The Russian testing system (TORFL) consists of 6 levels, and, in general, is very similar to the European one.
elementary level
Number of hours to implement: 100-120 hours of classroom time
Lexicon: at least 780 lexical items
What can the student say? introduce yourself, get acquainted, in a nutshell a story about yourself, about your family, about hobbies, to understand the interlocutor, if he speaks slowly, he is ready to repeat what was said.
Grammar level
In addition, students learn to compose complex sentences and transform direct speech into indirect speech, which somewhat expands their communicative capabilities. This level is essentially the foundation for all subsequent ones.
A basic level of
about 280 - 300 hours.
Lexicon: 1300 units
The presence of a certificate (TBEU) is considered sufficient for applying for citizenship of the Russian Federation.
What can the student say? communicate on everyday topics, argue your point of view, talk about plans, write a personal business letter, talk as part of a trip. He doesn't speak very fast, choosing his words.
Grammar level
Students master more complex syntactic constructions, compose complex sentences with new unions and allied words.
First certification level. TORFL-1
Number of hours for implementation: 400-460 hours.
Lexicon: about 2300 words.
The TORFL-1 certificate is considered sufficient for admission to Russian universities.
What can the student say? can communicate on most topics (education system, problems of a modern city, ecology, local history), write a letter, review a film or book, review a story or novel, but it is still difficult to use the language in a work environment.
Grammar level
Second certification level. TORFL-2
Number of hours for implementation: 720 teaching hours
Lexicon: about 6000 units
University graduate level. Allows you to write a PhD dissertation in Russian. The TORFL-2 certificate is considered sufficient for work in Russia.
What can the student say? fluently communicate not only on everyday, but highly specialized topics. They can be active professionally.
At this level, according to the requirements, the student must realize communicative intentions in the social, social, cultural and official business spheres.
Grammar level
The main emphasis is on syntax and word formation (singling out productive morphemes).
Third certification level. TORFL-3
Number of hours: 280 teaching hours
Lexicon: about 12,000 vocabulary units, 7,000 words in active use.
The workbook on the Russian language of the series "USE 2013. Russian Language" is focused on preparing high school students for the successful passing of the unified state exam in the Russian language in 2013. The manual includes training tasks corresponding to positions A1-A6 (orthoepic, lexical, morphological, syntactic norms).
The authors of the book are the developers of control measuring materials on the Russian language for basic and secondary schools.
The manual is addressed to students of the eleventh grade, school teachers and tutors.
Examples.
In which example, instead of the word MARSH, is it necessary to use the word MARSHING?
1) Before going to the training ground, we were given military boots and a SWAMP-colored uniform.
2) In these wet, swampy places, you can easily cut your legs with a sharp sedge.
3) Gradually, the mountains were replaced by bogs, on which only crooked and stunted SWAMP birch trees grew.
4) There was a bitter swamp smell in the barn.
Give an example with an error in the formation of the word form.
1) a platoon of soldiers
2) the most simple
3) the lamp will light up
4) less than six hundred rubles
Indicate the grammatically correct continuation of the sentence.
Based in the UK,
1) Mr. Crown was shocked by the news of a long drought and crop failure in his native Oklahoma.
2) I was instructed to write a short essay on the history of London.
3) Marx wrote his major economic works, including Capital.
4) Be sure to visit Arundel Castle.
Content
Introduction
Task A1
Orthoepic norms
Task A2
Lexical norms
Task A3
Morphological norms
Task A4
Syntactic norms (building a sentence with a gerund)
Task A5
Syntactic norms (in a phrase, in simple and complex sentences) Task A6
Syntactic norms (replacement of a subordinate clause by participle turnover)
Answers to tasks.
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The following tutorials and books.
General knowledge of Russian as a foreign language.
1. The content of communicative speech competence
1.1. Intentions. Situations and topics of communication
1.1.1. A foreigner must be able to verbally realize the following intentions:
Communicate, get to know someone, introduce yourself or represent another person, say hello, say goodbye, address someone, thank, apologize, respond to thanks and apologies, ask to repeat;
Ask a question and report on a fact or event, a person, an object, the presence or absence of a person or object, the quality, belonging of an object, an event, action, time and place of action, its cause;
Express a desire, request, offer, invitation, consent or disagreement, refusal;
Express your attitude: evaluate a person, object, fact, action.
