Students will be exposed to a variety of current meaningful topics through reading and listening. Discussions will follow. Accuracy will be addressed alongside with fluency. Dynamic assessment will be employed. Understanding and analyzing socio cultural situations through real events and authentic materials and situations will be introduced.

Through exposure to authentic language the students will increase the level of language proficiency across language modalities. Through meaningful tasks the students will apply the acquired authentic language to a variety of situations, personalizing what they have learned.

The goals and objectives will be to raise student awareness in different cultural aspects of life in Russia and to promote better understanding of Russian people and their mentality by introducing a variety of authentic complex situations. Current situation in Russia and its place on the world arena will be addressed.