This course is aimed at students who have successfully completed about one hundred and forty contact hours of Russian (Russian for beginners and lower intermediate Russian). In other cases placement in this course is based on an entrance assessment (written and oral). Dates and times of the test will be advised on the course application form. This course is offered to learners who have a reasonable knowledge of Russian grammar and some communicative competence.

The course aims to develop students’ knowledge of Russian language and culture. At the end of the course the students should be able to read and comprehend journalistic as well as literary texts, and to communicate with native Russian speakers.

The class is held once a week for one and a half hours. The total number of contact hours is thirty and a half (twenty-one weeks). At the end of the course students have an option of final written and oral assessment, which may be one of the entrance requirements in order to proceed to the next level, advanced Russian.

This course will normally run if there is a minimum of twelve students enrolled for the year.

How to apply

Application forms are available from the Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies either in hard copy or electronic form (http://www.tcd.ie/Russian/evening-courses). The completed application form accompanied by payment (course fee and photocopying levy) in the form of a personal cheque, postal money order or bank draft, payable to Trinity College no. 1 account, should be returned by 21 September 2012.

Contact information: The Executive Officer, Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies, room 5045, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2. Phone: 01 896 1896, email: slavonic@tcd.ie

Fee

€345 payable in advance. This fee is non-refundable once the course has commenced. A concession rate (€240) is available to Trinity College Dublin undergraduate students who are not taking this course for ECTS credits, to Trinity College Dublin postgraduate students with a letter from their head of department or supervisor indicating that they are required to develop their Russian-language skills, and those in receipt of a social welfare pension. If you are unemployed or in receipt of a social welfare payment, contact the facilitator in your local social welfare office. You may be entitled to certain assistance in funding. The number of concession rate places in any given class is restricted to twenty per cent. Payment must accompany applications.

Course materials

Course materials are prepared by the teacher. There is a photocopying levy of €15.

Time and place

Mondays, 7 p.m. - 8.30 p.m., in room 5040, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2.

Duration

Teaching in Michaelmas term commences on Monday, 1 October 2012 and ends on Monday, 10 December 2012. Teaching in Hilary term commences on Monday, 14 January 2013 and ends on Monday, 25 March 2013. There is a one week break in each term (5-9 November 2012 and 25 February-1 March 2013) when no classes will take place.