Russian 1 (3 cr)

Evaluation scale

1-5

Content scheduling

Russian letters and pronunciation. Situations: presentation, profession, ordering food in a cafe, greetings and farewells, orientation in the city, the days of the week, time of the day. Grammar: affirmative, negative and question phrases in present, nouns gender, possessive pronouns, Present tenses of verbs, grammar cases (nominative and prepositional), numerals.

Objective

Proficiency level: A1.1 Students are able to - read, write and understand Cyrillics - read and write short phrases in Russian - introduce themselves and their family orally and in writing - use simple expressions in everyday communication

Location and time

The online lessons are taught twice in a week for two hours at once. 70% active participation in class.

Materials

Materials provided by the lecturer on Moodle.

Teaching methods

Language of instructions: Finnish, English and Russian. Accomplishment: attending the online lectures, online assignments and speaking tasks, accepted obligatory tasks.

Exam schedules

Retake is possible via EXAM-service.

International connections

Moodle and Zoom

Student workload

26 of hours of teaching, in addition independent work including written and oral home-work assignments.

Qualifications

No previous studies are necessary. Starting level 0, target level A1.1. Students speaking Russian as the mother tongue are not generally accepted to the course.