Time estimates are for students who had no previous foreign language experience before taking first-year Russian and who did not speak Russian at home.
Module 01 (login )
Module 01 complements chapter 1 of В пути . In it the student will review:
the pronunciation of chapter 1 vocab; and
the declension of права, заявление, тихий, исторический, другой; and
the conjugation of звонить/по-, получать/получить, расти/вы́-, другой; and
an introduction to Rinet; and
the distinction between курс, класс, год/
Approximate time: 79 minutes
Musical reward: «Ночь сияла кристаллом» by Лена Кауфман
2016-08-19: updated to new domain name. Updated to HTML5.
Module 02 (login )
Module 02 complements chapter 1 of В пути . In it the student will review:
Review use of verbs вырасти, переехать, жить
Review of prepositions that mean to/from/at and their cases.
Review of быть, пойти and уйти with prepositions.
Review of поехать, поработать, прожить, вернуться in narratives.
Approximate time: 44 minutes
Musical reward: «Пей пиво!» by Дискотека «Авария»
2016-08-19: updated to new domain name. Updated to HTML5.
Module 03 (login )
Module 3 complements chapter 1 of В пути . In it the student will review the difference between the first and second conjugations and practice predicting я and они forms from partial conjugations.
endings of first or second conjugation
drop down exercise: 1st, 2nd, can't tell just from this form
first conjugation verbs in -ать
discussion of ять еть verbs
verbs in -знавать, -ставать, -давать
1st conjugation consonant mutations писать, сказать, послать
verbs in -ти, -сть
verbs in -чь, мочь течь печь лечь
second conjugation verbs звонить
second conjugation dental consonant mutations
second conjugation labial consonant mutations
contrast with first conjugation mustations
second conjugation verbs in ять, еть, шать, жать, чать
Approximate time: not yet calculated.
Musical reward: «Дождь» by ДДТ
Written 2016-09-11
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Developer's notes: for next revision add -овать verbs and also non-standard stem changing verbs: понять, найти
Module 04 (login )
Module 04 complements chapter 2 of В пути . In it the student will review:
use of в plus days of week; and
use of каждый plus days of week; and
use of находиться and points of the compass; and
formation of department names (adj + факультет); and
use of поступить + acc and учиться + pre; and
introduction to который; and
the verb интересовать.
Approximate time: 46 minutes
Musical reward: «Главное» by Земфира
2015-09-04: updated to JWPlayer 6.8 (HTML5 with fall back to Flash)
Module 05 (login )
Module 05 complements chapter 2 of В пути . In it the student will review:
Distinctions among the study verbs:
to attend (a school)
to do homework
to study (a particular subject)
Verbs covered: учиться делать учить ходить/идти//пойти готовиться изучать готовиться заниматься
Approximate time: 50 minutes
Musical reward: «Отвали» by Лолита Милявская
2016-09-21: updated to new domain. Updated to JWPlayer 6.8 (HTML5 with fall back to Flash)
Module 06 (login )
Module 06 complements chapter 2 of В пути . In it the student will review:
в plus days of week
каждый plus days of week
по plus days of week
в plus hours, top of the hour
с plus genitive of hours
до plus hours
с ... до and около plus hours
adverbs of frequency plus раньше, сегодня, завтра, вчера
verbs вставать/встать, ложиться/лечь
Approximate time: 47 minutes
Musical reward: «Мамбо по-русски» by Божья коровка
2016-09-29: updated to new domain name, JWPlayer 6.8 (HTML5 with fall back to Flash).
Module 07 (login )
Module 07 complements chapter 2 of В пути . In it the student will review:
to, from and at; and
друг, singular and plural; and
practice use of занятие/ия.
Approximate time: 35 minutes
Musical reward: «Я не поняла» by Верка Сердючка
2016-09-17: updated to new domain name, JWPlayer 6.8 (HTML5 with fall back to Flash).
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Developer's notes. For next revision add:
practice use of из дома дома домой
preps with time phrases: на следующей неделе, в прошлом году, в пятницу, сегодня первое, я был там первого
Also compare the to/from/at exercises with SAM ex 2-10 to make sure there are no copyright violations)
Module 08 (login )
Module 08 complements chapter 3 of В пути . In it the student will review colloquial time phrases:
time on the hour
time on the half hour
time in the first half of the hour
time in the second half of the hour
synthesizing all of the above
Approximate time: 38 minutes
Musical reward: «Одно и то же» by Iowa
2015-09-27: updated
Module 09 (login )
Module 9 complements chapter 3 of В пути . It covers things one needs to know to talk about family history, including:
рождаться/родиться
расти/вырасти
review of ordinal numbers for years from 1900 — 2010 with рождаться/родиться
Listening exercises for years ending in 0
Listening exercises for years ending in 1-9
воспитывать/воспитать
умирать/умереть
переезжать/переехать (на срок)
жениться/по-
Listening exercises
Approximate time: 36 minutes
Musical reward: «Такого как Путин» by Поющие вместе
2016-03-18: updated for new URL. 2015-10-16: updated to JWPlayer 6.8 (HTML5 with fall back to Flash)
Module 10 (login )
Module 10 complements chapter 3 of В пути . It covers :
how to discuss marriage; женат, замужем; verbs выходить/выйти, жениться/жениться, жениться/пожениться; and
how to use express the year in which something happened; and
ordinal numbers 10th, 20th, etc.; decades from 1900 to 2010; and
listening exercises for years; and
spelling the years 2001-2009; listening exercises for those years; and
a review of to/from/at; and
how to express time on the half hour; listening exercises for those times.