1.1.2. A foreigner must be able to implement elementary communicative intentions:
In a store, kiosk, checkout;
at the post office;
at a bank, at a currency exchange office;
in a restaurant, buffet, cafe, canteen;
in library;
in the classroom;
on the streets of the city, in transport;
in the clinic, at the doctor, in the pharmacy.
1.1.3. A foreigner must be able to carry out elementary oral communication on the following topics:
Story about yourself. Biography elements: childhood, studies, work, interests.
My friend (acquaintance, family member).
Family.
My work day.
Leisure time, leisure, interests.
1.2. Requirements for speaking skills
1.2.1. listening
A. Listening to monologue speech
A foreigner should be able to: understand by ear the information contained in a monologue statement.
Subject of the text: relevant for everyday, socio-cultural and educational spheres of communication.
Text volume: 120-150 words.
Speech rate: 120-140 syllables per minute.
Number of text presentations: 2.
B. Listening to dialogic speech
A foreigner should be able to: understand by ear the content of the dialogue, the communicative intentions of its participants.
Subject of the text: relevant for the everyday sphere of communication.
The volume of the mini-dialogue: from 4 to 6 replicas, the volume of the dialogue: up to 12 replicas.
Number of unfamiliar words: up to 1%.
Speech rate: 120-150 syllables per minute.
Number of presentations: 2.
1.2.2. Reading
A foreigner must be able to:
Read the text with the installation on the general coverage of its content;
determine the topic of the text;
understand quite fully and accurately the basic information of the text, as well as some details that carry an important semantic load.
Type of reading: reading with a general scope of content, studying reading.
Type of text: specially composed or adapted plot texts (based on lexical and grammatical material corresponding to the elementary level).
Subject of the text: relevant for everyday, socio-cultural and educational spheres of communication.
Text volume: 250-300 words.
Number of unfamiliar words: 1-2%.
1.2.3. Letter
A foreigner must be able to build:
A written text of a reproductive and productive nature on the proposed topic in accordance with the communicatively given setting and based on questions;
a written text of a reproductive nature based on the text read in accordance with the communicatively given setting.
Type of text: specially composed or adapted plot texts (based on lexical and grammatical material corresponding to the elementary level).
The volume of the submitted text: up to 200 words.
Written texts on the proposed topic, created by foreigners, must be formatted in accordance with the norms of the modern Russian language and contain at least 7-10 sentences.
1.2.4. speaking
A. Monologue speech
A foreigner must be able to:
Independently produce coherent statements in accordance with the proposed topic and the communicatively given setting.
build a monologue of a reproductive type based on the read text.
The volume of statements of foreigners on the topic: at least 7 phrases.
Type of text: specially composed or adapted plot texts, built on the basis of lexical and grammatical material corresponding to the elementary level.
Text volume: 150-200 words.
The number of unfamiliar words in the text: 1%.
B. Dialogical speech
A foreigner must be able to:
Understand the statements of the interlocutor, determine his communicative intentions within the minimum set of speech situations;
adequately respond to the interlocutor's remarks;
initiate a dialogue, express communicative intentions in a minimum set of speech situations. Students' statements should be framed in accordance with the norms of the modern Russian language, including generally accepted socially conditioned norms of speech etiquette.
2.1. Phonetics. Graphic arts
Alphabet. The relationship between sounds and letters. Vowels and consonants. Hard and soft, voiced and deaf consonants. Word, syllable. Accent and rhythm. Pronunciation rules. syntagmatic articulation. Types of intonation structures: SG-1 (complete statement), SG-2 (special question, appeal, request), SG-3 (general question), SG-4 (comparative question with the union "a"), SG-5 (assessment ).
2.2. Word formation and morphology
2.2.1. Word composition
The concept of the basis of the word: the basis of the word and the ending; word root, suffix (table - canteen, city - city, student - student), prefix (write - write).
Recognition of the minimum number of word-formation models: teacher - teacher; foreigner - foreigner; urban; read - read; go - go - arrive; Russian - in Russian. The main alternations of sounds in the root in the forms of verbs I and II of conjugation (in the minimum set of verbs).
2.2.2. Noun
Animate and inanimate nouns. Gender and number of nouns. The case system of nouns. shaping; meaning and use of cases.
Basic meanings of cases:
Nominative
Nina is watching TV. This is Andrey. Here is the book. Andrew, come here! Brother is a doctor. Exams tomorrow, There is a theater in the city. I have a book. My name is Lena.
