RUS 101 - Elementary Russian I KCC AA/HSL

Institution:

Kapiolani Community College

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Description:

3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab per week RUS 101 focuses on development of listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in Russian. Independent lab work is required. Upon successful completion of RUS 101, the student should be able to: Recognize and produce the sounds of Russian; understand the concepts of voiced and voiceless sounds, "hard" and "soft sounds" and the environments where these sounds occur; observe the reduction of the pronunciation of "o" and "e" in unstressed syll Recognize and correctly use the first 5 sentence intonational constructions of Russian (IC-1, 2, 3, 4 and 5). Recognize and correctly produce the Russian script used for writing by hand and recognize the Russian system of printed letters used in all printed materials (books, magazines, newspapers). Understand and read aloud with correct pronunciation and intonation sentences and complete texts that contain words familiar to them. Recognize the grammatical form and sound of the intonation of the four basic types of Russian questions: questions with a question word, formal questions, yes-no questions, either-or questions; be able to answer these questions with the correct form and to orally create such questions to obtain needed information. Understand and participate in conversations that use the basic grammatical structures and words that they have learned. Conjugate verbs in the present and past tenses, to know the basic difference in meaning between imperfective and perfective verbs, to have an elementary knowledge of two of the basic verbs of motion and an elementary knowledge of the differences in expressing location and direction in Russian. Form and use the singular forms of the nominative, inanimate accusative, prepositional and dative cases and the plural forms of the nominative and inanimate accusative. Correctly use or omit the Russian verb "to be" in the three types of sentences where the use of this verb is problematical.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Multiple

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Institution Website:

kapiolani.hawaii.edu/page/home

Phone Number:

(808) 734-9000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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