Levels of Russian language proficiency. Levels of proficiency in Russian as a foreign language and requirements for them - Rossiyskaya Gazeta Russian language foreign basic level

Registration N 32701

In accordance with paragraph ten of clause 10 of the Regulations on the procedure for considering issues of citizenship Russian Federation, approved by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of November 14, 2002 N 1325 (Collection of Legislation of the Russian Federation, 2002, N 46, Art. 4571; 2004, N 1, Art. 16; 2006, N 45, Art. 4670; 2007, N 31, Art. 4020; 2008, N 29, Art. 3476; 2009, N 34, Art. 4170; N 43, Art. 5049; 2011, N 43, Art. 6025; 2012, N 23, Art. 2991; N 38, Art. 5074; N 50, Art. 7016; N 53, Art. 7869; 2013, N 52, Art. 7146), I order:

1. Approve levels of Russian language proficiency as foreign language and requirements for them in accordance with the appendix to this order.

2. Recognize as invalid the order of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation of October 28, 2009 N 463 “On approval of federal state requirements for the Russian language as a foreign language” (registered by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on December 14, 2009, registration N 15585).

Minister D. Livanov

Application

Levels of proficiency in Russian as a foreign language and requirements for them

1. This order establishes the following levels of proficiency in Russian as a foreign language, determining the degree of development of communicative competence in Russian as a foreign language, by foreign citizens and stateless persons (hereinafter referred to as foreign citizens):

elementary (TEU/A1);

basic for migrant workers (TBUM/A1);

basic (TBU/A2);

first (TRKI-1/V1);

second (TRKI-II/B2);

third (TRKI-III/S1);

fourth (TPKI-IV/C2).

2. The following requirements are established for the elementary level (TEU/A1) of foreign citizens’ proficiency in Russian as a foreign language.

2.2. Be able to write a text about yourself, friends, family, work day, your free time (at least 7 phrases on the proposed questions).

2.3. Be able to understand the basic information (topic, main content and communicative intent) of short dialogues and monologues in everyday communication situations.

2.4. Be able to participate in dialogues in situations of everyday everyday communication, be able to maintain a conversation, in particular, about yourself, friends, family, work day, free time.

2.5. Use grammatical and lexical skills to formulate statements in accordance with intentions in a limited set of everyday situations.

The minimum lexical volume should be up to 780 units.

3. The following requirements are established for the basic level for migrant workers (TBUM/A1) of foreign citizens’ proficiency in Russian as a foreign language.

3.2. Be able to construct, based on a text read or listened to, a written monologue with elements of production in accordance with the communicative attitude or questions posed (for example, a presentation with elements of an essay, a presentation with a creative task).

3.3. Understand by ear the basic information (that is, the main content, communicative intentions) contained in short monologues and dialogues of a social and everyday nature.

3.4. Be able to independently create coherent, logical statements in accordance with the communicative attitude; understand the content of the interlocutor’s statements, determine his communicative intentions in a limited set of everyday situations.

3.5. Use grammatical and lexical skills to formulate statements about your intentions in a limited set of everyday situations.

The minimum lexical volume should be up to 850 units.

4. The following requirements are established for the basic level (TBU/A2) of foreign citizens’ proficiency in Russian as a foreign language.

4.1. Be able to read short texts taken from various sources (magazines, newspapers, signs, inscriptions, indexes, advertisements), understand the main and Additional information adapted texts of regional studies, informational and social-everyday nature.

4.2. Be able to write a short letter, note, congratulations, etc., present the main content of the source text (at least 15 phrases on the proposed questions).

4.3. Understand basic information (in particular, the topic, indication of place, time, reason) presented in individual dialogues and monologues of a social, everyday and socio-cultural nature.

4.4. Be able to initiate dialogue in everyday situations, maintain a conversation, in particular, about yourself, friends, family, study, work, learning a foreign language, working day, free time, hometown, health, weather, and also construct your own statement based on the text you read .

