ID:
502091
Duration (hours):
36
CFU:
9
SSD:
SLAVISTICA
Year:
2025
Overview
Date/time interval
Primo Semestre (22/09/2025 - 19/12/2025)
Syllabus
Course Objectives
The course aims to achieve a level of B1+/B2 linguistic competence according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. The knowledge acquired will enable students to interact fluently and spontaneously with native speakers in communicative contexts, covering both concrete and abstract topics. In particular, they will be able to: express information, instructions, advice, desires, interests, preferences and personal opinions; understand texts and short messages on the radio, television, in the press and on the Internet; interact in informal and formal communicative contexts; write letters and requests; write under dictation. Additionally, students should be able to produce clear, detailed texts and effectively argue their point of view on a wide range of topics. Particular attention will be paid to the development of passive and active translation skills.
Course Prerequisites
.1) Students of the Linguistic-Philological-Literary curriculum (LFL) must have passed the Russian Language 2 and Russian Literature 2 exams. 2) Students of the Languages for Business curriculum (LPI) must have passed the Russian Language 2 exam. The course requires a level of proficiency equivalent to A2+ on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages; students are expected to have a good command of nominal and verbal inflexions.
Teaching Methods
The course consists of a Lecturer module (36 hours) and supplementary practical language classes conducted by the CEL (Collaboratore esperto linguistico). The Lecturer module includes lectures, guided exercises, in-class translation and analysis of texts, and homework assignments. Supplementary teaching complements the Lecturer module and consists of practical language classes designed to consolidate previous grammatical knowledge and develop the four communication skills: listening and reading comprehension, speaking, and writing.
Assessment Methods
Written and oral tests.
The written tests consist of:
• lecturer module assessment (grammar test and RU-ITA translation without dictionary);
• CEL assessment (dictation, listening comprehension, ITA-RU translation without dictionary, composition).
The grammar test will consist of completion and transformation exercises related to the topics covered in class. The translation will be an excerpt (max. 1 page) from the CEL assigned reading, “Азазель”; it will be assessed on lexical accuracy, adherence to the original, formal correctness, and stylistic rendering in Italian.
Assessment: the preparatory tests will be assessed individually with a grade (unsatisfactory, satisfactory, fair, good, excellent) and passing them will allow access to the oral test. If passed, the preparatory tests are valid for 13 months.
The oral test consists of:
• self-correction of the grammar test and translation;
• reading and morphosyntactic analysis of texts assigned by the teacher and uploaded to Kiro;
• assessment of the domašnee čtenie assigned by the CEL teacher: students will be asked to translate the text “Азазель”, answer questions about its content and express a comment and personal opinion on the topics covered.
Assessment: out of 30.
Attending students
Students who attend at least 70% of the first- and second-semester practical language classes may take partial exams throughout the year, according to instructions provided by the native CEL staff.
Passing all the partial exams exempts students from the CEL comprehensive exam.
In addition, students who have attended both the first and second semesters and have taken all the partial exams may retake only those parts of the CEL exam that they did not pass during the comprehensive exams in the official exam sessions (June, September, January).
For any procedural clarifications, students may contact the lecturer: francesca.volpi01@unipv.it.
The written tests consist of:
• lecturer module assessment (grammar test and RU-ITA translation without dictionary);
• CEL assessment (dictation, listening comprehension, ITA-RU translation without dictionary, composition).
The grammar test will consist of completion and transformation exercises related to the topics covered in class. The translation will be an excerpt (max. 1 page) from the CEL assigned reading, “Азазель”; it will be assessed on lexical accuracy, adherence to the original, formal correctness, and stylistic rendering in Italian.
Assessment: the preparatory tests will be assessed individually with a grade (unsatisfactory, satisfactory, fair, good, excellent) and passing them will allow access to the oral test. If passed, the preparatory tests are valid for 13 months.
The oral test consists of:
• self-correction of the grammar test and translation;
• reading and morphosyntactic analysis of texts assigned by the teacher and uploaded to Kiro;
• assessment of the domašnee čtenie assigned by the CEL teacher: students will be asked to translate the text “Азазель”, answer questions about its content and express a comment and personal opinion on the topics covered.
Assessment: out of 30.
Attending students
Students who attend at least 70% of the first- and second-semester practical language classes may take partial exams throughout the year, according to instructions provided by the native CEL staff.
Passing all the partial exams exempts students from the CEL comprehensive exam.
In addition, students who have attended both the first and second semesters and have taken all the partial exams may retake only those parts of the CEL exam that they did not pass during the comprehensive exams in the official exam sessions (June, September, January).
For any procedural clarifications, students may contact the lecturer: francesca.volpi01@unipv.it.
Texts
All the textbooks listed below are available in the Humanities Library and can be easily found; therefore, students are asked to obtain the required materials in time for the start of classes.
Lecturer module.
Reference books (compulsory):
• C. Cevese, E. Magnanini, Ju. Dobrovol'skaja. Grammatica russa: manuale di teoria. Livelli A1-B2. Milano, Hoepli, 2018, pp. 382-408, 438-475.
• C. Cevese, Ju. Dobrovol'skaja. Sintassi russa: teoria ed esercizi. Milano, Hoepli, 2005, pp. 1-55, 89-131, 173-208, 236-245.
