At this level, students will acquire basic language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing and basic grammatical structure of the Russian language in order to communicate in their professional environment while providing quality services. They will understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs in their professional field. They will be able to interact in a simple way provided the other person communicates slowly and clearly and is prepared to help. Students are expected to be close to the A1.1 level of the Common European Framework of References for Languages (CEFR).