A Level Discussion on a theme booklet is a resource for those teaching Russian to A level in the secondary school. The booklet offers a wide range of questions for the initiation and development of discussion on four topics in accordance with Specification “GCE Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Russian (9RU0)”. The goal is to master students’ interactive skills and deepen their knowledge and understanding of the Russian context.

This booklet is for Russian language teachers preparing students for the A level exam in Russian. The booklet includes materials for studying the topic “Изменения в жизни большого российского города” using the example of Moscow, although most of the questions and tasks can also be used when studying St. Petersburg. This booklet offers:  Some resources that can be used as a starting point for discussing aspects of the topic “Изменения в жизни большого российского города”.  Questions for discussion on sub-themes.  Assignments for individual, pair, and group work in the classroom and independent work of students. Some of the tasks are convenient to use in offline classes, some are also suitable for online lessons. The pictures used in this booklet are accompanied by references and links to sources or obtained by the author from the Freepick resource. I hope that this booklet will be useful to you and will help reduce the time for preparing for classes.

Oral exam preparation questions compiled as exam-like cards. Experience shows that students find it helpful to practice discussing themes in a situation close to the examination. This booklet provides sets of exam-like stimulus cards for each theme and sub-theme. Each set consists of a student card with two statements (A and B) and a teacher (examiner) card with compulsory questions.