The program corresponds to the language level “ Bazovyj uroven' ‘ (A2 according to the ’Common European Framework of Reference for Languages”). The course is aimed at the achievement of the A2 language level considering the 4 skills of language proficiency stipulated by the CEFR (reading comprehension, listening comprehension, written production, oral production) with a focus on tourism-related vocabulary. The course is partial (the second part is conducted by lecturer E. Kobjakova).

GRAMMATICS

 1.    PREPOSITIVE CASE of adjectives and possessives in the singular, “Doroga” p. 11; Chavronina pp. 89-93, 94
Prepositional case: subject complement, “Doroga” pp. 12, 13, 14
The possessive adjective “свой,” “своя,” “своё” to the prepositional, “Doroga” pp. 16, 17, 18; Chavronina pp. 95, 96, 97 

Prepositional case: place complement, “Doroga” pp. 18, 19
Prepositional case: complement of time, “Doroga” p. 26; Chavronina pp. 99, 100, 101
The relative subordinate introduced by the relative pronouns “который,” “которая,” “которое,” “которые,” “Doroga” pp. 29, 30, 31; Chavronina pp. 301-308
The relative subordinate introduced by “который,” “которая,” “которое” at the prepositional, “Doroga” pp. 31, 32; Chavronina pp. 301-308 

2.    ACCUSATIVE CASE of adjectives and possessives in the singular, “Doroga” p. 41; Chavronina pp. 109-115
Accusative case: object complement, “Doroga” pp. 42, 43, 44, 45
The possessive adjective “свой,” “своя,” “своё” in the accusative, “Doroga” pp. 46, 47 

The predicative form with “похож”, “похожа”, “похоже”, “похожи” followed by the complement in the accusative, “Doroga” pp. 52, 53
Accusative case: complement of time, “Doroga” pp. 56, 57; Chavronina pp. 132-135 

The accusative with verbs of motion, “Doroga” pp. 58-59, 62-63 

The relative subordinate introduced by “который,” “которая,” “которое” in the accusative, “Doroga” pp. 65, 66; Chavronina pp. 301-308 

3.    GENITIVE CASE of adjectives and possessives in the singular, “Doroga” pp. 75, 76; Chavronina pp. 164, 165, 166
Genitive case: possession, “Doroga” p. 77
Genitive case: lack or absence, “Doroga” pp. 82, 83 

Genitive case: complement of motion from place, “Doroga” p. 84
The possessive adjective “свой,” “своя,” “своё” in the genitive case, “Doroga” pp. 85, 86
Genitive case: specification and belonging, “Doroga” pp. 88, 89, 90; Chavronina pp. 178-181, 182-184
Genitive case: complement of time, “Doroga” pp. 92, 93; Chavronina pp. 186, 187
Genitive case: nouns in the genitive plural, “Doroga” pp. 94-97 Chavronina pp.169-176
The relative subordinate introduced by “который,” “которая,” “которое” in the genitive, “Doroga” p. 102; Chavronina pp. 301-308
The final subordinate introduced by the conjunction “чтобы,” “Doroga” pp. 103-107; Chavronina pp. 297, 298 

4.    DATIVE CASE of adjectives and possessives in the singular, “Doroga” pp. 116, 117, 118; Chavronina pp. 140-142 

Dative case: term complement, “Doroga” pp. 118, 119, 120
The possessive adjective “свой,” “своя,” “своё” in the dative, “Doroga” pp. 121
The dative in impersonal sentences with “нужно/надо/можно,” “нужен/нужна/нужно/нужны” “Doroga” pp. 125, 126, 127; Chavronina pp. 152, 153, 154
Dative case: logical subject, “Doroga” pp. 128, 129, 130
Dative case: complement of specification, “Doroga” pp. 138, 139; Chavronina pp. 157, 158 

Relative pronoun “который” in the dative case, “Doroga” p. 145; Chavronina pp. 301-308

5.    STRUMENTAL CASE of adjectives and possessives in the singular, “Doroga” pp. 152-154; Chavronina pp. 201-203
Instrumental case: complement of companion and union, “Doroga” pp. 154-157;
Instrumental case: nominal predicate, predicative complement of the subject, the regency of some verbs, “Doroga” pp. 158-159; Chavronina pp. 209-211 

Instrumental case: nominal predicate with the adjective and predicative complement of the subject with the adjective (the description of the person), “Doroga” p. 162
Instrumental case: attribute function, “Doroga” pp. 163-165
Instrumental case: middle complement, “Doroga” pp. 165-166; Chavronina p. 213 

Instrumental case: place complement introduced by the prepositions “под/над/перед/за/между/рядом с”, “Doroga” pp. 166-167; Chavronina pp. 211-212
Instrumental case: complement of time, “Doroga” p. 167
Relative pronoun “который” to the instrumental, “Doroga” p. 172; Chavronina pp. 301-308 

