Designed for students with some prior knowledge of Russian, this course builds on the topics and communication skills taught in Russian Beginner I
Please note that the prerequisite for Russian Beginner 2 is Russian Beginner 1 or equivalent proficiency.
In addition to the cumulative material, after this course you will be able to:
- List items you see every day
- Tell time (in official style)
- Name the days of the week
- List months and seasons
- Describe their daily routine in the present and in the past
- Describe the weather
- Talk about the places they know
- Present basic information about a community, city, state, or country
- Order a meal
- Make a purchase
- Describe their present and past interests
- Understand questions about where they live, what they do in their free time, etc.
- Understand and use numbers from 0 to 1,000
In addition to the cumulative material, the topics covered are:
- Basic Biographical Information (continued from Beginner I)
- Time
- Lifestyle & Interests
- Climate and weather
- Descriptions
- Daily routine
- Cities
- Countries
- Free time
- Vacations and Travel
In addition to the cumulative material, the grammatical topics covered are:
- Present Tense and Verb Conjugation (continued from Beginner I)
- Past tense
- Russian cases (Nominative, Prepositional, Accusative)
- Adjectives (including Superlatives)
- Agreement of nouns with their modifiers
- Adverbs
- Prepositions