Programs
Credit-bearing Russian courses with a published syllabus, hours, assessment, and grading — what a counselor needs to award world-language credit.
Russian 1, 2 and 3 are year-long courses designed for transcripts: each publishes its hours of instruction, assessment plan, grading scale, and ACTFL proficiency target, so a high-school counselor or Education Specialist can award world-language credit with confidence. Most colleges expect two years of one world language; Russian 1 + 2 meets that expectation.
Each course is a small online group class meeting three times a week for 75 minutes — 3¾ hours a week, 120 hours over the school year — so a student can take Russian alongside other vendor classes without exceeding a school’s weekly cap on vendor-provided core hours.
Each course is aligned to the California World Languages Standards and to ACTFL Can-Do benchmarks (Novice Low → Intermediate Mid across the three courses). Semester grades come with a narrative progress report.
One to one or semi-private. Any of the three courses can also be taken one to one, or semi-private with two or three students, on the same syllabus, assessment and grading, priced per session below. The hours of instruction on the progress report are the hours actually taught.
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9-12 · Beginner 1
Core world language3.75 hrs/weekOnline
$1,500 per semester · 48 lessons × 75 min ($31.25 per lesson) · Schedule announced before enrollment opens
9-12 · Beginner 2
Core world language3.75 hrs/weekOnline
$1,500 per semester · 75 min per lesson · Schedule announced before enrollment opens
9-12 · Intermediate 1
Core world language3.75 hrs/weekOnline
$1,500 per semester · 75 min per lesson · Schedule announced before enrollment opens
| Item | Unit | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Private lesson (1:1) | per 50-minute session | $60 |
| Semi-private lesson (2–3 students) | per student, per 50-minute session | $35 |
| 8-session private package | per package (PO-friendly) | $480 |
| Hours of instruction | 120 hours of instruction per year · 3.75 hrs/week |
|---|---|
| Assessment | Unit quizzes (listening, reading, writing), two oral interviews per semester, one project per semester, a semester exam. |
| Grading | A 90–100 · B 80–89 · C 70–79 · D 60–69 · F below 60. Weighting: unit work 40%, oral interviews 20%, projects 15%, semester exam 25%. |
| ACTFL target | Novice Low → Novice High |
Course description. Russian 1 introduces the sound system and Cyrillic alphabet, then builds the language of everyday life: introductions, family, school, daily routine, food, weather, hobbies, and simple narration in the present tense. Students read short authentic texts, write guided paragraphs, and hold short conversations.
Units (two semesters, 36 weeks).
Standards alignment. California World Languages Standards (Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, Communities) at the Novice range; ACTFL Can-Do benchmarks Novice Low → Novice High.
Materials. Digital course pack (texts, audio, practice), no purchase of a textbook required.
Attendance and make-up. Live sessions are recorded for the enrolled family; missed sessions are made up by watching the recording and completing the session task.
| Hours of instruction | 120 hours of instruction per year · 3.75 hrs/week |
|---|---|
| Assessment | Unit quizzes (listening, reading, writing), two oral interviews per semester, one project per semester, a semester exam. |
| Grading | A 90–100 · B 80–89 · C 70–79 · D 60–69 · F below 60. Weighting: unit work 40%, oral interviews 20%, projects 15%, semester exam 25%. |
| ACTFL target | Novice High → Intermediate Low |
Course description. Russian 2 moves students from the present tense into narrating the past and planning the future, and introduces verbal aspect so students can talk about completed and ongoing actions. Students learn the case forms that carry daily conversation — describing people and places, talking about health, getting around town, and shopping — and begin reading short stories and excerpts of children’s literature. Writing grows from guided paragraphs into short personal letters.
Units (two semesters, 36 weeks).
Standards alignment. California World Languages Standards (Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, Communities) at the Novice–Intermediate range; ACTFL Can-Do benchmarks Novice High → Intermediate Low.
Materials. Digital course pack (texts, audio, practice), no purchase of a textbook required.
Attendance and make-up. Live sessions are recorded for the enrolled family; missed sessions are made up by watching the recording and completing the session task.
| Hours of instruction | 120 hours of instruction per year · 3.75 hrs/week |
|---|---|
| Assessment | Unit quizzes (listening, reading, writing), two oral interviews per semester, one project per semester, a semester exam. |
| Grading | A 90–100 · B 80–89 · C 70–79 · D 60–69 · F below 60. Weighting: unit work 40%, oral interviews 20%, projects 15%, semester exam 25%. |
| ACTFL target | Intermediate Low → Intermediate Mid |
Course description. Russian 3 brings students to paragraph-length narration across all tenses and into the language of opinion and argument — stating a position, giving reasons, and responding to another point of view. Students read short prose and news and media excerpts, build vocabulary for science and nature, give short presentations, and write essays and formal letters, moving between the informal register of daily speech and the more formal register expected in school and civic settings.
Units (two semesters, 36 weeks).
Standards alignment. California World Languages Standards (Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, Communities) at the Intermediate range; ACTFL Can-Do benchmarks Intermediate Low → Intermediate Mid.
Materials. Digital course pack (texts, audio, practice), no purchase of a textbook required.
Attendance and make-up. Live sessions are recorded for the enrolled family; missed sessions are made up by watching the recording and completing the session task.