VWO Russisch (elementair) study plan
VWO Russisch (elementair) · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Leesvaardigheid (reading comprehension of Russian texts) & Woordenschat en idioom (vocabulary and idioms in context)
Read 12 short Russian informational texts (150-250 words each) and mark every unknown lexical item before consulting a dictionary
Build a personal frequency list of 80 high-frequency words drawn from those texts, sorted by part of speech
Identify and underline all perfective/imperfective verb pairs appearing in the texts, recording 20 pairs
Answer 3 gist questions per text in writing within a 5-minute limit per text
Your checkpoint
A vocabulary notebook with 80 entries (word, part of speech, Dutch gloss, one original example sentence) plus a log of 12 texts with gist answers
Leesvaardigheid (reading comprehension of Russian texts) & Woordenschat en idioom (vocabulary and idioms in context)
Scan 10 texts for specific information (names, dates, numbers) and answer 4 detail questions per text without rereading the whole passage
Classify 60 new words into semantic fields (time, place, people, actions) to support context guessing
Practise inferring meaning of 25 unknown words from morphological cues (roots, prefixes, suffixes) and record the reasoning
Complete 2 timed reading sets of 3 texts in 25 minutes each, scoring your own answers
Your checkpoint
A scored timed-reading log showing accuracy per text type, plus 25 documented word-inference entries
Leesvaardigheid (reading comprehension of Russian texts) & Grammatica en syntaxis (morphology and syntax in context)
Analyse 15 sentences from reading texts by labelling subject, predicate, object and modifiers
Decline 40 nouns and adjectives across all six cases in context sentences taken from your reading log
Conjugate 25 verbs in present and past tense, marking aspect and gender agreement
Rewrite 10 complex sentences from texts into simpler structures without changing meaning, then check against the original
Your checkpoint
A grammar analysis sheet with 15 parsed sentences and 40 case-marked noun phrases, self-corrected
Leesvaardigheid (reading comprehension of Russian texts) & Grammatica en syntaxis (morphology and syntax in context)
Complete 3 full-length timed reading sections (5 texts, 35 minutes) under exam conditions and record raw scores
Fix the 10 most frequent error types found in your grammar sheet by writing 5 corrective sentences per type
Use verbs of motion (идти/ходить, ехать/ездить) correctly in 20 original sentences describing routines
Apply correct case government after 15 common prepositions in written sentences
Your checkpoint
A mid-point reading score report with error taxonomy and 50 corrective sentences
Luistervaardigheid (listening comprehension of spoken Russian) & Woordenschat en idioom (vocabulary and idioms in context)
Listen to 10 short authentic audio clips (1-2 minutes) and write a 2-sentence summary of each in Russian
Transcribe 6 clips of 45-60 seconds, then compare with a transcript to identify 20 misheard items
Learn 40 conversational idioms and fixed expressions and use each in a spoken or written sentence
Shadow 8 audio clips aloud to practise stress and intonation, noting 15 words with unpredictable stress
Your checkpoint
A listening portfolio with 10 summaries, 6 transcriptions with corrections, and a 40-item idiom list with examples
Luistervaardigheid (listening comprehension of spoken Russian) & Grammatica en syntaxis (morphology and syntax in context)
Answer 5 detail questions per clip on 8 new recordings without pausing, tracking accuracy
Distinguish perfective and imperfective forms by ear in 30 recorded sentences and justify each choice
Identify case endings in 25 spoken noun phrases and write the phrase in nominative form
Complete 2 timed listening sections (20 minutes each) and log scores by question type
Your checkpoint
A timed listening score sheet with aspect and case identification accuracy percentages
Schrijfvaardigheid (short guided written production) & Woordenschat en idioom (vocabulary and idioms in context)
Write 6 guided short texts (60-80 words) on set prompts: a message, a note, a description, an opinion, an invitation, a short narrative
Use 30 target idioms and vocabulary items from weeks 1-6 in your own writing, ticking each off a checklist
Self-edit each text for case, agreement and aspect using a fixed 5-point checklist, then rewrite once
Compare your text against a model answer and list 3 concrete differences in structure or word choice
Your checkpoint
A writing folder of 6 texts with first drafts, edited versions and a 3-point self-reflection per text
Leesvaardigheid (reading comprehension of Russian texts) & Luistervaardigheid (listening comprehension of spoken Russian) & Grammatica en syntaxis (morphology and syntax in context) & Schrijfvaardigheid (short guided written production)
Simulate the full exam in one sitting, respecting section time limits, and score every section
Review all logged errors from weeks 1-7 and rewrite the 20 most persistent ones correctly
Retest 100 flagged vocabulary items and remove those answered correctly twice
Write 2 timed guided texts (60-80 words in 15 minutes each) without a dictionary
Your checkpoint
A full mock-exam score report per domain with a final one-page personal error checklist for exam day
Milestones
Week 2: Score at least 60% on both timed reading sets and show 80 documented vocabulary entries with example sentences
Week 4: Score at least 70% on the full-length timed reading section and reduce your top-3 grammar error types by half compared with week 3
Week 6: Achieve at least 65% on timed listening sections and correctly justify aspect choice in at least 24 of 30 recorded sentences
Week 8: Reach at least 75% overall on the full mock exam, with no single domain below 60%, and complete the final error checklist