Russian for Tourism

Code:

ECRTN002

Acronym:

RPT

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Foreign languages and literatures

Instance: 2020/2021 - SP (of 27-10-2020 to 30-06-2021)

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Germanic Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Russian for Tourism

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
ECRTN2	13	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2014	1	-		60	60

Teaching language

Portuguese and Russian

Objectives

- Develop Russian language skills in the field of tourism, as a traveler or for a professional activity.
- Learn vocabulary (words and phrases) within the indicated topics.
- Practice the usage of the studied topics in oral communication situations.
- Apply the topics studied during the search work carried out during the hours of individual work.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the Course the trainee should be able to:
- communicate in different situations that may occur during leisure trips, within the topics according to the course programme,
- be able to express oneself spontaneously using different grammar structures,
- be able to consult city maps, tourist guides and internet pages.

Working method

Presencial

Program

- Introducing oneself, Greetings, Saying Goodbye.
- Talking about accommodations.
- Weather and Time.
- Talking about a sightseeing day.
- Buying a ticket.
- Booking a hotel room.
- Surfing the net and writing an e-mail.
- At the airport: passport control, at the custom office, filling in the form, explaining the trip purpose.
- City maps and public transport. Directions.
- At the restaurant.
- At the museum. Instructions and warnings.
- Numerals.
- Past Tense.
- Future Tense.
- Genitive Case.
- Dative Case.
- Instrumental Case.

Mandatory literature

James S. Levine, Ph.D; Russian Grammar, Second Edition
Belikova L.G., Shutova T.A.; Língua Russa – Primeiros Passos, Editora “Mirs”, 2012

Teaching methods and learning activities

- Lexical and grammar exercises in order to learn and practice vocabulary and grammar structures.
- Practice the vocabulary and grammar structures studied in oral situations answering spontaneously to the questions made by a teacher.
- Translation exercises.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	20,00
Teste	80,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	30,00
Total:	30,00

Eligibility for exams

75% attendance.

Calculation formula of final grade

Direct observation – oral communication exercises – 20 %
Test 1 – 30 %
Test 2 – 50 %