Spanish Seminar

Recommended Prerequisites

Completion of all the courses of the 1st-year.

Teaching Methods

The students will make oral presentations on the texts they read and relate those texts to their teaching experience. Before each presentation, the students will hand in written notes or texts. The presentations will be followed by discussion in the seminar. The seminar sessions on complementary topics will be based on expository presentation by the teacher and the study of practical examples or other tasks by students.

Learning Outcomes

The seminar is mainly aimed at preparing and guiding the students' final MA report which focuses on their supervised teaching practice and their specific research topic. Students are expected to:

– show a good grasp of the chosen topic, which will focus on teaching methodology with emphasis on the Spanish language, and be able to extract relevant information from the literature for their supervised teaching practice and their report;

– be able to develop, in the preparation of their report, a coherent argumentation, based on sound theoretical principles and practical example, and appropriately documented.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

The topics to be discussed in the seminar are those chosen by the students for their final MA reports. These topics will allow students to connect the course contents addressed in Spanish Didactics with their teaching practice, further deepening their understanding of the research issues. The topic of the MA reports may be complemented by other topics that are relevant for the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language.

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria Luísa Aznar Juan

Assessment Methods

Continuous Assessment
In-class participation: 10.0%
Oral presentations and written outlines: 40.0%
Synthesis work: 50.0%

Bibliography

Bibliografia geral/General References:

Salaberri, Mª. S. (1999). Lingüística aplicada a la enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras. Almería: Universidad de Almería.

Krashen, S. (1981). Second Language Acquisition and Second Language Learning. Oxford: Pergamon.

Griffin, K. (2005). Lingüística aplicada a la enseñanza del español como 2/L, Madrid: Arco/libros.

Sánchez Pérez, A. (2004). Enseñanza y aprendizaje en la clase de idiomas.Madrid: Sgel.

Bello, P. (1990). Didáctica de las segundas lenguas. Madrid: Santillana.

Santos Gargallo, I. & Sánchez Lobato, J. (2004). Vademécum para la formación de profesores. Enseñar español como segunda lengua (L2)/Lengua extranjera (LE). Madrid: Sgel.

Williams, M. & Robert, L. (1997). Psycology for Language Teachers. A social constructivist Approach. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

A bibliografia específica para as apresentações e trabalhos dependerá dos temas de relatório escolhidos pelos/as estudantes.