To introduce students to modern Russian terminology for example in the fields of politics, economy, information technology and tourism.
Students will expand their vocabularies by reading texts in modern Russian.
Valgina, N.S., Aktivnye processy v sovremennom russkom jazyke. 2001. p. 75-92, 96-120; Krysin, L.P. (red.), Sovremennyj russkij jazyk. Social'naja i funkcional'naja differenciacija. 2003. p. 151-165, 241-265.