SUGGESTED ENTRY-LEVEL RUSSIAN CLASSES

The following are general guidelines to help students self-select the appropriate Russian class in which to start off here at Georgia Tech.

This is the right class for you if...

• You have never taken any formal classes in Russian before.
• You have taken only one year of HS Russian and do not feel confident about your level of preparation.

This is the right class for you if...

• You have taken RUSS 1001 at GT or its equivalent at another college/university.
• You have taken one year of high school Russian and feel very confident of your preparation or you have take two years of high school Russian.

This is the right class for you if...

• You have taken RUSS 1002 at GT or one year of college-level Russian at another institution.
• You have had 2-3 years of HS Russian.
• You are hesitant when you speak Russian, and you make vocabulary and structure mistakes, but you can describe yourself, talk about your interests, ask other people about themselves and their activities, etc.
• You can write a few paragraphs about yourself and your friends or family, without a dictionary, but with errors.
• You may speak some Russian at home, but do not know how to read and/or write or read and write very poorly.

WHO SHOULD TAKE RUSS 3813 (fifth-semester Russian)?

This is the right class for you if...

• You have had 4 years of HS Russian
• You have had 2 years of college-level Russian.
• You are gaining more confidence when you speak Russian, though you continue to make vocabulary and structure mistakes. You can describe yourself, talk about your interests, ask other people about themselves and their activities. You can talk about things like food, travel, shopping, weather, etc.
• You can write a several cohesive paragraphs about yourself, describe yourself and your interests without a dictionary but with errors in grammar and spelling.
• You speak Russian at home, but have weak reading and writing skills.