Russian

A.Y. 2019/2020
9
Max ECTS
60
Overall hours
SSD
L-LIN/21
Language
Italian
Learning objectives
Undefined
Expected learning outcomes
Undefined
Single course

This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.

Course syllabus and organization

Single session

Lesson period
year
Course syllabus
Teaching Unit 1
Introduction to contemporary Russian language.
Alphabet.
Phonetics and phonology of contemporary Russian.
Morphology: the gender and number of the noun. The adjective. Cases: the meaning of cases. The singular and plural nominative case.
The possessive pronouns Чей, чья, чьё, чьи, мой, твой, наш, ваш
Basic syntax: Что это, кто это.
Teaching Unit 2:
The singular noun declension (with and without prepositions).
The singular adjectival declension.
The conjugation of the verb: I and II regular conjugations (present tense).
Irregular verbs: жить, давать, быть
Structures: у кого есть, у кого нет.
The verb: the past tense.
The ordinal numerals.
Communication skills: presentation, telling about oneself, studies, places, writing short texts.
The theoretical material is presented with constant reference to use and supported by a contrastive approach with Italian and other European languages.
Lexicon: basic A1 lexicon, Cardinal numbers up to 100.
Teaching Unit 3:
The plural noun and adjective declension. The cases: dative, accusative, instrumental.
Irregular verbs, verbs with suffix -ova -eva.
"Reflexive" Verbs
The verbal aspect: outline.
Идти-ходить, ехать-ездить.
The basic syntactic structures, the formation of words.
Prerequisites for admission
No prerequisites.
Teaching methods
The official course (theoretical lessons) will be accompanied by language exercises with native speakers, whose aim is to consolidate morphological and lexical structures in a communicative context.
The teaching will also take advantage of the moodle platform:
http://labonline.ctu.unimi.it/linguarussa1med
Teaching Resources
The materials and power point presentations used during the course will be uploaded on the Moodle platform.
All students must prepare the indicated parts of the following texts:
Comrie B., The Slavonic World, in Lingua e Stile, a XXXVI, n. 3, 2001, pp. 431-442.
Maturi P., I suoni delle lingue, i suoni dell'italiano. Introduzione alla fonetica, Il Mulino: Bologna 2006. Cap. 1
Magnati D., Legittimo F., Davajte! Comunciare in russo, Milano: Hoepli. Vol. 1.
Grammatiche di riferimento:
C. Cevese, J. Dobrovolskaja, E. Magnanini, La grammatica russa.Manuale di teoriai, Milano, Hoepli, 2018.
o in alternativa: A. Gančikov, Grammatica-Russo facile, Vallardi, Milan
Workbooko, 2009.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The exam consists of a written and an oral part.
The written exam includes a grammatical-lexical test, which is carried out in part as computer test and in part in a traditional way.
The written exam can be taken by the student in two stages: an intermediate test at the end of the first semester and a second test at the end of the second semester, both tests are carried out during class hours and are reserved to attending students. The student who passes both tests can directly access the oral exam. Those who fail one of the two tests, must take the written exam in the official sessions (May, September and January). If the student has passed an intermediate test (the first or second part), this is considered valid until the first written session in May.
From September onwards the student must take a complete written test regarding the complete program.
Unità didattica 1
L-LIN/21 - SLAVIC STUDIES - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unità didattica 2
L-LIN/21 - SLAVIC STUDIES - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Unità didattica 3
L-LIN/21 - SLAVIC STUDIES - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours