LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION FROM ITALIAN INTO RUSSIAN AND FROM RUSSIAN INTO ITALIAN

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

L0861

Academic Year of enrolment:

2017

Year of supply:

2018/2019

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in LINGUISTIC MEDIATION AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

Disciplinary Sector:

Slavic Studies

Location:

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

FERRO MARIA CHIARA

GUSEVA NATALIA

Cycle:

Single Annual Cycle

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

228

Prerequisites:

The achievement of the first year training objectives is required.

Objectives

The course aims to develop an adequate knowledge of morphosyntactic structures and of communication strategies, necessary to communicate independently in the different contexts of everyday life (home, school, work, leisure time), expressing own point of view, evaluating facts and situations, making proposals. In particular, it tends to develop the ability to understand / produce regulatory, descriptive and narrative texts, as well as the introduction to the comprehension / production of the argumentative text. Translation techniques to and from the Russian language of medium complexity sentences will also be developed, as a prerequisite for dialogical interpretation. Students must be able to understand, translate and report in written and oral texts of medium difficulty on topics of daily life, on some aspects of Russian cultural, social and economic reality, on the many situations that may arise traveling.

Contents

The course includes the consolidation of the linguistic structures introduced in the first year, the progress in the study of morphology and syntax, lexical and stylistic enrichment through the reading and analysis of text of intermediate complexity. The description of the morphosyntactic contents will be supported by translation exercises of simple sentences from the Russian language to the Italian language and vice versa. The skills of comprehension and oral and written production will also be developed through appropriate lexical enrichment and through the introduction of formulas and communication clichés necessary for intertextual cohesion.

Extended Syllabus

1. Phonetics and intonation
Practice in intonation and vocal pitch.

2. Intermediate morphosyntaxis
The morphosyntax program includes:
- Word order and punctuation;
- Nouns, adjectives and adverbs formed by prefixation / suffixation;
- Syntactic analysis of the adjective (short form, degree of comparison, relationship adjectives);
- Undefined pronouns;
- Numerals (declination and use);
- Gerund;
- Impersonal modal propositions expressing possibilities, impossibility, necessity, prohibition, risk, recommendation;
- Verbs of motion with all prefixes;
- Practice in the use of the verbal aspect (infinitive, imperative, with modals);
- Conjugation of verbs of all classes;
- Participles;
- Elements of syntax of the complex period: relative, temporal, concessive, conditional and causal subordinates (limited to the constructs necessary for the explicitation of participles and gerunds).
- Indirect speech;
- Prepositional constructs;
- Slovoobrazovanie (word formation).

3. Translation RU-IT-RU
Translation activities to and from Russian language are aimed at testing the acquisition of the morphosyntactic contents introduced.

4. Comprehension and production of written texts
Students will have to read, translate and memorize the vocabulary of varied and intermediate level texts. It is planned to assign one text per week for reading at home. In the classroom the text will be discussed through specific questions and activities designed to test its comprehension.

5. Comprehension and production of oral texts
Students will improve the comprehension of the oral text through dictation and listening exercises.

6. Word formation (slovoobrazovanie) and lexical enrichment.
A part of the hours of frontal teaching will be used in the study of the methods of words formation in Russian (prefixation, suffixation, combination of roots, etc.), as a useful tool for the autonomous understanding of unfamiliar words.

Recommended Bibliography

Textbooks:
FERRO M.C., GUSEVA N., Dogovorilis’! Affare fatto! La mediazione russo-italiano in ambito commerciale, Hoepli 2017.
ČERNYŠOV S.I., Poechali, Bazovyj kurs, T. 2.I., 2.II, S.- Peterburg: Zlatoust 2009 - con CD-Rom;
BONCIANI D., ROMAGNOLI R., SMYKUNOVA N., Mir tesen. Fondamenti di cultura russa, Hoepli 2016;
CADORIN E., KUKUSHKINA I., Verbo e sintassi russa in pratica, Milano: Hoepli, 2007;
LASKAREVA E.R., Walks through the Russian vocabulary. 2nd ed., St.Petersburg: Zlatoust, 2011.
Altri materiali saranno messi a disposizione in fotocopia o in pdf durante l’anno.

