Spanish A2

Code:

LLC028

Acronym:

EA2

Instance: 2010/2011 - 2S

Active?	Yes
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
CL	17	Study Plan-Lang.Sciences:Linguistics	1	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan-Lang.Sciences:Port.Second Language	1	-	6	52	162
LA	37	Study Plan - Applied Languages: Business Relations	1	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan-Applied Languages: Translation	1	-	6	52	162
LLC	176	Joint Language Plan - English/Spanish	1	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan-German/Spanish	1	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan-French/Spanish	1	-	6	52	162
		Single Language Plan-Spanish	1	-	6	52	162
		Portuguese and Foreign Lauguage (Spanish)	1	-	6	52	162
		English Studies Plan (Teaching) with Spanish	1	-	6	52	162
LRI	51	Study Plan	1	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan - Minor in History	1	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan - Minor in German Studies	1	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan - Minor in English Studies	1	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan - Minor in Spanish Studies	1	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan - Minor in French Studies	1	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Espanhol

Objectives

At this level, it is intended to consolidate the communicative competence which has been developed in the course Espanhol A1. Students are expected to acquire a broader range of grammar and vocabulary resources for various situations.
This syllabus, which is based on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, pursues the following overall aim, so by the end of the semester students will be able to: understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance ((e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, places of interest, employment); communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters; describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate basic need.

Students will be able to:

I. Listening comprehension:
Understand phrases and the highest frequency vocabulary related to areas of most immediate personal relevance (very basic personal and family information, shopping, local area, employment). Catch the main point in short, clear, simple messages and announcements.

II. Reading comprehension:
Read very short, simple texts. Find specific, predictable information in simple, everyday material such as advertisements, prospectuses, menus and timetables and can understand short simple personal letters.

III. Spoken interaction:
Communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar topics and activities. Handle very short very short social exchanges, even though I can’t usually understand enough to keep the conversation going myself.

IV. Speaking production:
Use a series of phrases and sentences to describe my family and other people, living conditions, my educational background and my present or most recent job.

V. Writing:
Write short, simple notes and messages related to matters of immediate need. I can write a very simple personal letter, for example thanking someone for something.

Program

Functional contents:

Taking about present and past habits and routines.
Taking about recent events.
Describing personal experiences.
Referring to hobbies and other free time activities.
Expressing agreement and disagreement.
Taking about the past ( biographies, history, experiencies,…)
Connecting different actions in time in the present and the past.
Describing places, people and objetcs using the past tenses.
Suggesting, recommending and advicing.
Giving orders and instructions.
Asking for and giving directions.
Expressing compulsory and forbidden actions.
Ordering in a restaurant.


Grammar:

Revision of the present tense (regular and irregular verbs).
Simple past (regular and irregular verbs). Discurse markers.
Past participle (regular and irregulars).
Diacritical accents.
Present perfect (regular and irregular verbs). Discourse markers.
Shorter forms for the adjective.
Imperfecto de Indicativo (regular and irregular verbs). Discourse markers.
Contrast between the present perfect, the past tense and the imperfect.
Imperative form (only second person of singular and plural).
Object pronouns. Placement.

Vocabulary:
Town.
Food.
Animals.

Mandatory literature

Textos de apoyo y fotocopias proporcionadas por la profesora.
VV.AA.; Prisma de ejercicios A2, Edinumen

Complementary Bibliography

Gómez Torrego, Leonardo; Gramática didáctica del español, Editorial SM, 2000
Sarmiento,Ramón; Gramática progresiva de español para extranjeros, SGEL, 2001
VVAA; Gramática básica del estudiante de español (A1-B1), Difusión, 2005

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical / practical; personal tutorials.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
	Exame	2,00		2011-07-15
	Trabalho escrito	31,00		2011-07-15
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo	73	2011-07-15
	Total:	73,00

Eligibility for exams

Students are required to attend 75 % of classes and a record is kept of attendance, with exceptions according to FLUP regulations.

Calculation formula of final grade

Reading: 5% (More information can be found in the section “Documents”)
Written and oral tests: 95% (Students must pass the written test 9/20 in order to attend the oral test).

Examinations or Special Assignments

Students must read a book which will be specified at the beginning of the semester. The day of the written test, students should bring a compulsory written work about the reading (the questions for this work can be found in the section “Documents” at the beginning of the semester). In the oral test, comments and questions about the reading will represent the 50%, so students will be expected to remember its content.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to FLUP regulations.

Classification improvement

According to FLUP regulations.