Spanish C1.2

Code:

LLC129

Acronym:

EC1.2

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Spanish

Instance: 2020/2021 - 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	3	LA - Study Plan	3	-	6	52	162
LLC	13	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 communicative 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, related to the two areas into which the contents are divided:

1. Discursive genres and textual products

2. Pragmatic strategies and tactics.

In this way, the in class activities will recreate communicative situations based on the analysis (of the external form and context in which they are produced) and the simulation of distinct 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 determined by the CEFR.

Program

1. Genres of discourse and textual products.

• Oral transmission genres: 




• Conversation (formal, informal and by telephone) II; 


• Proceedings; 


• Specialty television documentaries II; 


• News II; 


• Speeches and conferences in special domains II; 


• Films and theatre performances.




• Written transmission genres: 




• Specialized opinion articles II; 


• Informal extensive letters II; 


• Brief electronic messages in virtual forums; 


• Theatrical plays; 


• Poems; 


• Comics; 


• School and academic papers II.




• Macro functions: Descriptive; Narrative; Expositive; Argumentative.

2. Tactics and pragmatic strategies.

• Construction and interpretation of speech: Maintaining the subject and the discursive thread; Discourse markers (connectors, information structure and reformulation); Deixis; Procedures for quotations.


• Modalization: boosting or intensification.


• Interactional behaviour: Valuating politeness.

Mandatory literature

Jordi Galcerán; El Método Grönholm, Iberautor Promociones Culturales, S.L., 2003. ISBN: 9788480487009
VV.AA; El Ventilador. Curso de perfeccionamiento de español. Nivel C1. Libro del alumno, Barcelona: Editorial Difusión, 2006. ISBN: 9788484432265

Complementary Bibliography

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

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 “Calendario y evaluación EC1.2 2018-19” to be found at the section “Documentos”. At proper time, the students should read the book El Método Grönholm by Jordi Galcerán, as indicated at the bibliography.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

If necessary.

Classification improvement

Students who do not pass the subject or who wish to improve therir grade, may pepeat the following:
Written essays:20%
Written text: 30%
The rest of the evaluation elements (oral essays or oral tests) cannot be repetead.

Observations

It is important for the students enrolled in this subject to carefully read the file denominated “Calendario y evaluación EC1.2 2018-19” 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.
In case you are interested in consulting this document before enrolling in the subject, please send an email to the professor (mlorenzo@letras.up.pt) and the file will be sent to you.