4.5. Use grammatical and lexical skills to formulate statements in accordance with intentions in a limited set of social and everyday situations.

The minimum lexical volume should be up to 1300 units.

5. The following requirements are established for the first level (TRKI-1/B1) of a foreign citizen’s proficiency in Russian as a foreign language.

5.2. Be able to write a text of at least 20 sentences within the framework of a situational and thematic minimum, be able to convey in writing the main content of a read or listened text of an informational, journalistic, socio-cultural or social-everyday nature.

5.3. Understand dialogues in written and oral speech, be able to extract factual information (topic, time, characteristics of objects, goals, reasons) and express your attitude to the statements and actions of speakers, understand announcements, news, and socio-cultural information recorded on audio media.

5.4. Be able to participate in dialogues in a wide range of everyday communication situations, be able to start, maintain and end a dialogue, conduct a conversation on various topics (in particular, about yourself, work, profession, interests, country, city, cultural issues), formulate your own statement based on read text of a socio-cultural nature.

5.5. Use grammatical and lexical skills to formulate statements in accordance with the intentions that arise in communication situations within the framework of a situational and thematic minimum.

The minimum lexical volume should be up to 2300 units.

6. The following requirements are established for the second level (TRFL-II/B2) of a foreign citizen’s proficiency in Russian as a foreign language.

6.2. Be able to write plans, theses, notes based on what you have heard and read, write your own written texts of an informative nature in the form of personal or official business letter, as well as texts of a business nature, including statements, requests, explanatory notes.

6.3. Understand dialogue and the communicative intentions of speakers, radio news, advertisements, dialogue from feature films and television programs.

6.4. Be able to maintain a dialogue, implementing the proposed tactics of verbal communication: initiate a dialogue-question, talk about what you see, express own opinion and evaluate what you saw, analyze the problem in a situation of free conversation.

6.5. Be able to perceive and use lexical and grammatical means of the language, ensuring the correct linguistic design of statements.

The volume of the lexical minimum should be up to 10,000 units, including up to 6,000 units in the active part of the dictionary.

7. The following requirements are established for the third level (TRKI-III/C1) of a foreign citizen’s proficiency in Russian as a foreign language.

7.1. Understand and be able to interpret texts related to socio-cultural (with a fairly high level of known information content) and official business (represented by texts of regulatory legal acts, official messages) spheres of communication, as well as read and understand works of fiction in Russian.

7.2. Be able to write an abstract, formal and (or) informal letter, message based on what you have heard and read, demonstrating the ability to analyze and evaluate the information provided, as well as be able to write an essay, article or essay on a free or suggested topic.

7.3. Fully understand the content of an audio text, demonstrate the ability to evaluate what is heard, including radio and television programs, films, recordings public speaking, and evaluate the speaker’s attitude to the subject of speech.

7.4. Be the initiator of a dialogue-conversation, be able to maintain a dialogue using a variety of linguistic means: build a monologue-reasoning on moral and ethical topics, in a situation of free conversation, defend and argue your own opinion.

7.5. Be able to demonstrate complete knowledge of the language system and fluency in the means of expressive language, including stylistic and emotionally expressive, necessary for adequate perception and expression of various communicative intentions.

The volume of the lexical minimum should be up to 12,000 units, including in the active part of the dictionary - up to 7,000 units.

8. The following requirements are established for the fourth level (TPKI-IV/C2) of a foreign citizen’s proficiency in Russian as a foreign language.

8.1. Understand and be able to interpret non-adapted texts on any topic (including abstract philosophical, professional, journalistic and artistic, as well as texts with subtextual and conceptual meanings).

8.2. Be fluent in written language, be able to write detailed texts in all the variety of genre and stylistic characteristics.

8.3. To understand as fully as possible the content, in particular, of radio and television programs, films, television plays, plays, recordings of public speeches, freely perceiving the socio-cultural and emotional features of the speech of speakers, interpreting phraseological units, well-known statements and hidden meanings.