Genitive
a) without preposition:
Definition of an object (person)
absence of a person (object) only in the present tense
This is the city center. Here is my brother's car. I do not have a brother. There is no theater in the city.
Designation of quantity, measure in combination with numerals two, three, four, five in limited designs
It's two o'clock now. Pens cost 5 rubles.
Month in the date (to the question "What date is it today?")
First of January.
b) with suggestions:
starting point of movement (from, from)
person who owns something
They came from England. We came from a concert. Andrew has a car.
Dative
a) without preposition:
Action Destination
person (object) whose age is in question (only with personal pronouns)
person in need of something (only with personal pronouns)
In the evening I call my father. This is my friend. He is twenty years old.
b) with suggestions:
face as the goal of the movement (to)
Accusative
a) without preposition:
Person (object) as an object of action
logical subject with the verb call
duration, duration, denotes time b) with prepositions:
direction of travel (in, on)
time (hour, day of the week) (at)
Instrumental case
a) without preposition:
to do with the verb
person's profession (with the verb to be)
b) with suggestions:
compatibility
definition
Prepositional
with suggestions:
Object of speech, thought
place (in/on)
vehicle (on)
2.2.3. Pronoun
Meaning, case forms of change and the use of personal pronouns (I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they). Interrogative (what? whose? how much?), possessive (mine, yours...), demonstrative (this), attributive (every) and negative (no one, nothing) pronouns.
2.2.4. Adjective
Full adjectives (beautiful, Russian, big). Agreement of full adjectives with nouns in gender and number in the nominative case. Familiarization with the case system of full adjectives. Short adjectives in a limited set (happy, busy, must, sick).
2.2.5. Verb
Infinitive (to read, to be able, to go, to look). Imperfect and perfect form of the verb (do - do, read - read). Present, past and future tenses of the verb (read, read, will read, read, read). 1 and 2 verb conjugation (do, say, learn). Classes and groups of verbs: 1) to read - I read, 2) to be able - I can, 3) to feel - I feel; 4) to meet - a meeting, 5) to relax - I will rest; 6) give - give; 7) wait - wait, 8) write - write; 9) can - can; 10) go - go; 11) go - go; 12) want - want, 13) take - take; 14) live - live. Imperative from known verbs (read, read; speak, speak). Verb control (watching TV; talking with my brother). Transitive and intransitive verbs (I met my brother, I study at school). Verbs of movement without prefixes and with prefixes (on-, at-): go, walk, go, ride, go, come.
2.2.6. Numeral
Cardinal numbers (one, two, three...). The use of numerals in combination with nouns (one book, two years). Ordinal numbers (first, second, etc.) in the form of the nominative case.
2.2.7. Adverb
Classes of adverbs by meaning: place (far, close), time (morning, winter), mode of action (good, bad), measure and degree (slow, fast). Predicative adverbs (possible, impossible) in limited structures, interrogative adverbs (how, when, where, where, from where).
2.2.8. Service parts of speech
Prepositions (in, on, from, s, k, y, o), conjunctions and allied words (and, or, but, but, not only ..., but also ..., because, therefore, what, where , where, which, etc.), particles are not, even.
2.3. Syntax
2.3.1. Types of simple sentence
Non-interrogative sentences
narrative
incentive
affirmative
negative
Interrogative sentences
Two-component models
One-component models without the conjugated form of the verb
2.3.2. The concept of subject and predicate in a sentence
Ways of expressing a grammatical subject:
noun or pronoun in the nominative case
combination of nouns with numerals in the genitive form
noun or pronoun in the accusative case
noun or pronoun in the genitive case
noun or pronoun in the dative form
Ways of expressing a predicate:
verb in the indicative, imperative mood
combination of the personal form of the verb with the infinitive
combination of the personal form of the verb with the noun
2.3.3. Ways of expressing logical-semantic relations in a sentence
Object relations (case and prepositional-case constructions of nouns): I am reading a book, I am reading about Russia.
Attribute relationships:
agreed definition: beautiful girl.
inconsistent definition: brother's book, tea with sugar.
Spatial relations (prepositional-case constructions of nouns, adverbs): John lives in America, Natasha lives far away.
Temporal relations (adverbs): I have been waiting for you for a long time.
Target relationship (combination of the personal form of the verb with inf.): I'm going to have lunch.
2.3.4. Types of complex sentence
Compound sentences with conjunctions and, but, or; not only but....
