- Read confidently by syllables and gradually progress to reading whole words;
- Understand short texts and retell them in their own words;
- Significantly expand their vocabulary across topics such as nature, animals, the city, school, professions, travel, sports, music, space, and transport;
- Learn the basics of Russian phonetics;
- Learn to distinguish between letters and sounds, vowels and consonants, and hard and soft consonants;
- Talk in detail about themselves, their day, and the world around them;
- Read traditional Russian folk tales such as “Teremok,” “Kolobok,” and “The Three Bears”;
- Read short texts with confidence, understand their meaning, and retell them in their own words.
Number of lessons: 36
Stage duration: from 5 months, depending on the number of lessons per week.