Spanish B2.2

Code:

LLC032

Acronym:

EB2.2

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Spanish

Instance: 2022/2023 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://sigarra.up.pt/flup/pt/ucurr_geral.ficha_uc_view?pv_ocorrencia_id=133797
E-learning page:	https://moodle.up.pt/
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LA	27	Study plan	2	-	6	60,5	162
			3
LLC	36	Study plan	2	-	6	60,5	162
		Study plan	2	-	6	60,5	162
			3
LRI	33	Study plan	2	-	6	60,5	162
			3

Teaching language

Spanish
Obs.: Spanish

Objectives

Our aim is for the student to understand main ideas in complex texts about concrete and abstract topics. He must communicate spontaneously and freely enough with native speakers. Furthermore, we expect him to be able to express himself clearly and in detail about various themes, explain his point of view about current affairs as well as stating advantages and disadvantages. As for the written language, he must be able to produce long texts with details such as compositions, formal letters and reports, where he shall mention the important aspects. As for reading comprehension, he shall be able to understand contemporary literary language as well as long and complex texts which are based on facts, and appreciate style differences. With regards to listening comprehension, the learner must be able to understand long speech even if it includes implicit information and it is not clearly structured. 

Learning outcomes and competences

In such interventions students should also be able to use native speaker resources to handle implicit and explicit information. According to the European framework of reference for languages, students must be able to produce clear and detailed written texts on a variety of topics, as well as defend your point of view in general discussions and reflect upon the language and control their own learning process. Students should write relatively long texts, applying usual syntactic structures of the Spanish language. Therefore students should demonstrate an acceptable knowledge of textual coherence and cohesion procedures according to different types of texts: proper use of paragraphs, textual structuring, lexical and semantic elements, cultural awareness, etc.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Not applicable

Program

I. COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTIONS: Express commands, norms and instructions. Express purpose Express permission Express cause and consequence. Express complaints and claims. II. GRAMMAR CONTENTS: Causal clauses, consecutive clauses. Concession clauses. Difference between indicative/ subjunctive. Contrast between direct and reported speech. Passive voice and the «se» form meanings. Periphrastic forms of the verb and other contructions with non-personal verb forms. Verbs of change. III. LEXICON CONTENTS: Resources to describe an object (appliance, technological or communicative device, furniture…) Resources to describe a service (in a hotel, in a shop, in the bank…); Lexical collocations and idioms (interpersonal relationships, politics and education) and colloquialisms (characters from popular culture and body parts); Polysemy words;Words used in multiple contexts and with multiple purposes (palabras comodín); Latin American Spanish; IV. TEXTS: Reading: formal texts (requests, complaints…); public instructions (norms, prescriptions, prohibitions, restrictions…). Graphics interpretation. Samples of different dialects and styles will be used. Writing: formal texts (requests, complaints…), public instructions (norms, prescriptions, prohibitions, restrictions…), reviews, claim letters, reports and graphics interpretation. Listening: formal and informal personal and transactional conversations (complaints), face to face and on the telephone; press interviews; newscasts on the radio and on television. Samples of different dialects and styles will be used. Speaking: formal and informal personal and transactional conversations (complaints), face to face and on the telephone; public presentations on cultural topics or current issues.

Mandatory literature

Marisa de Prada et ál.; Uso interactivo del vocabulario y sus combinaciones más frecuentes, Edelsa, 2012. ISBN: 978-84-7711-979-1
Concha Moreno; Temas de gramática, Sgel, 2008. ISBN: 978-84-9778-4290
Carmen Hernández et ál.; En gramática- Avanzado B2, Anaya-Ele, 2007. ISBN: 978-84-6676-4339
VV.AA.; Abanico (Nueva edición), Difusion, 2010. ISBN: 978-84-8443-6867
VV.AA.; Prisma Avanza (nivel B2), Edinumen, 2003. ISBN: 978-84-9598-6221
Concha Moreno et ál.; Nuevo avance 6, SGEL, 2011. ISBN: 9788497786539
VV.AA.; Sueña 3: libro del alumno, Anaya ELE, 2007. ISBN: 9788466763684
Ruiz Zafón, Carlos; La sombra del viento, Planeta, 2002

Complementary Bibliography

Concepción Bados Ciria; Textos literarios y ejercicios-Nivel superior, Anaya-Ele, 2001. ISBN: 978-84-6670-0580
Cristina Aparecida Duarte; Diferencias de usos gramaticales entre español/portugués (temas de español 1), Edinumen, 2005. ISBN: 978-84-8975-6090
Juan Vicente Piqueras; Yo que tú: manual de gramática y poesía, Difusion, 2012. ISBN: 9788484439998
Inmaculada Penades et ál.; Ni da igual ni da lo mismo: para conocer y usar las locuciones verbales en el aula de español, Edinumen, 2006. ISBN: 9788495986733

Teaching methods and learning activities

Practical and theoretical lessons; tutorial sessions. 
This syllabus unit aims at achieving the balance between the theory and the practice, relating the formal structures of the Spanish language to the corresponding communicative structures, techniques and pragmatic strategies, speech genre and textual products. We shall propose oral and written communication, without dismissing receptive skills and communicative tasks in real life, which make the learner able to understand and produce texts and have a self-domain of the end of the level B2 of the QECRL. In the teaching of the UC, we use diverse resources like the theoretical grammar explanations, exercises taken out of books or ad hoc prepared by the teacher, authentic documents (taken from radio programmes or from television), games, literary texts, technological tools, etc.  

Software

www.ave.cervantes.es

keywords

Humanities

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	10,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	20,00
Exame	70,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	101,50
Frequência das aulas	60,50
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Not mandatory class attendance.
The maximum grade which can be obtained in the written exam is 14 points. Student must obtain at least 6/14 points in the written exam in order to be admitted to the oral exam. The maximum grade which can be obtained in the oral exam is also 14 points. The remaining 6 points correspond to the optional assignments of the subject that be stated at the beggining of the semester. Although not compulsory, students who choose not to do the assignments, will waive the corresponding points.

Calculation formula of final grade

Optional evaluation assignments - 30% (6 points)
Written and oral exam - 70% (14 points)
Student must obtain at least 6/14 points in the written exam in order to be admitted to the oral exam. The final grade will be obtained as follows: the teacher will calculate the average from both written and oral exams, if the grade obtained by the student in oral exam is at least 6/14 points. In this case, the average obtained from both written and oral exams will be added to the grade obtained in the assignments, if applicable, thus obtaining the final grade, assuming that the average obtained from both written and oral exams is equal to or greater than 6 points. All information needed to complete this class will be handed in throughout the first class sessions and will be available online at Sigarra.

The teacher also foresees the attribution of 1 additional point in the final classification of the curricular unit for those students who participate frequently and spontaneously in the classroom.

Examinations or Special Assignments

There is a reading to do, which is obliged to be presented orally in all examination sessions, includind the extraordinary one in September.
The proposed reading for this academic year is the following:
Allende, Isabel (2010): La casa de los espíritus, Barcelona: Austral.

The first part of the oral exam will be based on this book. The second part of the oral exam will address current issues by newspaper headlines on a given topic.

Internship work/project

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

In accordance with the Assessment Regulations in force.

Classification improvement

In accordance with the Assessment Regulations in force.

Grade improvement is not foreseen in any of the two optional evaluation assignments, only in the written exam.

Observations

All information needed to complete this class will be handed in throughout the first class sessions and will be available online since the first days of the course.