No previous knowledge of the Russian language is required. The course is set around studying prepared texts, through which the main areas of the grammar will be covered. Active participation and production are the main goals of the course. The teaching language will be English. Students of any discipline are welcome. Those who already have knowledge of Russian language can participate courses at the Slavonic philology.

This course is for those who have never studied Russian before but think it would be a fun at least to try. The aim is to learn the Russian alphabet, to acquire fundamental vocabulary of 500-800 lexical units, to achieve basic skills in pronunciation and grammar, to study everyday communicative situations. This means that after studying Russian for one semester you will be able not only to read simple texts (names of the streets, signs, ads, short newspaper articles, etc.), but also to understand some spoken language, and even to communicate in everyday life situations.

Of course you heard many times, that Russian is a very difficult language with an alphabet nobody can learn, with lots of grammar forms nobody can understand, and hundreds of rules with thousands of exceptions nobody can remember. You have a chance to see for yourself whether is it true or maybe a slight exaggeration...

Enrolment via NettiOpsu http://www.uta.fi/nettiopsu/