8.4. Be able to achieve communication goals in situations of prepared and unprepared monologue and dialogic communication, including public, demonstrating various tactics of speech behavior.

8.5. Be able to demonstrate complete knowledge of the language system and fluency in the expressive means of language in all the diversity of lexical-grammatical, stylistic, synonymous and structural relations.

The volume of the lexical minimum should be up to 20,000 units, including in the active part of the dictionary - up to 8,000 units.

General proficiency in Russian as a foreign language (state standard for RFL*).

1. Content of communicative and speech competence

1.1. Intentions. Situations and topics of communication

1.1.1. A foreigner must be able to verbally implement the following intentions:
enter into communication, get to know someone, introduce yourself or introduce another person, greet, say goodbye, address someone, thank, apologize, respond to gratitude and apologies, congratulate, ask to repeat, ask again, express a wish;
ask a question and report about a fact or event, a person, an object, the presence or absence of a person or object; about the quantity of items, their quality and affiliation; about the action, time, place, cause and purpose of an action or event;
express intention, desire, request, wish, advice, proposal, invitation, agreement or disagreement, refusal, permission or prohibition, promise, uncertainty;
express your attitude: evaluate a person, object, fact, event.

1.1.2. A foreigner must be able to navigate and implement the most necessary (basic) communicative intentions in the following communication situations:
in the administrative service (in the dean's office, in the directorate, in the office, etc.);
in a store, kiosk, cash register;
at the post office;
at a bank, at a currency exchange office;
in a restaurant, buffet, cafe, canteen;
in library;
in class;
on city streets, in transport;
in the theater, museum, on excursions;
at the clinic, at the doctor’s, at the pharmacy;
in a telephone conversation situation.

1.1.3. A foreigner must be able to communicate verbally on the following topics:
A story about yourself. Biography: childhood, studies, work, interests.
My friend (acquaintance, family member).
Family.
Study, work (place of work, profession).
Studying of foreign language.
My work day.
Free time, recreation, interests.
Hometown, capital.
Health.
Weather.

1.2. Requirements for speech skills
1.2.1. Listening

A. Listening to monologue speech
A foreigner must be able to: understand by ear the information contained in a monologue statement: the topic, main and additional information of each semantic part of the message with sufficient completeness and accuracy.

Subject of the text: relevant for the socio-cultural and everyday sphere of communication.
Type of text: message, narrative, and mixed texts. Specially composed or adapted plot texts, built on the basis of lexical and grammatical material corresponding to the basic level.
Text volume: 300-400 words.
Number of unfamiliar words: up to 1.5%.
Speech rate: 170-200 syllables per minute.
Number of presentations: 2.

B. Listening to dialogic speech
A foreigner must be able to: understand by ear the main content of the dialogue, the communicative intentions of its participants,

Topic of the dialogue: relevant for the everyday and socio-cultural sphere of communication.
Dialogue volume: from 4 to 10 replicas.
Text volume: 250-300 words (10-40 replicas).
Number of unfamiliar words: up to 1.5%.
Speech rate: 180-210 syllables per minute.
Number of presentations: 2.

1.2.2. Reading
A foreigner must be able to:
read the text with an eye to the general scope of its content;
determine the topic of the text: understand its main idea;
understand both basic and additional information contained in the text with sufficient completeness, accuracy and depth.

Type of reading: reading with general content coverage, studying reading.
Type of text: message, narration, description, as well as mixed texts. Specially composed or adapted texts based on lexical and grammatical material corresponding to the basic level.

Text volume: 600-700 words.
Number of unfamiliar words: 3-4%.

1.2.3. Letter
A foreigner must be able to build:
a written monologue of a productive nature on a proposed topic in accordance with the communicative attitude;
a written monologue of a reproductive nature based on a read or listened text in accordance with a communicatively given setting.

