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Contact information: The Executive Officer,
Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies,
room 5045, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin
2.
Phone: 01 896 1896, email:
Fee
€460 payable in advance. This fee is non-
refundable once the course has commenced.
A concession rate (€320) 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 Polish-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
Wednesdays, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m., in room 4045,
Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2.
Duration
Teaching in Michaelmas term commences on
Wednesday, 1 October 2014 and ends on
Wednesday, 10 December 2014. Teaching in
Hilary term commences on Wednesday, 14
January 2015 and ends on Wednesday, 1 April
2015.
There is a one week break in each term
(3-7
November 2014 and 23-27 February 2015)
when no classes will take place.
Further information
See introductory paragraph under Slavonic
languages on page 58.
Russian −
Russian for Beginners
This course gives students a basic knowledge of
Russian language, culture and contemporary
Russian society. By the end of the year students
are expected to have a reasonably good level
of spoken Russian in a number of real-life
situations and to be able to read and write
simple texts.
The class consists of two one and a half hour
sessions per week of grammar, listening and
reading comprehension and conversation. The
total number of contact hours is sixty-three
(
twenty-one weeks). At the end of the course
students have an option of a final written and
oral assessment.
This course will normally run if there is a
minimum of twelve students enrolled for the
year. Groups will normally be closed when
twenty students have enrolled.
How to apply
Application forms are available from the
Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies
either in hard copy or electronic form
. The
completed application form accompanied by
payment in the form of a personal cheque,
postal money order or bank draft, payable to
Trinity College no. 1 account, should be returned
by 19 September 2014.
Contact information: The Executive Officer,
Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies,
room 5045, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin
2.
Phone: 01 896 1896, email:
Fee
€690 payable in advance. This fee is non-
refundable once the course has commenced.
A concession rate (€480) 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
