39977 - Spanish Language (Course and Laboratory) I (GR. B)

Learning outcomes

The student, at the end of the course, must demonstrate the ability to understand concepts and topics related to social sciences, political sciences, in general, and international politics and his news expressed in Spanish and must also be able to express himself on the same topics in Spanish at a level not less than A2 and, ideally, B1 (according to the Council of Europe Reference Framework). As far as the written language is concerned, the student must be able to read and understand complex texts (in particular reviews and manuals) with a level of difficulty no lower than B1 and, ideally, B2.

Course contents

The Spanish Language and Laboratory II programme will be composed of a A1 40-hour laboratory to be held during the first semester of the year, a 30-hour course and a A2 40-hour laboratory to be held during the second semester of the year. During the course and the laboratory, the non-linguistic topics covered will mainly concern the socio-political sphere of Spanish-speaking countries.

 

COURSE (attending students)
30 hours

The Spanish I syllabus will cover the following aspects:

– Cuestiones históricas y sociopolíticas de los países de lengua española.
– Cuestiones de la actualidad sociopolítica de los países de lengua española.
– Lengua en acción: dirigirse a un público
– Encuentros con expertos y protagonistas.

 

 

COURSE (non-attending students)

All units of modules A and B of Debate (see bibliography).

 

 

LABORATORY (attending and non-attending students)
40 hours (A1 level) and 40 hours (A2 level)

See the Italian version for parts, modules, linguistic contents, communicative practices, partial and continuous evaluations.

Readings/Bibliography

For attending students

F. San Vicente, J.C. Barbero e F. Bermejo, Gramma. Grammatica dekka lingua spagnola, Bologna, Clueb, 2021 (testo per la consulta grammaticale).

J.C. Barbero e F. San Vicente, Quaderni di esercizi di lingua spagnola, Bologna, Clueb, 2017. (testo per esercitazioni in autoapprendimento).

Si consiglia anche come testo di aiuto per l'autoapprendimento: Barbero, Monti e Valdivieso, 9 aproches nueve. Corso interattivo multimediale per l'autoapprendimento della lingua spagnola di livello A1, Bologna, Clueb, 2007.

For non-attending students

J.C. Barbero, F. Bermejo e F. San Vicente, Contrastiva. Grammatica della lingua spagnola, Bologna, Clueb, 2010 (for grammar consultation).

J.C. Barbero e F. San Vicente, Quaderni di esercizi di lingua spagnola, Bologna, Clueb, 2017 (for self-study exercise).

Barbero, Monti e Valdivieso, 9 aproches nueve. Corso interattivo multimediale per l'autoapprendimento della lingua spagnola di livello A1, Bologna, Clueb, 2007 (recommended self-study aid text).

F. San Vicente e H. E. Lombardini, Debate, Bologna, Clueb, 2010. Moduli A e B (for historical-political section).

Teaching methods

THE COURSE

The Spanish I course (30 teaching hours) will be held in the second semester. During said course readings, grammar discussions, communicative exercises and activities will be used to develop reading and listening comprehension and help students build their vocabulary, looking at the forms and/or structures as well as at the colloquial or formal aspects of the language.

 

LABORATORIES

During the first semester students will attend an 40 hours laboratory (A1 level) and during the second semester another 40 hours laboratory (A2 level). These laboratories will provide students with extra practice and theoretical background, through exercises and supplementary explanations, of the essential structures of the Spanish language which are necessary for an appropriate communicative proficiency.

 

 

Working students

Working students are asked to contact the lecturer by e-mail (hugo.lombardini@unibo.it) in order to arrange an appointment in which to decide on a personal strategy for Spanish Language and Laboratory I.

Assessment methods

Attending students

An attendance of, minimum, 60% of the lessons is strongly suggested (out of the total number of hours of the course and the laboratory added up), to ensure that students will be able to acquire the notions, functions and develop the skills practised throughout the course.

The final grade of the subject is based on the average of the course/workshop + a grade (from 0 to 3) for the oral examination.