Complex sentences, types of subordinate clauses with various unions and allied words:
explanatory (what, to, who, how, what, whose, where, where, where from);
determinatives (which) in a limited scope;
temporary (when);
causal (because).
Allied words and conjunctions in direct and indirect speech: what, where, when, how much, why ... He asked: “Where is Petya?” I said that Petya is at the theater now.
2.3.6. Order of words in a sentence
With a neutral word order in phrases:
the adjective precedes the noun (interesting exhibition);
the dependent word follows the main one (in the city center; reading a newspaper);
adverbs in -o, -e precede the verb (dances well), and adverbs with a prefix in - and a suffix -ski follow the verb (writes in Russian);
the subject group is in front of the predicate group (Brother reads.);
a determinant denoting a place or time can be at the beginning of a sentence, followed by a predicate group, and then a subject group (There is a theater in the city.).
2.4. Vocabulary
The lexical minimum of the elementary level is 780 units. The main composition of the active dictionary of the elementary level serves the everyday, educational and socio-cultural spheres of communication.
The presence of an elementary level certificate indicates that a foreigner has enough necessary knowledge to further study the language for general cultural purposes and achieve the next, basic level of Russian as a foreign language.
* The developers of the Russian state system of educational standards are teams of authors created on the basis of Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov, St. Petersburg State University, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia and St. Petersburg State Technical University.
A1 / ELEMENTARY LEVEL (Breakthrough Level)
Candidate can establish and maintain social contacts in standard situations of daily life; owns a minimum of language resources, his dictionary can reach 900-1000 lexical units, including 240 internationalisms and about 30 units of speech etiquette (the course of study is at least 60-80 classroom hours).
- meet;
- name your profession and occupation;
- learn and report biographical information about yourself and a third person;
- learn and report on hobbies, interests;
- congratulate on a holiday (state, national, family);
- to thank, to respond to congratulations; express a wish;
- give/receive a gift; invite to a holiday, to visit; accept the invitation / refuse the invitation, explain the reason for the refusal;
- agree on the time, place of the meeting;
- find out, report the address, phone;
- find out / tell where everything is; how to get there / get there; is it far or close; how much does the fare cost, how to pay the fare; use the transport schedule; signs on the streets, railway stations, at the airport;
- tell how the tour went, express an assessment;
- offer / accept an offer to have breakfast / lunch / dinner in a restaurant, cafe; refuse the offer, explain the reason for the refusal; agree on the place and time of the meeting; read the menu; order food and drinks; learn / report about your favorite dishes, about your choice; pay for lunch / dinner.
A2 / PRETHRESHOLD (BASE) LEVEL (Waystage Level)
Your successful passing of testing at this level indicates that your communicative competence is formed at the initial level, which allows you to satisfy your basic communicative needs in a limited number of situations in the social, domestic and socio-cultural spheres of communication. In other words, you can do your own shopping at the store, use local public transport, discuss the weather with others, exchange a couple of on-duty phrases with classmates or teachers, etc.
official requirements: skills and abilities that you should have at the basic level of proficiency in Russian as a foreign language (RFL):
- be able to read short, simple texts taken from various sources (names of magazines and newspapers, signs, inscriptions, signs, announcements, etc.); understand the basic and additional information of the adapted texts of regional studies, informational-journalistic and social-everyday nature;
- be able to write a short letter, note, congratulations, etc., state the main content of the source text based on questions;
- understand the basic information (topic, indication of place, time, reason, etc.) presented in separate dialogues and monologues of a social, social and cultural nature;
- be able to initiate a dialogue in simple situations of a standard type; maintain a conversation about yourself, a friend, family, study, work, learning a foreign language, working day, free time, hometown, health, weather, and build your own statement based on the text you read;
- use grammatical and lexical skills to express intentions in a limited set of situations.
Wherein 1300 units.
However, basic proficiency in Russian as a foreign language not enough for studying in Russian educational institutions, with the exception of preparatory faculties (departments or courses) for foreign citizens, where future students undergo special language training throughout the year.
