BULGARIAN LANGUAGE

This course is a free choice second Language course. Its main objective is to provide students with basic knowledge of Bulgarian as one of the oldest written Slavic languages. The course will introduce students to the phonological, morphological and syntactic structures of the language and will allow them to comunicate with simple texts. The course will also discuss different aspects of the peculiar evolution of Bulgarian as a Slavic and a Balkan language and will introduce some concepts of hiostrical-comparative linguistics relevant to the study of the older stages of the language.

Learning and comprehension.
• Students will learn and comprehend the phonological, morphological, syntactic and lexical structures of the Bulgarian Language as a second Slavic or Balkan Language and reach level B1 of the common European system.
Students will become familiar with the communicative strategies applied in the functioning of the Bulgarian Language
. Learning and comprehension.
• Students will learn and comprehend the phonological, morphological, syntactic and lexical structures of the Bulgarian Language as a second Slavic or Balkan Language and reach level B1 of the common European system.
• Students will become familiar with the communicative strategies applied in the functioning of the Bulgarian Language
• Students will become familiar with the basic historical facts of Bulgarian language and the dimensions of cultural environment in past and present day Bulgaria.

Capacity to apply knowledge and comprehension
• Students will be able to recognize the phonological and morpho-syntactic phenomena of the Bulgarian language.
• Students will be able to produce and comprehend simple texts and messages both written and oral according to correct cultural context and conditions of use.
• Students will be able to interact in formal and informal situations using the appropriate style and register.
• Students will be able to develop a capacity to produce and interpret correctly the basic structures of the Bulgarian language; to develop the capacity to translate texts of everyday usage from Italian to Bulgarian and viceversa; to recognize the differences between the linguistic structures of Bulgarian and those of Italian.

Communicative abilities
• Students are supposed to communicate in clear and structured way in Bulgarian at the level of A2 using appropriate vocabulary and grammar according to communicative context. They should also be able to interact with their peers and with the professors.

Comprehension capacities
• Students are supposed to develop specific methodological instruments for the study of the various materials presented in the course.
• Students are supposed to take notes and share them in a collaborative way.
• Students are supposed to consult critically the reference materials and the bibliography contained in them.

There are no prerequisites for this course

This is an annual course which introduces the students to the Bulgarian language, its history and culture both ancient and contemporary. The course consists of a general module of 30 lectures and an assitantship of 120 hours for the practical language, held by a lecturer and a native speaker of Bulgarian.
The 30 hour general course will review the fundamentals of Bulgarian as a Slavic and a Balkan language from both diachronic and synchronic point of view. The program will discuss the basic characteristics of the language, mainly in the area of grammar and syntax. It will be shown how the language has acquired its peculiar Balkan features due to which it holds a special place within the Slavic family.
The practical course of execrises will introduce students to essential nominal and verbal morphology, vocabulary and basic sentence patterns which will enable them, at the end of the course, to produce and comprehend more advanced texts in Bulgarian as well as to comunicate correctly on a daily basis.

Здравейте А1-А2. Куртева, Г, Бумбарова, К., Бъчварова, С. НБУ, София, 2016
Здравейте В1-В2. Куртева, Г, Бумбарова, К., Бъчварова, С. НБУ, София, 2017
Grammatica bulgara. Laskova, V. Hoepli.2013
Dizionario bulgaro. Krapova, I., Hoepli, 2017

The level of acquisition of Bulgarian will be monitored during the course by way of tests, quizes and individual homeworks. The exam will be written and oral. The written exam consists in various exercises, while the oral exam consists in a presentation, in Bulgarian, of a previously decided argument

written and oral

≤17 – Inadequate
Inadequate, fragmented, and patchy knowledge of the content, which is either not understood or only partially understood and reworked. Inadequate ability to reflect and present.

Sufficient
18 – Very uncertain knowledge of the content, which needs consolidation, and is understood and reworked in a very uncertain way. Minimal ability to reflect and present.
19 – Uncertain knowledge of the content, which needs consolidation, and is understood and reworked in an uncertain way. Sufficient ability to reflect and present.
20 – Sufficient knowledge of the content, which still needs some consolidation, and is understood and reworked in an uncertain way. Sufficient ability to reflect and present.

Fair
21 – More than sufficient knowledge of the content, which is understood and reworked with some uncertainty. Substantial ability to reflect and present.
22 – Fair knowledge of the content, which is understood and reworked with some uncertainty. Fair ability to reflect and present.
23 – More than fair knowledge of the content, which is understood and reworked with some uncertainty. Fair ability to reflect and present.

Good
24 – Proper knowledge of the content, which is understood and reworked with some uncertainty. Good ability to reflect and present.
25 – Proper knowledge of the content, which is understood and reworked with fairly good confidence. Good ability to reflect and present.
26 – Comprehensive knowledge of the content, which is understood and reworked with fairly good confidence. Good ability to reflect and present.

Very Good
27 – Comprehensive knowledge of the content, which is understood and reworked with confidence. Strong ability to reflect and present.
28 – Comprehensive and in-depth knowledge of the content, which is understood and reworked with confidence. Strong ability to reflect and present.

Excellent
29 – Broad and in-depth knowledge of the content, which is understood and reworked with confidence, full autonomy, and personal insights. Excellent ability to reflect and present, despite minor imperfections.
30 – Broad and in-depth knowledge of the content, which is understood and reworked with confidence, full autonomy, and personal insights. Excellent ability to reflect and present.

Outstanding
30 with honors – Very in-depth and interdisciplinary knowledge of the content, which is understood and reworked with full autonomy and personal insights. Full command of academic language and outstanding ability to make interdisciplinary connections. Excellent ability to reflect and present.

Lectures, exercises in class and interactive ones, tests, quizes, and individual homework assignments uploaded in the dedicated platform ezik.bg and on moodle