78673 - Russian Linguistics 1 (LM)

Learning outcomes

Students show an advanced competency in the Russian language that allows them to move confidently in all communicative spheres as well as to carry out their professional activities in Russian-speaking contexts. They know the morphosyntactic structures of the language in a deepened way and are familiar with the lexical, stylistic and pragmatic analysis of great complexity oral and written texts that may include substandard and specialized languages. Their linguistic competence progress indicatively up to the level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference, which allows students to effectively interpret the partner-linguistic and cultural codes in any subject within a communicative relationship.

Course contents

The course is divided into two parallel parts. The first part of the course (30 hours) will focus on in-depth study of particularly complex linguistic structures (syntax of the period, use of participles and gerunds, indefinite and negative pronouns, numerals, verbs with prefixes).
The second part  (30 hours)  will focus on the analysis of various non-literary text types from the morphosyntactic, stylistic and argumentative points of view. The approach will be the communicative one adopted by N.S. Valgina (see bibliography). We will move from the simplest to the most complex textual models to allow for a gradual deepening of linguistic structures. The goal of the course will be to develop analytical skills through reading and writing, but working also on oral skills (listening and speaking), vocabulary, and phraseology relevant to the various text types under consideration. All the materials will be made available online on the platform Virtuale. Lessons will not be recorded and no different programmes will be provided for non-attenders. Class attendance is not compulsory, but highly recommended, especially for text analysis classes

To the theoretical course is combined a practical linguistic training (36 hours), which allows the student to achieve good oral and written skills, referring to the analyzed subjects.

Language in which the exam is given: Russian.

Objectives of the practical course: to activate students' language and speech skills; to deepen their acquaintance with lexical and stylistic features of different stylistic genres of Russian; to strengthen knowledge of Russian grammar, to continue forming communicative and culture competence on the material of socially important topics; to prepare students to understand non-adapted texts of journalistic and conversational genre (language of press, TV programs, documentaries and feature films), as well as to analyze and reproduce written texts and oral statements with the expression of their own assessment on current topics.

Readings/Bibliography

Main bibliography:

VALGINA N. S., Teorija teksta, Мoskva 2003 (http://www.hi-edu.ru/e-books/xbook029/01/) and online materials.

Kolesova D., Shchukina A., Zdravstvujte, kollegi! Здравствуйте, коллеги! Учебное пособие по русскому языку B2-C1, Zlatoust 2021 [https://www.globolibri.it/negozio/libri-russi/studio-russo/conversazione/zdravstvujte-kollegi-kolesova-scukina-9785907123847/]

Optional bibliography:

- FICI GIUSTI F., GEBERT L., SIGNORINI S., La lingua russa. Storia, struttura, tipologia , La nuova Italia Scientifica, Firenze 1991.

- PEROTTO M., KOVALJOVA N., I numerali nella lingua russa , Aracne Editore, Roma 2005.

- PESSINA LONGO H., AVERJANOVA G.N., ROGOVA K., Principi della comunicazione scientifica in lingua russa , Clueb, Bologna 1995.

- POUTSILEVA L., Lessico russo, lessicologia e fraseologia , Clueb, Bologna 2003.

- BUTORINA E.P., KARNAUCH N.L. (2015) Russkij jazyk i kul’tura delovoj reči. Spravočnik-praktikum. Moskva: Termika. 

 Materials for the practical lessons (lettorato): Materials prepared by the teacher and posted on the Virtuale platform will be used as teaching material.

- Учебно-тренировочные тесты по русскому языку как иностранному. Вып.4. Аудирование. Говорение: учебное пособие/под общ.ред. А.И.Захаровой, М.Э.Парецкой. – 3-е изд. – Спб: Златоуст 2016. – 168с.

- Учебно-тренировочные тесты по русскому языку как иностранному. Выпуск 3. Письмо: учебное пособие/под общ.ред.М.Э.Парецкой. – Спб.: Златоуст, 2009. – 96с.

Teaching methods

Lessons will be in presence and in Russian language and as interactive as possible (analytical and communicative method). The students will be required to read and analyze the previously assigned material on their own and in the classroom the texts will be read and analyzed collectively. The use of audio texts is recommended to develop listening skills and improve pronunciation.

Assessment methods

The exam will be written and oral.  The written exam will deal with analysis of one text about the subjects dealt within the course. The written exam will evaluate the analytical, stylistic and morpho-syntactic competence of the student. Getting through the written exam will give access to the oral exam, included the linguistic assessment. The final mark will be obtained with the average marks of the two exams (theory and practice). Both grades to average will have to be positive.

Oral exam will consist in the discussion of a written text, analyzed by the student in Russian language. Linguistic assessment test will include some works chosen in concordance with the student's course of study and presented by the student during the course.

Practical course exam: 

Written exam: students will be required to write an independent written work (retelling the text and expressing their own point of view) on one of the problems discussed, which will be discussed with the instructor during the oral exam. The oral exam will take place together with the theory course exam: analysis of a selected text and discussion with the instructor on the topic posed.

Teaching tools

Multimedial tools (audio and video materials), web sites about the diffusion of foreign mass media in Russia. All the materials are loaded on the platform Virtuale.

Office hours

See the website of Monica Perotto