This course is part of the Business Russian Communication Specialization

Lyudmila Kotane

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Business Russian Communication SpecializationSaint Petersburg State University

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Russian is considered to be one of the most difficult languages in the world, and many learners struggle to master its grammar and pronunciation. This course is aimed at those who wants to work in Russia, do business with Russian partners or study on business-related majors in Russian. 
In three units of this intensive course learners are going to find out how to maintain phone conversation with Russian partners and what speech clichés can be used, hope to pan and arrange an appointment and how to discuss business-related topics over email.
The course is the second part of Business Russian Communication series offered by St Petersburg State University. This part introduces such grammar topics as revision of Reflexive verbs, conjugation of verbs мочь/смочь, отправлять/отправить, получать/получить and many others, the use of paired prefixes with verbs of motion, the use of numerals in time and date expressions. Learners can practice their skills and test themselves in Grammar quiz section.
The course provides extensive vocabulary with more than 200 new words and conversational phrases which learners can use in their everyday communication on professional or informal topics.
Each unit of the course contains dialogues, which are extremely useful for those who wants to listen to original Russian speech and get used to the pace and intonations of Russian language. Scripts, audio and exercises are provided for all dialogues of the course.
In the end of the course learners will have a chance to use the material leant and assess their progress while preparing the Final Assignment.
This course is aimed at those who already achieved A2-A2+ level in Russian.

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Lyudmila Kotane

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Subtitles: English

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Saint Petersburg State University

Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет (СПбГУ) — старейший вуз России, основанный в 1724 году. Университет сегодня — научный, образовательный и культурный центр мирового значения, неизменно входящий во все международные рейтинги вузов. В номинации взаимодействие с работодателями QS Graduate Employability 2018 СПбГУ занимает 20 место среди 400 ведущих вузов мира и является лучшим в России.

В настоящее время СПбГУ реализует 418 образовательных программ, включающих самые современные направления подготовки и специальности. Сертификат об успешном окончании представленных онлайн-курсов дает 5 дополнительных баллов при поступлении на программы магистратуры и аспирантуры СПбГУ. St Petersburg University is the oldest university in Russia, founded in 1724. The University today is a world-class research, educational and cultural centre which is always included in all international rankings of world universities. St Petersburg University was ranked 20th in QS Graduate Employability Ranking 2018 among 400 leading universities in the world and is the best in Russia. At present, St Petersburg University offers 418 academic programmes, including the most advanced areas and fields of study. The certificate of successful completion of offered online courses gives five additional points when applying for master’s and doctoral programmes at St Petersburg University.

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week

Week 1

6 hours to complete

Unit 1. Arranging a Meeting: Phone Conversations

6 hours to complete

12 videos (Total 33 min), 7 readings, 11 quizzes

12 videos

Introduction1m

Vocabulary: Arranging a Meeting3m

Grammar: Date2m

Dialogues: Date1m

Grammar: Telling the Time4m

Dialogues: Time and Schedule2m

Dialogues: "Are you free today?"1m

Grammar: Reflexive verbs. Revision1m

Vocabulary: Phone Calls1m

Dialogues: Arranging and Canceling a Meeting3m

Grammar: Verbs мочь and смочь2m

Dialogues: Making an Appointment5m

7 readings

Script for Dialogue10m

Script for Dialogues10m

Presentations10m

Interview with Alyona10m

11 practice exercises

Vocabulary Exercises20m

Listening Exercises25m

Grammar Exercises30m

Listening Exercises15m

Grammar Exercises30m

Vocabulary Exercises30m

Listening Exercises15m

Grammar Exercises 30m

Listening Exercises 15m

Test 120m

Quiz (Interview)10m

Week

Week 2

5 hours to complete

Unit 2. Making Plans

5 hours to complete

11 videos (Total 37 min), 5 readings, 10 quizzes

11 videos

Introduction2m

Vocabulary: Making Plans. How Often?1m

Grammar: Verbs of Motion with Prefixes10m

Dialogues: How Often? (1)3m

Dialogues: How Often? (2)2m

Monologues: Traveling1m

Grammar: Numerals in the Genitive Case1m

Dialogues: Making Plans (1)4m

Grammar: Prepositions в and на in Expressions of Time2m

Dialogues: Making Plans (2)3m

Monologues: My Plans2m

5 readings

Scripts for Dialogues10m

Script for Dialogue10m

Scripts for Dialogues10m

Presentations10m

Interview with Ksenia10m

10 practice exercises

Vocabulary Exercises20m

Grammar Exercises30m

Listening Exercises 25m

Grammar Exercises15m

Reading Exercises10m

Grammar Exercises20m

Reading Exercises10m

Listening Exercises20m

Test 230m

Quiz (Interview)10m

Week

Week 3

4 hours to complete

Unit 3. E-mail Correspondence

4 hours to complete

9 videos (Total 27 min), 5 readings, 9 quizzes

9 videos

Introduction2m

Vocabulary: Email Correspondence2m

Dialogues: Email Correspondence2m

Grammar: Aspects of Verbs 6m

Grammar: Future Tense of Imperfective and Perfective Verbs1m

Grammar: Conjugation of Verbs отправлять / отправить and получать / получить3m

Vocabulary: Contents of an Email2m

Dialogue: "I've sent an email to the wrong address"2m

Dialogue: Discussing the Contents of an Email3m

5 readings

Script for Dialogue10m

Presentations10m

Interview with Alexey10m

9 practice exercises

Vocabulary Exercises10m

Grammar Exercises20m

Grammar Exercses30m

Exercises20m

Listening & Reading Exercises10m

Listening & Reading Exercises15m

Reading Exercises30m

Test 330m

Quiz (Interview)10m

Week

Week 4

1 hour to complete

Final Assignment

1 hour to complete

About the Business Russian Communication Specialization

Russian is considered to be one of the most difficult languages in the world, and many learners struggle to master its grammar and pronunciation. This course is aimed at those who wants to work in Russia, do business with Russian partners or study on business-related majors in Russian.

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