Cursuri de Limba Romana / Romanian Language (Fall 25)

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Enrolling your child in RUF's Romanian language classes is an invaluable investment in their future for several compelling reasons:

• these classes foster a strong connection to their cultural heritage, helping them to preserve and celebrate their Romanian roots.
• language skills open doors to a world of opportunities. Proficiency in Romanian not only enhances their communication abilities but also expands their horizons for future educational and career prospects, especially if they plan to study or work in Romania or with Romanian-speaking communities.
• our experienced instructors create a nurturing and engaging learning environment, ensuring that your child not only learns the language but also develops a deeper appreciation for Romanian culture and history

Give your child the gift of language, heritage, and limitless potential with RUF's Romanian language classes.

Course Offerings

We are offering two main courses of Romanian Language: Introductory Romanian Language (covers topics from Level A1 curriculum) and Intermediate Romanian Language (covers topics from Levels A1 and A2 curricula).

Each course will have 20 sessions that will be split in 2 modules of 10 lessons per module. 

Please note: The fee for each course will range from $10-$20/hour and will be set by the teacher. A portion of these fees will be used to fund educational initiatives in Romania (e.g., sponsoring learning experiences for students in rural areas). The fees will be collected after the student will receive confirmation that the student is accepted in the course. 

Course Dates

Classes start the week of October 20th. Schedule to be announced soon.

Course will be delivered exclusively online (over Zoom).

Course Description

Introductory Romanian Language

Teacher: Natalia Petrache
Teacher time zone: CST
Preferred Days/Times: Mondays or Wednesdays at 6:00 PM (CST), or Saturdays at 10:00AM (CST)

Objective 1: Understand and reproduce oral messages in familiar situations

1. Recognize sounds and words specific to the Romanian language
2. Identify specific words in slow-paced conversations
3. Recognize objects, features, and actions in slow-paced conversations 
4. Understand the general message from an announcement
5. Understand simple instructions
6. Be able to reproduce short and simple messages in Romanian language 

Objective 2: Learn to communicate what you need in specific situations

1.  Learn to communicate simple messages about objects, activities, and people
2.  Learn to start, maintain and finish a conversation in specific situations
3.  Learn to communicate effectively information about objects, activities, and people

Objective 3: Being able to read and understand a written text in Romanian language

1.  Recognize sounds/words specific to Romanian language from written texts
2.  Being able to read at own pace a written text that is familiar to the student
3.  Being able to read and understand simple messages displayed around us

Objective 4: Learn how to write a simple message

1. Be able to write letters, groups of letters and words
2. Be able to fill out missing words in a statement
3. Be able to write a simple but full sentence

Objective 5: Learn some basic elements about Romanian culture, including forms of politeness

1. Recognize and be able to reproduce basic forms of politeness in Romanian language

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Please note that the student may have to take a placement test before she/he can join a Romanian language course. The test will help us gauge the student's current level of proficiency, and it will suggest the course that is most effective for the student's immediate development.

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Intermediate Romanian Language

Objective 1: Recognize and reproduce specific messages in a conversation

1. Recognize specific pieces of information from a conversation
2. Understand specific bits of information from a conversation
3. Understand specific non-basic instructions given by the teacher

Objective 2: Learn to communicate what you need in specific situations

1. Formulate and communicate non-basic messages about objects, activities and people
2. Participate in interactive conversations and communicate short messages as part of the conversation
3. Communicate specific pieces of information about self, people, interests, etc.

Objective 3: Understand written text, interpret and express opinions

1. Be able to understand short and simple written texts
2. Identify pieces of information from most written texts encountered on a daily basis
3. Formulate and communicate ideas about the message from a written text

Objective 4: Become comfortable writing a message

1. Write a simple message or note based on the immediate reality
2. Be able to write a simple letter or postcard

Interested in registering for this class?

Please note that the student may have to take a placement test before she/he can join a Romanian language course. The test will help us gauge the student's current level of proficiency, and it will suggest the course that is most effective for the student's immediate development.

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Current Teachers

Prospective Teachers

Proiect finanțat de Departamentul pentru Românii de Pretutindeni" (1 martie – 30 octombrie 2025)

Conţinutul acestui site/ website nu reprezintă poziţia oficială a Departamentului pentru Românii de Pretutindeni

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Learn hands-on how to invest and trade the stock market: For Beginners

Having basic personal financial skills is one of the most important things you can do to live a healthy, happy, and secure life.

As adults, we deal with our finances on a daily basis  through questions like:

• I have some extra money, what should I do with it?
• The stock market is going up – should I participate?
• What do terms like day trading, earnings, volatility, or ETFs even mean?
• What’s a good interest rate, and should I refinance?

Looking back, it would have been good if we had been prepared to answer these questions since we were kids.

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Why should you join this class

In our engaging program, we delve into the realms of trading and long-term investing, covering crucial topics such as portfolios, diversification, interest rates, stocks, the stock market, bonds, ETFs, Mutual Funds, and Hedge Funds. Our aim is to demystify these financial concepts and make them accessible and understandable for young learners.

What sets our course apart is our hands-on approach. Participants will have the opportunity to open actual brokerage or trading accounts, immersing themselves in the world of financial instruments. By using real financial tools, they will gain practical insights into how these instruments function in the real world.

Meet our Teachers

Marius Moldovan

Volunteer Teacher since 2023

Marius is a Senior Portfolio Advisor and Portfolio Manager at Northern Trust, specializing in wealth management, financial planning, alternative investments, and asset management. He has been teaching financial education with RUF since 2023. He is excited to promote curiosity and interest in investing, finance, and trading, and inspire children in an engaging and fun class.

Class Basics

• First class: Friday, Oct 24, 2025
• Sessions: 8 sessions, Once/month
• Class Starts: Friday, 5:00-6:00 PM CST
• Class Teacher: Marius Moldovan
• Target Audience: Kids ages 11-15 years
• Class Format: Online via Zoom
• Course fees: FREE (Excludes: Registration fees $100 to be paid after first class)

Class Details

RUF’s Little Traders Class is an educational program organized by the Romanian United Foundation (RUF) for children, typically in middle school. The goal is to introduce them to the fundamentals of entrepreneurship, investing, and financial literacy in an engaging, hands-on way.

1. Learn to Read: A Market Crash Course
2. Learn to Analyze: Technical vs Fundamental
3. Opening a Trading Account
4. Technical Analysis: Charting Fundamentals
5. Fundamental Analysis: X-Ray of a Private Company
6. Practice Trading: Orders and Concepts
7. Position and Risk Management

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