Course Overview

Russian Level 8 is an Elementary Russian course for students who are already in the process of learning Russian. Russian Level 8 requires that you have previously studied Russian Level 7 or a course of at least 84 class hours. If you’re unsure of your level, then take our quick Russian language level test here, or check our level chart.

Our Russian language classes take place at our school in Covent Garden with a qualified, experienced teacher and fellow students. Evening language classes at IH London are dynamic and interactive as the emphasis is on spoken communication, which is achieved through lots of group work and role-plays. At the same time, there is systematic work on grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, so that you can improve on all aspects of the language. Your teacher speaks in the target language throughout, so that you can refine your comprehension and listening skills.

Course Content

COMMUNICATION POINTS 

• Speaking about appearance and character 

• Expressing needs 

GRAMMAR POINTS 

• Motion verbs with prefixes «при-, у-» of the perfective aspect in the past and future tenses 
•  Dative case in direction constructions «к кому?» 
• Genitive case in direction constructions «от кого?» 

• Genitive case of nouns with prepositions of place («около, слева от, справа от, напротив») 
• Motion verbs with prefixes «при-, у-» of imperfective aspect 
• Purpose expression (a complex sentence of the goal, with a conjunction чтобы) 
• The instrumental case of nouns and personal pronouns in the singular 
• Complex conditional sentences 

• Imperative mood of the verbs of the 1st and 2nd conjugation 

VOCABULARY 

• Adverbs of place and direction 
• Verbs governing the instrumental case «быть, работать, знакомиться, встречать-ся, советоваться» 

Course Information 

• Average class size: 8 (maximum 14) 
• Students must be 18+ years old 
• Existing language ability: 84 class hours of previous Russian language study required
• Classes will take place at our school in Covent Garden (16 Stukeley Street, Holborn, London WC2B 5LQ) 

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: 

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