The average of the course/workshop is made up as follows: the mid-term tests grades’ and the course/workshop continuous assessment. The continuous assessment will be qualitative and quantitative.

For everything concerning both the written tests and the written works required during the subject, special reference is made to Article 25.2 of the Code of Ethics adopted by our University.

Only one of the two mid-term tests may be made up (the one in which the student was absent or did not achieve the minimum grade, or any one chosen by the student in order to raise the average obtained). Make-ups will take place only and exclusively on the first date of the summer exam sessions. If a student who must take the make-up test does not show up, or does not pass said make-up, s/he will be considered a "non-attending" student.

The oral exam (after a brief first-sight reading test) will consist of a conversation with the examiner about familiar topics, the student’s daily routine, the neighbourhood where s/he lives etc. During this interview students must show their speaking proficiency is that of an A2 level candidate (as per CEFR standards). An A2 level speaker can talk about familiar topics using common everyday expressions and very common structures, can describe, narrate, give an opinion, hypothesize and give orders, all this with the appropriate language structures and without making serious and/or frequent mistakes

In order to be allowed to take the oral exam, students must enrol at ALMAESAMI. Attending students will have the possibility to present themselves for the oral test - maintaining the average obtained in the Course/Workshop - until the following September's exam session.

Attending students will have the opportunity to replace the oral examination with a talk/presentation of a historical-political topic. General instructions for this substitution will be given in class.

Remember: each student can take the test ONLY ONCE on each exam date (this indication is valid only for students of the three-year degree course (triennale]).

 

 

Non-attending students

Depending on the health situation at the time, the examination for non-attending students will take place either face-to-face or remotely, according to the following schedule:

1. Students shall connect to the corresponding virtual classroom- which shall be informed to them in due time- on the set date and at the set time. The first step of the process will be the identification of the students followed by the teacher’s general instructions. The device used for the exam must have a microphone and webcam in perfect working condition.

2. Students will then access a Moodle environment (EOL) in order to do the first 3 sections of the test.

- Section 1 o Grammar section is composed of 30 items ranging from levels A1 to A2. Total score: 30 points. Please, notice that, in order to access the Section 2 of the test, the student shall score a minimum of 18 points. There is a set time lapse to complete the section (25 minutes).

- Section 2 or Historical-Political section is composed of 15 items based on Debate (see bibliography for the course- also in IOL). Total score: 15 points. Please, notice that, in order to access the Section 3 of the test, the student shall score a minimum of 9 points. There is a set time limit to complete the section (13 minutes).

- Section 3 or Writing section is composed of a series of exercises (to extract main ideas, to transform sentences from direct to indirect speech, to express opinions, to value judgements and to make proposals) based on the reading of a newspaper article. Total score: 15 points. There is a set time limit to complete the section (35 minutes).

3. On completion of the first three sections, students will return to the virtual environment to take their oral exams, which will be done individually.

- Section 4 or Oral section. Students who pass the written sections of the test with, a least 36/60 (i.e.: 18/30) will be eligible to take the oral exam. The oral exam will test the contents in the syllabus of the attending students.

In order to be allowed to take the non-attending exam, students must enrol at ALMAESAMI.

For everything concerning the written examination, special reference is made to article 25.2 of the Code of Ethics adopted by our University.

Remember: each student can take the test ONLY ONCE on each exam date (this indication is valid only for students of the three-year degree course (triennale]).

Teaching tools

Textbook and exercises, grammar and exercise book, dictionaries, Internet, electronic slides, newspaper articles, printed material, CDs and DVDs, transparencies, etc.

Here you will find two Spanish Self-Study Courses at A1 level and one at A2 level (you must enter with your institutional credentials).

Here you will find a demonstration version of A1 level eligibility to test your language level (you must enter with your institutional credentials).

Links to further information

http://www.unibo.it/docenti/hugo.lombardini

Office hours

See the website of Hugo Edgardo Lombardini

See the website of Felix San Vicente Santiago