TRKI - Test of Russian as a Foreign Language - Test po russkomu iazyku kak inostrannomu

TRKI (Test po russkomu iazyku kak inostrannomu - Test of Russian as a Foreign Language)

****The exam is taken once a year, usually in September, at the Slavonic department of the University of Heidelberg. (Branch office of the Halle Centre of Certification for the Russian language)****

Next test date: 14th-17th September 2010 (Application deadline: 15.06.2010)

General information about the TRKI exams
TRKI is the Russian state qualification of Russian as a foreign language. Through an agreement with Moscow State University and in cooperation with the Slavonic department of the university of Heidelberg, F+U Academy of languages offers these exams at 6 different levels from September 2010.

Structure of the TRKI exams
The TRKI exams are a serious test of Russian. Exams are normally held over 2 days, and there are five parts.

• Part 1. Grammar and Vocabulary
  A series of multiple-choice questions where you need to select the right word, ending, etc.
• Part 2. Reading
  Multiple-choice questions based on texts (depending on the level, these range from short texts such as adverts to newspaper articles).
• Part 3. Writing
  This involves a creative piece of writing: at lower levels, a letter or similar where you are given instructions about what information to include; at higher levels this may be a piece of criticism based on another text.
• Part 4. Listening
  Multiple-choice questions based on recorded extracts.
• Part 5. Speaking
  A number of oral tasks, including: providing responses to fixed dialogues; initiating dialogues in prescribed situations; summarising a text; talking on a prepared topic.

Levels
There are 6 levels of the TRKI: Elementary, Basic, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Certificate. The TRKI levels have been designed to correspond to the Common European Framework of References for Languages (CEF).

Information about other language exams
German as a Foreign Language: TestDaF, DSH, TELC, TestAS, onDaF
English: TOEFL, TOEIC, LCCI, TELC
French: DELF, DALF, TELC
Spanish: DELE, TELC
Italian: TELC
Russian: TRKI