Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
NNCS-5205
Organization's ID:
RUSS3312
Organization:
National Cryptologic University
Location:
Hybrid
Length:
1 week (40 hours)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Upper-Division Baccalaureate 2 Russian Language and Culture
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to help students develop a deeper understanding of idioms and humor in line with cultural specifics of the Russian mentality and language expression at various walks of modern Russian society.

Learning Outcomes:

  • discuss the author’s intent and emotional overtones in the expression and humorous behaviors;
  • evaluate idioms and humor with certain communicative situations, type of discourse, age, profession and social status of speakers/writers;
  • correlate idioms and humor with certain opinions and attitudes of speakers/writers;
  • analyze idioms and humor in line with cultural specifics of the Russian mentality and language expression at various walks of modern Russian society.
  • identify meaning and syntactic appropriateness of idioms, correlating those features with neutral (business/unemotional) interpretation in Russian and translation into English

General Topics:

  • Idioms, pranks, and teases
  • Irony
  • Sarcasm and satire
  • Musical humor
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Classroom Exercise
  • Discussion
  • Learner Presentations
  • Lectures

Methods of Assessment:

  • Performance Rubrics (Checklists)
  • Presentations

Minimum Passing Score:

80%
Supplemental Materials