Spanish B1.2

Code:

LLC030

Acronym:

EB1.2

Instance: 2011/2012 - 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
LA	43	Study Plan - Applied Languages: Business Relations	2	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan-Applied Languages: Translation	2	-	6	52	162
LLC	137	Joint Language Plan - English/Spanish	2	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan-German/Spanish	2	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan-French/Spanish	2	-	6	52	162
		Single Language Plan-Spanish	2	-	6	52	162
		Portuguese and Foreign Lauguage (Spanish)	2	-	6	52	162
		English Studies Plan (Teaching) with Spanish	2	-	6	52	162
LRI	51	Study Plan	2	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan - Minor in History	2	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan - Minor in German Studies	2	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan - Minor in English Studies	2	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan - Minor in Spanish Studies	2	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan - Minor in French Studies	2	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Espanhol

Objectives

According to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, at this level students should be able to:
- understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc.
- deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is
spoken.
- produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest.
- describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.


I. Listening:
Students will be able to understand the main points of clear standard speech on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. and other current affairs or topics of personal or professional interest when the delivery is relatively slow and clear.

II. Reading comprehension:
Students should be able to understand articles and reports in which the writers adopt particular attitudes or viewpoints, although they need to read them more than once. Moreover, students will be aware of different types of texts (descriptive, narrative texts, etc.) and different ways to relate and describe.

III. Spoken interaction:
They should be able to interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible.

IV. Spoken production:
Students will be able to connect phrases in order to describe experiences and events, beliefs, dreams, hopes and ambitions. They will be able to give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans and express opinion on themes arising from texts and class discussions. They should be able to narrate a story or relate the plot of a book or film and describe different reactions, with lexical limitations.

V. Writing:
Students should be able to write clear, detailed texts and essays on a wide range of subjects related to their interests, giving reasons in support of or against a particular point of view or with other specific aims, in a simple way. Moreover, they will be able to write formal and informal letters.

Program

I. Functional content:
Talking about probability in present, past and future.
Making hypothesis.
Expressing agreement and disagreement in formal and informal situations.
Developing arguments and giving reasons in support of or against a particular point of view.
Talking about possibity and condition.
Describing and defining actions, feelings, situations...
Identifying objects, places and people and giving information about these topics.
Connecting different actions in time (in the past, in the future, etc.)
Explaining an action or a reaction.
Justifying an opinion, denying another which has been said.
Talking about causes, consequences and purposes.

II. Grammar:
Connective words to express probability: quizás, tal vez... + indicative / subjunctive mood
Verb tenses: futuro perfecto de indicativo, condicional compuesto, pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo, pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo.
Verbs and expressions to give an opinion and argue.
Coordinating conjunctions.
Subordinating conjunctions of contrast, cause, condition, result and purpose. Concesive sentences with "aunque".
Relative clauses with verbs in indicative and subjunctive mood.
Conditional clauses.
Impersonal forms.
Contrast between indicative and subjunctive mood.
Revision of the pronoun "lo".
Verbs with preposition.


III. Vocabulary:
Vocabulary related to different situations and topics arising from texts and class discussion, for example, vocabulary related to ecology and sports.

IV. Cultural component:
Being aware of sociocultural and intercultural knowledge and behaviour in the different Spanish- speaking countries. Oral presentations.

Mandatory literature

Alberto Méndez; Los girasoles ciegos, Anagrama
AA. VV; Aula Internacional 3, Difusión 2007
AA. VV; Prisma: progresa. Nivel B1, Edinumem, 2006

Complementary Bibliography

Leonardo Gómez Torrego; Gramática didáctica del español, SM, 2000
HERMOSO, A. González; CUENOT, J. R.; ALFARO, M. Sánchez; Gramática de español lengua extranjera. Normas. Recursos para la comunicación, EDELSA
Ramón Sarmiento; Gramática progresiva de español para extranjeros, SGEL, 1999

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
	Trabalho escrito	35,00		2012-07-14
	Exame	4,00		2012-07-14
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo	67	2012-07-14
	Total:	67,00

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

Optional classwork: 20% (maximum: 4 points out of 20). Depending on the assessment chosen by the students. More information can be found in the section "Documentos".
Written and oral test: 80% (maximum: 16 points out of 20).

Examinations or Special Assignments

Students must read a book: Alberto Méndez, Los girasoles ciegos (Barcelona, Editorial Anagrama, 2005). The oral test will be based on comments and questions about the reading.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to FLUP regulations.

Classification improvement

According to FLUP regulations.