B1 / THRESHOLD LEVEL (Threshold Level)
Your successful passing of testing at this level indicates that your communicative competence is formed at an average level and allows you to satisfy your basic communicative needs in the social, social, cultural, educational and professional spheres of communication. In other words, you are already more independent in a foreign language environment and orient yourself in most standard everyday situations, and are also able to solve a significant part of everyday problems that arise and the tasks that confront you. This corresponds to the state standard RKI.
official requirements: first level RCT:
- be able to read small texts from newspapers, magazines, books; understand the general content of the read, individual details, conclusions and assessments of the author;
- be able to write a text of 20 sentences on one of the proposed topics: about yourself, your family, study, learning a foreign language, working day, free time, hometown, health, weather; convey the main content of the text read or listened to on the proposed topic;
- understand short dialogues and extract factual information (theme, time, relationships, characteristics of objects, goals, causes); understand detailed dialogues and express their attitude to the statements and actions of the speakers; understand sounding announcements, news, information of a socio-cultural nature;
- be able to participate in dialogues in a fairly wide range of situations of everyday communication, start, maintain and complete a dialogue; conduct a conversation on various topics (about yourself, about work, profession, interests, about the country, city, cultural issues, etc.); formulate one's own statement on the basis of the read text of a socio-cultural nature;
- use the grammatical and lexical skills of framing statements in accordance with the intentions that arise in simple situations of a standard type.
The volume of the lexical minimum should reach already 2300 units.
Proficiency in Russian as a foreign language at the first level enough to start studying in Russian educational institutions, including higher professional education, i.е. universities, institutes and academies . This level is usually achieved by graduates of preparatory faculties(departments or courses) for foreign citizens after a year of special language training.
B2 / POST-THRESHOLD LEVEL (Vantage Level)
Successful passing of testing at this level indicates that your communicative competence is formed at a sufficiently high level, and allows you to satisfy your communicative needs in all areas of communication, to conduct professional activities in Russian as a specialist in the relevant profile: humanitarian (except for philological) , engineering, natural sciences, etc.
official requirements: second level RCT:
- be able to read various journalistic and literary texts of a descriptive and narrative nature with elements of reasoning, as well as mixed types of texts with a clearly expressed author's assessment.
- be able to write plans, theses, notes based on what they heard and read; write their own informative written texts in the form of a personal or official business letter, as well as business texts (statements, requests, explanatory notes, etc.).
- understand dialogues on everyday topics with a clearly expressed attitude of the speakers; radio news, advertising announcements; dialogues from feature films and television programs with a pronounced nature of interpersonal relationships;
- be able to maintain a dialogue, implementing the previously proposed tactics of verbal communication; act as the initiator of the dialogue-questioning; talk about what he saw, express his own opinion and evaluate what he saw; analyze the problem in a situation of free conversation;
- be able to adequately perceive and use the lexical and grammatical means of the language, ensuring the correct linguistic design of statements.
The volume of the lexical minimum should reach 10 000 units.
Proficiency in Russian as a foreign language at the second level necessary to obtain a bachelor's or master's degree - a graduate of a Russian university (with the exception of bachelor's or master's philologist).
C1 / LEVEL OF COMPETENCE (Effective operational proficiency)
Successful passing of testing at this level indicates a high level of communicative competence, which allows you to meet your communicative needs in all areas of communication, as well as conduct professional activities in the philological profile in Russian.
official requirements: third level RFL:
- understand and adequately interpret texts related to the socio-cultural and official business areas of communication, as well as the ability to read Russian fiction. Moreover, it is assumed that socio-cultural texts should contain a sufficiently high level of known information. Official business texts mean legal acts and official messages.
- be able to write a problem summary, abstract, formal / informal letter, message based on what they heard and read, demonstrating the ability to analyze and evaluate the proposed information; be able to write your own problematic text (article, essay, letter).
- understand the audio text as a whole, understand the details, demonstrate the ability to evaluate what is heard (radio and television programs, excerpts from films, recordings of public speeches, etc.) and evaluate the speaker's attitude to the subject of speech;
- be able to maintain a dialogue using a variety of linguistic means to achieve various goals and tactics of verbal communication; act as the initiator of a dialogue-conversation, which is a resolution of a conflict situation in the process of communication; build a monologue-reasoning on moral and ethical topics; defend and argue your own opinion in a situation of free conversation;
- be able to demonstrate knowledge of the language system, which is manifested in the skills of using language units and structural relationships necessary for understanding and arranging individual statements, as well as statements that are part of the original texts or their fragments.
The volume of the lexical minimum should reach 12 000 units, including active vocabulary parts - 7 000 units.
Availability of this certificate required to obtain a bachelor's degree in philology- A graduate of a Russian university.
