Qualification “Interpretation translation practice and theory” 

Sp-01. The Spanish Language. The two-semester course is intended for students with no previous Spanish Language experience and offers an intensive study in various linguistic areas including Spanish orthography, lexicology, grammar and style; various types of collocations; speech etiquette, etc. The course focuses on the development of functional socio-cultural competence in listening comprehension, speaking, reading and writing.

Sp-01.II.F. Beginning Spanish. An introductory Spanish language course with emphasis on the four basic skills – reading, writing, speaking and listening comprehension. Role-play and various audio-visual aids are actively utilized to better students’ performance. 152 h., exam, 4 ECTS

Sp-01.II.S. Beginning Spanish (continued). The sequel to Sp-01.II.F focuses on developing skills and abilities acquired during the previous semester. Major emphasis on forming pronunciation habits and activizing grammar and speech patterns. Audio-visual aids are widely used in class. 152 h., exam, 4 ECTS

Lecturer: E.Yu. Titkova

Sp-02. Spanish. Oral Speech Practice. The course is designed for students studying Spanish as long as one semester (Sp-01.II.F.). The course emphasizes the further development of dialogue/monologue-building skills, deepening students’ language acquisition abilities. The course offers insight into Spanish culture and traditions.

Sp-02.II.S. Beginning Spanish (continued). 76 h., test, 2 ECTS

Sp-02.III.F. Elementary Spanish. 228 h., test, 6 ECTS

Sp-02.III.S. Elementary Spanish (continued). 228 h., exam, 6 ECTS

Lecturer: E.Yu. Titkova

Sp-03. Spanish. Translation / Interpretation. The course focuses on forming and developing the skills necessary for pre-translation analysis of an original Spanish text and working out the general strategy of translation/interpretation. (Prerequisites Sp-01.II.F. and Sp-01.II.S.)

Sp-03.III.F. Elementary Spanish. Interpretation: mnemonic techniques (for oral and written texts). Enlarging active vocabulary. General words and set expressions. Pre-arranged interpretation of shortened discourse from Spanish into Russian. 76 h., testl, 1 ECTS

Sp-03.III.S. Elementary Spanish (continued). Translation: types of translation. Linguistic units as seen in translation, text-building in Spanish and observing its national peculiarities in translation. Loan translation. 76 h., test, 2 ECTS

Sp-03.IV.F. Intermediate Spanish. Lexical and semantic modifications in translation/interpretation. “Untranslatable” units. Translator’s notes. Literary translation: basics. 152 h., testl, 4 ECTS

Sp-03.IV.S. Intermediate Spanish (continued). Interpretation: cliches and their classification. Expressing conclusion, deduction and argumentation in a target language. 120 h., test, 3 ECTS

Sp-03.V.F. Upper-intermediate Spanish. Translation: rendering phraseology and idioms. Business Spanish survival kit. 180 h., test, 5 ECTS

Sp-03.V.S. Upper-intermediate Spanish (continued). Interpretation: successive interpretation of socio-political discourse. Interpreter guide practical training (basics). Business language: communication and business etiquette. 108 h., exam, 3 ECTS

Lecturer: E.Yu. Titkova

Sp-04. Linguistic Survey of the Spanish Language. This two-semester course overviews theoretical issues of Spanish Phonetics and Lexicology (fall semester); Grammar and Stylistics (spring semester).

Sp-04.IV.F. Intermediate Spanish. Phonetics (a theoretical course): general and particular phonetics, pronunciation standard, phonology, the system of Spanish phonemes, syllable, syntagm, accentual structure of Spanish words, intonation and prosody.
Theoretical Lexicology: lexicology and other branches of linguistics, word, nomination, etymology, linguistic sign, semantics, homonymy and polysemy, word-building, word combinatory. 68 h., test, 2 ECTS

Sp-04.IV.S. Intermediate Spanish (continued). Theoretical Grammar: Spanish morphology and syntax, suprasegmental units (text and its structure, hypertext). Theoretical Stylistics: expressive means of the Spanish language, stylistic devices, functional stylistics, registers, decoding stylistics and text interpretation (basics). 68 h., exam, 2 ECTS

Lecturer: E.Yu. Titkova