After successfully completing his/her studies the graduate is able to:

• speak grammatically accurately and without errors in pronunciation; his/her spoken language can thus become an everyday model to his/her pupils
• has theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the field of phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, communicative syntax, lexicology and stylistics
• understand the basic linguistic terminology and is qualified to enlarge his or her knowledge in the field of linguistics - is able to study scientific literature in applied linguistics and linguistic didactics and draw conclusions for his or her own pe
• has basic knowledge of the history, the everyday life, society, and culture of the Russian speaking countries and is able to apply it to his or her pedagogical practice
• critically compare his or her own culture to the culture of other countries and is able to lead his or her pupils towards this ability
• take advantage of the modern information sources and to use them in the primary school teaching - is able to arrange a direct contact with the target language countries in the form of a study trip
• choose literary texts suitable for teaching at primary schools and work with them to raise the pupils’ interest and to develop not only their language competence, but also their personalities
• has knowledge of the basic issues of language acquisition and is able to enlarge his or her knowledge in this field
• apply the basic linguistic-didactic principles to practice
• plan lessons, use combinations of various methods and forms of teaching, including modern approaches (project teaching, problem teaching)
• creatively process didactic materials
• flexibly react to changes and particular situations in his or her practice
• develop professionally, based on self-reflection
• co-work in conducting e-learning courses

Training (Preparation) of basic school teachers for teaching of the general subject – branch Mathematics (in combination of two certified subjects) Training (Preparation) of basic school teachers for teaching of the general subject – branch Physics (in combination of two certified subjects). Graduates of these courses can become Russian language teachers for upper grades of primary school (11-14 years), or non-teaching positions where excellent knowledge of Russian language is required (e.g. government service).