Type of text: narrative, message, and mixed texts. Specially composed or adapted texts based on lexical and grammatical material corresponding to the basic level.
Subject of the text: relevant for the socio-cultural and everyday spheres of communication.
Volume of submitted text: up to 400 words.
Number of unknown words: up to 2%.

Written texts on the proposed topic, created by students, must be formatted in accordance with the norms of the modern Russian language and contain 10-12 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 communicatively given setting;
volume of student statements on the topic: at least 10 sentences;
construct a monologue utterance of a reproductive type based on a read or listened text of various formal semantic structures and communicative orientation;
express an attitude towards facts, events set out in the text, characters and their actions.

Type of text: narrative, message, and mixed texts; specially composed or adapted texts built on the basis of lexical and grammatical material corresponding to the basic level.
Volume of submitted text: 350-400 words.
Number of unknown words: 1.5%.

B. Dialogical speech
A foreigner must be able to:
understand the interlocutor’s statements, determine his communicative intentions in a limited number of speech situations;
respond adequately to the interlocutor’s remarks;
initiate dialogue, express your communicative intention in a limited number of situations. Students' statements must be formatted in accordance with the norms of the modern Russian language, including generally accepted socially determined norms of speech etiquette.

2.1. Phonetics. Graphic arts

Alphabet. The relationship between sounds and letters. Vowels and consonants. Hard and soft, voiced and voiceless consonants. Word, syllable. Accent and rhythm. Pronunciation rules. Syntagmatic division. Types of intonation structures: IK-1 (complete utterance), IK-2 ( special question, request, demand), IK-3 ( general question), IK-4 (comparative question with the conjunction “a”, enumeration, non-finite syntagma).

2.2. Word formation and morphology

2.2.1. Composition of the word

The concept of the basis of a word; word stem and ending; root, prefix, suffix. Recognition of individual word-formation patterns:
nouns: person by nationality with the suffixes -ets, -anin; a female person with the suffixes -k(a), -its(a), -nits(a); person by profession with the suffix -tel, names of persons by profession and actions with a zero suffix; verbal nouns with suffix -eni-e, -ani-e, etc.
adjectives: with suffixes -n-, -sk-, -ichesk-;
adverbs: with suffixes -о, motivated by qualitative adjectives, with the prefix po- and suffix -ski;
verbs: with suffixes -yva-/-iva-, -va-, -a-, -i-, -ova-/-eva-, -nu-; verbs of motion with the prefixes в-, у-, у-, по-, по-.
Basic alternations of sounds in the root in the forms of verbs of II conjugation.

2.2.2. Noun

Animate and inanimate nouns. Gender and number of nouns. Case system of nouns. Shaping; meaning and use of cases.
Basic meanings of cases:

Nominative
active person
name of person (object)
appeal
facial characteristics
facts, events
presence of an item
object of possession
day of the month
identification
item of necessity
event, action in time phase
object of the verb hurts

Genitive
a) without preposition:
person who owns something
definition of a person (object)
designation of a part of a whole
absence of a person (object)
designation of quantity, measure in combination with cardinal numerals and the words “many”, “few”, “several”
month and year in date ( What number?)
time of action or event

b) with prepositions:
starting point of movement (from, from, from)
final destination (to)
duration of action (after, during, before)
person who owns something

Dative
a) without preposition:
recipient of the action
a person in need of something
person (object) whose age is being discussed
a person experiencing a condition

b) with prepositions:
face as the target of movement (to)
place of movement of a person (object) along the surface (on)
means of communication (by)
definition (by)

Accusative
a) without preposition:
person (object) as an object of action
subject of the verb to call
duration of action (duration, repeatability)

b) with prepositions:
direction of movement (in, on)

Instrumental case
a) without preposition:
with verbs to engage, be interested
characteristics of a person, an object (with verbs to be, become, appear, etc.)

b) with prepositions:
compatibility
location (above, below, next to)

Prepositional
object of speech, thought
place (in/on)
time (on/off)
vehicle (on)

2.2.3. Pronoun

Meaning, forms of change and use of personal (I, you, he, she), interrogative (who, what, which, whose, how many...), possessive (my, your, your, ...), demonstrative (that, this...), attributive (himself, each, all), negative (nobody, nothing,...) pronouns.

