Have you completed the TLU Summer or Winter School Russian language course and want to continue improving your skills? Our Russian Language Online Continuation Programme helps you maintain your progress and develop your language proficiency through individual online learning tailored to your needs.

The programme is designed exclusively for former participants of the TLU Summer and Winter School. Building on your teacher’s final assessment and your personal learning goals, we create an individual study plan that allows you to continue exactly where you left off.

The course will help you to improve your Russian skills and to get familiar with famous Russian movies, cartoons, songs, musicians and singers.

During the classes, we will watch movies and listen to songs, do some tasks based on its plot and text, analyze and discuss our impressions as well as do some writing exercises. All necessary materials will be provided by the teacher.

At the end of the course, the participants will be able to use different oral and written expressions and grammar constructions that they can use in their everyday communication. Students will improve their Russian skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing. The students will know more about well-known Russian movies, cartoons, songs, film directors, actors, composers and singers as a part of the country study. Students will be able to describe and analyze the plot of the movie / the text of the song, its characters, express their attitudes towards them and discuss their thoughts with others.

Ukraine is not just a brave country in the southeast of Europe, but also a country with incredibly beautiful landscapes, hospitable people, a melodious language, and a rich cultural heritage.

National Ukrainian culture has long been formed. Artists, writers, poets of the past and contemporary cultural figures in their work reflect different layers of Ukrainian compatriots, reveal their talents, industriousness, diligence and struggle for independence. The Ukrainian language is also an important attribute of Ukraine’s independence. For Ukrainians, language is not just their national difference and identity, but also a weapon that has proven its strength for thousands of years. This language belongs to the East Slavic group of Slavic languages, which are part of the Indo-European language family. About 40 to 45 million people in the world use Ukrainian as their native language. Also, the Ukrainian language is among the 30 most widely spoken languages in the world and one of the 3 most popular Slavic languages.

Over the past year, millions of Ukrainians were forced to leave their homes and temporarily settled around the world. During this period, the world interest in the national characteristics of Ukrainians, their culture, and language increased.

Would you like to understand this country better? Or maybe you want to immerse yourself in the atmosphere of Ukrainian culture and ethnicity? Are you interested in learning to speak Ukrainian with a native Ukrainian? Then we are waiting for you at our course.

Ukrainian culture is not only embroidered shirts, “bread and salt” tradition, borscht, salo, soulful music and a few more folk traditions known all over the world. It is something much deeper. Let’s meet on our course, and we will prove it to you.

The language of instruction is English and course materials are distributed during the course.

It is a well-established fact that the best way to learn a foreign language is to connect with a country where it is spoken. Estonia is on the threshold of the Russian Federation and the school takes advantage of this proximity. Estonia’s historical connection provides students with one of the best opportunities to learn Russian in the region.

Our close ties with our neighbour allows us to make full advantage of resources from Russia – the teachers in the course are all native speakers of Russian and they all use the most up-to-date teaching materials published in Russia. Furthermore, the course offers a real opportunity for genuine communication in Russian – while at the same time offering European standards of service.

After a short written test, students will be divided into groups based on their initial proficiency in the Russian language. The number of groups depends on the number of participants, usually there are 3-4 groups. Please note that participants in one group might have slightly different levels, more advanced students can ask for additional tasks.

Across the globe there are millions of people who can speak English, but only one million speak Estonian. The language is part of the Finno-Ugric group, related to Finnish and Hungarian. Tallinn University’s online summer course in Estonian Language and Culture offers an opportunity to improve your language skills during real-time online lessons. 

After a short test and online interview, students will be divided into groups based on their initial proficiency in the Estonian language. Please note that participants in one group might have slightly different levels, more advanced students can ask for additional tasks.

Students will further develop their speaking, listening, reading, writing and grammar skills.