08297 - Russian A - 2

Course contents

Stressed vowels and reduction of unstressed vowels. 
Voiced and voiceless consonants, hard and soft consonants. 
Fundamental principles of Russian orthography. 

Morphology
Declination of the nouns, the adjectives, the pronouns. 
Gender and number of the nouns, the adjectives and the pronouns.  
Characteristics of the nominative case. 
Characteristics of the accusative case with and without preposition.  
Characteristics of the prepositive case with and without preposition. 
Characteristics of the dative case with and without preposition. 
Characteristics of the genitive case with and without preposition. 
Characteristics of the instrumental case with and without preposition. 

Verb:  I and II conjugation.
Present tense, past tense, future tense (imperfective).

Transitive, intransitive, reflexive verbs.

Notion on the main verbs of motion without prefix.  

Notions on the verbal aspects.

Syntax                                                                                                                                                                                    Simple statements, interrogative and negative sentences. 
The complex sentence:  the compound clauses. 

Readings/Bibliography

1. Chernyshov S. I., Poekhali!, "Zlatoust" - Lidenz & Denz, Sankt-Peterburg, 2007.
2. S. A. Khavronina, A. I. Shirochenskaya, Russian in exercises, Russkij Jazyk Kursy 2007.
3. Berardi S. - Buglakova L., Kraski-A1. Nuova edizione. Corso comunicativo multimediale per l'autoapprendimento della lingua russa di livello principiante A1, Clueb, Bologna, 2007.
4. I.M. Pul'kina, Breve prontuario della grammatica russa, Mosca, 1990.
5. L.N. Bulgakova, I.V. Zakharenko, V.V. Krasnykh, Moi druz'ja padezhi. Grammatika v dialogakh, Moskva, Russkij Jazyk, 2002.
6. Il Kovalev seconda edizione con Cd-rom per Windows, Dizionario russo-italiano italiano-russo di Vladimir Kovalev, Bologna, Zanichelli, 2000.

Recommended grammar books:

1. C. Cevese – J. Dobrovolskaja – E. Magnanini, Grammatica russa. Morfologia ed esercizi, Hoepli, Milano, 2000.
2. Pul'kina I., Prakticheskaja grammatika s uprazhnenijami. A Practical Grammar with Exercises, Russkij Jazyk, 2004.

Teaching methods

The course consists of 30 hours of classroom-based lessons on linguistic theory and communicative competence.

The corresponding written and speaking exercises will be part of the "lettorato" (practical language skills) taught by Dott.ssa Maluscina and the "tutorato" (tutoring sessions) with Dott.ssa Golovko. Both the "lettorato" and "tutorato" are an essential part of the teaching and exam programs.

Assessment methods

The students are asked to take a written examination and an oral test.  The written test (4 hours) is to verify the linguistic competences, in particular elements of morphology and word-study, including the ability of written comprehension.  The oral test is focused on the communicative competences on the topics mentioned above

Teaching tools

PC - computer – language laboratory with Internet; video projector; video recorder

Office hours

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