92970 - Russian Language (Language B) For Interpreters

Learning outcomes

Students will be able to understand, analyse and produce oral speeches belonging to relevant text types, also in multimedia. They will acquire the ability to express themselves fluently in complex communicative situations.

Course contents

The Russian Language Course for Interpreters aims to explore certain language topics in order to bring students to an adequate level of comprehension and production skills (especially oral). There will be exercises in listening, transcription, analysis and re-elaboration of speeches on current affairs, economics, problems in society, etc. A number of key topics concerning Russian morphosyntax will also be addressed, with particular emphasis on the following linguistic topics:

- Aspectuality as a universal category. The verbal aspect in Slavic languages and Russian - formation, semantics and syntax, pragmatic uses

- Collocations in Russian

- Word formation in Russian

- The concept of the Aktionsart

- Lexical and syntactic synonymy. Converbs.

Readings/Bibliography

Straniero Segio F. Interpretazione simultanea dal russo in italiano. Fondamenti teorici e applicazioni pratiche. Edizioni Goliardiche, 1997.

Ščekina I. A. Ital’janskij jazyk. Ustnyj perevod. M.: Vysšaja škola, 1986.

Alekseeva I. S. Professional’nyj trening perevodčika. SPb: Izdatel'stvo SOJUZ, 2001. 

Sbornik upražnenij po ustnomu perevodu. Ekaterinburg: Izdatel’stvo Ural’skogo universiteta, 2002.

Teaching methods

- communicative method for lexical enrichment and language practice;

- exercises of text reformulation, expanding, compressing, paraphrasing;

- lectures;

- listening to different type of oral texts;

- presentation and comment on students' papers.

* In view of the type of activity and teaching methods adopted, attendance of this training activity requires the prior participation of all students in modules 1 and 2 of training on safety in the workplace, in e-learning mode: https://elearning-sicurezza.unibo.it/

Assessment methods

The final grade is formed from two components:

The written exam (0-30) consists of a lexico-grammatical test, while the oral exam (0-30) involves a discussion on topics covered during the course.

A final mark is given based on the evaluation of the written test and the oral exam (0-30) with the possible bonus (0-2) according to the work during the semester.

30-30L
Excellent test demonstrating excellent acquisition of the lexical, grammatical and cultural content proposed in the course; complete mastery of the language and culture of study.
27-29
Above average, with minor errors compensated for by a more than adequate demonstration of the required knowledge and language skills.
24-26
Good test, but with some obvious errors indicating partial acquisition of the required knowledge and skills.
21-23
Sufficient test, but with noticeable limitations in the knowledge and skills to be acquired.
18-20
Test that meets only the minimum criteria of knowledge and skills to be acquired.
Insuff.
Basic knowledge not achieved, the examination must be retaken.

Students with specific learning difficulties (SpLD) or with disabilities that can affect their ability to attend courses are invited to contact the University service for students with disabilities and SLD at the earliest opportunity -- ideally before the start of the course: https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students. The University service will suggest possible adjustments to the course work and/or exam, which must then be submitted to the course leader so they can assess their feasibility, in line with the learning objectives of the course. Please note that adjustments to the exam must be requested at least two weeks in advance.

 

Teaching tools

Bilingual and monolingual dictionaries;

Dictionary of synonyms and antonyms;

Russian National Corpus ( www.ruscorpora.ru );

Russian browsers.

Material available on the e-learning site (https://virtuale.unibo.it/ )

Office hours

See the website of Svetlana Slavkova