College Russian (4)

Author: Ding Shuqi
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: This book is the main part of the fourth volume of the "Dongfang" series university Russian language textbooks jointly compiled by Beijing Foreign Studies University and the Pushkin Russian Language Institute in Moscow. It is intended for the fourth semester. The teaching tasks for this stage are:
1. To teach commonly used vocabulary and sentence patterns within the scope of daily life, general national conditions, society, and culture, and to develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. This volume focuses on developing monologue skills while also improving dialogue skills;
2. To continue teaching basic grammar points and lay a solid foundation in grammar;
3. To closely integrate speech training with grammar instruction to improve pronunciation and intonation, and to strengthen reading aloud exercises;
4. To gradually cultivate independent work skills through reading texts, consulting dictionaries, and completing various assignments.
The fourth volume serves as a bridge between the basic and advanced stages. In terms of content, the topics of national conditions, society, and culture are increased. In addition to thematic texts, four literary texts are included to lay the foundation for learning literary language and to develop skills in retelling and narrating.
The fourth volume consists of 12 lessons, covering approximately 1,450 new words (excluding new words in reading texts) and 28 grammar points. The structure of the textbook is as follows:
I. Vocabulary and Speech Training
1. Main Text: The main source of information and language knowledge, providing examples for monologue. Assignments include exercises to develop language fundamentals (word forms, collocations, case relations, word formation, synonyms, etc.), checks on text comprehension, and exercises to improve coherent speaking and writing. The vocabulary work on commonly used verbs is strengthened in these exercises.
2. Dialogues: Conversations between two or more people, aimed at cultivating responses to events, such as agreement, approval, disagreement, questions, retorts, praise, doubt, exclamation, and conclusions. Students should correctly understand the content of the dialogues, read and practice them accurately and fluently, and create their own dialogues based on given scenarios.
3. Reading Texts: Related articles selected according to the theme of the main text, designed to develop reading comprehension and independent dictionary use skills.
4. Listening: Primarily to improve listening skills while also consolidating learned vocabulary and appropriately developing speech abilities.
5. Check Exercises: Based on a comprehensive review of the learned material, these exercises assess students' monologue and dialogue skills within the scope of the topic. New words in the main text can be found in the glossary at the back of the book to cultivate dictionary use and independent problem-solving skills.
II. Grammar
The grammar in this volume focuses on syntactic structures. The simple sentence section emphasizes the expression of main and secondary sentence components and teaches the meaning and usage of various common prepositions accordingly. The compound sentence section includes patterns and usage of various coordinated and subordinate compound sentences, as well as compound sentences without conjunctions. Syntactic structures also include co-ordinated elements, generalizing words, independent elements, appositives, interjections, and embedded sentences.
Grammar knowledge is generally presented through sentence patterns, followed by brief explanations and annotations. The textbook provides a large number of exercises for teachers to choose from. Teachers should strengthen skill practice aimed at proficiency based on students' actual levels. Each lesson should also include a certain amount of written homework.