Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language

• Master

  Degree

• Russian

  Language of instructions

• 2 years

  Years of study

• Full-time

  Study mode

• Estonia, Tartu

  Location

This programme is aimed at developing the subject and multicultural competences, communicative, methodological, reflective, managerial-administrative, and entrepreneurial skills. It also forms and supports the professional identity of a future teacher. The programme includes traditional as well as innovative philological and pedagogical courses created by leading specialists of the University of Tartu. During the pedagogical internship, students acquire real-life experience of teaching Russian as a foreign language to a mixed age group of non-native speaker students with various cultural backgrounds. Why study Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language at UT? -UT is one of the oldest universities in Northern and Eastern Europe (founded in 1632). It belongs to the top 1.2% of the world's best universities (QS World -University Rankings 2020). -UT is ranked in the top 250 universities in the world in education and training (QS Rankings 2020). -Studying in Narva gives an opportunity to improve the Russian language as a foreign language in everyday and socio-cultural communication in the city environment. -A diploma of the University of Tartu opens multiple possible career paths anywhere in the EU, the USA, or other foreign countries. Home to the world-known Tartu School of philology, cultural studies and semiotics (The Tartu-Moscow School of Semiotics).