| Organizing school | University of Eastern Finland |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Schedule | 29.9.–12.12.2025 |
| Webinars |
Voluntary webinars: Tuesdays at 16–18 7.10., 21.10., 4.11., 18.11., 2.12. |
| Exam in Moodle | Open till 12.12.2025 |
| CEFR-level | Starting level 0 > Target level A1.2 |
| ECTS | 3 |
| Prerequisites | There are no prerequisites for this course. |
Course description
Content and Course Objectives
In this course, you will begin to study Russian from the very basics, i.e., the alphabet. You will become familiar with Russian Cyrillic letters through a variety of exercises and recordings. In additions to this, you will learn:
- To say hello and introduce yourself
- To ask and tell how everything is going in life
- To tell about yourself and your family
- To visit and have conversation in a coffee shop
- To understand the Russian name system
- To have simple phone conversations
- To tell the time and days of the week
- numbers 0–100
From the structures you will learn:
- personal and possessive pronouns
- from cases the prepositional form
- the present tense of verbs
After this course you will be able to:
- know the basics of Russian pronunciation
- speak and write words and simple sentences
- get by in the most common language use situations
Learning materials
All learning materials can be found from the digital learning platform.
Teaching and Assessment Methods
- You will practice independently with texts, recordings, and interactive exercises on the learning platform. Depending on the implementation, the course may include voluntary online lessons.
- The assessment is based on:
- returnable oral and written assignments are evaluated as passed/failed
- The final exam accounts for 60% of the course grade, while the two intermediate exams account for 40%.
Grading scale and evaluation criteria: Pass/Fail or 0–5 depending on the implementation.
Amount of work
- independent study 45 h
- returnable assignments 20 h
- joint online meetings or correspondingly independent study 10h
- exams 6 h
- In total 81 h. One credit corresponds to 27 h of students work (3 x 27 h = 81 h).