30972 - Spanish Language and Linguistics 1 (A-L)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student has a fundamental knowledge of metalanguage and of various aspects of a descriptive-analytic model of the Spanish language and is competent in all communicative abilities at level B1 of the parameters set by the Council of Europe.

Course contents

The main objective of this course is to encourage the recognition, the understanding and the application of functions and communicative structures by means of the acquisition of the four basic abilities: writing/reading comprehension/production.

The continuous attention on the language as an assembly of linguistic acts with different functions and purposes will be concretely exercised by means of texts comprehension and production (dialogues, readings, abstracts, etc.) both on written and oral.

The language reflection, especially regarding the phonetics, the orthography and the morphosyntactic structures of the second language (also in contrast with those of the first language) will help the student to refine the linguistic observation and to develop the logic abilities both inductive and deductive.

Moreover the objective of this course is to offer the necessary instruments for a first direct comparison between the own culture and other cultures, also by means of the lexicon and phraseology study.

Readings/Bibliography

1 - PPT

2 - Quilis, Antonio (1998), Principios de fonología y fonética españolas, Madrid, Arco/Libros, 7-91.

3 - Varela Ortega, Soledad (2005), Morfología léxica: la formación de palabras, Madrid, Gredos, 7-101.

Compulsory texts and other materials (reading, audio, video materials…) in order to follow the lessons and to prepare the written and oral exams, will be indicated in the specific program of each CEL at the beginning of the course.

Teaching methods

On this course will be applied the following methodologies:

• continuous exercise of the four abilities development;
• implementation of activities in order to consolidate a correct phonologic system;
• implementation of activities in order to consolidate a correct orthography;
• reflection on language’s morphosyntactic and semantic aspects;
• language use on simulations near to the student’s reality;
• speaking/writing exercises and verifications;
• error correction, error analysis and analysis of the efficiency of the study’s method.

Assessment methods

EXAMINATION MODALITIES IN SPANISH LANGUAGE PRACTICES 1

o WRITING EXAMINATION

This course’s final evaluation will be made by means of a written exam that should be passed in order to be admitted to the oral exam (only the students with a positive result of 18/30 will be allowed to do the oral exam). In addition to the programme contents, the student should study the socio-cultural contents and others materials.

The use of any type of dictionaries will be forbidden.

The written exam will last two and a half hours and will feature the following points:

§ various open and closed questions exercises, aimed at testing the students orthographic, morphosyntactic, lexical and cultural knowledge.

§ translation exercises from Italian to Spanish about topics and contents featured in the Level 1-practices programme.

§ writing production of various textual typologies, which can also focus on the topics and readings of the course programme.

o ORAL EXAMINATION

The student should demonstrate his/her assimilation of the functional, morphosyntactic and semantic contents presented during the course and the acquisition of the basic abilities (B1 level).

The oral exam will be an interview in Spanish during which the assistant will evaluate:

· the knowledge of morphosyntactic, lexical and cultural contents requested by the B1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages;

· oral comprehension skills;

· exposition skills and fluency;

· interaction skills;

· the knowledge of compulsory reading and audiovisual materials included in the course programme.

All the students (first, second and third language) should know, in addition to the compulsory manuals, the supporting texts that will be presented at the beginning of the course by the assistant.

At the beginning of the lessons the assistants will indicate where the student can find the materials and the detailed programme with the specific topics of the course.

Teaching tools

Compulsory texts and other materials (reading, audio, video materials…) in order to follow the lessons and to prepare the written and oral exams, will be indicated in the specific program of each CEL at the beginning of the course.

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