RUSS 306 - Third-Year Russian I for Nontraditional Students

The course focuses on developing Intermediate to Advanced level of language and cultural proficiency in the Russian language enabling students to communicate in various target language contexts. The course aims at further developing students’ language skills through a more advanced acquisition of vocabulary, grammar, and cultural knowledge that will reinforce the knowledge and understanding of diverse life experiences and facilitate fluent, appropriate, and culturally nuanced language interpretation and use. The course particularly focuses on an intensive survey of Russian grammar, reading and writing. Entry-level course for students who have extensive experience (a year or two) of living in a Russian-speaking country, or heritage speakers of Russian, those students who have been exposed to the Russian language and culture through their family.