Approximate time: 44 minutes
Musical reward: «Разбитая судьба» by Сергей Наговицын
2016-03-25: updated to new URL. 2015-10-23: updated to JWPlayer 6.8 (HTML5 with fall back to Flash)
Module 11 (login )
Module 11 complements chapter 4 of В пути . It covers :
Use of один, два, три, четыре, five and above in nominative (and a bit of accusative)
Use of noun forms with два, три, четыре, five and above in nominative
Use of сколько, много, несколько, мало
Practice of verbs советовать/по-, давать/дать, возвращаться/вернуться, мочь/с-
Approximate time: 36 minutes.
Musical reward: «Метелица» by Женя Любич
2016-01-04: updated to new URL. 2015-10-30: updated to JWPlayer 6.8 (HTML5 with fall back to Flash)
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At next update it would be good to add audio to the pages that review the spelling of numbers.
Module 12 (login )
Module 12 complements chapter 4 of В пути . It covers :
review the verbs ‘to turn on’ and ‘to turn off,’ and
review the verbs ‘to insert’ and ‘to remove,’ and
review the verb ‘to copy.’
Approximate time: 35 minutes
Musical reward: «Казачья притча» by Жанна Бичевская
Module 13 (login )
Module 13 complements chapter 4 of В пути . It covers the use of numbers in the nominative and accusative cases. It differs from module 11 and includes exercises on working with adjectives in number phrases.
Approximate time: 35 minutes
Musical reward: «Нас не догонят» by t.A.T.u.
Updated 2015-09-04
Module 14 (login )
Module 14 complements chapter 5 of В пути . In it the student will:
review using numbers with nouns; and
review using numbers with nouns that have been derived from adjectives; and
practice using verbs убирать/убрать, стоять, ставить/поставить, висеть, мыть/вымыть.
Approximate time: 28 minutes
Musical reward: «Где-то» by Дима Билан
2016-04-14: updated to new URL.
Module 17 (login )
Module 17 complements chapter 6 of В пути . In it the student will review:
some ways to describe a person; and
how to say ‘like’ with the verbs любить and нравиться; and
use reflexive verbs for to open/close and to start/finish in their reflexive and non-reflexive forms.
Approximate time: 39 minutes.
Musical reward: «Если хочешь остаться» by Дискотека Авария
2016-08-19: updated to new domain name. Updated to HTML5.
Module 18 (login )
Module 18 complements chapter 6 of В пути . In it the student will review:
Review of use of verb triplets ходить/идти//пойти, ездить/ехать//поехать and летать/лететь//полететь.
Approximate time: 29 minutes.
Musical reward: «Лучше нету того цвету» by Мария Пахоменко
2016-09-01: updated to new domain name. Updated to HTML5.
Module 19 (login )
Module 19 complements chapter 8 of В пути . In it the student will review:
the use of multidirenctional and unidirectional verbs ходить-идти, ездить-ехать, летать-лететь, носить-нести, возить-везти, плавать-плыть.
Approximate time: 24 minutes.
Musical reward: «Мой Путин» by Машани
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Developer's notes: this module has some copyrighted pictures. They should be replaced with non-copyright pictures before national release.
Updated 2015-09-16.
Module 20 (login )
Module 20 complements chapter 8 of В пути . In it the student will review:
Adverbs of frequency
Review of non-prefixed verbs of motion (ездить-ехать, ходить-идти, плавать-плыть, летать-лететь, носить-нести, возить-везти, водить-вести, plus the unidirectionals with по-)
назад, через
seasons
Следующий and прошлый with год
На + prepositional for means of transport
Review of impersonal sentences with adverbial predicatives
Approximate time: 35 minutes.
Musical reward: «Улыбайся» by Iowa
2016-09-22: updated to new domain name, JWPlayer 6.8 (HTML5 with fall back to Flash).
Module 21 (login )
Module 21 complements chapter 8 of В пути . In it the student will practice the verb triplets:
ходить-идти/пойти
ездить-ехать/поехать
летать-лететь/полететь
бегать-бежать/побежать
плавать-плыть/поплыть
носить-нести/понести
возить-везти/везти
Approximate time: 28 minutes.