C2 / SPEAKER LEVEL (Mastery Level)
Successful passing of testing at this level indicates fluency in Russian, close to the level of a native speaker.
official requirements: fourth level RFL:
- understand and adequately interpret original texts of any subject: abstract-philosophical, professionally oriented, journalistic and artistic texts with subtextual and conceptual meanings;
- be able to write their own texts, reflecting personal ideas about the subject of speech, and texts of an influencing nature;
- fully understand the content of radio and television programs, excerpts from films, television plays, radio plays, recordings of public speeches, etc., adequately perceiving the socio-cultural and emotional characteristics of the speaker's speech, interpreting well-known statements and hidden meanings.
- be able to achieve any goals of communication in a situation of prepared and unprepared monologue and dialogic communication, including public, demonstrating the ability to implement the tactics of speech behavior characteristic of a communication organizer who seeks to influence the listener;
- demonstrate knowledge of the language system, demonstrating understanding and skills in the use of language units and structural relationships necessary for understanding and arranging individual statements, as well as statements that are part of the original texts or their fragments, taking into account their stylistically distinguished use.
The volume of the lexical minimum should reach 20 000 units, including active vocabulary parts - 8 000 units.
Availability of this certificate required to obtain a master's degree in philology- a graduate of a Russian university, giving the right to all types of teaching and research activities in the field of the Russian language.
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We have been taking certification exams in Russian as a foreign language for everyday communication since 1995. For 17 years, about 20,000 people from more than 45 countries of the world have passed exams in the Russian language of everyday communication (all levels).
The system of RFL proficiency levels was developed under the auspices of the Council of Europe and in accordance with the recommendations of “Modern Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment. A Common European Framework of reference. Council for Cultural co-operation, Educational committee, Strasbourg, 1996”, as well as taking into account the recommendations of ALTE.
Examinations in content comparable to the levels of knowledge of foreign languages adopted in the Council of Europe, and in form (test) correspond to similar exams in foreign languages in the European educational area.
Exams are conducted by the Institute's specialists, which guarantees you the most objective and impartial assessment of your level of Russian language proficiency.
System of certification levels
Russian language proficiency
| Levels of foreign language proficiency on a scale Council of Europe | Certification levels in the Russian language of everyday communication State. IRA them. A.S. Pushkin |
| C2- mastery | Native speaker level |
| C1- Effective operational proficiency | Proficiency level |
| AT 2- Vantage | Post-threshold level |
| IN 1- Threshold | threshold level |
| A2- waystage | Prethreshold (basic) level |
| A1- Breakthrough | elementary level |
A1 Elementary Communication Level (Breakthrough Level)
Candidate can establish and maintain social contacts in standard situations of daily life; owns a minimum of language resources. To pass the exam of this level, you need to study Russian for 60-80 hours.
A2 Prethreshold (baseline) Level (Waystage Level)
The candidate can solve practical problems in standard situations of everyday life, establish and maintain interpersonal contacts; owns typical language means. To pass the exam at this level, you need to study Russian for 160-200 hours.
B1 Threshold Level
The candidate can solve practical problems in typical situations of everyday life (including professional and educational areas), maintain social and business interaction. The candidate knows the basics of the Russian language system. To pass the exam at this level, you need to study Russian for 400-480 hours.
B2 Post-threshold Level (Vantage Level)
The candidate can solve the problems of social, business and interpersonal interaction, freely understand information from the media; use different styles of language. To pass the exam at this level, you need to study Russian for 560-680 hours.
С1 Level of Competent Possession (Effective operational proficiency Level)
The candidate can freely solve problems in typical situations in the social, social, cultural and professional spheres of communication, using the means of the Russian language of different styles of speech and recognizing the hidden components of meanings. The candidate can speak without preparation at a fast pace, without difficulty in choosing words and expressions, and actively participate in polemical communication. Flexibly and effectively use the language in studies and professional activities.
C2 Native Speaker Level (Mastery Level)
The candidate can easily understand everything heard and read, speak spontaneously on complex topics with a high pace and a high degree of accuracy, emphasizing shades of meaning, and write coherent texts based on several oral and written sources, including justifications and explanations for the topic in his presentation. . Can conduct teaching and research activities in the field of the Russian language.
The exam for each level consists of five parts(Test 1. Reading. Test 2. Writing. Test 3. Vocabulary. Grammar. Test 4. Listening. Test 5. Speaking)
The duration of the exam depends on the level (from 3 to 6 hours). Examinations at all levels are held in one day.
