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Spanish B2.1

Code: LLC031     Acronym: EB2.1

Instance: 2014/2015 - 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 27 LA - Study Plan 3 - 6 52 162
LLC 56 Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2013_2014 3 - 6 52 162
LRI 28 Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2013_2014 3 - 6 52 162

Teaching language

Espanhol

Objectives

The aim of this module is to increase and expand the knowledge and grammatical concepts learned in previous years. You should acquire a higher level of comprehension, oral and writing skills, using the language in different contexts and situations . Students study the language itself and are able to have control of their own learning process.

During this module you should acquire the skills to express yourself fluently about general and also specific topics by using local vocabulary cultural and references. Students must be able to understand opinions and subjective and explicit information, recognizing the elements of the message: organization of information, humor, irony and cultural references. You will produce texts of some length, using the syntactic structures of the Spanish language. During this module you should also acquire a good knowledge of textual coherence and cohesion according to the different types of texts: paragraphing, a good use of textual organization and elements of cultural competence at its lexical and semantic levels, etc.

 

Learning outcomes and competences

Purpose of this module:

- Understand complex oral and written texts in Spanish and variety of Spanish, and on different topics such as technical texts, or other specific areas of knowledge.

- To be fluent and able to have a conversation with any local native speaker, so as the communication runs smoothly.

- To write on different topics, including those aiming to debate, argue or defend a point of view.

Working method

Presencial

Program

I. COMMUNICATION SKILLS:

to show agreement or disagreement at different lexical levels

To express one's opinion, evaluate facts and situations.

To express chance and possibility

To express temporarity

II. GRAMMAR:

relative and conditional sentences.

Noun clause

Uses of Indicative / Subjunctive

Uses of Ser and Estar

Personal pronouns

Phrasal verbs

Clauses of time

III. LEXICAL:

Words: composition and origin

Vocabulary related to a work enviroment

Resources and sources on current issues (economy, society, culture, politics, etc..)

polysemic words

How to write texts in the tourism area

IV. TEXTS:

Reading and interpreting: comics on social criticism. Articles on current affairs topics. Texts in tourism.

Writing: Letters to a press Editor. Texts in tourism.

Listening: News on the television, radio and interviews.

Speaking: conversations on everyday topics and current affairs analysis.

 

 

Mandatory literature

L. Gómez Torrego; Gramática didáctica del español, SM, 2002. 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
VVAA; Abanico. Curso Avanzado de Español Lengua Extranjera. Libro del alumno, Difusión, 1995. ISBN: 8487099866
VV.AA.; prisma de ejercicios B2, Edinumen, 2007. ISBN: 84-95986-50-7

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical-practical lessons.The module is eminently practical, going into the formal structures of the language and its communicative functions. Many lectures are delivered in the form of listening and speaking activities, in order to reproduce similar contexts to real situations in Spain.

Software

http://www.el-mundo.es
http://www.trinity.edu/mstroud/grammar/index.html
http://www.mec.es
http://www.cadena40.es
http://www.elcastellano.org/
http://www.indiana.edu/~call/ejercicios.html
http://www.cadena100.es
http://clave.librosvivos.net/
http://www.zonaele.com/
http://www.vanguardia.es
http://www.cervantes.es
http://www.mae.es
http://www.elpais.es
http://www.rae.es/rae.html

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation Weight (%)
Exame 35,00
Participação presencial 10,00
Prova oral 35,00
Teste 10,00
Trabalho escrito 10,00
Total: 100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo 108,00
Frequência das aulas 54,00
Total: 162,00

Eligibility for exams

Attending 75% of classes, unless established otherwise by law.
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 mandatory assignments of the subject that be stated at the beggining of the semester.

Calculation formula of final grade

Class work - 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:
Teachers 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, thus obtaining the final grade.

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

Examinations or Special Assignments

Student who obtain more than 6/14 points in the written exam must do oral exam.There is an oral exam based on the compulsory reading. Titles will be announce at the beginning of the semester.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

In accordance with the Assessment Regulations in force.

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