Workbook (compulsory):
• C. Cevese, E. Magnanini, Ju. Dobrovol'skaja. Grammatica russa: esercizi. Volume 2. Milano, Hoepli, 2020, pp. 67-77, 132-156.
• Additional texts uploaded to the Kiro platform.
Suggested workbooks (not compulsory):
• V. Veličko, Kakoj padez? Kakoj predlog? Glagol’noe i imennoe upravlenie. Russkij jazyk, Kursy 2008.
• Anna Fedorovna Egorova. Trudnye slučai russkoj grammatiki: sbornik upražnenij po russkomu jazyku kak inostrannomu. Zlatoust, 2017
Practical language classes (compulsory):
• S. Černyšov, A. Černyšova, Poechali! Bazovyj kurs. 2.1 (učebnik + rabočaja tetrad’), Zlatoust, Sankt-Peterburg, 2021.
• S. Černyšov, A. Černyšova, Poechali! Bazovyj kurs. 2.2 (učebnik + rabočaja tetrad’), Zlatoust, Sankt-Peterburg, 2020.
• Any additional materials uploaded to the Kiro platform.
Lecturer module.
Reference books (compulsory):
• C. Cevese, E. Magnanini, Ju. Dobrovol'skaja. Grammatica russa: manuale di teoria. Livelli A1-B2. Milano, Hoepli, 2018, pp. 382-408, 438-475.
• C. Cevese, Ju. Dobrovol'skaja. Sintassi russa: teoria ed esercizi. Milano, Hoepli, 2005, pp. 1-55, 89-131, 173-208, 236-245.
Workbook (compulsory):
• C. Cevese, E. Magnanini, Ju. Dobrovol'skaja. Grammatica russa: esercizi. Volume 2. Milano, Hoepli, 2020, pp. 67-77, 132-156.
• Additional texts uploaded to the Kiro platform.
Suggested workbooks (not compulsory):
• V. Veličko, Kakoj padez? Kakoj predlog? Glagol’noe i imennoe upravlenie. Russkij jazyk, Kursy 2008.
• Anna Fedorovna Egorova. Trudnye slučai russkoj grammatiki: sbornik upražnenij po russkomu jazyku kak inostrannomu. Zlatoust, 2017
Practical language classes (compulsory):
• S. Černyšov, A. Černyšova, Poechali! Bazovyj kurs. 2.1 (učebnik + rabočaja tetrad’), Zlatoust, Sankt-Peterburg, 2021.
• S. Černyšov, A. Černyšova, Poechali! Bazovyj kurs. 2.2 (učebnik + rabočaja tetrad’), Zlatoust, Sankt-Peterburg, 2020.
• Any additional materials uploaded to the Kiro platform.
Contents
The lecturer module is mainly taught in Italian and focuses on sentence structure and its elements (subject, predicate, attribute, complements, and circumstantials), as well as on case syntax. Some references will also be made to complex sentence syntax.
In particular, the teaching module focuses on the following topics:
• The structure of the simple sentence: the means of expressing the subject and predicate; agreement between subject and predicate. Secondary members of the proposition: the means of expressing attributes (agreed and unagreed) and complements (direct, indirect, circumstantial).
• Formation of gerunds and participles, use of participial constructions and gerundive forms.
• Passive forms.
• Impersonal sentences.
• Negative pronouns such as никто / ничто and нечего /некого.
• Use of cases to express non-agreed attributes, direct and indirect complements, as well as circumstantial complements of time and cause. The final, detailed version of the program will be published on the Kiro page (Corso: 502091 - LINGUA RUSSA 3 25-26 - PROF.SSA VOLPI FRANCESCA | Kiro) at the end of the module.
In particular, the teaching module focuses on the following topics:
• The structure of the simple sentence: the means of expressing the subject and predicate; agreement between subject and predicate. Secondary members of the proposition: the means of expressing attributes (agreed and unagreed) and complements (direct, indirect, circumstantial).
• Formation of gerunds and participles, use of participial constructions and gerundive forms.
• Passive forms.
• Impersonal sentences.
• Negative pronouns such as никто / ничто and нечего /некого.
• Use of cases to express non-agreed attributes, direct and indirect complements, as well as circumstantial complements of time and cause. The final, detailed version of the program will be published on the Kiro page (Corso: 502091 - LINGUA RUSSA 3 25-26 - PROF.SSA VOLPI FRANCESCA | Kiro) at the end of the module.
Course Language
Russian
More information
The lecturer module is delivered in the first term (22/09/25-04/11/25). The CEL practical language classes are annual and take place three times a week (6 hours/week). The lecturer module and the CEL practical language classes each have their site on the Kiro platform. Students are required to register and consult it regularly to access teaching content and official communications. Please note that all teaching material uploaded onto the platform is to be considered examination material. Erasmus students, Russian-speaking students and students who are not attending or who find themselves in the conditions set out in the innovative teaching document (Annex A: https://portale.unipv.it/sites/default/files/2023-07/Didattica_Innovativa_Allegato_A.pdf) are invited to contact the lecturer at the beginning of the course.
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