RUSSIAN

University of Lagos
Lagos, Nigeria

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Course Description:

'' the imperative need for Nigeria to be an integral part of the Global Village in which multilingualism is a sine-qua non and in the context of the leadership role that Nigeria has to play in international politics and diplomacy, by virtue of her population, natural resources, economic resilience and political relevance, the importance of major European languages cannot be relegated to the background in the curriculum of Nigerian universities, whose central objective is to prepare and provide the much needed manpower for the development of our country and also for the sustenance of its administrative machinery. The Russian language, as the lingua franca or the transnational language of the old Soviet Union is a world language whose impact in international politics and diplomacy, scientific researches, technology, industrial development particularly steel and the formulation as well as the exploitation of political ideologies, is universally acknowledged.



Russian is, therefore, one of the major world languages that Nigeria, the giant of Africa, cannot afford to ignore. This explains why Russian was introduced initially as a subsidiary subject in 1969 and, subsequently, as a Honours degree course, from 1987 in the University of Lagos, with the aim of equipping Nigerian undergraduates of the Russian language with language skills and practice in Russian and also providing them with the knowledge of the literature, culture, civilization and political development of Russia.



With the above in view, the Russian unit of the University of Lagos is irrevocably committed to the teaching of the Russian language with competence, creativity, resourcefulness, dynamism and total dedication, so that the Unit rises to the level of being the best for the teaching of Russian in Nigeria, in terms of the quality of its teaching and of its teaching staff as well as that of the scope of its curriculum.

2.2.2 Objectives
With this philosophical perspective, the students of Russian in the University of Lagos are superlatively empowered to:



â speak, read and write the Russian language with ease and with competence;



â translate, with insightful and well informed originality and versatility, from Russian to English and vice-versa;



â train and sharpen their critical sensibility through the study and critical evaluation of literary works written in Russian;



â widen their intellectual horizons through the knowledge acquired in their study of the Russian language, literature, culture, civilization, history and political development;



â and eventually, on graduation, contribute meaningfully and effectively to the supply of the much needed manpower to manage the internal and external affairs of Nigeria, particularly in areas where the knowledge of the Russian language is indispensable.
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The Registrar,
5th Floor, Senate House
Unilag
Lagos

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