DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY OF CURRICULAR UNIT Initial level of Spanish for professional purposes. (A1). This Curricular Unit follows the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
OBJECTIVES AND EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES The main objective of this Curricular Unit is to teach students the tools and concepts needed to express themselves with a clear and precise language in a work situation.
SKILLS TO BE DEVELOPED In the contact sessions the teacher will focus the following skills: listening comprehension, oral interaction, written expression, grammatical and lexical acquisition. At the end of this Curricular Unit, the student should be able to: - Produce simple sentences about their interests, professional and everyday life. - Ask and answer questions about his own or others and about their needs in a work environment. - Develop both intercultural competence and linguistic knowledge, skills and attitudes that enable the student to communicate and overcome cultural boundaries.
Programme
I. Communicative functions: Formal and informal greetings. Give and ask for personal information: nationality, origin, age, etc. Introduce oneself. Resources of communication control. Ask and tell the time. Expressing habitual actions. Describe professional activities. Describe objects: color, shape, size, etc. Express how often we do things. Talking about family. Talking about actions in progress. Describe a person: physique and character. Compare people or things. Describe relationships. Express preferences. Talk about hobbies. Show agreement or disagreement. Buy a product. Ask for prices, quantities and qualities.
II. Grammar: Personal pronouns (subject). Verbs in the present tense: ser, estar, tener, ir. The alphabet. Relationship between graphs and phonemes. Concordance gender and number. Defined and undefined articles. Numerals. Reflexive verbs. Possessive adjectives. Adverbs of place. Hay. Demonstratives. Interrogatives. Perfect tense. The negation. Express duration. Frequency expressions. Verbal circumlocution: estar + gerundio, ir + a + infinitive, hay+que. Simultaneity al + infinitive. Pero/pero que. The comparison. Letters: formal, informal. Verbo gustar. Business and leisure activities. Opinions about work. Remuneration and taxes. The workday. A new technology: Wi-Fi. Negotiation. Specific enterprise lexicon.
IV. Cultural Contents: Introduction to the knowledge and professional, socio-cultural and intercultural behavior of Spanish-speaking countries.
Main literature
PROST, G. e NORIEGA FERNÁNDEZ, A.;Al Día. Curso de español para los negocios. Nivel Inicial. Libro del alumno, SGEL, 2006. ISBN: 9788497782913
PROST, G. e NORIEGA FERNÁNDEZ, A.;Al Día. Curso de español para los negocios. Nivel Inicial. Cuaderno de Ejercicios, SGEL, 2006. ISBN: 9788497782920
Supplementary Bibliography
http://www.rae.es
http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/index.jsp
http://www.zonaele.com/
Learning Methods
We use the manual Al Día (SGEL), a method of learning for professional purposes, because it is a communicative approach that favors teamwork, uses multimedia tools favoring the use of internet and because it follows the CEFR. The learning process combines active pedagogical practices with systematic exercises of grammar and vocabulary.
1. The actual presence of the students in the classes will be registered and, if the number of absences per student exceeds 30% of the total number of contact sessions provided for each course unit, it will automatically be transferred to the final evaluation of the normal period. 2. In the written tests referred to in paragraph 5 a) of Article 38 and in the evaluation elements referred to in paragraphs b) to e) of paragraph 2 of Article 39 it is necessary to obtain a minimum grade of 7.5 (seven comma five) values. 3. If the student fails or obtains a grade lower than 7.5 points in the written tests or assignments, he will be automatically transferred to the final evaluation of the normal season. 4. If the student is absent or gets a grade lower than 7.5 points in the second written test (held on the same date as the final written test of the normal time), he / she may apply for evaluation at the time of appeal.
Final Exam
Written exam: 100%
The student classified with 8 (eight) or 9 (nine) values in the written test will have access to an oral test.
Under the terms of the Degree Regulation:
The practical or theoretical-practical work (s) referred to in Article 39 (2) (b) may also be considered, with a weighting corresponding to half of that considered in the context of continuous assessment, provided that the student communicates such intention to the teacher through the completion of a specific form to be made available by the teacher at the time of the exam.