91932 - Practice In Russian Language And Culture I (Second Language)

Course contents

Russian Language and Culture I - Prof. Svetlana Slavkova

The course is dedicated to absolute beginners and aims to provide a theoretical and practical support for the module of Russian language and culture I. The central linguistic concepts for Russian will be contrasted with the corresponding Italian notions in order to enable the better understanding of the following topics:

- Russian phonetics and pronunciation rules: vowel reduction, consonant assimilation (alphabet, letter and sound correspondences);

- lexicographical tools and their use;

- various topics concerning the morphology of the Russian verb (verb tenses and aspect);

- syntax (word order; types of simple sentences; some types of complex sentences; conjunctions)

Readings/Bibliography

Pul'kina I. M., E. Zachava-Nekrasova, The Russian. Practical grammar with exercises. Moscow - Genoa: Russkij jazyk - Edest, 1991. (or other edition)

Dictionaries:

Kovalёv V., Russian-Italian and Italian-Russian bilingual dictionary, Zanichelli, Bologna, 2007 (or other edition)

or

Dobrovol'skaja, Ju., Great Russian-Italian dictionary, Italian-Russian, Hoepli, Milan, 2001 (or other edition) Teaching methods

Teaching methods

Class discussion and exercises on the proposed topics.

Assessment methods

The language skills and competences acquired during the course are verified in the course of the Language and Culture I. No final votes are envisaged.

Teaching tools

In addition to the texts in the bibliography, printouts and multimedia material for reading, listening, writing, and oral production exercises will be available at http://moodle.sslmit.unibo.it/.

Office hours

See the website of Svetlana Slavkova