Grammar

• The Russian alphabet
• Sounds and letters: the reading rules
• Intonation patterns in statements and questions
• The personal pronouns
• Question words for animate and inanimate nouns

Communication Skills

• Formal and informal greetings
• Apologising
• Expressing gratitude and reacting to an expression of gratitude
• Questions and answers about persons
• Initiating a phone talk

Vocabulary

• International words
• The family
• Numbers 1-10

Culture and Traditions

• A Map of Russia: cities, rivers, seas, mountains, and lakes

Grammar

• The grammatical gender of animate and inanimate nouns
• The numeral «one»
• Affirmative and interrogative sentences

Communication Skills

• Asking about the meaning of a word
• Getting acquainted
• Saying where an object is
• Ordering a meal at a café or at a restaurant

Vocabulary

• In a city
• Acquaintance
• Grammatical gender of words denoting professions
• Numbers 11 - 39

Culture and Traditions

• Full and short forms of Russian forenames
• Typical Russian last names

Grammar

• The verbs of the e-Conjugation
• The constructions что где находится, что как называется
• Nouns in the prepositional case
• The prepositions B and HA
• Personal pronouns in the accusative
• The possessive pronouns of the 1st and the 2nd person singular

Communication Skills

• Asking and responding to questions related to someone’s name, profession, address, telephone number
• Asking and responding to questions related to location and the name of an object

Vocabulary

• Profession and workplace
• Business card, names and addresses
• At the reception desk
• The verbs работать, думать, знать, делать, жить
• Numbers 40 - 100

Culture and Traditions

• Full official forms of a Russian name: forename, patronymic, last name

Grammar

• The plural of nouns
• The possessive pronouns of the 1st, the 2nd and the 3rd person singular and plural
• The verbs of the и-Conjugation
• The verb быть in the past tense

Communication Skills

• Finding your way at the airport
• Responding to questions at the passport control and at the customs
• Saying where one is or was
• Making short phone calls
• Telling about one’s colleagues and office

Vocabulary

• At the airport
• Office
• Names of businesses
• Cardinal points
• The verbs говорить, звонить, видеть

Culture and Traditions

• The capital of Russia and its major cities

Grammar

• The verbs of the e-conjugation and the и-conjugation
• The construction любить + the infinitive
• The demonstrative and the possessive pronouns
• Adjectives and nouns (inanimate) in the accusative
• The construction у кого есть что;
• The use of the numerals with the words человек, рубль;
• Nouns in the genitive singular
• The construction можно / нельзя + the infinitive

Communication Skills

• Speaking about holidays and leisure time
• Speaking about preferences
• Telling about a family business
• Introducing people
• Expressing emotions and surprise
• Saying what is allowed and what is forbidden at a particular place

Vocabulary

• Time of the day
• Holiday destinations
• Leisure activities
• A family business
• The verbs играть, читать, отдыхать, помогать смотреть, любить, готовить, сидеть
• The modal words можно, нельзя

Culture and Traditions

• Moscow’s city centre
• An excursion to the Red Square

Grammar

• Adjectives and nouns in the prepositional singular
• The reflexive verb учиться
• The verb приехать in the past tense
• The personal pronouns in the dative
• The ordinal numerals 1-10
• Adjectives in the genitive singular

Communication Skills

• Asking and responding to questions about one’s age
• Asking and responding to questions about one’s educational institution
• Discussing one’s foreign language skills
• Asking and responding to the questions about one’s origins
• Paying a compliment and reacting to it

Vocabulary

• Subjects and areas of study
• Languages
• Countries
• Nationalities
• The verbs учиться, изучать, спрашивать, отвечать, понимать, писать

Culture and Traditions

• The Russian language worldwide

Grammar

• The numerals with the words час, минута;
• Adjectives and nouns in the accusative (animate and inanimate)
• The construction хотеть + the infinitive
• Directional verbs of motion (идти, ехать)
• The subordinate clause of cause
• The conjunctions потому что and поэтому
• The short form of adjectives as a predicate свободен, занят
• The verb быть in the future tense
• The past tense
• The relative conjunction который

Communication Skills

• Asking and telling the time of the day
• Telling what one would like to watch on TV and why, and when the programme starts
• Telling about one's daily routine
• Asking and telling when and why one is busy or free
• Inviting; accepting or declining an invitation
• Asking and telling the way

Vocabulary

• Time as shown by a clock
• A TV programme
• A daily routine
• Mealtimes
• Office activities
• Means of transportation
• The verbs хотеть, идти, ехать, вставать, принимать, завтракать, обедать, ужинать, пригласить, ждать, организовать, вести, опаздывать

Culture and Traditions

• Russia on the world map
• Time zones in Russia

Grammar

• The modal verb мочь + the infinitive
• Verbal aspect: formation, meaning and use
• (Process vs. result; habitual vs. specific action)
• Words signalling the aspect
• The pronoun весь in the accusative
• The personal and possessive pronouns, adjectives and nouns in the instrumental and in the dative

Communication Skills

• Telling about one’s weekly working schedule
• Making an appointment
• Introducing oneself and requesting to speak to someone by the phone
• Congratulating
• Entertaining guests
• Telling about the office duties
• Ordering a meal at a restaurant

Vocabulary

• Days of the week
• Business correspondence
• Meals and drinks
• The verbs мочь, встречаться, поздравлять, давать, посылать / послать, сообщать / сообщить, желать / пожелать

Culture and Traditions

• Russian hospitality
• Russian cuisine

Grammar

• Revision Module I-VIII

Communication Skills

• Small Talk
• Making a reservation at the restaurant
• Ordering a meal at a restaurant Part II

Vocabulary

• Small Talk
• Business correspondence part II
• Business launch

Culture and Traditions

• Russian holydays
• Russian tourism