Instrumental case: verification exercises, Chavronina pp. 215-218 

6.    VERBS OF MOTION: motion verbs with prefixes; motion verbs with prefixes with the complement “к + dative”; motion verbs with prefixes with the complement “по + dative”; unidirectional motion verbs with prefixes (perfective aspect); multidirectional motion verbs with prefixes (imperfective aspect); intransitive and transitive motion verbs, “Doroga” pp. 131-137; Chavronina pp. 238-252, 154-157, 252-256 
Instrumental case: complement of companion and union, “Doroga” pp. 154-157;
Instrumental case: nominal predicate, predicative complement of the subject, the regency of some verbs, “Doroga” pp. 158-159; Chavronina pp. 209-211 

Instrumental case: nominal predicate with the adjective and predicative complement of the subject with the adjective (the description of the person), “Doroga” p. 162
Instrumental case: attribute function, “Doroga” pp. 163-165
Instrumental case: middle complement, “Doroga” pp. 165-166; Chavronina p. 213 

Instrumental case: place complement introduced by the prepositions “под/над/перед/за/между/рядом с”, “Doroga” pp. 166-167; Chavronina pp. 211-212
Instrumental case: complement of time, “Doroga” p. 167
Relative pronoun “который” to the instrumental, “Doroga” p. 172; Chavronina pp. 301-308 

Instrumental case: verification exercises, Chavronina pp. 215-218 

6.    VERBS OF MOTION: motion verbs with prefixes; motion verbs with prefixes with the complement “к + dative”; motion verbs with prefixes with the complement “по + dative”; unidirectional motion verbs with prefixes (perfective aspect); multidirectional motion verbs with prefixes (imperfective aspect); intransitive and transitive motion verbs, “Doroga” pp. 131-137; Chavronina pp. 238-252, 154-157, 252-256 

7.    THE DECLINATION OF ADJECTIVES TO THE SINGULAR: introduction, “Doroga” pp. 7-10

8.    DECLINATION TO THE PLURAL: nouns, adjectives, possessives, relative “который” “Doroga” pp. 182-186; Chavronina pp. 97-99, 116-119, 142-145, 177-178, pp. 195-196, 204-206 

9.    DIRECT AND INDIRECT DISCUSSION with the imperative, “Doroga” pp. 143-144; Chavronina pp. 310-311 

10.  DIRECT AND INDIRECT INTERROGATION without adverbs and interrogative pronouns, “Doroga” pp. 168-169; Chavronina pp. 309-310, 311-313
Direct and indirect enunciative speech, “Doroga” pp. 63,64; Chavronina p. 308
Direct and indirect interrogative with adverbs and interrogative pronouns, “Doroga” pp. 63,64; Chavronina p. 309

11.  PHRASE WITH IMPERSONAL VALUE with third person plural verb, “Doroga” pp. 191-194 

12.  THE CONDITIONAL SUBORDINATION introduced by the conjunctions “если” and “если бы,” “Doroga” pp. 196-197; Chavronina pp. 294-296 

13.  THE CONCESSIVE SUBORDINATION introduced by the conjunction “хотя,” “Doroga” pp. 197-198; Chavronina pp. 298-299

14. ORDINAL NUMERALS: “Doroga” pp. 3, 4  

LESSIC

1.    Business vocabulary (business letters)

2.    Everyday vocabulary (semantic fields: family, biography, travel, work, health, description of a person, leisure, restorant)

At the end of the course, the student should be able to take the following tests:

Oral test mode (the part in question):

- The language assessment consists of free conversation that will focus on topics developed during the course aimed at testing cultural content knowledge, correct use of grammatical structures and mastery of the lexical repertoire to ascertain the level of linguistic competence.

Written test mode (the part in question):

- Lexico-grammatical test (50 multiple choice questions).

The teaching material prepared by the language assistant in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the language assistant specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Innovative teaching methods

The face-to-face teaching mode will be enriched with individual and group exercises and insights, which students will carry out using the University's Moodle platform. Some topics of the course will be covered, following the following innovative teaching practices:

- Debate

- Learning by problem solving

- Flipped classroom

- Learning by doing (Simulation of scenarios, etc.)

Course books

1.     V. Antonova, M. Nachabina, A. Tolstych, Doroga v Rossiju, 2 vols., Zlatoust, St. Petersburg , 2013.

2.     A. Golubeva, A. Zadorina, E. Ganapol'skaja, Russkij jazyk dlja gostinic i restoranov, Zlatoust, St. Petersburg , 2019.

3.     S. Chavronina, A. Širočenskaya, Russian. Exercises, Il Punto Editoriale, Rome, 2007 /. S. Chavronina, A. Širočenskaya, Russkij jazyk v upražnenijach, Russkij jazyk. Kursy, Moskva, 2007.

4.     V. Kovalev, Russian-Italian and Italian-Russian dictionary, Zanichelli, Bologna, 2020.

5.     C. Cevese, J. Dobrovolskaya, Russian grammar, Hoepli, Milan, 2018.

6.     C. Cevese, J. Dobrovolskaya, Russian syntax, Hoepli, Milan, 2014.

7.     The course handout published on Blended Learning.

8.     The course materials published on Blended Learning.