Russian at Work 2 (3cr)

Evaluation scale

1-5

Content scheduling

Situations: Telephone conversations, problem situations, negotiations in the office, products, services, factory, marketing. Structures: Grammar forms typical of business communication, expressions of time, cases of nouns and adjectives in singular and plural, verbs in different tenses, aspects, passive voice.

Objective

Proficiency level: B1 Students are able to - use grammatical structures and vocabulary needed at work - communicate in spoken and written working life situations.

Location and time

Language of instructions: Finnish and Russian (also English if needed). Online learning: participating in online lectures, speaking tasks and accepted obligatory assignments.

Materials

Materials provided by the lecturer on Moodle.

Teaching methods

Language of instructions: Finnish and Russian (also English if needed). Online learning: participating in online lectures, speaking tasks and accepted obligatory assignments. Participation in remote sessions is mandatory. Online lessons are held once a week.

Exam schedules

The course is assessed on the basis of submitted obligatory assignments.

International connections

Moodle, Zoom

Student workload

16h distant lessons, about 76h of independent work including written and oral assignments.

Qualifications

Russian for Working Life 1 or equivalent skills or about three years of Russian studies at senior secondary school. Students speaking Russian as the mother tongue are not generally accepted to the course. CERF level: minimum A2.2.