St Petersburg University Olympiad in Russian as a Foreign Language
The St Petersburg University Olympiad in Russian as a Foreign Language is for schoolchildren and students in 2 age caterories: from 12 to 17 years and from 18 to 35 years. It is a unique chance to test their knowledge, creativity and Russian language proficiency in practice. The main purpose of the Olympiad is to develop foreign students’ interest in the Russian language and culture. The Olympiad is organised in two rounds.
The first-round tasks in both age categories include: an online test in Russian vocabulary and grammar; and reading comprehension tasks that test the participant’s ability to understand the main idea and details of the text.
The second-round tasks in both age categories include online test focusing on reading comprehension and listening comprehension tasks that test the participant’s ability to understand the overall meaning, identify the main idea and connect the details of the written and audio texts, as well as the ability to process and understand the reasoning.