Passing score - 65 and more for each part of the test. If you have not scored the required number of points, then you will receive a certificate of participation in the test, indicating the score for each part of the test. In the event that you do not gain the required scores in only one part, you are given the opportunity to retest only in this part of the certification exam during the year (but not earlier than one month after the first attempt). For other parts of the exam, the scores obtained during the first test are counted.
The format of the exam in the Russian language of everyday communication
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LEVEL OF ELEMENTARY COMMUNICATION (A1) |
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| Test | Target | Job type |
| Test 1. Reading | ||
| 35 min. | Full understanding of the content (biographical text, historical background, dialogue, note) | - choice of correspondence of the proposed answer options to 2 texts (5 phrases for each); - multiple choice of one of three options; - choice of one of three options for reacting to 10 dialogue lines |
| Test 2. Letter | ||
| 20 minutes. | - Write a fax - Fill out a form or greeting card |
- Fax reply - Filling out a form or greeting card |
| Test 3. Vocabulary. Grammar | ||
| 20 minutes. | - Gender, number (name, verb) - Phrase - Case forms (I.p., R.p., V.p., D.p., P.p.) |
choice of one correct answer out of three (30 tasks) |
| Test 4. Listening | ||
| 20 minutes. | Full understanding | - choice of correspondence of the proposed answer options to 4 dialogues on everyday topics (5 phrases for each); |
| Test 5. Oral exam | ||
| 10 min. | - Response - Initiation |
- Reply to a partner in a given situation; - Start a dialogue according to the given situation |
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PRETHRESHOLD (BASE) LEVEL (A2) |
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| Test | Target | Job type |
| Test 1. Reading | ||
| 35 min. | - Full understanding (dialogue, advertisement, announcements, announcement, help, weather forecast, note) - Understanding the main content (problematic text from a newspaper) |
- choice of one of the three answer options (5 texts, 19-20 tasks) |
| Test 2. Letter | ||
| 30 min. | - Write a letter | - Reply to received email |
| Test 3. Vocabulary. Grammar | ||
| 30 min. | - Prepositional case forms - Sentence structure (subjective-predicative) - Modality |
choice of one option out of three (30 tasks) (20 tasks) (10 tasks) |
| Test 4. Listening | ||
| 20 minutes. | - Full understanding - Understanding basic information (movie announcements, cultural news, sports) |
- choice of one option out of three (6 texts, 18 tasks) |
| Test 5. Oral exam | ||
| 10 min. | - Problem solving in standard situations | - 3 situations |
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THRESHOLD (B1) |
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| Test | Target | Job type |
| Test 1. Reading | ||
| 45 min. | - understanding of the main content (handbooks, guides, course brochures, service announcements, informational articles) - understanding of selective information (advertising, announcements, announcement, help, weather forecast) |
choice of one option out of four (6 texts, 20 tasks) |
| Test 2. Letter | ||
| 45 min. | - fill in the form - write a letter |
- filling out the form - freely configurable response according to a given program and situation |
| Test 3. Vocabulary. Grammar | ||
| 60 min. | - verbal statement - written text (vocabulary) - written text (grammatical forms and means of communication) |
choice of one option out of four (85 tasks) (55 tasks) (30 tasks) |
| Test 4. Listening | ||
| 45 min. | - understanding of selective information (announcements of radio and television programs, telephone information, advertising, weather forecast) - understanding of the main content (announcements, political and other news on radio and television) - full understanding (instructions, traffic police information and other state services) |
- choice of one correct option out of four (5-6 situations, 19 tasks); * sound rate 120/130 words per minute; one-time sound radio news double sound |
| Test 5. Oral exam | ||
| 15 minutes. | - problem solving - thematic conversation | Candidates talk to each other on given situations and the program, taking turns acting as the initiator. If the number of candidates is odd, one of the candidates talks to the examiner |
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| Test | Target | Job type |
| Test 1. Reading | ||
| 60 min. |
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| Test 2. Letter | ||
| 60 min. |
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| Test 3. Vocabulary. Grammar | ||
| 60 min. |
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| Test 4. Listening | ||
| 40 min. |
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| Test 5. Oral exam | ||
| 20 minutes. |
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COMPETENCE LEVEL (C1) |
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| Test | Target | Job type |
| Test 1. Reading | ||
