On December 6, a phonetic competition for groups of levels A1-B1 was held at the Russian language courses. Participants were divided into teams and competed in various competitions. The course participants read words and sentences, observing the pronunciation rules, told tongue twisters, recited poems and acted out dialogues. A strict jury, which included course teachers, assessed the performances of the competitors in each competition. But the winner was never identified, all the participants demonstrated a good level of knowledge of the phonetic rules of the Russian language.