Recommended Volumes (especially for students not attending lessons):
PEROTTO M., KOVALJOVA N., I numerali nella lingua russa, Roma: Aracne, 2005;
TANCON E., PESENTI M.C., Grammatica Russa, Zanichelli 2008;
CEVESE C., DOBROVOLSKAJA Ju., E. MAGNANINI, Grammatica Russa. Morfologia: teoria ed esercizi, Milano: Hoepli, 2000;
PROCHOROV Ju. E., GOLUBEVA A.V., Sem’ progulok po Moskve: učebnyj videofilm dlja izučajuščich russkij jazyk: teksty I upražnenija, Sankt-Peterburg : Zlatoust, 1997 - con CD-ROM;
COCHETTI S., Pogovorim o Rossii. Introduzione alla cultura russa, Milano: Hoepli, 2009;

Dictionaries:
KOVALEV V., Dizionario russo-italiano, italiano-russo, Bologna: Zanichelli, 2007 (terza edizione o successiva);
DOBROVOL’SKAJA Ju., Grande dizionario russo-italiano, italiano-russo, Hoepli 2011.

Multimedia tools for ru-it translation will be indicated during lessons.

Teaching Methods

The course includes 300 hours, divided as follows: 72 hours of lectures with the teacher + 228 hours of self-learning and homeworks + practice with the CEL.
The teaching method combines communicative approach, pair and group work, description of grammar after the students' autonomous preparation on new contents, fixation, consolidation and translation activities.
During the year will be used multimedia (computer screenings, films, audio recordings) and authentic materials (magazines and publications in the foreign language).
The course consists of the following parts, which will focus on the entire academic year: Phonetics and intonation; Intermediate level vocabulary and morphosyntax; Comprehension and production of written texts; Comprehension and production of oral texts; Word formation (slovoobrazovanie) and lexical enrichment.
The lessons of the first semester will be given by Prof. M.C. Ferro, those of the second by Prof. N. Guseva.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

For attending students there are 3 (2 for the L11) tests during the year, each consisting of:
- dictation
- grammar test including RU-IT and IT-RU translation of simple and complex sentences without a dictionary
- reading and comprehension of the written text with the possibility of using the bilingual dictionary.
Positive result in the 3 tests allows the admission to the oral exam. There are no forms of recovery of failed tests.
The oral exam consists of:
- reading, morphosyntactic analysis and sight translation of a brief text in Russian;
- explanation in Italian of a topic of morphosyntax (also for students of Russian mother tongue);
- conversation on the topics related to the readings taken from BONCIANI D., ROMAGNOLI R., SMYKUNOVA N., Mir tesen. Fundamentals of Russian culture, Hoepli 2016, pp. 179-192; 199-209 (L12 and L11); 211-214 (L12 only);
- conversation on the topics introduced by the CEL during the practice;
For those students who have not passed the tests during the year and for not attending students there will be a final written exam and an oral one of the same type.
The written exam is valid for three sessions. The student can choose to take the oral exam in the same session of the written exam or in one of the following two.
Assessment
The written and oral exam is evaluated in thirtieths, making the average of the marks obtained in the two parts. At the three tests of the written exam is attributed the following importance: dictation: up to 10 points (sufficiency: 6), comprehension: up to 5 points (sufficiency: 3), grammar test: up to 15 points (sufficiency: 9). All three parts must be sufficient and there is no provision for the recovery of insufficient parts of the examination.

Contacts/More Information

The linguistic practice carried out by the CEL is an integral part of the course.
Attendance of lessons is strongly recommended.
Russian speaking students and working students are required to make contact with the teachers at the beginning of the course. Students OUT OF COURSE must refer to this program.
Tutoring hours: once a week during the entire teaching period.
L11
Students attending Russian Language II (L11), who borrow the course from this teaching, have to assimilate the contents of the program carried out in the first 48 hours of frontal lessons + 152 of self-learning, corresponding to 8 CFU. The L11 program does not include prepositional structures and slovobrazovanie (see below).

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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