CULP: Russian Through Film, History and Culture Prerequisites£
A language course for students who have an upper-intermediate command of the Russian Language (completed B2), ideally suited to those students who have completed the CULP Intermediate 2 course or have taken Russian at AS Level. The level is upper-intermediate/advanced.
For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
- Please note students need to contact CULP Administrator on culp@langcen.cam.ac.uk for the link to make a payment.
- University staff and students
- Further details regarding Language Centre eligibility criteria are available
- CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference): B2
Number of sessions: 8
# | Date | Time | Venue | Trainer |
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1 | Tue 27 Apr 2021 17:00 - 19:00 | 17:00 - 19:00 | Zoom Video Communication Software | Vera Tsareva-Brauner |
2 | Tue 4 May 2021 17:00 - 19:00 | 17:00 - 19:00 | Zoom Video Communication Software | Vera Tsareva-Brauner |
3 | Tue 11 May 2021 17:00 - 19:00 | 17:00 - 19:00 | Zoom Video Communication Software | Vera Tsareva-Brauner |
4 | Tue 18 May 2021 17:00 - 19:00 | 17:00 - 19:00 | Zoom Video Communication Software | Vera Tsareva-Brauner |
5 | Tue 25 May 2021 17:00 - 19:00 | 17:00 - 19:00 | Zoom Video Communication Software | Vera Tsareva-Brauner |
6 | Tue 1 Jun 2021 17:00 - 19:00 | 17:00 - 19:00 | Zoom Video Communication Software | Vera Tsareva-Brauner |
7 | Tue 8 Jun 2021 17:00 - 19:00 | 17:00 - 19:00 | Zoom Video Communication Software | Vera Tsareva-Brauner |
8 | Tue 15 Jun 2021 17:00 - 19:00 | 17:00 - 19:00 | Zoom Video Communication Software | Vera Tsareva-Brauner |
By the end of the course students will be able to:
- Listening/Speaking: Contribute effectively to discussions about cultural, historical and geographical topics as portrayed in the literary tradition and film and keep up a casual conversation with a good degree of fluency, coping with narrative and some idiomatic expressions.
- Reading: Read graded written works and film reviews with a good degree of understanding, enough to cope with an advanced course, to read the media for information as well as to understand some non-standard pieces.
- Writing: Construct a short narrative/descriptive piece or commentary about a story or a film and/or other topics covered.
The Course will introduce students to the following upper-intermediate learning skills:
- Achieve spoken fluency whilst using appropriate vocabulary and descriptive/narrative grammatical structures;
- Apply their language skills effectively to story-telling;
- Acquire an understanding of the main aspects of historical, political and cultural events connected with Russia;
- Improve their reading and writing skills, with an emphasis on the narrative/descriptive styles;
- Improve their delivery of oral presentations and debate in Russian.
- Presentations, practicals and online learning
- Raven access is required
- Further information regarding Raven is available
- Students Fees: £150 to be paid online. Please select ‘Concessionary’ under the course fee when you make your booking.
- Staff Fees: £165 to be paid online. Please select ‘All charged’ under the course fee when you make your booking.
- Links to the online store will be provided with your confirmation email.
- Payment is required within 24 hours of your booking to secure your place.
- Refunds available after the first lesson only.
- Payment for the courses is made on the Online Store (CULP General Purpose courses), (Raven log in).
- Course materials can be found on Moodle (Raven log in), once the course has started.
This course will not be formally assessed and students who attend regularly (80% of sessions) will receive a Certificate of Attendance.
- Students are required to attend 80% of sessions
- Full details of all Language Centre programmes can be found on the Language Centre website and Language Centre Online website.
- Eight taught sessions of two hours plus online learning
- Three times per year (subject to demand)
Booking / availability