1] I am able to give descriptions related to daily routine and day-to-day situations.
2] I can exchange information on familiar and social matters.
3] I can express my opinion quite well on certain common/familiar problems.
4] I can give advice, praise and orders.
5] I can initiate a dialogue in different situations.
6] I can compare and evaluate.
 COGNITIVE LEARNING
7] I can talk about a text that I read.
8] I am able to ask questions both by making use of question words and without making use of question words.
 SOCIAL LEARNING
9] I can converse easily with someone in different contexts/situations.
10] I am able to respond adequately in an interview.

1] I am able to understand formal and informal requests, instructions, opinions and estimates.
2] I am able to understand Russian speech in various contexts e.g. recorded announcements at train/bus stations and at airports; radio weather forecasts.

1] I can read fluently and understand excerpts from works of Russian literature.
2] I am able to understand and formulate the main idea/s in a text.
3] I can understand texts/information found in questionnaires, short notes, greeting cards, invitations and non-formal letters.
4] I can read and understand television/radio programme schedules and related brief information, written advertisements and announcements.

1] I can produce various coherent texts, such as messages, narrative and descriptive texts, about myself and my environment.
2] I can express my opinions and feelings in writing.
3] I am able to write short texts, keeping in mind basic spelling rules.
4] I can produce a report or a presentation about a particular religious festival and reflect on its meaning and significance.
USE OF DIGITAL MEDIA

1] I can use electronic and audiovisual sources of information to broaden my knowledge of Russian history and culture.
 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
2] I can compare data from different sources.
3] I can find information and discuss historical and cultural facts about Malta and Russia.
 PERSONAL LEARNING
4] I can understand and be tolerant of the opinions, actions, customs and traditions of others.
5] I can express my opinion and give reasons for it.

1] I know how to use adjectives должен, нужен and how to use comparative adjectives with более  and менее.
2] I know how to use common special long form of comparative adjectives e.g. лучший, старший in nominative, in singular and plural.
3] I know how to express 'than' after comparative adjectives using the genitive e.g. моложе брата.
4] I know how to use superlative forms of adjectives with самый in nominative, in singular and plural.
5] I know how to use comparative forms of adverbs.
6] I know how to use adverbs with prefix 'по'.
7] I know how to use pronouns: cебя in all cases, cам/сама/сами.
8] I know how to use negative pronouns e.g. никто, ничто, ничей, никакой, никогда, нигде, некто, нечто, некоторые.
9] I know how to use the pronoun такой in all cases.
10] I know how to use pronouns with suffixes -нибудь, -то.
11] I know how to use всё, что and то, что.
12] I know how to use the pronoun cвой in all cases.
13] I know how to use tenses of verbs: perfective future in first person singular, imperatives in second person singular and plural, first person plural.
14] I know how to use verbs of third person plural without они.
15] I know how to use the verb хотеть with бы  in first person singular хотел/а бы.
16] I know how to use personal constructions Нравиться in all tenses and Хотеться in all tenses.
17] I know how to use common impersonal constructions for feelings e.g. мне холодно, мне тепло in all tenses.
18] I know how to use numbers and quantity: inversion for approximation e.g. минут десять, ordinal numbers for dates.
19] I know how to express quantity with genitive e.g. много, мало.
20] I know how to use time e.g. полшестого, без четверти.
21] I know how to use negation: нет + genitive for all tenses, negative prefix ни- with prepositions e.g. ни с кем, ни..., ни... .