RUSSIAN LEVELS I AND II CRITICAL CORE
Students will demonstrate full or partial control of Level I and II material.
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
Within the context of the target culture, students
will use the target language to:
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React appropriately to classroom
directions
Initiate and respond to greetings and
farewells
State when events occur, using temporal
expressions
Supply basic information about school and
classes
Identify and describe people and objects
Identify and describe selected foods and
meals
Identify and describe surroundings and
environment
Express and support likes and dislikes
Request basic information and respond
appropriately
Use appropriate forms of address
Comprehend short literary selections
Express to whom or for whom an action is
done
Describe people and places
Distinguish between formal and informal
situations and language forms
Recognize similarities between English
and Russian.
CONTENT TOPICS
Students will use the following content topics to
meet the performance objectives:
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Greetings and farewells
Cardinal and ordinal numbers
The Russian alphabet
Russian-speaking areas
The family and family structure
The school day
The house and home
Means of transportation
Clock and calendar time
Geographical features of Russianspeaking areas
Parts of the body
Weather
The diversity of the Commonwealth of
Independent States (CIS)
Leisure-time activities
LANGUAGE STRUCTURES
Students will demonstrate full or partial control of
the following structures:
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Numerical system
Patronymic system
Formulaic speech
Writing system of Russian
Sound system of Russian
Present tense of regular verbs
Present tense of selected irregular verbs
Selected prepositions and cases
they govern
Interrogative forms
Number and gender of nouns
Negation
Selected idiomatic expressions
Syntax
The use of nominative, accusative,
genitive, and instrumental cases
Aspect of verbs
Relationship between parts of speech
Cognates
Past tense
Adjectives and adverbs
RUSSIAN LEVEL III AND IV CRITICAL CORE
Students will demonstrate full or partial control of Level III and IV material.
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
Within the context of the target culture, students
will use the target language to:
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Introduce selves and others
Compare people and objects
Request and supply information
Give and receive instructions
Outline a daily routine
Discuss present events
Report and describe past events
Predict future events
Respond negatively to a given situation
Comprehend short literary selections in a
familiar context, such as anecdotes, fables,
simple poems, songs, and short narratives
Express the means by which an action is
completed
Explain how or to what extent an action is
complete
Analyze historical and societal influences
CONTENT TOPICS
Students will use the following content topics to
meet the performance objectives:
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Review and reentry of Levels I and II
Food and meals
Education and the school system
Leisure time and activities
Making purchases
Travel and tourism
Russian-speaking areas
Historical events and figures
Holidays and celebrations
Daily routine
Religious diversity and practices
Ethnic composition in CIS
Current events
Fine arts
Russian influences in US
Economic system
LANGUAGE STRUCTURES
Students will demonstrate full or partial control of
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Review and reentry of Levels I and II
Comparative and superlative adjectives
and adverbs
Use of adverbs
Object pronouns
Reflexive verbs
Aspect of perfective and imperfective
verbs
Past tenses
Participles
Negation
Future tense
Specific prepositions
Conditional sentences
Selected idiomatic expressions
Dative, prepositional, and locative cases
Dual comparative forms
Irregular neuter nouns
Irregular feminine nouns
Verbal adverbs
Imperative