Russian courses

TORFL Exam Preparation

Private and group lessons with professional native teachers

Course introduction

The Test of Russian as a Foreign Language (TORFL) is a standardised test supervised by the Russian Ministry of Education and Science.

The levels we offer are: Elementary, Basic, Intermediate, Advanced and Proficiency.

In our school, you can not only take official Russian language exams online and receive an international certificate, but also prepare for the TORFL exams of all levels with professional teachers and certified TORFL testers.

The lessons use materials developed by leading universities in Russia, designed to prepare for the TORFL exams, as well as a special learning platform, created by the publishing house "Zlatoust", the leading publishing house in the field of Russian as a foreign language. You can choose between intensive and long-term training depending on your needs.

Course details

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.

Teachers of the course "TORFL Exam Preparation"

Our online Russian school Russificate is made up of a collective of highly experienced Russian teachers who believe in using cutting edge technology to facilitate language learning. Our teachers strive to provide high quality yet affordable Russian lessons.

Natalia

Speaks: English, Spanish, Ukrainian

Natalia is a qualified tutor of Russian as a second language. She has been teaching Russian for about 10 years read CV
Irina Z.

Speaks: Italian

Teaching experience, since 2003 (17 years) Tutoring experience, since 2003 (17 years) Teaching at a children’s arts school, taught choir, ensemble, and read CV
Tatiana S.

Speaks:

Tatiana is a teacher of Russian language and literature with 24 years of experience as a school teacher. Tatiana worked as read CV
Anna M.

Speaks: English, French, German

- Since 2011 Anna has been working as tour guide in Saint-Petersburg delivering tours in English, French and Russian read CV
Dana

Speaks: English, French, Latvian

Dana is a qualified Russian teacher with a teaching degree. Her second mother tongue is Latvian. Dana has a wide experience read CV
Yulia

Speaks: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish

Yulia has been offering Russian classes via Skype since 2005. In 2005-2013 she worked in the Spanish Embassy in Moscow, giving read CV

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Testimonials of our students

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Marcel,
Áustria

I have been working with Elena as a teacher of Russian as a foreign language for about 9 months now and I am fully satisfied with her professional skills and teaching style. Elena applies both a flexible style of teaching to accomodate the students individual goals as well ensures that relevant language competencies such as grammar, reading, writing, listening and pronunciation are developed holistically.

Elena creates an atmosphere in her lessons which is friendly and supportive but at the same time motivating for the student such that the goals in language learning are reached at a high pace.

I can fully recommend Elena as a teacher.

Steinar Dyrnes,
Norway

Tatiana Ryndak has been my personal Russian tutor since July 2011.
I know her as a teacher with an extremely good command of the Russian language. She is also a dedicated teacher and a very good educator. She individually adapts her lessons according to the specific needs of the different students.
To cater to my unique requirements as a journalist, she has used a book specially designed for people in my field. In addition, she is always careful to monitor students' weaknesses, focusing on them until they are fully resolved.
I strongly recommend her.

Steinar Dyrnes

Moscow Correspondent

Aftenposten, Norway’s number one newspaper

Marguerite,
France

Mikhail Yurievich was my tutor of the Russian language in 2014 during the first semester at the MSU in the name of Lomonosov. With him we studied the grammar rules and the spoken language at the same time; he understood that the grammar rules- are one thing, but the way that the Russian people speak, in which mode you can interact in Russian, which cliché phrases the Russians use, how to quickly deal with basic, political and philosophical situations, when you need to express your opinion and which songs all the Russian people know and sing- are completely different things and are very important.
We did written exercises and checked them during the lessons. Mikhail Yurievich always gave us dialogues- which in turn established discussions on many different topics, and so in this way all of the students in the group got the opportunity to speak their mind out loud, ask each other questions and so on. Mikhail Yurievich has achieved his goal; no-one was embarrassed or afraid to speak and, in my opinion, this is most important. Every student felt enough confidence to speak freely and to understand that it is possible! In conclusion, I believe that Mikhail Yurievich is a great tutor!

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Prices for the course "TORFL Exam Preparation"

Private lessons

Lesson duration	1	10	20
45-minute lessons	16 €	155 € 15.5€ per lesson Save 5€	290 € 14.5€ per lesson Save 30€
60-minute lessons	20 €	195 € 19.5€ per lesson Save 5€	370 € 18.5€ per lesson Save 30€
90-minute lessons	28 €	275 € 27.5€ per lesson Save 5€	530 € 26.5€ per lesson Save 30€

Group lessons

Lesson duration	1	10
45-minute lessons	8 €	75 € 7.5€ per lesson Save 5€
60-minute lessons	9 €	85 € 8.5€ per lesson Save 5€
90-minute lessons	12 €	115 € 11.5€ per lesson Save 5€