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18107 - Bulgarian Language

Academic Year 2020/2021

                
                        Docente:
                        Svetlana Slavkova
                    
                        Credits:
                        6
                    
                        SSD:
                        L-LIN/21
                    
                        Language:
                        Italian
                    
                        Moduli:
                        
                            Svetlana Slavkova
                            (Modulo 1)
                        
                            Matteo Cima
                            (Modulo 2)
                        
                        Teaching Mode:
                        
                                    Traditional lectures (Modulo 1)
                                
                                    Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
                                
                            Campus:
                            Forli
                        
                            Corso:
                            First cycle degree programme (L) in
                            Intercultural and Linguistic Mediation (cod. 8059)

                                Also valid for
                                
                                    Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
                                    
                                        Interdisciplinary research and studies on Eastern Europe (cod. 8049)
                                    
                            Teaching resources on Virtuale

Learning outcomes

The student knows the basic elements of the Bulgarian language and culture. She or he is capable of understanding written texts and simple conversations.

Course contents

Communicative contents:

Greeting. Introducing oneself. Talking about your age, date of birth and nationality. Giving information on your civil status and profession. Explaining where do you live. Asking for a telephone number. Asking for the opening hours. Talking about your family and home. Describing a person. Asking for a personal opinion. Talking about your tastes, health and the facts of daily life. Going to the doctor and the market

Grammatical contents:

Alphabet and phonetics. Phonetic alterations: the alterations of sounded and soundless consonants, elision of unstressed vowels.

Main orthographic rules.

The noun (gender and number, identification and formation); the definite article; the vocative forms.

The pronouns: personal pronouns for subject, direct and indirect object, the reflexive personal pronoun, the doubled pronouns, the relative and demonstrative pronouns, the negative pronouns, the possessive pronouns, the possessive reflexive pronoun.

The adjectives (gender, number, definite article) and the adverbs. Comparatives.
The numeric forms: cardinal and ordinal (gender, number, definite article)

The verb: Conjugation (types e, и, а). The aspect: perfective and imperfective. Present and future tense. Imperfect and aorist. Imperative.

The prepositions.

The coordinating and subjugating conjunctions.

Syntax

Affirmative and negative sentences

Interrogative sentences and relative pronouns

The omission of the subject

The coordination

Types of subordinating prepositions

Readings/Bibliography

Laskova, Vesselina. Zdravej! Corso di lingua bulgara, Livelli A1-B1 del Quadro Comune Europeo di Riferimento per le lingue, Editore Hoelpi, Milano 2016.

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.

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 Svetlana Slavkova

See the website of Matteo Cima