66988 - Spanish 1

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student achieves a first level of competence in the Spanish language.

Course contents

The course aims to develop the language skills of comprehension and expression necessary to interact, in written and oral form, in communicative contexts of personal and academic life.

By the end of the course, students will have reached a level of A2 proficiency in Spanish, which will enable them to:

1. Understand and produce simple sentences in Spanish related to the basic needs of personal and academic life;
2. Read, analyse, summarise, understand and explain the explicit information of texts in Spanish related to the language, customs and social codes of the Spanish-speaking world;
3. Produce short texts - written and oral - related to the language, customs and social codes of the Spanish-speaking community.

The contents will be approached from a sociolinguistic perspective, with particular emphasis on the diatopic variation that characterises the current Spanish-speaking world.

The second part of the course will focus on themes related to language and culture in Latin America, through the reading and commentary of different text types (short essays, literary passages, musical texts and oral texts from audiovisuals). Aspects of anthropological interest will be emphasised.

Readings/Bibliography

Corpas, J., García, E. y Garmendia, A., 2020. Aula Internacional Plus 1. Barcelona: Difusión.

 

Corpas, J., García y Soriano C., 2020. Aula Internacional Plus 2. Barcelona: Difusión.

 

Dossier of readings and materials provided by the lecturer.

 

RECOMMENDED / FOR REFERENCE:

Luis Aragonés, Ramón Palencia. Gramática de uso del español. Teoría y práctica. - Nivel A1-B2 (volume rosso). Madrid: Ediciones SM. ISBN 978-88-203-3533-5

 

Note: There is no difference in the syllabus between attending and non-attending students.

Teaching methods

The lectures will be held with a communicative approach, in a dynamic and interactive mode, and mostly in Spanish. Attending students are invited to actively participate and intervene during the lessons, in order to practise language production, both individually and as part of the exercises in pairs and groups that will be proposed.

Assessment methods

The final examination consists of two tests: one written and one oral.

Both tests are evaluated on a 30. The final examination mark will result from the arithmetic mean of the results of the written test and the oral test.

Written examination

The written examination will be designed to test mastery of the Spanish language at the level required by the course. To this end, the written test will consist of exercises relating to the different skills of comprehension, written production and grammar exercises (completion, verbs to conjugate, etc.).

The written examination is preparatory to the oral examination. It is therefore necessary to have passed the written examination with a mark of at least 18/30 to take the oral examination.

Oral examination
The oral examination is aimed at testing the knowledge acquired during the course, through the commentary of some of the texts analysed in class during the lectures, and the ability to succinctly and critically present the topics addressed in the second module, on the basis of the contents of the bibliography and the teaching materials provided.

Assessment will therefore be based on
- ability to comment orally, in Spanish, on the selected texts, i.e. the ability to identify, translate and contextualise them historically and culturally;
- mastery of the contents;
- ability to synthesise and analyse themes and concepts;
- ability to express oneself adequately in Spanish and with the appropriate language.


EXCELLENT
(28-30 cum laude)
Capacity for exhaustive and reasoned commentary on texts, both linguistic and historical-cultural
Excellent ability to orientate oneself in the topics addressed in class
Capacity for specific language and good expression in Spanish, in relation to the level of competence of the course and the vocabulary presented in class

 

DISCRETE
(24-27)
Mechanical knowledge of the subject
Good capacity for synthesis and analysis
Limited ability to express oneself in Spanish

SUFFICIENT
(18-23)
Minimal knowledge of examination material
Ability to synthesise and analyse
Poor ability to use the Spanish language

NEGATIVE
Lack of knowledge of examination material
Lack of ability to synthesise and analyse
Lack of ability to use the Spanish language

There are no differences in syllabus or examination methods between attending and non-attending students. No language certificate obtained exempts students from taking the examination.

Teaching tools

The texts in the bibliography will be supplemented with a wide variety of other materials (audiovisual, press, extracts from literary, artistic, musical texts), made available on Virtuale during the course.

Office hours

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