Course Overview

Online Russian Levels 5&6 is an Elementary Russian course course for students who are already in the process of learning Russian. This is an intensive Russian course allowing you to take two Russian levels in 10 weeks and progress more quickly. Online Russian Levels 5&6 requires that you have previously studied Russian Level 4 or a course of at least 48 class hours. If you’re unsure of your level, then take our quick Russian language level test here or check our levels 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 food, cuisine 

– Discussing working day 

– Comparing means of transport 

– Expressing consent and refusal  

– Using different forms of invitation 

– Describing room, apartment, furniture 

– Talking about musical, literary, theatrical, TV, film genres 

– Discussing favourite topics/themes of films and books 

Grammar points

– Accusative case of inanimate nouns in the singular and plural 

– Accusative case in the construction «Можно …», «Будьте добры…» 

– Accusative case of adjectives in use with inanimate nouns in singular and plural  

– Accusative case of personal pronouns. 

– Present tense verbs of motion «идти, ехать» 

– Accusative case – direction (where?), construction «ехать на чем?» 

– The verbs «ходить» and «ездить» in the present tense and past tense  

– The verbs «пойти» and «поехать» in the future tense 

– Accusative case of animate nouns  

– The construction «кому? нравится кто?/что делать?» 

– Dative case of personal pronouns 

– The future tense of imperfective verbs 

– The constructions of time with the prepositions «через» and «назад» 

– The use of the verb «играть» with the prepositions «в» and «на» 

– Prepositional in the meaning of the object of thought 

– Genitive case in denial, matching numerals 2, 3, 4 with nouns in the Genitive case  

– Constructions «что? лежит/стоит/висит где?» 

– Genitive of a noun acting in the position of the subject «у кого? есть что?» 

– Genitive in the meaning of a place with the prepositions «(не)далеко от, около, без» 

– The construction «У меня нет…» in the past tense 

– Genitive of 3rd person personal pronouns in the construction of «кого? сейчас нет» 

– Prepositional case of adjectives and ordinal numbers in singular 

– Complicated definitive sentences with the conjunction «который»

Vocabulary

–  The verbs «есть, пить, хотеть, готовить, любить» 

–  Names of dishes  

– Numbers 100-20000 

– Relational adjectives 

– Short forms of the adjectives 

– The verbs «начинаться, заканчиваться» 

– Verbs denoting objects’ location «стоять, лежать, висеть» 

– The construction «Давай пойдем … !» 

– Adverbs of manner 

– Adverbs of frequency-  

– Ordinal numbers 

Course Information 

• Average class size: 8 (maximum 12) 
• Students must be 18+ years old 
• Existing language ability: 48 class hours of previous Russian language study required
• Classes will take place via Zoom

Class Schedule

• The classes are 2.5 hours per week 
• The course runs for 10 weeks 
• The course takes place on Saturdays 10:30 – 13:00 
• The possible study options for this course are as follow: 

15th January – 19th March 2022

9th April – 25th June 2022*

9th July – 10th September 2022

1st October – 3rd December 2022

*Due to the Bank Holidays there are no classes on 16th April and 4th June. The course still consists of 10 classes however, spread over 12 weeks.

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