Course level
LOWER ADVANCED (B1/B2)
This course will enable you to
- Express your views and form questions in a clearer and more efficient way
- Use synonyms and paraphrase
- Boost listening and reading skills
- Expand vocabulary
- Improve your understanding of the grammar and sentence structure
- Learn interesting facts about the country and its people
Course programme
| Lesson 1 (text) | Columbus (1936) – a satirical short story written by Ilya Ilf and Eugene Petrov, two Soviet prose writers of the 1920s and 1930s. |
| Lesson 2 (video) | That’s how they speak in Russia. Russian teachers Olga and Marina talk about regional differences in the Russian language. |
| Lesson 3 (video) | Meet a DIY blogger from a quiet village in Pskov region (West Russia) whose channel has 400,000 subscribers. |
| Lesson 4 (video) | Meet Izhorians, the indigenous people of north-western European Russia, and find out how they revived their native language and culture after decades of decline under Soviet rule. |
| Lesson 5 | Revision of Lessons 1-4. |
Study materials
- Fragments of documentaries and TV shows
- Short satirical story slightly adapted the to required level
- A variety of engaging activities for practice and consolidation
- Each video comes with a transcript and a glossary
- Each newspaper article comes with a glossary and an audio recording
All course materials are prepared by the teacher.
Lesson dates and times
Dates: 11,13,18, 20, 25 July (Tuesday, Thursday)
Time: 18.30-20.30
Lesson duration
120 minutes
Where does the course take place?
Zoom video
Before each lesson
- Students will be expected to watch a video / read a short text and then complete some tasks prior to the lesson. Each video is approx. 3-6 minutes long.
After the lesson you will receive (by email)
- Zoom chat from the lesson + lesson notes
- Homework and materials for the next lesson
- A link to the video and audio recordings