2.2.4. Adjective

Full adjectives (good, beautiful, difficult). Agreement of full adjectives with nouns in gender, number and case. Case system of full adjectives. Short adjectives (glad, ready, busy, must, sick).

2.2.5. Verb

Infinitive (read, help, go). Imperfect and perfect forms of the verb (read, read, decide, decide). Present, past and future tenses of the verb (read, read, will read, read, read). Verb stem, 1st and 2nd conjugation of the verb (to do, to hurry). Classes and groups of verbs. 1: read - I read, 2: be able - I can; 3: feel - feel; 4: meet - meeting; 5: rest - I’ll rest; 6: give - give; 7: wait - waiting; 8: write - write; 9: sing - sing; 10: able - can; 11: go - go; 12: go - go; 13: want - want; 14: take - take; 15: live - live; 16: drink - drink; 17: eat - eat. Imperative (read). Verb control (watching TV; talking to my brother). Transitive and intransitive verbs (met brother, met brother). Verbs of motion without prefixes and with prefixes (po-, at-, u-, you-, in-) - go, walk, go, drive, fly, fly, carry, carry, carry, carry.

2.2.6. Numeral

Cardinal numbers (one, two, three,...). Using numerals in combination with nouns
(one book, two years). Ordinal numbers (first, tenth), their declension.

2.2.7. Adverb

Classes of adverbs by meaning: place (far, close), time (morning, winter), manner of action (good, bad), measure and degree (slow, fast). Predicative adverbs (necessary, possible, impossible), interrogative adverbs (how, when, where, where, from).

2.2.8. Functional parts of speech

Prepositions (in, about, on, above, under, without, during, through, after, with, before, to, by, from, from, at, etc.), conjunctions and allied words (and, or, a, but, not only..., but also..., because, therefore, what, so that, if, where, where, which, etc.), particles (not, nor, whether, really, unless), their meanings .

2.3. Syntax

2.3.1. Types of simple sentences

Narrative: My friend arrived yesterday.
Interrogative: How mach is this book?
Incentive: Let's go to the park.
Affirmative: Andrey is watching TV. Today it's warm.
Negative: The guests didn't come. There is no one in the room.
Two-piece models: Andrey is sleeping. Brother is a teacher. Mom is at home. There was a concert on Friday. I have a ticket. There is a metro in the city.
One-component models without a conjugated form of the verb: Cold.
One-component models with the conjugated form of the verb: Write! The dining room will open at 10 o'clock.

2.3.2. The concept of subject and predicate in a sentence, their agreement

Ways of expressing the grammatical and logical subject:

nominative case: Anna (she) is dancing.
genitive case (without preposition)

Ways to express a predicate:

Verb in the indicative, imperative mood: Anton is reading. Read it!
- a combination of the personal form of a verb with an infinitive: I am going for a walk.
- a combination of the personal form of a verb with a noun: Igor will (become) a doctor.
- a combination of a predicative adverb possible, necessary, necessary, impossible,... with an infinitive: I need to work.
- predicative adverb: Cold. It's cold in winter. I'm cold.

2.3.3. Ways to express logical-semantic relations in a sentence

Object relations (case and prepositional-case constructions of nouns): I am reading a book. I read about Russia.
attributive relations
- agreed definition: Beautiful girl.
- inconsistent definition (noun in the genitive case): Brother's book.
spatial relations (prepositional-case constructions of nouns, adverbs): John lives in America. Natasha lives far away.
temporal relations (prepositional-case constructions of nouns, adverbs): A friend will arrive in September. I've been waiting for you for a long time.
target relations (combination of the personal form of the verb with the infinitive): We came to Moscow to study.

