FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAMS
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Russian Language Course
Russian Language Program Objective
The Boston Language Institute, New England’s leading language school, offers Russian language courses to individuals and companies. The quality of instruction provided in our Russian language classes are on a par with the best native Russian language school.
Our teaching methods are individualized...even in groups. Small classes of four to twelve students assure that each student receives ample individual attention and the chance to participate actively in class. The result is a learning environment that fosters a higher level of fluency than a typical college course. We consider it to be the major goal of our program to have students use Russian in as many real life situations as possible. Our Russian programs have been designed to develop proficiency in both the spoken and written language. With an expert Russian instructor as your guide, you will learn to speak, read, write and understand Russian in a warm, relaxed atmosphere, and you will be introduced to Russian culture from the unique perspective of an educated professional.
Russian Level 1
Introduces both the spoken and the written language. The course emphasizes oral expression and listening comprehension; it is designed to give beginning students a practical command of the language. Topics covered include phonetics, nominative and prepositional cases, genders, and introduction to verb conjugation. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to introduce yourself, to talk about languages and nationalities, to name common objects and to give them simple description.
(Golosa,
Book I, Alphabet Chapter, Lessons 1-3)
Russian Level 2
Continues to build upon the basic foundation provided in Level I. Topics introduced include accusative and genitive cases, motion verbs, verbs of position, conjunctions as well as days of the week and times of the day. Upon completion, students can expect to express nonexistence and absence, possession and attribution, specific quantity. During the oral practice students will talk about daily activities and schedules, academic world, homes, rooms and furnishings, family members.
(Golosa,
Book I, Lessons 4-7)
Russian Level 3
Introduces the last 2 cases: dative and instrumental. Students continue building fluency with the verbs of motion, subjectless expressions, sentences of necessity and possibility, and getting acquainted with the verbal aspect as well as a future tense and time expressions. Communicative tasks will teach how to make purchases in a store, how to order meals in a restaurant and will give a chance to make a presentation on the biography.
(Golosa,
Book I, Lessons 8-10)
Russian Level 4
Assumes the level of proficiency described above and is for those who wish to continue building their mastery of the language through the further study of expressions in dative and instrumental cases, genitive plural and accusative animate cases, conditional constructions, short form adjectives and the imperative mood. Conversational topics include describing the weather, managing telephone conversations, getting around the town, making hotel and travel arrangements.
(Golosa,
Book II, Lessons 1-4)
Russian Level 5
Helps students use compound sentences, reflexive verbs and comparisons. Continues to build students proficiency with the various uses of the verbs. Introduces verbal adjectives and adverbs, additional functions of the instrumental case, and passive voice. Students will talk about movies and television, books and authors, hobbies and free time.
(Golosa,
Book II, Lessons 5-7)
Russian Level 6
Students continue acquiring fluency upon usage of participles, the subjunctive, negative and the indefinite constructions. New grammar topics include prepositions of direction and location, time expressions, new verbs, reflexive, indefinite, and other types of pronouns. Oral exercises cover talking about holidays, communications and internet, naming parts of the body, indicating symptoms of illness.
(Golosa,
Book II, Lessons 8-10)
Russian Level 7
Helps students acquire a more advanced level of grammar through a thorough review of the basic grammatical structures and learning to use them actively. Noun and adjective declensions, as well as verbal conjugations, are the basic "building blocks" of Russian grammar, and this course helps students to tie together all the elements of grammar and usage covered up to this point. The verbal aspect, another important and often difficult feature of the Russian grammar for foreign speakers, is also introduced in this course.
(V puti!, Lessons 1-6)
Russian Level 8
This course is designed for students who are already well-acquainted with basic grammatical concepts and vocabulary. The central goal of this course is to have the students communicate comfortably in Russian in a wider cultural context. Through the use of realistic situations and settings, students hone their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills further.
(V puti!, Lessons 7-10)
Conversational Russian
This is a program designed for students who already have a good command of the language. It works well for students of varying backgrounds and interests in Russian, including those who were born into a Russian-speaking family but have had no formal education in the language. Conducted entirely in Russian, the course can be tailored to fit the interests of the students. The chief aim of the course is to develop conversational skills by focusing on communication strategies, including the use of computer software and topical videos.We also offer three Special Topiccurricula: Readings from Russian Literature; Business Russian; and International Affairs.
We also offer three Special Topiccurricula: Readings from Russian Literature; Business Russian; and International Affairs.
