The manual contains educational material that reflects both the requirements of state educational standards II and III of the certification levels of general proficiency in Russian languages, as well as some requirements of professional modules of these levels. The manual consists of 6 chapters, which present both the theoretical information necessary to create texts at the reproductive and productive levels in the educational, scientific, official, business, socio-political and socio-cultural spheres of communication, and practical tasks. The manual is intended for work in the audience, but can also be used for self-training. The manual contains assessment tables (they give the criteria for assessing the written work of students), a description of the types of errors, a demonstration version of the test task and its evaluation. Issue 1. Issue 2