Naslov
Lexical-Semantic Aspects in Learning Russian for Academic Purposes (RAP) as a Second Foreign Language (FL2) at Elementary Level

Autori
Veršić, Sanja

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, stručni

Izvornik
Language for Specific Purposes: Trends and Perspectives, International Conference / Lakić, Igor ; Pralas, Jelena ; Piletić, Deja ; Božović, Petar ; Zejnilović, Lejla - Budva : University of Montenegro, 2021, 57-58

ISBN
978-86-7664-203-8

Skup
Language for Specific Purposes: Trends and Perspectives, International Conference

Mjesto i datum
Budva, Crna Gora, 17.09.2021. - 18.09.2021

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
acquisition of Russian at elementary level, lexical-semantic aspects in learning Russian as FL2, students’ vocabulary, internationalisms and anglicisms in Russian, oral/written production and reading comprehension skills

Sažetak
In this paper we consider lexical-semantic aspects of contemporary Russian language acquired at elementary level of the course Russian for academic purposes (FL2). The structure of students varies from philology students to social sciences students and it is presumed that both philology and non-philology students have a good prior knowledge of one or more foreign languages. As beginners of Russian, Croatian students, as well as foreign guest students participating in the Erasmus programme, are encouraged to compare and recognize lexical-semantic similarities between Russian and their mother tongue or other foreign languages that they speak, since in contemporary Russian there are more and more borrowings and their modifications (word formation) being widely present both in texts accessible in electronic media and in textbooks, and becoming part of active Russian vocabulary (e.g. лидер, лидировать, лидерский). In learning process, internationalisms and anglicisms may serve as familiar synonyms for unknown Russian words and collocations (быть во главе, возглавлять) helping students cope both with text comprehension and oral/written production. Along with acquiring language skills at elementary level (pronunciation, reading fluency and writing by hand, basic grammatical and syntactic structures), students within 60 hours per academic year develop basic collocational competencies and reading comprehension skills in order to be able to continue to read simple texts on their own. Thus, what makes it easier for students to acquire language competencies and necessary vocabulary is that in post-Soviet Russian there are many contemporary internationalisms due to cultural and scientific exchanges. When students encounter new lexemes, they may recognize them at the lexical-semantic level (with exception of “false friends“) – in topics related to professions, education, arts, information technology, the world of work, recreation and hobbies. A global cross-cultural communication on the Internet also affects languages and can be incentive for students motivated for further contrastive learning of Russian as FL2.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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