Elementary Course in Russian 1 (OPEN UNI), The Summer University of Northern Ostrobothnia

No previous studies of Russian are required.

Upon completion of the course the student should know the Cyrillic alphabet, be able talk about himself/herself and his/her background in Russian and be somewhat familiar with Russian culture.

Multimodal teaching. Self-study, group work and online sections. Successful completion of the course requires active participation, completion of all given assignments and attaining a passing grade in the course exam. Students who complete this course may continue on to Elementary Course in Russian 2 held in the spring.

To be announced at the beginning of the course.

Regular and active participation on the contact teaching. Completion of the given assignments.

Evaluation scale 0-5

Evaluation criteria Completion of the course-related exam and the performance of the agreed tasks, evaluation is also influenced by regular participation and active work. Read more about assessment criteria at the University of Oulu webpage, see https://www.oulu.fi/forstudents/assessment-criteria

Proficiency level A1.

Target group Open university students