Spanish Didactics

Recommended Prerequisites

First degree with at least 60 ECTS in Spanish.
C1 level of Spanish.

Teaching Methods

Teaching methods may include:
- Expository presentations by the teacher;
- Study of practical examples of materials;
- Observation of classes;
- Research and presentations by students
- Completion of tasks by students;
- Lesson planning and execution.

Learning Outcomes

Students are expected to
– become acquainted with the main determining factors in the learning of Spanish by Portuguese students, as well as with some of the past trends and main features of current methods for teaching it, as observed in teaching materials and official documents;
– identify and describe techniques for teaching the four skills, as well as vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation to Portuguese learners, and explain the adequacy of those techniques based on their knowledge of the learning process and didactic principles;
– develop basic skills in lesson planning, as well as in research, analysis and production of teaching materials, and become aware of relevant principles regarding the use of different didactic and technological resources;
– become acquainted with principles for the management of time, space and content in the foreign language classroom.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

- Learning Spanish: basic concepts (applied linguistics and didactics; foreign language and second language vs mother tongue; acquisition vs learning)
- Methods for teaching Spanish (cross-cultural, multilingual, communicative and task based approach. Analysis of CEFR and national curriculum guidelines)
- Difficulties in learning Spanish as a foreign language: problematic aspects for Portuguese students: “el/lo”; past tenses; gerund; false cognates; indicative/subjunctive
- Materials for teaching Spanish: research, analysis and production
- The teacher and the student in the Spanish FL class
- The physical space in the Spanish FL classroom
- Teaching content (grammar, vocabulary, cultural/cross-cultural, phonetics, culture) and skills (listening, speaking, writing and reading) in Spanish FL classes
- Lesson planning; ICT and planning
- Selection, exploration and analysis of materials: the use of ICT in the exploration of materials
- Correction and evaluation in the Spanish FL class.

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria Luísa Aznar Juan

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Synthesis work: 10.0%
Project: 30.0%
Frequency: 60.0%

Bibliography

Aznar Juan, Mª.L. & Gamazo Carretero, E. (Coord.) (2016). Enseñar español en la actualidad. Contribuciones didácticas. Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra.
Foncubierta, J. M. & Rodríguez, J. M. (2016). El abc del aprendizaje del español imaginación y pensamiento narrativo. Revista de didáctica ELE marcoELE, 23
Guervós,J. & Fernández, J. (2017). Fundamentos para la enseñanza del español como 2/l. Madrid: Arco/Libros-La Muralla
Isusi Alabarte, Alberto & Lahuerta Martínez, Cristina (2018). La comprensión lectora de lengua extranjera. Frankfurt: Peter Lang
Melero Abadía, P. (2000). Métodos y enfoques en la enseñanza/aprendizaje del español como lengua extranjera. Madrid: Edelsa
Nunan, D. (2002). El diseño de tareas para la clase comunicativa. Cambridge: CUP.
Regueiro Rodríguez, Mª L. (2014). La programación didáctica ELE. Pautas para el diseño de la programación de un curso ELE, Madrid: Arco Libros
Sánchez Pérez, A. (1997). Los métodos en la enseñanza de idiomas. Madrid: SGEL.