Course Overview

Online Russian Level 7 is an Elementary Russian course for students who are already in the process of learning Russian. Online Russian Level 7 requires that you have previously studied Russian Level 6 or a course of at least 72 class hours. If you’re unsure of your level, then take our quick Russian language level test here, or check our level chart.

Our Online Russian language classes take place via Zoom with a qualified, experienced teacher and fellow students. The interactive lessons emulate our face-to-face classes, and via teacher screen-sharing, students are able to experience a live classroom environment. From vocabulary activities and covering grammar points on the white board, to listening exercises, file sharing and ‘break-out rooms’ to practise speaking with classmates, students can learn without leaving the comfort of their homes. Take a look at an example of one of our online classes in this video.

Course Content

COMMUNICATION POINTS 

• Talking about school subjects  
• Discussing university departments 
• Planning holidays/vacations 

GRAMMAR POINTS 

• Verbs of perfect and imperfect form; the past tense of the perfect form of verbs (process – result) 
• Difference in the use of imperfective and perfective aspect verbs
• The use of imperfective and perfective aspect verbs in a complex sentence (parallelism – sequence) 
• Constructions with the verbs «мочь, должен, уметь» 
• Dative singular  

• Dative case of personal pronouns 
• Demonstrative pronouns «этот – тот»  
• The future tense of perfective verbs 
• Constructions of time «зимой, летом, весной, осенью» 
• Sentences with a generalized subject (impersonal sentences) 

VOCABULARY 

• Perfective aspect verbs 
• Verbs governing the dative case 
• Verbs «смотреть – видеть» and «слушать – слышать» 
• Modal words «надо, нужно, можно, нельзя» 
• Colours 
• Clothes 
• Gifts 
• Names of months, seasons, natural phenomena

Class Information

• Average class size: 8 (maximum 12)
• Students must be 18+ years old
• Existing language ability: 72 class hours of previous Russian language study required
• Classes will take place via Zoom

Class Schedule

• The classes are 2 hours per week
• The course runs for 6 weeks
• The course takes place on weekday evenings 18:30 – 20:30
• The possible study options for this course are as follow:

Tuesdays: 11th January – 17th February 2022

Wednesdays: 6th April -18th May 2022*

Thursdays: 7th July – 11th August 2022

Mondays: 26th September – 31st October 2022

*Due to the Easter holiday there is a break in the course on the 20th of April. The course still consists of 6 lessons however.

What do you need for an online class?

To get the most from this course you will need:

• A reliable internet connection
• A desktop computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone
• A web camera on or attached to the device you are using
• An integrated microphone in the device you are using or an attached headset
• The day before your course, you will be sent via email all the details you need to connect to the IH London Zoom classroom

This language course includes:

• Access to our Moodle platform to download lesson summaries, notes and resources
• Support and advice from Russian language teachers
• Russian language study tips