Russian
Chemeketa offers six Russian language classes to help fulfill the arts and letters requirement of our transfer degree.
topics Arts Communications
Skills & InterestSocial Sciences
CareersArt & Communications
Why choose Russian?
Russian is the official language of the Russian Federation. It is also widely spoken in the former Soviet republics of Europe and Asia. There is a significant Russian community in the Willamette Valley. Many recent immigrants to the United States speak Russian.
Knowing another language and culture will –
- Increase your career opportunities
- Broaden your horizons
- Enrich your life in ways you never imagined
- Develop your intercultural sensitivity
- Increase your global understanding
Taking one or two years of a second language can –
- Fulfill university course requirements
- Greatly increase your chances of getting a rewarding and better-paying job
- Enhance travel
- Open up a new world of friendships and understanding
What will you learn?
- Listening, speaking, reading and writing Russian
- Russian culture, geography, customs, daily life, heritage and literature
What will you do?
A knowledge of Russian blends well with careers in –
- Art
- History
- Literature
- Music
- Philosophy
- Political science
- Psychology
- Theater
Where to Start
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HAVE YOU STUDIED RUSSIAN BEFORE?
If You...
- Are true beginners and have not studied Russian before (or in a very long time) or have not had significant contact with the language
- Take RUS101
- Have studied some Russian before, such as one year in high school, and know some basics, such as –
- Meeting and greeting people
- Counting
- The alphabet
- Describing people and things
- The family
- Telling time
- Using regular present tense verbs
- Take RUS102
- Have had at least two years in high school and are familiar with concepts such as –
- Telling the date,
- Stem-changing
- Irregular and reflexive verbs in the present tense
- Numbers above 100
- Likes and dislikes
- Daily routines
- Food
- Can use direct and indirect object pronouns
- Take RUS103
- Have completed a year of the language in college or three or more years in high school and should be familiar with –
- Past tenses
- Future tense
- giving commands
- Some subjunctive,
- Talking about work, health and travel
- Take RUS201
- Have grown up in a household where the language was spoken regularly and wish to focus on bringing their abilities to a more formal level, using proper grammar, spellingand accents and improving their reading and writing ability in the language
- Take RUS201
- If unsure, talk with a language teacher for proper placement
- Are true beginners and have not studied Russian before (or in a very long time) or have not had significant contact with the language