Estonian Basic-School Russian as a Foreign Language Exam study guide
Estonian Basic-School Russian as a Foreign Language Exam · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Estonian basic-school Russian as a foreign language final examination (põhikooli vene keele kui võõrkeele lõpueksam) is the school-leaving assessment taken by students at the end of põhikool, typically in grade 9, who have studied Russian as a foreign language. It sits inside the Estonian basic-school final examination system (riiklik lõpueksam) and is meant to show that a learner can cope with Russian at the level described in the national subject syllabus - understanding simple spoken and written texts, producing connected writing, and holding a short conversation on familiar topics. The Estonian Basic-School Russian as a Foreign Language Exam study guide has 4 sections and about 1,882 words.
01Kuulamine - listening comprehension in the basic-school Russian exam
The kuulamine part of the põhikooli lõpueksam in Russian as a foreign language (B-võõrkeel, target level around B1.1) checks whether you can pull specific information out of spoken Russian in everyday situations: announcements, phone calls, short dialogues, interviews and monologues. The instructions are in Estonian, while the audio and the answer options are in Russian, so you have to map an Estonian question onto Russian speech.
481 words, about 2 min02Lugemine - reading comprehension in the basic-school Russian exam
Lugemine tests whether you can read Russian texts at basic-school B-võõrkeel level (about B1.1) for both gist and detail. Text types are everyday and semi-authentic: notices and advertisements, e-mails and messages, blog posts, short informative articles, timetables and instructions.
487 words, about 2 min03Kirjutamine - two writing tasks and how they are scored
Kirjutamine in the basic-school Russian exam normally has two tasks: a short functional text (a note, message or informal e-mail of roughly 30–50 words) and a longer text (opinion, description, story or letter of roughly 80–120 words). Marks come from task achievement - every bullet point in the prompt - plus organisation, vocabulary range and grammatical accuracy.
473 words, about 2 min04Rääkimine - monologue, dialogue and interaction
Rääkimine is the oral part: a short prepared or unprepared monologue on a topic or picture, a dialogue with the examiner or a partner, and answers to questions. It usually takes 10–15 minutes per student or pair, with a minute or two of preparation.
441 words, about 2 min