{"id":3354,"date":"2025-06-04T16:20:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T13:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/kivanet\/?page_id=3354"},"modified":"2025-11-21T14:47:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T12:47:10","slug":"russian-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/kivanet\/en\/spring-2026\/russian\/russian-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Organizing school<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0University of Eastern Finland<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Language of instruction<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0English<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Schedule<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0Course open in Moodle: 26.01.2026 \u2013 24.5.2026<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Webinars<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0Schedule of voluntary online meetings:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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  • Monday 26.01.2026 16:15-17:00<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Thursday 12.02.2026 16:15-17:45<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Thursday 26.02.2026 16:15-17:45<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Thursday 12.03.2026 16:15-17:45<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Thursday 26.03.2026 16:15-17:45<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Thursday 09.04.2026 16:15-17:45<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Exam on Moodle<\/strong><\/td>\nExam open in Moodle:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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  1. Written exam Mon 16 March \u2013 Wed 18 March 2026<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Written exam Mon 13 April \u2013 Sun 19 April 2026<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    • Oral exam Thu 16 April 2026 <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CEFR-level<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0Starting level<\/span> A1<\/span> > target level <\/span>A1.2<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ECTS<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a03<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prerequisites<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0The course requires completion of <\/span>KiVANET’s<\/span> Russian 1 or equivalent <\/span>proficiency<\/span> in the Russian language (level\u00a0 \u00a0A1.1).<\/span> <\/span>The <\/span>objective<\/span> is to <\/span>attain<\/span> level A1.2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Course description<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Content and Course Objectives:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Students practice the communicative situations listed in the learning outcomes, along with the relevant vocabulary, phrases, and structures: adjectives and adverbs, the accusative case and the plural forms of nouns and adjectives.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After completing this course, the student will be able to apply what you have learned in written and oral communication and act according to the norms of Russian culture in ordinary transaction situations.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The student will learn to talk about themselves and their family, as well as hobbies and leisure activities. Additionally, the student will learn to describe the events of the week, handle border crossing situations, order a taxi, and deal with transactions in hotels, caf\u00e9s, and restaurants. The student will also learn to have telephone conversations, ask about and discuss the weather, and go shopping.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The course develops the following generic skills:\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

language skills and multicultural competence; communication and interaction in a group; participation, action and interaction in digital environments.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Learning materials:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Material provided by the teacher or online resources in the eLearn Moodle learning platform.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Teaching and Assessment Methods:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Online teaching.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In this course, you will practice independently using texts, audio recordings, videos, and interactive exercises on the learning platform. The course includes optional online lessons. Assessment is based on submitted written and oral assignments as well as written and oral exams. Completing the course assignments, exercises, and exams is mandatory.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Assessment criteria<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

The exams are graded numerically on a scale of 0-5, with a minimum passing score of 50% of the maximum points.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Amount of work depending on modes of study:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Independent study: 30 hours<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Assignments to be submitted: 34 hours<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Joint online meetings or independent study of topics: 11 hours<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Two written exams: 4 hours<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Oral final exam: 2 hours<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Total: 81 hours. One credit corresponds to 27 hours of student work (3 x 27 hours = 81 hours).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Enrolment December 1st 2025 – January 11th 2026.<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Link to the enrolment form.<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Organizing school \u00a0University of Eastern Finland Language of instruction \u00a0English Schedule \u00a0Course open in Moodle: 26.01.2026 \u2013 24.5.2026 Webinars \u00a0Schedule of voluntary online meetings: Monday 26.01.2026 16:15-17:00 Thursday 12.02.2026 16:15-17:45 Thursday 26.02.2026 16:15-17:45 Thursday 12.03.2026 16:15-17:45 Thursday 26.03.2026 16:15-17:45 Thursday 09.04.2026 16:15-17:45 Exam on Moodle Exam open in Moodle: Written exam Mon 16 March \u2013 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":185,"featured_media":0,"parent":1168,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3354","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":3354},"pll_sync_post":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/kivanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3354"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/kivanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/kivanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/kivanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/185"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/kivanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3354"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/kivanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3745,"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/kivanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3354\/revisions\/3745"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/kivanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/kivanet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}