Spanish 4

Recommended Prerequisites

Spanish B1+.

Teaching Methods

Text, image and film analysis, commentary and debate; oral presentations; written individual assignments; and group work

Learning Outcomes

The course of Spanish 4 presupposes a continuation of the knowledge acquired in Spanish 3. In this sense, there will be a revision and reinforcement of the contents tackled in the previous semester, as well as a consolidation and reinforcement of the structures.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

- Subordinate clauses: conditionales, relativas, temporales, finales, sustantivas.

- Pronominal verbs.

- Conjunctions and connecting words.

- Relative pronouns.

- Indirect discourse.

 

LEXICAL CONTENTS

 

- Connecting words: conditionales, relativas, temporales, finales.

- Meanings of verbs according to preposition.

- Idioms and proverbs.

- The advertising, turism and cinema.

 

FUNCTIONAL CONTENTS

 

- How to express time, aims and certainty.

- How to express agreement and desagreement.

- How to argue and to express a point of view.

- How to express possibility.

- How to give suggestions and advice.

- How to express irony, sarcasm, anger, humour and ambiguity.

 

PHONETIC AND WRITING CONTENTS

 

- Basic rules for pounctuation:

- Specific difficulties for Portuguese speakers.

 

CULTURAL CONTENTS

 

- Languages in Spain.

- Tourism and traditional celebrations in Spain.

- Themes on Spain.

Head Lecturer(s)

Ana Patrícia Rossi Jiménez

Assessment Methods

Periodic Assessment
Project: 15.0%
Mini Tests: 25.0%
Frequency: 60.0%

Final Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

Aragones, L.; Palencia, R.(2009). Gramática de uso del español. Tª y práctica con solucionario. B1-B2. Madrid: SM.

Borrego Nieto, J.; J. J. Gómez Asencio; Prieto de los Mozos, E. (2000). Aspectos del sintaxis del español. Universidad de Salamanca.

Fernández Díaz, R. (1999). Prácticas de fonética española para hablantes de portugués. Madrid: Arco/Libros (Cuadernos de práctica de español/LE)

García Santos, J. F. (1993). Sintaxis del español. Nivel de perfeccionamiento. Univ. de Salamanca: Grupo Santillana.

Matte Bon, F. (1992). Gramática comunicativa del español. Madrid: Difusión.

Martín Peris, E. et al. (2008). Diccionario de términos clave de ELE. Madrid: SGEL.

Poch Olivé, D. (1999). Fonética para aprender español: Pronunciación. Madrid: Editorial Edinumen..

VVAA (2006). Gramática básica del estudiante de español. Madrid: Difusión.

Real Academia Española (2009). Nueva gramática de la lengua española. Madrid: Espasa