Spanish B1.1

Code:

LLC029

Acronym:

EB1.1

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Spanish

Instance: 2023/2024 - 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
CL	14	study plan	1	-	6	60,5	162
			2
LA	39	Study plan	1	-	6	60,5	162
			2
LLC	38	Study plan	1	-	6	60,5	162
		Study plan	1	-	6	60,5	162
			2
LRI	49	Study plan	1	-	6	60,5	162
			2

Teaching language

Spanish

Objectives

According to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, at this level students should be able to:
- understand the main ideas of complex text on concrete topics.

- interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers.

- produce clear, detailed text of subjects studied during the semester and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.

 

Learning outcomes and competences

Contents are defined from the objectives described in this document, so they are essential to allow students to reach these objectives.

Students will be able to develop tasks involving reception, production and interaction related to the objectives after understanding and practising the linguistic contents referred above. Linguistic contents include grammar (past tenses, future, conditional, imperative and present subjunctive), vocabulary (related to five senses, advertising, superstitions, cinema, education system and false friends between Spanish and Portuguese), pragmatic, discursive contents (connectors: "aunque", "sino", "porque", etc.) and cultural contents (traditions of Hispanic culture and linguistic resources to written and oral interaction). All of these concepts are necessary to successfully carry out the different activities planned for this level.

Working method

Presencial

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

Previous levels are recommended (EA1 and EA2).

Program

I. Pragmatic-Discursive Contents:

Talking about present and past habits, daily routine and past experiences. Summarizing a story. Referring to the future: promises, predictions, etc. Giving advice. Expressing conditional clauses and hope. Evaluating situations and movies. Giving and arguing opinions.

Types of Texts: biografies, stories in the past, movie reviews and argumentative texts. 

II. Grammar Contents:

Revision of past tenses: imperfecto, indefinido/perfecto simple (simple past) and pretérito perfecto/perfecto compuesto (present perfect). Pretérito pluscuamperfecto (past perfect). Imperative form. Future tense. Conditional tense. Present tense in the subjunctive mood. Lo (article vs. pronoun). Rules of accentuation. Discourse markers (aunque, como, porque, sin embargo, etc.). Placement of object pronouns.

III. Notional Contents: Vocabulary related to different situations and topics arising from texts and class discussion (related to five senses, advertising, superstitions, education system and cinema). False friends between Spanish and Portuguese.

IV. Cultural Contents: Being aware of sociocultural and intercultural knowledge and behaviour in different situations in the different Spanish- speaking countries.

Mandatory literature

García Márquez, G.; Doce cuentos peregrinos, Debolsillo, 2003 (Students will be informed about the reading at the beginning of the semester.)

Complementary Bibliography

AA. VV.; Aula Internacional 3, Difusión, 2007
AA. VV.; Gramática B1, Anaya, 2007
AA. VV.; Gramática básica del estudiante de español (A1-B1), Difusión, 2005
AA. VV.; Prisma. Nivel B1, Edinumen, 2009
GÓMEZ TORREGO, Leonardo; Gramática didáctica del español, SM, 2000
GÓMEZ TORREGO, Leonardo; Ortografía de uso del español actual, SM, 2000
GONZÁLEZ HERMOSO, A., CUENOT, J.R. y SÁNCHEZ ALFARO, M.; GONZÁLEZ HERMOSO, A., CUENOT, J.R. y SÁNCHEZ ALFARO, M., Gramática de ELE. Normas. Recursos para la comunicación, Edelsa, 1994
MOREIRA, L., MEIRA, S. y RUIZ PÉREZ, F.; MOREIContigo.es. Espanhol 10.º ano. Formação Geral e Específica. Continuação, Porto Editora, 2013
MOREIRA, L., MEIRA, S. y RUIZ PÉREZ, F.; Contigo.es. Cuaderno de Ejercicios. Espanhol 10.º ano. Formação Geral e Específica. Continuação, Porto Editora, 2013
Ruiz Pérez, F., Mendes L. & Moreda Leirado, M. L.; Gramática de Espanhol – 3.º Ciclo e Secundário., Porto Editora, 2014
Tarricone, L.; Giol, N. y González Seara, C.; Gramática explicada para niveles intermedios con ejercicios + soluciones, Enclave-ELE, 2012

Teaching methods and learning activities

The main goal of this subject is that students achieve the objectives established for this level by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, in other words, they have to be able to understand the main ideas of clear and standardised-language texts (...), at professional, learning or leisure contexts; know how to interact in most of the situations which can come up during a trip to places where the target language is used; write simple and coherent texts and describe experiences, events, wishes and ambitions, as well as justify briefly their opinions or their plans.

To achieve this main goal, it is essential to combine theory and practice simultaneously. This will make possible to students achieve the learning objectives of this subject and use them during assessment activities. Therefore, practice and evaluation focus on various but complementary aspects, studied during the semester.

In class, all communicative language processes are practised (oral and written production, oral and written interaction, oral and reading comprehension and mediation), but the production processes will be stressed because students usually show more difficulties in them.

As a result, in class, homework or evaluation tests, these activities will play an important role in order to achieve: spontaneous participations of the students, without previous preparation, in conversations about personal interest topics and their specialisation (abstract and cultural topics such as movies, books and music); narrations of events and descriptions of situations (presenting arguments and reasonings), or writing texts with a specific purpose as informal letters and emails.

The main text types used to achieve these goals are: biografies, stories in the past, movie reviews and argumentative texts about different topics studied in class.

Software

Periódicos españoles: http://kiosko.net/es/
Diccionario de la Real Academia Española (RAE): http://www.rae.es/
Literatura: http://ciudadseva.com/bdcs/bdcs.htm
Ejercicios: www.ver-taal.com
Diccionario bilingüe español-portugués: https://www.wordreference.com/espt/
Centro Virtual Cervantes: http://cvc.cervantes.es/
Fonética (los sonidos del español): https://soundsofspeech.uiowa.edu/spanish
Periódicos hispanoamericanos: http://kiosko.net/iba/
Radio y Televisión Española: www.rtve.es

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Prova oral	50,00
Teste	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	101,50
Frequência das aulas	60,50
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Students are required to attend 75 % of classes, with exceptions according to FLUP regulations.

Calculation formula of final grade

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 (2 tests during class time and on dates set at the beginning of the semester):

-First (6/20 points): written production and written comprehension tests. 

-Second (14/20 points): test with grammar, vocabulary and listening comprehension activities.

The minimum mark for the written part is 9/20.

Speaking (2 tests in pairs, during class time and on the dates set at the beginning of the semester):

-First (7/20 points): informal conversation on a communicative situation. 

-Second (13/20 points): informal conversation about the compulsory reading, answering questions about it, and about a communicative situation. 

The minimum mark for the speaking part is 9/20.

Those students who do not obtain the minimum mark to pass EB1.1 will have the opportunity to attend a written test and/or a speaking test (50%-50%) in January.

Only those students who have passed the subject in former years have the opportunity to improve (“melhoria”) the oral and writing marks, by attending the writing and speaking tests during the semester or in January.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Students must read a book, because the oral test will be based on comments and questions about the reading. Students will be informed about the reading at the beginning of the semester.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to FLUP regulations.

Classification improvement

Those students who do not obtain the minimum mark to pass EB1.1 will have the opportunity to attend a written test and/or a speaking test (50%-50%) in January.

Only those students who have passed the subject in former years have the opportunity to improve (“melhoria”) the oral and writing marks, by attending the writing and speaking tests during the semester or in January.

Observations

More information about assessment can be found in the document "Programa" on Moodle.