Conjunctive words and conjunctions in indirect speech: what, so that, where, when, how much, why, whether, etc.

2.3.5. Order of words in a sentence
Neutral word order in a sentence.
Preposition of the subject group, postposition of the predicate group: Brother is reading.
Determinant at the beginning of a sentence (preposition of the predicate group, postposition of the subject group): The winter holidays began.
Word order and actual sentence division:
Igor returned late in the evening (When did Igor return?). Late in the evening Igor returned (Who came back late in the evening?).
Peculiarities of word arrangement in phrases with neutral word order in a sentence.
In substantive phrases, the adjective precedes the noun ( summer night).
The dependent case form follows the stem word ( in the middle of the day).
In verb combinations, adverbs ending in -о, -е precede the verb ( It got dark quickly, I studied well).
The dependent case form follows the verb ( came to class).

2.3.4. Types of complex sentences

Compound sentences with conjunctions and, and, but, or; not only but....
Complex sentences, types subordinate clauses with various conjunctions and allied words:
explanatory (what, in order, whether, who, how, which, whose, where, where);
attributive (which);
temporary (when);
conditional (if);
cause-and-effect (because, therefore);
target (to).

2.4. Vocabulary

The lexical minimum of the basic level is 1300 units, ensuring communication within the framework of the thematic and intentional minimums of this standard.

A basic level certificate indicates that the foreigner has sufficient and necessary knowledge for further study of the Russian language for general cultural purposes, as well as for mastering the Russian language as a means of professional communication.

* Developers of the Russian state system educational standards are specialists from Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov, St. Petersburg state university, Russian University Friendship of Peoples and St. Petersburg State Technical University.

A1 / ELEMENTARY LEVEL (Breakthrough Level)

The candidate can establish and maintain social contacts in standard situations Everyday life; masters a minimum of linguistic means, his vocabulary can reach 900-1000 lexical units, including 240 internationalisms and about 30 units of speech etiquette (training course is at least 60-80 classroom hours).

meet;
name your profession and occupation;
learn and provide biographical information about yourself and a third party;
learn and communicate about hobbies and interests;
congratulate on a holiday (state, national, family);
thank, 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 a time and place of meeting;
find out, provide address, phone number;
find out/tell where things are; how to get there / get there; is it far or close; how much does the fare cost, how to pay for the fare; use the transport schedule; signs on the streets, train stations, at the airport;
tell how the excursion went, express your 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; find out/tell about your favorite dishes, your choice; pay for lunch/dinner.

A2 / PRE-THRESHOLD (BASIC) LEVEL (Waystage Level)

Your successful completion of testing at this level indicates that your communicative competence has been formed at the initial level, which allows you to satisfy your basic communication needs in a limited number of situations in the social, everyday and socio-cultural spheres of communication. Simply put, you can do your own shopping in a store, use local public transport, discuss the weather with others, exchange a few common phrases with classmates or teachers, etc.

Official requirements: skills and abilities that you must have at a 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, indexes, advertisements, etc.); understand the basic and additional information of adapted texts of a regional studies, informational, journalistic and social character;
be able to write a short letter, note, congratulations, etc., present the main content of the source text based on questions;
understand basic information (topic, indication of place, time, reason, etc.) presented in individual dialogues and monologues of a social, everyday and socio-cultural nature;
be able to initiate dialogue in simple situations of a standard type; maintain a conversation about yourself, a friend, family, study, work, learning a foreign language, the working day, free time, hometown, health, weather, and also construct your own statement based on the text you read;
use grammatical and lexical skills to formulate statements about your intentions in a limited set of situations.

Wherein 1300 units.

However, knowledge of Russian as a foreign language at a basic level 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

Your successful completion 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 and educational and professional spheres of communication. In other words, you are already more independent in a foreign language environment and can navigate most standard everyday situations, and are also able to solve a significant part of the everyday problems that arise and the tasks that confront you. It corresponds state standard RCT.

