TORFL Exam Preparation Course

The Test of Russian as a Foreign Language (TORFL) is a standardised test supervised by the Russian Ministry of Education and Science.
Our Russian teachers have considerable experience in successful TORFL-exam preparation. The levels we offer are: Elementary, Basic, Intermediate, Advanced and Proficiency. Each course has a duration of 30 hours.

Elementary Level

Successful performance in the Elementary Test represents a standard of initial competence in Russian which enables a candidate to satisfy his elementary communicative needs in a limited number of everyday situations.

Basic Level

Successful performance in the Preliminary Test represents a standard of competence in Russian which enables a candidate to satisfy basic communicative needs in a limited number of situations in everyday and cultural spheres.

Level 1 (Intermediate)

Successful performance in the First Level Certificate indicates an intermediate level of competence, which enables a candidate to satisfy his main communicative needs in everyday, cultural, educational and professional spheres in line with the State Standard of Competence in Russian as a Foreign Language.

Level 2 (Advanced)

Successful performance in the Second Level Certificate indicates a high level of competence in Russian which enables a candidate to satisfy his communicative needs in a wide range of situations of cultural,educational and professional spheres.

Level 3 (Proficiency)

Successful performance in the Third Level Certificate in Russian indicates an advanced level of competence in Russian which enables a candidate to communicate fluently in all communicative spheres, to do scientific research in Russian and to teach Russian in courses at an Elementary level.

Class materials used

• Типовые тесты по русскому языку как иностранному. Элементарный, базовый и I сертификационный уровни – СПБ: Златоуст, 2012;
• Корчагина Е.Л., Смыкунова Н.В. Русский язык: первые результаты – М.: Русский язык, 2007;
• Цветова Н.Е. 112 тестов по русскому языку как иностранному – СПб: Златоуст, 2009;
• Тесты, тесты, тесты. Элементарный, базовый и I сертификационный уровни, II и III сертификационные уровни. – СПб: Златоуст, 2007;
• Андрюшина Н.П., Макова М.Н. Тренировочные тесты по РКИ, I, II и III сертификационные уровни;
• Учебно-тренировочные тесты по РКИ. B2-C1. Чтение, письмо, грамматика, аудирование, говорение. – СПб: Златоуст, 2009-2012.