Some previous knowledge of Russian language is required, i.e. a beginner's course or equivalent. The course is set around studying and discussing original texts (simple newspaper articles, popular songs or poems etc.) and prepared texts, where some areas of the grammar will be dealt with in more detail. The teaching language will be English. Students of any discipline are welcome.

The program is for the students who want to continue their study of Russian language and culture after the basic course, or for those who wish to refresh their basic knowledge of Russian and to activate their vocabulary after a break in their studies. The program is lingua-culturally oriented, it will help you to communicate with Russian native speakers on everyday topics, to read and comprehend short original texts.You will study the key points of Russian grammar, such as the case system, the general concept of verb aspect, verbs of motion, the structure of simple and complex sentences. Your vocabulary will cover 1000 - 1300 lexical units.

After the course

• You will be able to satisfy your basic communicative needs in social, cultural, and classroom environments;
• You learn to speak Russian correctly and to understand native speakers in basic communicative situations;
• You will be able to comprehend the oral speech of native Russian speakers on a variety of topics and to participate in discussions with native speakers on social, cultural and political issues;
• You will learn to express your own thoughts on various subjects;
• You will learn to read authentic and non-adapted short fiction and non-fiction texts.

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