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The Finnish-Russian school Helsinki, Finland
Administration of basic education
National Board of Education
Government
Parliament
Ministry of Education
Private school
President of the Republic
Matriculation Examination Board
State school
Municipal authorities
Finnish educational system
Pre-school (1year)
Secondary school (9years)Lower secondary (7-9grades)
Primary (1-6grades)
Vocational institutions (3years)
Upper secondary school
Universities (3-5years)
Polytechnics (4 years)
Additonal voluntary 10 grade (1year)
• Founded in 1955
• State school since 1977
• Comprehensive language school
• Finnish national curriculum
• Focus on Russian language and culture
• Teaching subjects in Russian
• 700 students
The Finnish-Russian school Helsinki
Basic education
basic education 9 years
Finnish national curriculum
focus on Russian language and culture
teaching subjects in Russian
Finnish as the mother tongue and Finnish as a second language
Russian as the mother language and Russian as a foreign language
English from grade 3
Swedish from grade 7
German and French from grade 8
Curriculum for basic education 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Finnish as the mother tongue and as a second language 7(+1) 6 (+1) 5 5 4 5 3 3 3
Russian as the mother tongue and as a second language 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 5
Swedish (B language)) 2 2 2
Mathematics 3▲ 3▲ 3▲ 4▲ 4▲ 4▲ 2 4 4
Natural science 1▲ 2▲ 3▲ 3▲
Biology and geography 2▲ 1▲ 2▲ 3▲ 2▲
Physics and chemistry 1▲ 1▲ 2▲ 2▲ 3▲
Health education 0,6 1,4
Religion/ethics 1▲ 1▲ 1▲ 1▲ 1 1 1 1 1
History and social studies 1▲ 2▲ 2▲ 2 3
Music 1▲ 1▲ 1▲ 1▲ 2▲ 2▲ 1▲
Arts 1▲ 1▲ 1▲ 1▲ 2 2 2
Crafts 1▲ 1▲ 2▲ 2▲ 1▲ 2▲ 2
Physical education 2▲ 2▲ 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Home economics 3▲
Student counselling 0,4 0,6 1
English (A language) 1 1 2 2 2 2 2
Lessons per week22-23 22-23 23 23 26 28 31 28 28
▲- CLIL (content and language integration)
Upper secondary school Compulsory courses Applied courses
Finnish 6 3
Russian 9 3
Swedish (B language) 5 2
English (A language) 6 2
English (B language) 5 2
French (B 3-language) - 8
German (B 3-language)- 8
individual study plan
course and study modules
different courses of study
minimum of 75 courses
12 courses in Russian
the studies may be accomplished in 3-4 years
students have the right to take the matriculation examination
Upper secondary school
written tests, the candidates pay a fee for each subject
two times a year (spring-autumn)
the candidate can complete the examination during one examination period or during three periods
4 compulsory tests: mother tongue and by choice at least 3 other tests: Swedish, a foreign language, mathematics and one test from science and humanities subjects (psychology, philosophy, history, social studies, biology, religion/ethics, geography, health education)
the Matriculation Examination Board is responsible for administering the test
Matriculation examination
Upper secondary school
listening speaking reading
writing
Russian (A-language) B2.1 B2.1 B2.1 B2.1
English (A-language) B2.1 B2.1 B2.1
B2.1
English (B1-language) В1.2 В1.2 В1.2 В1.2
German (B 2-language) А2.2 А2.1-А2.2 А2.2-В1.1
А2.1-А2.2
German (B 3-language) А2.1-А2.2 А2.1 А2.1-А2.2 А1.3.А2.1
French ( B 2-language) А2.2 А2.1-А2.2 А2.2-В1.1
А2.1-А2.2
French ( B 3-language) А2.1-А2.2 А2.1 А2.1-А2.2 А1.3.А2.1
Criteria of the language scales
9 grade Russian English
Language scale
В1.2 listening, reading
В1.1 writing, speaking
В1.1 listening, readingА2.2 writing, speaking
The levels of the language proficiency scale
Upper secondary school listening speaking reading writing
Russian (A-language) B2.1 B2.1 B2.1 B2.1
English (A-language) B2.1 B2.1 B2.1
B2.1
English (B 1 -language) В1.2 В1.2 В1.2 В1.2
German (B 2 -language) А2.2 А2.1-А2.2 А2.2-В1.1
А2.1-А2.2
German (B 3-language) А2.1-А2.2 А2.1 А2.1-А2.2
А1.3.А2.1
French ( B 2- language) А2.2 А2.1-А2.2 А2.2-В1.1
А2.1-А2.2
French ( B 3- language) А2.1-А2.2 А2.1 А2.1-А2.2
А1.3.А2.1
Foreign language teachers
• 60 teachers work at school, among them
4 English teachers 1 German teacher 1 Swedish teacher 1 French teacher 15 Russian teachers
• Some of the teachers teach two foreign languages
The Finnish Matriculation Examination in foreign languages
1 part (listening comprehension) 2 part (written production)
The test has 4 sections
•sections 1-3include texts of different difficulty level
•section 4 is a translation into Finnish based on listening
•duration – 60 min.
•maximum points– 90
The test has 3 sections• 1 – reading comprehension
• 2 –grammar and vocabulary
• 3 – written production
•duration – 6 hours•maximum points –209
The test consists of two parts
Russian textbooks
Textbook + workbook+ CD
English textbooks
Textbook+ workbook+ CD
Swedish textbooks
Textbook+ workbook+ CD
German textbooks
Textbook+ workbook+ CD
French textbooks
Textbook+ workbook+ CD
Forign language classrooms
-computer classrooms
-subject classrooms
-interactive board
- video equipment