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Undergraduate Handbook 2006-2007 (archived)

Module RUSS2191: RUSSIAN TRANSLATION AND ORAL

Department: Modern Languages and Cultures (Russian)

RUSS2191: RUSSIAN TRANSLATION AND ORAL

Type	Level	Credits	Availability	Module Cap	Location
Open	2	20	Available in 2006/2007	None.	Durham

Pre-requisites

Post A-level Russian: Russian Language 1A (RUSS1161) and Russian Translation 1A (RUSS1131).

Corequisites

Russian Grammar and Composition (RUSS2181) OR Russian Grammar and Composition (with Year Abroad Essay) (RUSS2171).

Excluded Combinations

None.

Aims

To raise students' awareness of issues relating to translation and to practise translation, by examining a range of texts in a variety of registers in Russian and rendering them in English in class and in formative assessments.
To develop skills in communication through discussion of a range of topics in Russian.

Content

There will be two contact hours per week, one oral and one seminar on translation.
Classes on translation will alternate between focussing on English to Russian and Russian to English.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge

Subject-specific Skills

Students will have developed in their ability to translate Russian into fluent English through practical sessions on translation.
By the end of the module they should be able to translate unseen texts from Russian into English and English into Russian.
Students will also have developed in their ability to communicate clearly in spoken Russian, and to discuss a range of topics in Russian.

Key Skills

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

The module is taught by means of a weekly practical (devoted to translation of a range of sample texts from English into Russian and Russian into English) and a weekly oral class.
Oral classes will provide the opportunity to broaden the students' vocabulary base by building on vocabulary encountered in the translation texts.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity	Number	Frequency	Duration	Total Hours
Practicals	21	Twice weekly	1 hour	42
Preparation and Reading				158
Total				200

Summative Assessment

Component	Component Weighting	Element	Length/Duration	Element Weighting	Resit Opportunity
Examination	75%	written examinaiton	2 hours	100%
Oral Examination	25%	oral examination		100%

Formative Assessment

Weekly translations and oral preparation work.

Students who do not attend monitored activities shown under Teaching Methods and Learning Hours, or who fail to complete the summative or formative assessment(s) specified above, may be subject to the Academic Progress procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University.