Conversation Class Lesson Summary 

Language and Section: Russian Intermediate 11 

Date: September 15, 2014

Class theme/topics discussed:

Need/necessity

Goal of the class:

Revise vocabulary from previous classes and expression of need/necessity/obligation

Structure of the class (unless you attach your lesson plan below):

Activity 1 – General discussion + Warm-up – 15 minutes

How are you faring in this heat?

Correct mistakes (there are a few!) in this crash course on the Russian alphabet

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Revise transliteration/transcription of English words in Russian

Activity 2 – Vocabulary revision – HANDOUT 1 – 15 minutes

The group is split into two groups, each gets a list of Russian words. They have to come up with a sentence in English using all of the words plus two need/necessity/obligation structures and the other group has to translate them into Russian. They first read out the whole sentence, then in parts and the others translate, then we recap.

Activity 3 – “I NEED…” – REVISION – HANDOUT 2 – 30 minutes

“A first-year student at Pomona needs….” (Мне нужен/нужна/нужно/нужны + Noun )

“I pack…”-type of exercise, where a students picks a word from the pile, says the “A first-year student at Pomona needs….” Phrase, then the next students repeats it and says another phrase with their words.

What technology, media or props did you use? (satellite tv, internet resources, playmobiles, etc.)

 Video, Internet

What worked well in this class? What did not work?

I do not plan on using translation too often as an exercise, but for this group and their level (intermediate) it has proved to be very effective, so I might incorporate it here and there. They had a lot of fun composing completely crazy sentences and translating them into Russian. The fact that they had to translate something that wasn’t written was also very good.

The last activity (“A first-year student at Pomona needs….”) is a very useful drill because of the grammatical agreement (gender and singular/plural form).

How could this class be improved/ modified?

Please attach your lesson plan and handouts for this class below – if you used any.

HANDOUT 1

(1) Придумайте два предложение по-английски для перевода на русский язык, использую ВСЕ слова внизу. Обязательно используйте конструкции:

  • NOUN Dat. + нужен/нужна/нужно/нужны + NOUN
  • Должен/должна/должно/должны + VERB

целоваться

перефразировать

кошмар

у него займет часа три

невоспитанный

ездить верхом

рифма

В чём смысл?

(2) Придумайте два предложение по-английски для перевода на русский язык, использую ВСЕ слова внизу. Обязательно используйте конструкции:

  • NOUN Dat. + нужен/нужна/нужно/нужны + NOUN
  • Должен/должна/должно/должны + VERB

парикмахерская

служба безопасности

видеоклип

медведь

диван

к + Dat (к Нине, к Пете) в гости

кондиционер

свистеть

HANDOUT 1 

Кондиционер

 

Собака

 

Тетрадь

 

Роман «Улисс»

 

Велосипед

 

Лимузин

 

Апельсины

 

Бутылка воды

 

Айфон

 

Ноутбук

 

Кофе

 

Шуба (fur coat)

 

Очки

 

Линзы

 

Маркер

 

Сумка

 

Радио

 

Меню

 

Медицинская страховка (medical insurance)

 

Парикмахер

 

Скейтборд

 

Молоко

 

Свидание

 

Молодой человек (бойфренд)

 

Центральное отопление (central heating)

 

Своя кухня

 

Туфли от Кристиана Лубутена

 

Паспорт

 

Банковская карточка