in everyday
situations. The amount of Grammar used in the dialogues is sufficient to give students the initial confidence required to start comunicating in Russian. Many phrases, which are essential in everyday conversation in Russian, are based on complex grammar rules. It is better for the student to learn how to use these phrases in spoken Russian without analyzing their grammar content, e.g. phrases
using perfective imperatives, phrases using specific cases of nouns and adjectives, other frequently used phrases. Elements of grammar which are covered by the text and grammatical exercises in this book are as follows: verbs in the imperfective, verbs in the perfective (most essential verbs only), selected cases of nouns, possessive pronouns and adjectives, personal pronouns (all cases), the use of imperfective and perfective verbs in past and future tenses.
The course will serve as the basis for further Russian studies and for the development and
improvement of speaking skills, when more difficult texts containing more complicated grammar and vocabulary.
The contents of each lesson and of the course as a whole are arrange in a definite sequence, which rules out any “unexpected” difficulties in the formation of language skills and habits.

評量方式 Grading
Mid-term exam 50%, final exam 50%