Course curriculum
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Introduction
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Introduction.
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Contents. Part 1 and Part 2.
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Download the test. Do it and send it to your teacher to check.
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Teacher's contact details.
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Lecture 1
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Grammar. The nominative case.
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Grammar practice. Task 1. Determine the gender and make plural. Tick if the word is plural.
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Grammar practice. Task 2. Choose the correct form of adjectives.
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Grammar practice. Task 3. Open the parenthesis and use the correct form of the possessive pronouns.
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Grammar. The verb conjugation.
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Grammar practice. Task 4. Open the parenthesis and use the correct form of the verbs.
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Speaking practice and vocabulary. Task 5. Read the words. Describe the picture and say what you see in it, using the words.
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Speaking practice and vocabulary. Task 6. Prepare to talk about the topic on task 2. A) Match the words with their definitions. B) Answer the questions.
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Lecture 1. Video
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Lesson 1A. В гостях хорошо, а дома лучше.
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Vocabulary. Listen to the words and repeat them after a native speaker.
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Listening. Task 1. Listen to the audio and complete it with the words you hear.
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Pronunciation. The lexical and pronunciation differences of Moscow and St.-Petersburg dialects.
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Vocabulary. Task 2. Do the pdf and send it to your teacher to check.
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Speaking. Task 3. Choose two ideas below to talk about. Think about what you're going to say and make notes. Record your answer and send it to your teacher to check.
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Grammar. The nominative case.
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Grammar practice. Task 4. Do the exercises and send the pdf to your teacher to check it.
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Grammar. The verb conjugation. Print out the pdf page and go over the rules.
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Grammar practice. Task 5. Highlight the nominative case in the text.
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Grammar practice. Task 6. Do the pdf exercises and send the file to your teacher to check.
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Dialogue. Task 7. You’re going to listen to small talk. Line A is a speaker 1 and line B is a speaker 2. Read the dialogue and the glossary.
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Speaking. Task 8. Describe what you see in the video.
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Colloquial Russian. Task 9. Watch the video and read the vocabulary. Make 8 sentences with the bold words.
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Glossary. Lesson 1A. Review the vocabulary.
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The answer key.
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Homework. The deadline is 21.01.2023.
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Lecture 2
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Revision. Task 1. Open the parenthesis and conjugate the verbs correctly in the present tense.
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Grammar practice. The short forms of adjectives.
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Grammar practice. Task 2. Make short forms of the adjectives below.
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Grammar practice. The perfective and imperfective aspects.
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Grammar practice. Task 3. Choose the correct forms of the verbs.
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Lesson 1B. Работа не волк, в лес не убежит.
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Listening. Task 1. Listen to the audio file and complete the missing words. Check yourself in the answer key.
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Vocabulary. Task 2. Do the pdf and check it in the answer key. Send a screenshot of 2.2. to your teacher to check.
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Vocabulary and speaking practice. Task 3. Prepare to talk about the topic on task B. Record your answers and send them to your teacher to check.
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Pronunciation. Task 4. Listen to the audio. Read the tongue twisters was fast as you can. Record yourself and send the recording to your teacher to check.
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Grammar. Perfective and imperfective in the present and in the past.
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Grammar practice. Perfective and imperfective. Task 5. Do the pdf and check yourself in the answer key.
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Task 6. Read the following verbs and the rules. Learn the following prefixes that are used with the verb 'работать'. Рау special attention to the nouns that are frequently used with the following verbs.
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Task 7. Give English equivalents for the following sentences. Send it to your teacher to check.
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Grammar. Short adjectives.
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Grammar practice. Task 8. Do the pdf and check yourself in the answer key.
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Task 9. Translate the following adjectives into English. Match them with the nouns, making phrases. Send the exercise to your teacher to check.
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The answer key.
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Glossary. Lesson 1B.
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Homework. The deadline is 02.02.2023.
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Lecture 3
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Grammar. Perfective and imperfective. The past and Future.
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Perfective and imperfective. Task 1. Open the parenthesis and conjugate the imperfective verbs. Change the sentences into perfective forms of the verbs.
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Grammar. Task 2. Choose the correct verb.
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Grammar. Comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs.
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Grammar practice. Comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs.
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Translation. Task 3. Comparative and Superlative adjectives and adverbs. Translate the sentences into Russian.
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Sound description. Task 4. Listen to the music and imagine you're having a holiday. Describe what you feel listening to this music.
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Vocabulary. Task 5. Choose the picture and describe it, using the words in the vocabulary section.
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Vocabulary and speaking practice. Task 6. Prepare to talk about the topic on task 2. A) Match the words with their definitions. B) Answer the questions.
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Glossary. Speaking practice 2.
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Review and check 1. The deadline is 17.02.23
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Review and check 1. The deadline is 17.02.23
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Lecture 4
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Grammar and vocabulary. Prefixes for the verb 'работать'.
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Grammar and vocabulary. Task 1. Give English equivalents for the following sentences
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Revision. Task 2. Comparative and Superlative adjectives and adverbs. Translate the sentences into Russian.
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Grammar. The prepositional case.
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Task 3: Put the words in brackets in the prepositional case
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Task 4: Put the words in brackets in the prepositional case
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Lesson 2A
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Revision. Task 1. The prepositional case. Adjectives and pronouns. Make sentences using the words below. Add prepositions
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Revision. Task 2. Open the brackets and use the correct form of perfective or imperfective in the past.
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Vocabulary. Family. Task 3. Do the pdf page and check yourself in the answer key.
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Reading. Task 4. Read the text. Underline the family words in it and make your own sentences.
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Vocabulary. Learn the verb 'to live'. Task 5. Read the vocabulary and translate the text.
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Grammar rules. Perfective in the future tense.
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Grammar. Task 6. Circle the correct form of the verb (perfective or imperfective) in the future tense.
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Speaking. Task 7. Answer the questions, using perfective in the future form.
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Grammar. Comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs.
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Grammar practice. Task 8. Comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs.
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Vocabulary. Task 9. Do the pdf and check the answers in the answer key.
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Speaking. Task 10. Use the plan to describe your friend.
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Word formation. Adjectives. Task 11. Create adjectives with the given nouns.
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Colloquial Russian. Surzhyk.
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Lecture 5
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Grammar. The prepositional case.
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Task 1. Put the words in brackets in the prepositional case
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Task 2 Put the words in brackets in the prepositional case
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Grammar. The verbs of motion.
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The verbs of motion. Task 3. Open the brackets and do the right form of the verbs of motion.
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Grammar. Task 4. Use the verbs идти́ - ходи́ть in the correct tense
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Vocabulary and speaking practice. Task 5. Prepare to talk about the topic on task 3.
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Q-cards. Task 6. Read the instructions and prepare to talk for one minute, using a plan in your Q-card. Use the discourse markers and other words to link the sentences in your story.
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