Musical reward: «Нежность» by Krec
2016-09-26: updated to new domain name, JWPlayer 6.8 (HTML5 with fall back to Flash).
Module 22 (login )
Module 22 complements chapter 9 of В пути . In it the student will review:
приходить/прийти with в, на and к; and
приходить/прийти and aspect and tense; and
приезжать/приехать, variations on prepositions, aspect and tense; and
уходить/уйти, variations on prepositions, aspect and tense; and
уезжать/уехать, variations on prepositions, aspect and tense; and
входить/войти, variations on aspect and tense; and
выходить/выйти, variations on aspect and tense.
Approximate time: 38 minutes.
Musical reward: «Бум, бум, бум» by Любовные истории
2016-09-17: updated to new domain name, JWPlayer 6.8 (HTML5 with fall back to Flash).
Module 24 (login )
Module 24 complements chapter 9 of В пути . In it the student will review:
Giving directions
Places around Moscow, pronunciation, listening comprehension for those places
Modes of transport, pronunciation, listening comprehension
Directions by public transport, numbers, listening comprehension
Prepositions used in directions
Approximate time: 30 minutes.
Musical reward: «Без бою» by Океан Ельзи
2016-03-18: updated for new URL.
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2015-09-05: updated to JWPlayer 6.8 (HTML5 with fall back to Flash)
Developer's notes: Next update should include additional pages on giving directions.
Module 25 (login )
Module 25 complements chapter 10 of В пути . In it the student will review:
the general concept of comparatives; and
более + adjectives (compound comparatives); and
simple comparatives in -ее used with чем; and
irregular comparatives of большо́й, ма́ленький, хоро́ший, плохо́й; and
irregular comparatives of мно́го, ма́ло, хорошо́, пло́хо; and
irregular comparatives of бли́зкий, дорого́й, молодо́й, ни́зкий, твёрдый, у́зкий; and
irregular comparatives of бога́тый, гро́мкий, жа́ркий, коро́ткий, лёгкий; and
irregular comparatives of высо́кий, ти́хий; and
irregular comparatives of просто́й, ча́стый; and
irregular comparatives of далёкий, дешёвый, молодо́й, по́здний, ра́нний, ста́рый; and
weather words for snow rain, use of идти/пойти with them; and
weather words: тепло́, жа́рко, вла́жно, па́смурно, сы́ро, прохла́дно, хо́лодно, ве́трено; and
verbs быть and стать with weather words .
Approximate time: 30 minutes.
Musical reward: «Корабли» by «T9» with Yulia Savicheva
2016-01-04: updated to new URL.
Module 26 (login )
Module 26 has not yet been coded. Tentative lesson plan is in the developer's notes.
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Module 26 complements chapter 10 of В пути . In it the student will review:
Use of degrees in discussing weather.
Use of плюс/минус тепла/мороза
Use of words дождь снег with идти/пойти. (non use of ходить with weather words)
Tenses with those words.
phrases по цельсию по фаренгейту
Overview of predicatives (тепло, холодно, etc) with location phrases when discussing weather.
Question какая у вас погода in listening dialogs. Some practice with those phrases with various places.
Use of comparatives when discussing weather.
Practice of clothing words
Conjugation of verb надевать/надеть for clothes you put on on a single occasion.
Use of that verb with weather dialogs
What is someone wearing today? быть в/на чём
Notes: perhaps the next module can class can include short form adjectives.
Musical reward: tbd
Module 28 (login )
Module 28 complements chapter 10 of В пути . In it the student will:
review long-form adjectives скучный, интересный, красивый, шумный, тихий, спокойный, жаркий, холодный, теплый, сухой; and
form the adverbs from those (скучно, интересно, красиво, шумно, тихо, спокойно, жарко, холодно, тепло, сухо); and
learn the predicative use of those adverbs; and
use predicatives with location phrases; and
use так to mean ‘so’ with those; and
use так же... как and не так... как; and
use такой to mean ‘so/such’ in contrast with так; and
use такой же... как and не такой... как; and
put all those together with short cloze texts.
Musical reward: «Жениха хотела» by Верка Сердючка и Глю'коза
2016-04-15: updated to new URL.
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Developer’s note: contemplate discussing «не в такую» vs. «в не такую»
Module 29-adj (login )
Module 29 is a generic module that gives the student the opportunity to practice adjectival endings. In it the student will:
review the adjectival endings of the major stem-stressed and end-stressed adjective classes (новый, молодой, русский, плохой, хороший, большой). They will do both listening recognition with written context, spelling from listening with written context, and spelling from listening without written context.
Approximate time: 40 minutes.
Musical reward: «Этонемне» by Ночные снайперы
2015-09-04: updated to JWPlayer 6.8 (HTML5 with fall back to Flash)
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Developer's notes: for the next round, add audio so the student pronounces the adjective forms when they are first introduced.