Spanish C1.1

Code:

LLC127

Acronym:

EC1.1

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Spanish

Instance: 2020/2021 - 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	2	LA - Study Plan	3	-	6	52	162
LLC	14	LLC - Monodisciplinary Study Plan	3	-	6	52	162
		LLC - Bidisciplinar Study Plan (Portuguese Studies)	3	-	6	52	162
		LLC - Bidisciplinar Study Plan (Two Foreign Languages)	3	-	6	52	162
LRI	3	LRI - Study Plan	3	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The students admitted at this level already have a vast linguistic repertoire, so the purpose is to consolidate the knowledge of the language and the culture of the Spanish speaking countries in all their diversity, and to focus on contemporary social themes.

At the end of this course the student must achieve these competences in the following areas:

• Understanding: To understand without difficulty long texts, both written and spoken, even if they are not clearly structured. 


• Speaking and Writing: To communicate fluently, and be capable of self-correction. Also, to be able to write correctly about complex subjects. 


• Coherence: Students must be able to produce clear, well-structured discourse, showing an adequate use of organisational patterns, connectors and cohesion devices.

In short, all this will allow students, by the end of the course, to reach the goals defined by Level C1 (Effective Operational Proficiency) established by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Learning outcomes and competences

The goals of the subject are formulated as a function of the communication competences that the student should attain and improve at this level. That is why each of the linguistic activities (oral and written comprehension, oral and written production, oral and written interaction) will be the subject of study in class, and related to the two areas in which the contents are divided:

1. Discursive genres and textual products

2. Pragmatic strategies and tactics.

In this way, during class activities the students will recreate communicative situations based on the analysis of the external form and context in which the activities are produced, and the simulation of different oral transmission and written genres, given that each discursive genre gives an answer to the need to achieve a communicative need in a satisfactory way. All of this is made from a wide selection of texts extracted from different domains, especially educational and professional.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Previous knowledge: B2 level (Upper intermediate) determined by the CEFR.

Program

1. Genres of discourse and textual products.

• Oral transmission genres:
• Advertisements;
• Speeches (formal or informal) I;
• Specialty television documentaries I;
• Newspaper interviews;
• News I;
• Speeches and conferences on divulgation themes I;
• Public presentations on specialized themes.
• Written transmission genres:
• Specialized opinion articles;
• Questionnaires;
• Dictionaries;
• Extensive reports of a professional nature I;
• Novels;
• Reviews from newspapers and magazines; School and academic papers I.
• Macro functions: Descriptive; Narrative; Expositive; Argumentative.

2. Tactics and pragmatic strategies.

• Construction and interpretation of the speech:
• Maintaining the subject and the discursive thread;
• Discourse markers (connectors, information structure and reformulation);
• Interpretation of meanings (metaphors and irony indicators).
• Modalization: Attenuation.
• Interactional behaviour: Attenuator politeness. 

Mandatory literature

VV.AA; El Ventilador. Curso de perfeccionamiento de español. Nivel C1. Libro del alumno, Barcelona: Editorial Difusión, 2006. ISBN: 9788484432265
CAMPOS, Cristina; Pan de limón con semillas de amapola. ISBN: 9788408149538

Complementary Bibliography

GÓMEZ TORREGO, Leonardo; Gramática didáctica del español, Madrid, SM, 2000. ISBN: 84-348-5440-6
MATTE BON, Francisco; Gramática del español. De la lengua a la idea, T. I-II, Madrid, Edelsa, 2002. ISBN: 9788477111054
MORENO, Concha; Temas de gramática. Avanzado, Madrid, SGEL, 2008. ISBN: 9788497784290
NUNES DA SILVA, Paulo; Tipologias textuais. Como classsificar textos e sequências, Coimbra, Edições Almedina, 2012. ISBN: 9789724048789

Comments from the literature

Diccionario de la Real Academia Española (RAE): http://www.rae.es/Diccionario Clave: http://clave.librosvivos.net Diccionario bilingüe español-portugués: http://www.portoeditora.pt/alp/dol/dicionarios-online Diccionario de partículas discursivas del español: http://www.dpde.es/ Fonética. Los sonidos del español: http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/spanish/frameset.html FUNDÉU. Fundación del español urgente: http://www.fundeu.es/ Centro Virtual Cervantes: http://cvc.cervantes.es/ Rayuela: Ejercicios lúdicos de español en la página del Instituto Cervantes: http://cvc.cervantes.es/aula/pasatiempos/pasatiempos1 Periódicos españoles: El País: http://www.elpais.com El ABC: http://www.abc.es El Mundo: http://www.elmundo.es La Vanguardia: http://www.lavanguardia.es Periódicos de América Latina: GDA (Grupo de Diarios de América): http://www.gda.com/index.php Diario mexicano: www.reforma.com Periódico argentino: http://www.clarin.com/ Cultura, cine y literatura: http://www.clubcultura.com/clubliteratura Literatura y escritores hispanoamericanos: http://sololiteratura.com/php/index.php

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical/practical; personal tutorials; whole class participation & group activities; self-access study.

keywords

Humanities > language sciences > Languages > Modern languages > European languages > Romance languages

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	10,00
Prova oral	20,00
Teste	50,00
Trabalho escrito	20,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	106,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

According to the criteria in force at FLUP.

Calculation formula of final grade

Producing oral, written or research eassys – 50% Written and oral test – 50%

 

Examinations or Special Assignments

It is compulsory to attend the oral tests and to hand the written compositions as indicated in the file “Evaluación de la asignatura” to be found at the section “Documentos”. At proper time, the students should read the book Pan de limón con semillas de amapola by Cristina Campos, as indicated at the bibliography.

Internship work/project

If necessary.

 

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

If necessary.

Classification improvement

Students will be able to repeat the written test to upload note.

Observations

It is important for the students enrolled in this subject to carefully read the file denominated “Evaluaciónd ela asignatura” that can be found at the document section, folder “Evaluación de la asignatura”. In this file, one can find a detailed description of the tests and essays that have to be done, as well as the punctuation for each component.