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Open uni: Russian 1, distance and online teaching, spring 2025

Open university
smart for good
Date:
27.1.2025 - 20.4.2025
Credits:
3 ECTS credits
Location:
-
Continuous learning category:
Languages and communication
Teaching format:
Distance teaching, Independent learning
Price:
60 € (VAT 0%)
Jatkuva oppiminen verkkosivut

Content: Russian for beginners! On the course, students practice the communicative situations listed in the learning outcomes and their relevant vocabulary, phrases and structures: question sentences, gender of nouns, prohibition words нет and не, personal and possessive pronouns, numbers 1-100, clock times and days of the week. The student learns how to use the nominative and prepositional cases. The student gets familiar with the present tense of verbs.

After completing this course, the student is able to read and write using Cyrillic alphabet and knows the common grammatic rules of Russian pronunciation.

The student is familiar with the script and common expressions of politeness and can use Russian to say hello and goodbye, introduce themselves, ask questions, order at a café, ask and give directions, and talk about themselves, their family and studies. The student is able to use the relevant Russian structures in the above situations.

The objective is to attain the level A1.1 of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR).

Study methods

The course is mostly independent study in Moodle and pair exercises but there are Zoom lectures too. The Zoom lectures are optional.

Schedule: The course is organized from January 27 to April 20. Optional Zoom lectures on Thursdays at 16-18. Please note that independent studying in Moodle starts before the first Zoom lecture.

The teaching language is English.

There are 10 places reserved for open university students on this course. The course is organized in cooperation with the KiVANET cooperation network. If you are a degree student in a Finnish university, please register according to the instructions of the KiVANET network.

Study units cost 20 € / credit point. This price holds for the academic year 2024–2025.

For more information on study fees and payment and cancellation terms, please see: Registration, study fees and right to study | University of Eastern Finland (uef.fi).

Fees for purchasing/lending literature are not covered by the University.

If you can’t identify yourself using the Suomi.fi service or your employer would pay your tuition fee, please contact our student affairs secretary; their contact information is below.

Daytime and evening teaching
Irrespective of time
English

Register for studies

I Click the registration button on this page. You will be directed to our registration service with the study unit already selected. You can add several study units to your study cart before you continue.

II Proceed to identify yourself using the Suomi.fi service, fill in your personal information to the registration form, confirm your registration and pay the study fees. If you cannot use the Suomi.fi service, please contact our student affairs secretary, their information can be found below.

Please note that the registration is binding. For more information on study fees and payment and cancellation terms, please see: Registration, study fees and right to study | University of Eastern Finland (uef.fi).

III Your registration will typically be processed in 2-5 working days. During peak registration periods, this may take up to 10 days. After this period, you will get an automatic message which includes a link to the starting instructions. Please read and follow the instructions carefully.

 

If you do not have a UEF username, you will also get instructions for activating one. Access rights will be added to your username when your study right begins.

 

If you can’t find these messages, remember to check your email’s trash folder, and contact the open university staff if needed.

 

If your employer would pay your tuition fee, please contact our student affairs secretary. Their contact information can be found below.

Registration starts:
2024-11-25 09:00
Registration ends:
2025-01-17 23:59