Speak Russian Online!
Speak Russian Online!

Beginners Level

Module 1
Module 2
Module 3
Module 4
Module 5
Module 1


Introducing people

You will learn the following themes:

  • Greeting people
  • Introducing people 
  • Inquiring about someone’s profession
  • Asking yes-or no questions.
  • Describing people with adjectives of nationality and quality
  • Describing foreign language skills
  • Making compliments    
You will learn the following grammatical structures:es: 
  • Gender of nouns and adjectives
  • Personal pronouns (subject and object forms) 
  • Possessive pronouns 
  • Formal and informal addresses
  • Asking yes-or-no, “who” questions
  • Verb conjugation
  • Conjunctions и, а, но
  • Adverbs
   
For Beginners, Lower-, and Upper-Intermediate levels

With intensive home assignments 12 weeks 1.5 academic hours per week


Module 2
Possessions and your home city
You will learn the following themes
  • Asking for and expressing opinions
  • Talking about possessions
  • Describing the size of your family
  • Describing your city
  • Asking for directions
  • Expressing location
  • Describing things in the plural
  • Describing your house or apartment
You will learn the following grammatical structure:  
  • Adjective agreement
  • Что это?   versus Что такое?
  • Verbs думать and знать
  • Dependent clauses
  • Equivalents of the verb to have: у меня есть
  • Accusative case: Preview
  • Demonstrative pronouns этот and это
  • Verbs находиться, называться and знать
  • Prepositional case of singular nouns
  • Nominative plural of nouns and adjectives
  • Plural of possessive and demonstrative pronouns
Module 3
Work, going to school, and the country where you live
You will learn the following themes
  • Asking for and expressing opinions
  • Talking about possessions
  • Describing the size of your family
  • Describing your city
  • Asking for directions
  • Expressing location
  • Describing things in the plural
  • Describing your house or apartment

You will learn the following grammatical structures: 

  • Adjective agreement
  • Что это?   versus Что такое?
  • Verbs думать and знать
  • Dependent clauses
  • Equivalents of the verb to have: у меня есть
  • Accusative case: Preview
  • Demonstrative pronouns этот and это
  • Verbs находиться, называться and знать
  • Prepositional case of singular nouns
  • Nominative plural of nouns and adjectives
  • Plural of possessive and demonstrative pronouns
Module 4
Literature, music, sports
You will learn the following themes
  • Describing your country 
  • Expressing location
  • Making comparisons
  • Telling where you live and used to live 
  • Talking about working and going to school
  • Filling out applications
  • Days of the week
  • Talking about work and study schedules 
You will learn the following grammatical structures
  • Prepositional case of nouns and adjectives
  • Comparative of adjectives
  • Superlative of adjectives
  • Nouns with numerals год, года, and лет
  • Time expressions давно, сколько лет, and всю жизнь
  • Past tense of the verbs: Introduction
  • The verbs работать and учиться
  • Prepositional case of adjectives and pronouns
  • Time expressions
For Beginners, Lower-, and Upper-Intermediate levels

With intensive home assignments 12 weeks 1.5 academic hours per week


Module 5
University life, free time activities

You will learn the following themes:

  • Telling time
  • Literature, music, sport
  • Describing mealtimes
  • Talking about daily activities
  • Saying where you are going
  • Expressing frequency of actions
  • Talking about hobbies 
  • Talking about literature and art
  • Expressing emphasis and preference
  • Talking about sports
  • Talking about music
You will learn the following grammatical structures:
  • Reflexive verbs
  • Conjugation of verbs
  • Accusative case: Inanimate nouns
  • Accusative of adjectives, possessive and demonstrative pronouns
  • Expressing direction with accusative
  • Verbs of motion: идти versus ходить