20113 - Russian B - 1

Course contents

1. Develop functions and use of cases.
2. The comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs. Comparative and superlative degree.
3. Long and short forms of adjectives.
4. Numerals: declensions of all categories.
5. Negative indefinite pronouns.

The verb:

1. Formation and use of imperative.
2. Formation and use of conditional mood.
3. Verb aspects.
4. Prefixed and unprefixed verbs of motion.

Syntax 

The complex sentence:  the subordinate clauses. 
Complementary subordinate clauses:                                                                                                                                          the conjunction chto in order to express information, thought, feeling;
the conjunction chtoby to express desire, necessity, order; 
the conjunction kak to express one perception; 
the conjunction esli in order to express question or uncertainty in the indirect speech or interrogative clause;
the conjunction potomu chto; 
the conjunction tak kak.

Consecutive subordinate clauses:  the conjunction poetomu.
Concessive subordinate clauses:  the conjunction khotja. 
The expression nesmotrja na to. 
The conjunctions esli and kogda in order to express a hypothetical period. 
Subordinated final:  the conjunction chtoby.
The conjunction kogda in order to express one relation of contemporaneity or posteriority;  the expression pered tem, kak to express anteriority;  the expression posle togo kak to express posteriority. 
Relative subordinate clauses: the attributive pronoun kotoryj.

Direct and indirect speech.

Readings/Bibliography

1. Antonova V. E., Nachabina M. M., Doroga v Rossiju  2.  Bazovyj uroven', Spb Zlatoust 2006 + CD audio
2. Pul'kina I.M., Breve prontuario della grammatica russa, Mosca, 1990.
3. Berardi S., Buglakova L., Kraski A2. Corso comunicativo multimediale per l'autoapprendimento dlla lingua russa di livello A2, Bologna, CLueb, 2006.
4. S. A. Khavronina, A. I. Shirochenskaya, Russian in exercises, Moskow, "Russky Yazyk Publishers", 2005.
5. Cadorin E., Kukushkina I., Verbo e sintassi russa in pratica, Milano, Hoepli, 2007.

6. Il Kovalev seconda edizione con Cd-rom per Windows, Dizionario russo-italiano italiano-russo di Vladimir Kovalev, Bologna, Zanichelli, 2000.
   

   Optional readings:

• Krivonosov A.D.,  Red'kina T.Ju., Znaju i ljublju russkie glagoly, Sankt-Peterburg, Zlatoust, 2000.
• Khavronina S.A. , Govorite po-russki, Moskva, Russkij jazyk media 2006.

Teaching methods

The course consists of 30 hours of classroom-based lessons on linguistic theory and communicative competence. The corresponding written and speaking exercises will be part of the "lettorato" (practical language skills) taught by Dott.ssa Maluscina and the "tutorato" (tutoring sessions) with Dott.ssa Golovko. Both the "lettorato" and "tutorato" are an essential part of the teaching and exam programs.

Assessment methods

The written exam consists of a grammar test and two oral and written comprehension tests (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

Links to further information

http://www.langrus.ru

Office hours

See the website of Simona Berardi