Spanish B2.1

Code:

LLC031

Acronym:

EB2.1

Instance: 2009/2010 - 1S

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	9	Study Plan - Applied Languages: Business Relations	3	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan-Applied Languages: Translation	3	-	6	52	162
LLC	103	Joint Language Plan - English/Spanish	3	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan-German/Spanish	3	-	6	52	162
		Joint Language Plan-French/Spanish	3	-	6	52	162
		Single Language Plan-Spanish	3	-	6	52	162
		Portuguese and Foreign Lauguage (Spanish)	3	-	6	52	162
		English Studies Plan (Teaching) with Spanish	3	-	6	52	162
LRI	14	Study Plan	3	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan - Minor in History	3	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan - Minor in German Studies	3	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan - Minor in English Studies	3	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan - Minor in Spanish Studies	3	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan - Minor in French Studies	3	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Espanhol

Objectives

The objective of this level (divided into B2.1 and B2.2), is that the student could be able to understand the main ideas of complex texts referring to concrete and abstract subjects, as well as technical texts that are related to his areas of specialization. The student should be able to understand texts regarding to explicit information, opinions and subjective evaluations. The student should also be able to recognize implicit elements of the message: information’s organization, humour, irony and cultural allusions.

The student should be able to establish a relationship with native speakers with a good level of fluency and naturalness in order to get an effortlessly conversation. In the same way, the student should be able to express orally his own opinion about general and concrete matters, to give detailed information and make an oral presentation about a subject during a short period of time. In all these interventions, the student should make use of native’s speakers resources in order to manage the implicit and explicit information.

At written level and according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, the student should be able to produce clear and detailed texts about different subjects as well as to defend a point of view about general matters. Also, the student should be able to think about the language and to learn to monitor his own learning process. The student will produce texts of some length, using the usual syntactic structures of the Spanish language. The student will also be able to show an acceptable knowledge of the textual coherence and cohesion procedures: correct use of the paragraph, of the textual organization, of the lexical and semantic elements, of the cultural competence, etc.

Program

I. Communicative functions:
Showing agreement and disagreement using different speech registers. Being able to establish a conversation about specialized matters; debates will be organized during the course. Making hypothesis and conjectures. Understanding texts about current affairs. Evoking imaginary situations. Assessing facts and situations. Practise and consolidation of the written expression by preparing essays about subjects that have been discussed in the class. Acquiring literate vocabulary. Comparative study (Spanish / Portuguese) of grammatical and lexical subjects.

II. Grammatical contents:
Relative and conditional phrases; using the indicative mode or subjunctive mode in that structures and appropriated connectors. Using the passive voice. Conditional phrases.

III. Lexical contents:
Studying an appropriated vocabulary to the proposed subjects and situations.

Complementary Bibliography

L. Gómez Torrego; Gramática didáctica del español, SM, 2002 (8ª ed). ISBN: 9788467515497
VVAA; Manual de lengua española. Del sonido al texto, Teide, 1997
C. Aparecida; Diferencias de usos gramaticales entre Español/Portugués, Edinumen, 1999. ISBN: 84-89756-09-0
E. ALARCOS LLORACH; Gramática de la lengua española, Espasa Calpe, 1994. ISBN: 978-84-239-7916-5
VVAA; Abanico. Curso Avanzado de Español Lengua Extranjera. Libro del alumno, Difusión, 1995. ISBN: 8487099866

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical-practical lessons.

Software

http://www.cadena100.es
http://www.cadena40.es
http://www.elpais.es
http://www.mae.es
http://www.vanguardia.es
http://www.cervantes.es
http://www.mec.es
http://www.el-mundo.es

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
	Trabalho escrito	31,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo	73
	Total:	73,00