Russian Culture and LanguageLaajuus (3 cr)

Objective

The students
- know Russian customs and can act correctly, taking Russian quality requirements into account in the various situations of customer service and business
- can assess the potential of the Russian close market areas from the perspective of their branch
- master simple customer service communication situations in Russian

Content

- Russian customs
- the Russians as quality-conscious customers
- Russian as a tourist
- Russian standard of living, work and leisure, and factors affecting them
- Russia as a country of opportunities
- the Russian language: getting to know people, greeting, politeness

Qualifications

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Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

5 (Excellent)
The students understand the most important characteristics of Russian culture including differences between Finnish and Russian culture. They can also apply their knowledge of Russian culture while working in their own field. The students have a fluent command of everyday polite phrases related to business and customer service. Their pronunciation is clear and almost perfect.
4 (Very Good)
The students understand the most important characteristics of Russian culture including differences between Finnish and Russian culture. The students have a command of everyday polite phrases related to business and customer service. Their pronunciation is fairly clear.
3 (Good)
The students understand general characteristics of Russian culture. The students have a command of some everyday polite phrases related to business and customer service. The pronunciation of the basic phraseology presents problems. The potential mistakes in pronunciation are not disturbing.
2 (Satisfactory)
The students recognize a number of characteristics of Russian. The pronunciation of vocabulary and basic phraseology presents problems. Pronunciation is defective.
1 (Sufficient)
The students recognize some characteristics of Russian. They are able to pronounce simple words but make a lot of mistakes.