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Russian Language 3 (for third-year students)

International Teaching Russian Language 3 (for third-year students)

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DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
Bachelor or equivalent first cycle
FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
2025/2026

YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
FULL ACADEMIC YEAR
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
945LESSONS
MARIA TERESA BADOLATI T Curriculum
Objectives
GENERAL OBJECTIVE
THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH AN IN-DEPTH LEARNING ON THE SYNTACTIC STRUCTURES OF THE SIMPLE AND COMPLEX PERIOD OF THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND THEIR APPLICATION IN WRITTEN AND ORAL PRODUCTION.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ABILITY
THE STUDENT WILL KNOW
- IN WRITTEN AND ORAL FORM THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE WITH THE AIM OF REACHING LEVEL B2 OF THE COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK OF REFERENCE FOR KNOWLEDGE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES (PHONETICS, GRAMMAR, LEXICON, BASIC MORPHO-SYNTACTIC STRUCTURES) IN THE FOUR LANGUAGE SKILLS (READING, WRITING, LISTENING, SPEAKING).

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO
- UNDERSTAND AND PRODUCE IN ORAL FORM (MONOLOGUES, DIALOGUES, POLYLOGUES) AND WRITTEN FORM (SUMMARIES, ESSAYS) SPEECHES ON COMPLEX TOPICS SUCH AS TRAVEL, HEALTH, PROFESSION, CULTURE, ECOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY OF RUSSIA.

JUDGMENT ABILITY
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO
- CARRY OUT A CONTRAST ANALYSIS BETWEEN THE SYNTACTIC STRUCTURES OF THE SIMPLE AND COMPLEX PERIOD IN RUSSIAN AND ITALIAN, REFLECTING AT A METALINGUISTIC LEVEL.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO
- LIVE AND COMMUNICATE IN A RUSSIAN-SPEAKING ENVIRONMENT, DISCUSSING NOT ONLY CONCRETE TOPICS BUT ALSO ABSTRACT TOPICS, FEELINGS, OPINIONS.

LEARNING SKILLS
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO
- PRODUCE IN ORAL AND WRITTEN FORM IN RUSSIAN;
- CHOOSE WITH AWARENESS THE CONTINUATION OF STUDIES AND THE TYPE OF SPECIALIZATION, OR THE ENTRY INTO THE WORLD OF WORK ON THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE RUSSIAN SPACE AND THE FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS.
Prerequisites
THE STUDENT MUST HAVE PASSED THE EXAMS IN RUSSIAN LITERATURE II AND RUSSIAN LANGUAGE II.
Contents
-IN-DEPTH STUDY OF THE SYNTACTIC STRUCTURES OF SIMPLE AND COMPLEX SENTENCES IN RUSSIAN
-EXPANSION OF VOCABULARY
-DEVELOPMENT OF WRITTEN AND ORAL PRODUCTION SKILLS ON COMPLEX TOPICS

DETAILED COURSE CONTENTS:

THE COURSE CONSISTS OF AN ANNUAL MODULE OF LECTURES (45 HOURS) AND AN ANNUAL LANGUAGE PRACTICE/LANGUAGE LABORATORY MODULE (80 HOURS), AIMED AT DEVELOPING ADVANCED RUSSIAN LANGUAGE SKILLS, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE SYNTAX OF SIMPLE AND COMPLEX SENTENCES, CONTRASTIVE RUSSIAN-ITALIAN ANALYSIS, VOCABULARY EXPANSION, AND THE CONSOLIDATION OF COMPREHENSION, PRODUCTION, AND TRANSLATION SKILLS.

ANNUAL TEACHING MODULE – RUSSIAN SYNTAX: SIMPLE AND COMPLEX SENTENCE STRUCTURE (45 HOURS)

* AGREEMENT AND NON-AGREEMENT ATTRIBUTES; RELATIVE CLAUSES.
(LECTURES: 8 HOURS)
* EXPRESSION OF PURPOSE IN SIMPLE AND COMPLEX SENTENCES; USE OF THE INFINITIVE IN PURPOSE CONSTRUCTIONS.
(LECTURES: 8 HOURS)
* EXPRESSION OF CAUSE IN SIMPLE AND COMPLEX SENTENCES.
(LECTURES: 6 HOURS)
* EXPRESSION OF CONDITION IN SIMPLE AND COMPLEX SENTENCES.
(LECTURES: 4 HOURS)
* EXPRESSION OF CONCESSION IN SIMPLE AND COMPLEX SENTENCES.
(LECTURES: 6 HOURS)
* OBJECT/COMPLETIVE CLAUSES ( ).
(LECTURES: 6 HOURS)
* EXPRESSION OF MEASURE, DEGREE, CONSEQUENCE, AND COMPARISON IN COMPLEX SENTENCES.
(LECTURES: 6 HOURS)
* TEMPORAL CLAUSES: SIMULTANEITY, ANTERIORITY, POSTERIORITY, AND SEQUENCE OF ACTIONS.
(LECTURES: 4 HOURS)
* CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS OF RUSSIAN AND ITALIAN COMPLEX SENTENCE STRUCTURES; PARTICIPLES, GERUNDS, AND SCIENTIFIC TRANSLITERATION OF THE CYRILLIC ALPHABET.
(LECTURES: 3 HOURS)

ANNUAL LANGUAGE PRACTICE/LANGUAGE LABORATORY MODULE (80 HOURS)

THE LANGUAGE PRACTICE MODULE IS DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACTIVE AND PASSIVE COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS IN CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN THROUGH LANGUAGE EXERCISES, ORAL AND WRITTEN COMPREHENSION AND PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES, TRANSLATION PRACTICE, VOCABULARY EXPANSION, AND CONSOLIDATION OF GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURES.

LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES ARE ORGANISED INTO THEMATIC AREAS:

* HEALTH AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLES; SPORTS AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES.
(LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES: 12 HOURS)
* FOOD, RESTAURANTS, AND CULTURAL TRADITIONS.
(LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES: 12 HOURS)
* CINEMA, THEATRE, TELEVISION, AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES.
(LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES: 12 HOURS)
* EDUCATION, WORK, AND CAREER.
(LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES: 12 HOURS)
* FAMILY, SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS, AND CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY.
(LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES: 10 HOURS)
* ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY, URBAN AND RURAL LIFE; TRAVEL AND THE NATURAL HERITAGE OF RUSSIA.
(LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES: 12 HOURS)
* SCIENCE, MODERN TECHNOLOGIES, SOCIAL NETWORKS, AND MASS MEDIA.
(LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES: 10 HOURS)
Teaching Methods
- FRONTAL LECTURES WITH THE PROFESSOR
- PRACTICAL LABORATORY ACTIVITIES WITH NATIVE-SPEAKING LANGUAGE EXPERTS
- INDEPENDENT STUDY
Verification of learning
FINAL EXAM: WRITTEN AND ORAL, SINGLE GRADE

THE WRITTEN EXAM CONSISTS OF:
A GRAMMAR AND SYNTAX TEST (30 OPEN- AND CLOSED-ENDED QUESTIONS, 90 MIN);
A TRANSLATION WITHOUT A DICTIONARY (10 LINES, 45 MIN);
A READING COMPREHENSION TASK (45 MIN);
A WRITTEN COMPOSITION (60 MIN).
TOTAL DURATION OF THE WRITTEN EXAM: 4 HOURS.
STUDENTS WHO HAVE PASSED THE TWO MID-TERM TESTS (DECEMBER AND MAY) ARE EXEMPT FROM THE FINAL WRITTEN EXAM.

ORAL EXAM FOR ATTENDING STUDENTS:
THE ORAL EXAM CONSISTS OF:
- READING, TRANSLATION, GRAMMATICAL, LOGICAL, AND SYNTACTIC ANALYSIS, AND SUMMARY OF ONE CHAPTER (APPROX. 12 PAGES) FROM THE MASTER AND MARGARITA BY MIKHAIL BULGAKOV, PREVIOUSLY ASSIGNED BY THE PROFESSOR;
- A CONVERSATION WITH THE PROFESSOR ON THE TOPICS COVERED DURING THE LANGUAGE PRACTICE COURSE;

ORAL EXAM FOR NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS:
THE ORAL EXAM CONSISTS OF:
- READING, TRANSLATION, GRAMMATICAL, LOGICAL, AND SYNTACTIC ANALYSIS, AND SUMMARY OF TWO CHAPTERS (APPROX. 25–30 PAGES) FROM THE MASTER AND MARGARITA BY MIKHAIL BULGAKOV, PREVIOUSLY ASSIGNED BY THE PROFESSOR. NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO CONTACT THE PROFESSOR TO RECEIVE THEIR ASSIGNED PASSAGES;
- A CONVERSATION WITH THE PROFESSOR ON THE TOPICS COVERED DURING THE LANGUAGE PRACTICE COURSE;
- NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS MUST ALSO DEMONSTRATE INDEPENDENT STUDY BY COMPLETING, DURING THE ORAL EXAM, A SET OF GRAMMAR, SYNTAX, AND VOCABULARY EXERCISES TAKEN FROM THE SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS FOR NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS.
Texts
REFERENCE TEXTS (FOR ATTENDING AND NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS):
-COURSE HANDOUTS PREPARED BY THE PROFESSOR (AVAILABLE AT CUSL).
- CEVESE C., DOBROVOLSKAJA J., SINTASSI RUSSA. TEORIA ED ESERCIZI, MILANO, HOEPLI, 2004.

DICTIONARIES:
-KOVALEV V., DIZIONARIO RUSSO–ITALIANO, ITALIANO–RUSSO, BOLOGNA, ZANICHELLI, 2007.
-DOBROVOLSKAJA J., GRANDE DIZIONARIO RUSSO–ITALIANO, ITALIANO–RUSSO, MILANO, HOEPLI, 2001.
-OZHEGOV S., SHVEDOVA N., TOLKOVYJ SLOVAR’ RUSSKOGO JAZYKA, MOSKVA, RUSSKIJ JAZYK, 1992.

SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTS FOR NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS:
-N. NIKITINA, ESERCIZI DI LINGUA RUSSA. MORFOLOGIA: LIVELLO AVANZATO CON SOLUZIONI, FIRENZE–MILANO, HOEPLI, 2013.
-O. I. GLAZUNOVA, SINTAKSIS, ST. PETERSBURG, ZLATOUST, 2014.
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