Dr Olga Sobolev PEL 6.01a, Mrs Irina Forbes and Mrs Natalia Bershadski

Available as an outside option to all undergraduate and General Course students. Students can take this course in any year of their studies subject to their programme regulations, and following approval from the teacher responsible.

Priority will be given to Language Centre BSc students and students from other Departments following a Language Specialism.

No previous knowledge of Russian is required; students with limited prior knowledge may be considered for the course subject to an interview with the course co-ordinator.

Beginners to higher intermediate study of the Russian language within the framework of social sciences and culture. In a dynamic and communicative way the course develops all four language skills (i.e. speaking, listening, reading and writing) through individual and group work, topical discussions, authentic and web-based multi-media materials. The focus is on accuracy as well as communication that advance students’ language competence, transferable skills and cultural awareness.

60 hours of classes in the AT. 60 hours of classes in the WT. 6 hours of classes in the ST.

Six hours per week, which will feature: (a) interactive topic work; (b) oral classes; (c) grammar classes; (d) tutorials; and (e) guided study using multi-media and web-based materials. Structured activities during the reading week.

Students should note that the timetable will be kept extremely flexible to accommodate students from all departments. Please contact the teacher responsible if you would like to follow this language course. 

This course has reading weeks in week 6 of the Autumn and Winter terms.

Students will be required to complete weekly language exercises.

• LSE Study Pack
• Colloquial Russian, by Svetlana Le Fleming, Susan Kay & Mikhail Vodopyanov, Routledge, 2023

Exam (30%, duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes) in the spring exam period.
Oral examination (30%) in the ST.
Continuous assessment (40%) in the AT and WT.

Language courses map to the Common European Framework for Language Learning.  This framework defines linguistic proficiency in the four language skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening) at different levels.  To pass this course, students are therefore required to achieve a pass mark in each element of the assessment (continuous assessment, oral and written exams), as these test all four skills.