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81606 - Bulgarian Language (Advanced I)

Academic Year 2019/2020

                
                        Docente:
                        Todor Hristov Dechev
                    
                        Credits:
                        6
                    
                        SSD:
                        L-LIN/21
                    
                        Language:
                        English
                    
                        Teaching Mode:
                        Traditional lectures
                        
                            Campus:
                            Forli
                        
                            Corso:
                            First cycle degree programme (L) in
                            Intercultural and Linguistic Mediation (cod. 8059)

                            Teaching resources on Virtuale

Learning outcomes

The students are capable of understanding and producing a wide range of written texts and oral speeches. the students are able to speak spontaneously.

Course contents

Topics:

The territory, the population and the economy
The current political system. The state. The political parties.
The Bulgarians and the others: the relationships with the neighbors and the global powers.
The main periods in the Bulgarian history. The three Bulgarian states, the Ottoman rule, socialism and post-socialism. The most important historical figures
The main cities and places of interest for tourists
The Bulgarian popular culture. Stereotypes, music, TV programs
Art, literature and film
The traditional cuisine in a Balkan context

Grammatical and communicative contents:

Direct ad indirect speech
The system of the evidentiary forms
The passive voice and the passive reflexive patterns
The impersonal sentences
The syntactical equivalence
Correlation between tenses
Language registers and social fields

Readings/Bibliography

Хаджиева, Е., Р. Влахова, Й. Велкова, В. Шушлина, А. Асенова. Лесното в трудния български език: Български език като чужд. София: Гутенберг, 2014
Grigorova, Violeta, Tsveta Tsankova. Dizionario Bulgaro-Italiano Italiano-Bulgaro. Zanichelli/Colibrì, 2004.
Kostadinova Giretti, Neli, Gianguido Manzelli. Dizionario bulgaro. Italiano-bulgaro, bulgaro-italiano. A. Vallardi, 1998.
Ernest A., Scatton. A Reference Grammar of Modern Bulgarian. Columbus: Slavica, 1984.
Borriero, Lavinia. Grammatica della lingua bulgara. Firenze: LICOSA, 1979.

Teaching methods

Lectures, exercises, interactive methods

Assessment methods

The final exam consists in a conversation on topics discussed during the semester (80% of the final grade). The students are expected to prepare for the lectures and to be active in class (20% of the final grade).

Teaching tools

Video and audio resources, grammatical tables, PowerPoint Presentations

Office hours

See the website of Todor Hristov Dechev