Official requirements: first level of RCT:

be able to read short texts from newspapers, magazines, books; understand the general content of what you 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, studies, 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 (topic, time, relationships, characteristics of objects, goals, reasons); understand detailed dialogues and express your attitude to the statements and actions of speakers; understand announcements, news, and socio-cultural information;
be able to participate in dialogues in a fairly wide range of everyday communication situations, start, maintain and end a dialogue; conduct a conversation on various topics (about yourself, about work, profession, interests, about the country, city, cultural issues, etc.); formulate your own statement based on the read text of a socio-cultural nature;
use grammatical and lexical skills to formulate statements in accordance with the intentions that arise in simple situations of a standard type.

The volume of the lexical minimum should already reach 2300 units.

Knowledge of Russian as a foreign language at the first level enough to start studying in Russian educational institutions, including higher vocational education, i.e. 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)

Successfully passing testing at this level indicates that your communicative competence is formed at a sufficiently high level, and allows you to satisfy your communication needs in all areas of communication, conduct professional activity in Russian as a specialist in the relevant profile: humanities (with the exception of philology), engineering and technology, natural science, etc.

Official requirements: second level of RCT:

be able to read various journalistic and literary texts descriptive and narrative in 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 you have heard and read; write your own written texts of an informative nature in the form of a personal or official business letter, as well as texts of a business nature (applications, 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 clearly expressed nature of interpersonal relationships;
be able to maintain a dialogue, implementing pre-proposed tactics of verbal communication; act as an initiator of dialogue-questioning; talk about what you saw, express your own opinion and evaluate what you saw; analyze the problem in a situation of free conversation;
be able to adequately perceive and use 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 - graduate Russian university (with the exception of bachelor's or master's degree philologist).

C1 / LEVEL OF COMPETENT PROFICIENCY (Effective operational proficiency)

Successfully passing testing at this level indicates a high level of communicative competence, which allows you to satisfy your communication needs in all areas of communication, as well as conduct professional philological activities in Russian.

Official requirements: third level of RCT:

understand and adequately interpret texts related to the socio-cultural and official business spheres of communication, as well as the ability to read Russian fiction. Moreover, it is assumed that socio-cultural texts should contain sufficient high level known information. Official business texts refer to legal acts and official communications.
be able to write a problem summary, an essay, a formal/informal letter, a message based on what has been heard and read, demonstrating the ability to analyze and evaluate the information provided; be able to write your own text of a problematic nature (article, essay, letter).
understand an audio text as a whole, understand details, demonstrate the ability to evaluate what is heard (radio and television broadcasts, 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 implement 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; in a situation of free conversation, defend and argue your own opinion;
be able to demonstrate knowledge of the language system, manifested in the skills of using linguistic units and structural relationships necessary for understanding and formatting individual statements, as well as statements that are part of original texts or fragments thereof.

The volume of the lexical minimum should reach 12 000 units, including active parts of the dictionary - 7 000 units.

Availability of this Certificate necessary to obtain a bachelor's degree in philology- graduate of a Russian university.

C2 / NATIVE LANGUAGE LEVEL (Mastery Level)

Successful completion of testing at this level indicates fluency in the Russian language, close to the level of a native speaker.

Official requirements: fourth level of RCT:

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 your own texts, reflecting personal ideas about the subject of speech, and texts of an influencing nature;
understand as fully as possible 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 features of the speaker’s speech, interpreting well-known statements and hidden meanings.
be able to achieve any communication goals 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 the organizer of communication who seeks to influence the listener;
demonstrate knowledge of the language system, demonstrating understanding and skills in the use of linguistic units and structural relations necessary for the understanding and design of individual statements, as well as statements that are part of original texts or fragments thereof, taking into account their stylistically distinguished use.

The volume of the lexical minimum should reach 20 000 units, including active parts of the dictionary - 8 000 units.

Availability of this Certificate necessary 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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