| 90 min. | 1.1. Full understanding of literary texts; 1.2. Understanding the main content of texts such as a problematic article; 1.3. Understanding the selective information of polemical texts. |
1.1. Fiction text (tasks 1 - 10 for multiple choice): it is necessary to understand the character, feelings and relationships of the characters in the story; 1.2. Problem article (tasks 11 - 14 to choose from 1 option out of 4 based on 1 text); 1.3. 6 assignments to find a match. |
| Test 2. Letter | ||
| 90 min. | 2.1. Cliche form instruction; 2.2. Private everyday writing with elements of reasoning; 2.3. Abstracts for a speech on a topical issue. |
2.1. Freely constructed response according to the situation, given words. Compliance with the genre of instructions and the ability to arrange information logically are required; 2.2. Freely configurable according to the situation and the fragment of the letter. Ability to use elements of reasoning is required; 2.3. Freely configurable response to the situation, key issues. The ability to briefly and logically state the main content of the current problem is required. |
| Test 3. Vocabulary. Grammar | ||
| 90 min. | 3.1. Knowledge of vocabulary (the use of single-root words of different word-formation models, homophones, words that are close in meaning, etc.); 3.2. The use of verb types in the imperative, control of verbs, noun forms, pronouns, adjectives, numerals; 3.3. verbs with prefixes, aspectual-temporal forms of the verb in the text; 3.4. structure of a complex sentence, means of text communication. |
part I (tasks 1 - 2):
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| Test 4. Listening | ||
| 50 min. | 4.1. Understanding selective information (television interview); 4.2. Understanding the main content of cultural and scientific news (2 authentic teletexts); 4.3. Full understanding of sounding literary texts (films, performances, etc.) |
4.1. Write the missing part of the phrase so that its meaning corresponds to the text you have listened to. (the beginning of 8 phrases with visual support); 4.2. 8 tasks for multiple choice from 4 answer options after listening to two texts; 4.3. 9 tasks for multiple choice of 1 option out of 4; the tasks check the understanding of the relationship of the characters to each other, their opinions, emotions, assessments. |
| Test 5. Oral exam | ||
| 30 min. 10 minutes for preparation for tasks 1 and 2, and 10 minutes for task 3. | 5.1. Interaction and / or impact on the interlocutor when communicating on everyday topics; 5.2. Mediation; achieving an accurate understanding in the process of clarification; 5.3. Participation in the discussion. |
5.1. Dialogue on the situation with another candidate. (2 situations); 5.2. Explanation of the meaning of phrases or phraseological units in an excerpt from the text of a newspaper article of a journalistic nature or a literary text according to the situation and the words highlighted in the text (2 situations); 5.3. A polemical discussion in which one more candidate and an examiner on the situation participate (the topic/problem is indicated, the speaker's position is described, which the candidate chooses himself) according to the program using verbal supports in the form of theses. |
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NATIVE LEVEL (C2) |
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| Test | Target | Job type |
| Test 1. Reading | ||
| 120 min. | 1.1.-1.2. Understand and restore the text in context and / or on the proposed supports. 1.3. Full understanding of the problematic article and generalization and highlighting of key ideas based on textual material in writing; 1.4. Understanding the main content of the problematic article and compiling supporting theses based on the proposed text material |
1.1.-1.2. Write the words missing in meaning in the required grammatical form (11 points), and also enter the missing word in the required grammatical form, forming it from the proposed single-root word (10 points); 1.3. The time for presentation of the text material is 30 minutes. Writing summary(summary) - 20 minutes; 1.4. The time for presentation of the text material is 20 minutes. Abstract writing – 20 minutes |
| Test 2. Letter | ||
| 120 min. | 2.1. Review article; 2.2. Entry in the online diary; 2.3. Response to the letter. |
2.1. Based on watching a video clip (2 times) and reading two texts (presentation time - 20 minutes), a review article of 350-400 words is created; 2.2. Based on the text (presentation time - 10 minutes). Volume - 250-300 words; 2.3. Based on a letter read on the Internet. Volume - 250-300 words. |
| Test 5. Oral exam | ||
| 50 minutes To prepare for task 1. - 15 minutes, for task 2 - 10 minutes, task 3 is performed without preparation |
3.1. Full understanding of the video clip, mediation, achieving an accurate understanding in the process of clarification; 3.2. Full understanding and analysis of textual material; 3.3. Participation in a conversation. |
3.1. A) determination of the main theme of the fragment, the point of view of the speaker, his argumentation; b) retelling in your own words the content of the fragment; |
