31176 - Russian Language and Linguistics 2

Learning outcomes

Deepen the linguistic, communicative and intercultural competences (A2).
Consolidate and develop the skills of oral and written comprehension, oral and written expression on the civilization, the culture and the current affairs.

Course contents

Develop the skills of oral and written comprehension, oral and written expression;

Deepen the morphological system, linguistic, communicative, and cultural competences.

Transitive and intransitive verbs of motion without prefixes and with prefix po-.

Verbs of motion with prefixes. The use of the main prepositions after verbs of motion.

The verb aspects: meanings and characteristics of imperfective and perfective verbs.

Formation and use of the imperative.

The comparative and superlative degree of adjectives and adverbs.

Short form of adjectives.

Direct and indirect speech.

Copulative, coordinating and disjunctive conjunctions.

Subordinating conjunctions: conjunctions of clause, of explanation, of aim and purpose, concessive conjunctions, conjunctions of consequence and condition.

Readings/Bibliography

- Chernyshov S.I., Chernyshova A.V., Poekhali! 2.1, 2.2 (2 volumi) Bazovyj kurs, Zlatoust, St. Petersburg, 2007.

- Berardi S., Buglakova L., Kraski A2. Corso comunicativo multimediale per l'autoapprendimento dlla lingua russa di livello A2, Bologna, CLueb, 2006.

- S. A. Khavronina, A. I. Shirochenskaya, Russian in exercises, Moskow, "Russky Yazyk Kursy", 2009 / oppure la nuova edizione in italiano:S. A. Chavronina, A. I. Širochenskaja, Il russo Esercizi, Roma, Il Punto editoriale, 2007.

Additional readings:

- Pul'kina I., Zachava-Nekrasova E., Il Russo. Grammatica pratica con esercizi, Edest, Genova, 1991.

- Anjuta Gančikov, Grammatica Russo facile, A. Vallardi Editore, Milano, 2011.

- Anjuta Gančikov, Esercizi Russo facile, A. Vallardi Editore, Milano, 2011.

- Il Kovalev terza edizione con Cd-rom per Windows, Dizionario russo-italiano italiano-russo di Vladimir Kovalev, Bologna, Zanichelli, 2007.

Teaching methods

The course is articulated in 30 hours of frontal lessons, in which the linguistic competences are mainly developed, and in many hours of laboratory activities, that privilege the communicative competences and practical language skills.The tutorial lessons are part of the course and will be part of the exam program.

Assessment methods

The written exam consists of a grammar test and a written comprehension test (4 hours). The written exam is a prerequisite to the oral exam which will include the reading and linguistic analysis of a text in Russian as well as a conversation on an everyday topic dealt with during the course and agreed on with the teacher.

Teaching tools

PC - computer – language laboratory with Internet; video projector; video recorder.

Office hours

See the website of Simona Berardi