Students are able to participate in a guided conversation, initiate a dialogue asking questions on the topic of the conversation, describe something they have seen, express their opinion, achieve their communicative intentions in a conversation. The total number of items is 100. This level is referred to as an advanced stage of proficiency very close to the native-speaker level. It provides high-level final qualification in the language. This level is obligatory for receiving a Master of Arts degree and is recognized for academic purposes in the field of the Russian language.
Texts take the form of radio and TV features, extracts from fiction films, public speeches, etc.
Students are expected to achieve any aims in both prepared and non-prepared speeches showing skills necessary to build up their communicational strategy and to influence the audience accordingly. Last updated August 3, 2001.