At the end of the course, students will be able to:
1. Know the most relevant morpho-syntactic structures of the Russian language, its lexical peculiarity, different linguistic registers, as well as specific terminology for tourism and commerce;
2. Apply the acquired knowledge to the comprehension of long and complex texts, and oral and written communication; apply the acquired knowledge to the translation of different texts;
3. Have acquired the Russian language skills correspondent to CEFR C1 level.
The course consists of the following modules:
1. MORPHO-SYNTAX
1.1. Aspects: formation and use
1.2. Case: use and arguments
1.3. Negative and indefinite pronouns
1.4. The independent clause: impersonal constructions
1.5. The dependent clause: temporal, causal and final clauses; conditional clauses; direct and indirect speech
2. LEXICON AND TRANSLATION
Teaching mode: frontal lessons; e-learning; reading, translation, and analysis of different types of text; particular attention will be given to touristic and commercial texts.
Other materials will be provided during the course.
| Author | Title | Publisher | Year | ISBN | Note |
| Cevese C., Dobrovolskaja Ju., Magnanini E. | Grammatica russa. Manuale di teoria | Hoepli | 2018 | 978-88-203-8543-9 | Vanno bene anche le edizioni precedenti (2000 oppure 2006). |
| Elisa Cadorin, Irina Kukushkina | Il russo per l'azienda. Corrispondenza commerciale, documenti legali, dizionario commerciale | Hoepli Editore | 2015 | 978-88-203-6552-3 | |
| Cevese C., Dobrovol'skaja Ju. | Sintassi russa. Teoria ed esercizi | Hoepli | 2004 | 978-88-203-3389-8 |
ORAL EXAM
Details about the exam and evaluation criteria are provided on the Moodle page of the course (section: "Подробнее об экзамене").
PREREQUISITES: students can take the exam only if
– they have acquired the С1 language certificate;
– they have passed the exams “Русский язык 2” and “Русская культура и литература 2”.
NB: The programme is the same for attending and non-attending students
