92640 - Seminars(I) (LM)

Academic Year 2019/2020

Learning outcomes

At the end of the seminar (activity strictly related to the objectives of the degree course) the student acquires specific skills and notions to address linguistic and / or philological and / or literary and / or historical and / or artistic issues and problems.

Course contents

Introduction to the study of Estonian language and culture. 

Culture

Introduction to Estonian culture, history and politics.

Modern Estonia. Jaan Kross.

Jaan Tootsen film "Vello Salo - Everyday mysticism"

Estonian language

Students will develop basic Estonian communication skills.

Fundamentals of phonetics and morphology. Grammatical and local cases (nominative, genitive, partitive and illative cases, singular and plural).

Pronouns, possessive pronouns

Verb conjugation in present tense

Interrogatives

Communication in easy everyday situations and basic writing skills.

Vocabulary

Readings/Bibliography

Dictionaries:

"Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018“, Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, Tallinn, 2018 ( https://www.eki.ee/dict/qs/) [https://www.eki.ee/dict/qs/] Dizionario etimologico online ( http://www.eki.ee/dict/ety/index.cgi?Q=ema&F=M&C06=et) [http://www.eki.ee/dict/ety/index.cgi?Q=ema&F=M&C06=et]
Dizionario Inglese-Estone ( http://www.eki.ee/dict/ies/index.cgi?C06=en )

Online courses:

0-A2 keeleklikk.ee https://www.speakly.me/

Readings:
Jaan Kross "La congiura" (Iperborea, 2015)
Jaan Kross "Il pazzo dello zar" (Iperborea, 2016) Jan Brokken "Anime Baltiche" (Iperborea, 2017)
Emil Tode "Terra di confine" (Iperborea, 1996)


Teaching methods

Lectures and classroom activities.

Assessment methods

Written assessment on the grammatical and lexical topics learned during the seminar.

Teaching tools

Audiovisual support and online materials

Office hours

See the website of Sanna Maria Martin

SDGs

Quality education

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.