Code: | LLC028 | Acronym: | EA2 |
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Classification | Keyword |
OFICIAL | Spanish |
Active? | Yes |
Responsible unit: | Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies |
Course/CS Responsible: | Bachelor in Languages, Literatures and Cultures |
Acronym | No. of Students | Study Plan | Curricular Years | Credits UCN | Credits ECTS | Contact hours | Total Time |
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CL | 14 | CL - Study Plan | 1 | - | 6 | 52 | 162 |
LA | 28 | LA - Study Plan | 1 | - | 6 | 52 | 162 |
LLC | 42 | LLC - Monodisciplinary Study Plan | 1 | - | 6 | 52 | 162 |
LLC - Bidisciplinar Study Plan (Portuguese Studies) | 1 | - | 6 | 52 | 162 | ||
LLC - Bidisciplinar Study Plan (Two Foreign Languages) | 1 | - | 6 | 52 | 162 | ||
LRI | 61 | LRI - Study Plan | 1 | - | 6 | 52 | 162 |
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 the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc.
- 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, present and past experiences, events and matters in areas of immediate need and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.
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 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 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.
Functional contents: Talking about present and past habits and routines. Talking about recent events. Describing personal experiences. Referring to hobbies and other free time activities. Expressing agreement and disagreement. Talking about the past ( biographies, history, experiencies,…) Connecting different actions in time in the past. Describing places, people and objetcs referring to the past. Suggesting, recommending and advicing. Giving orders and instructions. Asking for and giving directions. Expressing compulsory and forbidden actions. Identifying food and ordering in a restaurant.
Grammar: Revision of the present tense (regular and irregular verbs). Past simple (regular and irregular verbs). Discourse markers. Accents: general norm and diacritical accents. Present perfect. Past participle (regular and irregulars). Discourse markers. Shorter forms for the adjective. Superlative. '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 related to: Town. Food. Animals. Expressions to react in a conversation.
Texts:
- Reading: short anecdotes, short and simple biographies, short stories, short and guided diaries, simple news, informal postcards / letters / e-mails (e.g. town descriptions, telling stories...), recipes, brochures or advertisements related to travels, etc.
- Listening: short anecdotes, informal conversations on personal topics (travels, past experiences, etc.) and to ask for information (e.g. ordering in a restaurant), telephone, informal, short and simple conversations to ask for information, short and simple biographies, short stories.
In order to carry out these receptive activities, students will have to develop the ability to use different reading strategies (intensive and extensive reading, deduction, etc.) and reading comprehension strategies (understanding main ideas, specific information, etc.) with various activities that will help them to analyse texts.
- Writing: short anecdotes, short and simple biographies, short stories, short and guided diaries, simple news, informal postcards / letters / e-mails (e.g. town descriptions, telling stories...), recipes, etc.
- Speaking: short anecdotes, informal conversations on personal topics (places, travels, past experiences) and to ask for information (e.g. ordering in a restaurant), short and simple biographies.
In order to carry out these productive activities, students will have to gain the linguistic, discursive and pragmatic knowledge described in this document from input from various sources and from different activities carried out in class. In addition, students will need to develop the ability to use strategies for writing (writing stages, text conventions, etc.) and for speaking and interacting (taking initiatives, etc.)
Lessons will be both practical and theoretical and will be based on an action-oriented approach considering users and learners of a language primarily as social agents, intercultural speaker and autonomous learner. Students will be expected to involve in the lessons and in their own learning. Classes will be taught in Spanish. The didactic material for the course will mainly be taken from a support text produced by the teachers, which will be made available from the first-floor photocopy room.
Designation | Weight (%) |
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Prova oral | 35,00 |
Teste | 35,00 |
Trabalho escrito | 15,00 |
Trabalho prático ou de projeto | 15,00 |
Total: | 100,00 |
Designation | Time (hours) |
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Estudo autónomo | 108,00 |
Frequência das aulas | 54,00 |
Total: | 162,00 |
Students are required to attend 75 % of classes, with exceptions according to FLUP regulations.
The type of assessment is distributed evaluation without final exam and the final mark will be calculated based on the following components of assessment: writing and speaking (50%-50%).
Writing: classwork (3/20; more information can be found in the section “Documents”) and two tests. The first one will take place in the middle of the semester and the second at the end of the semester. The first test will be worth 8 and the second 9. To be assessed in the speaking part, students need to get minimum 9/20 considering the sum of both written tests.
Speaking: oral interaction in class in pairs (optional, 3/20, ore information can be found in the section “Documents”) and a speaking test. This one will be a final paired speaking test and will take place at the end of the semester. In order to pass this curricular unit, students must obtain the minimum mark of 9/20 in the speaking part.
There is no final exam for this course, but those students who do not obtain the minimum mark to pass the curricular unit will have the opportunity to attend a written test and a speaking test (50%-50%) at the end of the course (the marks for oral interaction in class and classwork (portfolio) can be maintained). Only those students who have passed the subject in former years have the opportunity to improve (“melhoria”) the oral or writing marks.
More information can be found in the document "Evaluación: tipos y criterios" in the section "Documentos".
There is a compulsory reading. This reading will be provided to students by the teachers 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.
According to FLUP regulations.
There is no final exam for this course, but those students who do not obtain the minimum mark to pass the curricular unit will have the opportunity to attend a written test and a speaking test (50%-50%) at the end of the course (the marks for oral interaction in class and classwork (portfolio) can be maintained). Only those students who have passed the subject in former years have the opportunity to improve (“melhoria”) the oral or writing marks.
More information can be found in the document "Evaluación: tipos y criterios" in the section "Documentos".
The evaluation is distributed without a final exam and consists of two components, both compulsory:
1) WRITTEN PART (5 points). There are two different options:
- Classwork (portfolio): three texts written during the semester and corrected by the teacher with a reflection about this process. The portfolio will be submitted on May 28, on Moodle.
- Those students who do not submit the portfolio: writing a text (180-200 words) about some of the topics studied during the semester, on May 25 at 19:30 (date established at the beginning of the semester for one of the written tests) and it will be submitted on Moodle.
2) ORAL PART (15 points): oral test, in pairs, in June (from 1st June), by Zoom. It consists of two parts:
- oral interaction based on the compulsory reading (Nina, available in the section “Documents”, Sigarra).
- oral interaction based on communicative situations studied during the semester. Specific questions can be asked by teachers in order to use certain vocabulary or verbal tenses.
Those students who do not obtain 10/20 may repeat the oral test, on a date that will be duly indicated.
Those students who, for justified reasons, do not take the assessment activities may have the possibility to take the written and oral part on a date that will be duly indicated.
Only those students who have passed the discipline in previous years can improve the grade, taking both components of the assessment.
More information about the tests and the evaluation criteria can be found in Moodle and in the "Documents" of Sigarra.