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Learning foreign languages The Finnish-Russian school Helsinki, Finland
Administration of basic education President of the Republic Parliament Government Ministry of Education National Board of Education Private school Municipal authorities State school Matriculation Examination Board
Finnish educational system Universities (3-5years) Polytechnics (4 years) Upper secondary school Vocational institutions (3years) Additonal voluntary 10 grade (1year) Secondary school (9years) Lower secondary (7-9grades) Primary (1-6grades) Pre-school (1year)
The Finnish-Russian school Helsinki • 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
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 languageand Russian as a foreign language • English from grade 3 • Swedish from grade 7 • German and French from grade 8
Upper secondary school • 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
Matriculation examination • 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
Foreign language teachers • 60 teachers work at school, among them 4 English teachers 1 German teacher 1 Swedish teacher 1 French teacher 15Russian teachers • Some of the teachers teach two foreign languages
The Finnish Matriculation Examination in foreign languages 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