Russian 1010
Fall Term 2016
Голоса: Topics
Unit Period Topic
Алфавит
Aug. 29- Russian alphabet and sound system
Sept. 12 Printed vs. cursive Letters
Vowel reduction
Palatalization
Devoicing of final consonants
Print vs. cursive vs. italic
Consonant assimilation
Geographical Names
Numbers 1-10
Немного о себе
I. Sept. Russian names
12-28 Greetings and goodbyes
Introducing and giving info about oneself
Formal vs. informal speech — personal pronouns: ты—вы
Gender—Introduction
Nominative case
Prepositional case of location
The verb “to be” in present tense
Numbers 11-20
Intonation Contour in Statements (IC-1)
Unstressed o and e
Что у меня есть?
II. Sept. 29-. Naming common objects
Oct. 17 Greeting people
Документы: паспорт и виза
Grammatical Gender
Nominative plural of nouns
The 5- and 7-letter spelling rules
Personal pronouns: он, она, оно, они
Possessive pronouns: чей, мой, твой, наш, ваш
его, её, их
Nominative case of Adjectives
Что vs. какой
Это vs. этот, это, эта, эти
Expressing “to have” in Russian: У меня (тебя, вас) есть
Numbers 20-49
Intonation in Questions (IC-2)
Какие языки вы знаете?
III. Oct.18- Talking about languages
Nov. 2 Discussing ethnic and social backgrounds
Responding to compliments
Verb conjugation
Position of adverbial modifiers
Prepositional case of singular and plural modifiers and nouns
Languages: русский язык vs. по-русски
Conjunctions: и, а, но
Numbers 50-199
Intonation of yes-no questions (IC-3)
Университет
IV. Nov. Talking about studies
3-21 Higher education in Russia
Russian diplomas and Russian grading system
учиться vs. изучать (что) vs. заниматься
The 8-letter spelling rule
На каком курсе...?
На + Prepositional case for location
Prepositional case of question words and personal pronouns
Accusative case of modifiers and nouns
Conjunctions: где, что, как, какой, потому что
Numbers 100-1000
Intonation review: IC-3
Vowel reduction
Распорядок дня
V. Nov. 22- Talking about daily schedules and activities
Dec. 8 Telling time on the hour
Making and responding to invitations
Notes and letters
Days of the week
В + Accusative case for time and weekdays
Times of the day: утром, днём, вечером, ночью
Answering the question: Что вы делаете?
“Going”: идти vs. ехать; идти vs. ходить
Motion vs. location: Где vs. куда
В and На + accusative case for direction
Expressing necessity: должен, должна, должны
Past Tense of verbs
Numbers 1000-100,000
Consonant Devoicing/Assimilation
