Spanish 1

Year
0
Academic year
2019-2020
Code
01011827
Subject Area
Spanish Language
Language of Instruction
Spanish
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Compulsory
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

The course will use theoretical and practical activities that will allow students to memorise and to develop the syllabus’s contents: speaking, writing (composition themes), reading comprehension (reading of one compulsory book), listening comprehension. Methodologies will include:

- Presentation by the teacher

- Contrastive analysis of practical exemples

- Research and presentation by the students

- Task resolution.

Learning Outcomes

Study of the morpho-syntactic components, phonetic, lexical and functional Spanish for foreigners, a basic level of language. Study of comprehension and written expression. Study of oral comprehension and expression. Place the student in contact with actual linguistic situations.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Articles, nouns and adjectives
Prepositions and conjonctions

Present Indicative 
Past Perfect Indicative 
Indefinite indicative
Imperfect indicative

Verbs gustar, encantar, preferir e molestar

Gerund and participle

Pronouns and adjectives

Verbal periphrases

Muy/mucho

Personal information

Days of the week, months and seasons
Numbers

Time
Countries, capitals and names of places
Jobs

The family
The human body, phusucal and psychological description
Colours
Clothes and accessories
Marking space and time

También/tampoco/a mí sí/a mí no/bastante/poco/nada/nadie

To greet and to say goodbye
To present oneself.
To describe objects and persons
To express likes and dislikes
To speak about the present and the past

Formal and informal aspects of dialogue
Vocal and consonantic system
Intonation in declarative, affirmative, exclamative and interrogative sentences
Ortograph rules
Spanish language countries
Spanish linguistic diversity. 

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria Luísa Aznar Juan

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Other: 10.0%
Project: 20.0%
Mini Tests: 70.0%

Bibliography

Ahern, A. (2008). El subjuntivo: contextos y efectos. Madrid: Arco/Libros.

Bosque, I. (1990). Indicativo y subjuntivo. Madrid: Taurus Universitaria.

Bosque, I. y Demonte V. (1999). Gramática descriptiva de la lengua española, Madrid: Espasa-Calpe.

Fernández, J. (1999). Curso Intensivo de Español, Ejercicios Prácticos, N. Elemental e Intermedio, Madrid: Sgel.

Gil Fernández, J. (2007). Fonética para profesores de español: de la teoría a la práctica, Madrid: Arco/Libros.

González Hermoso, A. (1997). Gramática de Español Lengua Extranjera. Curso Práctico, Madrid: Edelsa.

Real Academia Española & Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española (2009). Nueva gramática de la lengua española, Madrid: Espasa.

Real Academia Española & Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española (2010). Ortografía, Madrid: Espasa.

Rubio, P. (1990): Verbos españoles conjugados. Madrid: Sgel.

Sanz Juez, A. (1999). Prácticas de léxico español para hablantes de portugués. Madrid: Arco/Libros.