Russian at Work 1 (3cr)

Objectives (course unit)

Proficiency level: A2 Students are able to - use grammatically correct Russian vocabulary needed at work - speak and write Russian in the most common working life situations.

Prerequisites (course unit)

Venäjä/Russian 4 or equivalent skills or about three years of Russian studies at senior secondary school. Students speaking Russian as the mother tongue are not accepted to the course. CERF level: minimum A2.1.

Location and time

Online attendance is obligatory. Online lessons are taught once a week.

Exam schedules

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

Assessment methods and criteria

Continuous assessment (written and oral obligatory tasks).

Assessment scale

1-5

Teaching methods

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

Learning materials

Materials provided by the lecturer on Moodle.

Student workload

14h distant lessons, about 67h of independent work including written and oral assignments.

Content scheduling

Situations: Russian business culture (introductions, phone calls, presentation of a company, receiving and sending messages, at the hotel during the business trip, my working day, business operations). Grammar: structures typical of business communication, expressing time, cases of nouns and adjectives in singular and plural, verbs' tenses, aspects.

International connections

Moodle

Further information

Venäjä/Russian 4 or equivalent skills or about three years of Russian studies at senior secondary school. Students speaking Russian as the mother tongue are not accepted to the course. CERF level: minimum A2.1. If you have questions about the course before, please, contact sanna.kyyhkynen@lab.fi