Initial level of Spanish for professional purposes. (A2). This Curricular Unit follows the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
AIMS 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 AND LEARNING OUTCOMES 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:
Follow a conversation and understand the speech addressed to him. Write notes and / personal and simple business letters. Describe and easily compare living conditions, professional and socio-cultural aspects.
Programme
I. Communicative functions: Give and ask for information; express opinions, attitudes and knowledge; express preferences, desires and feelings; influence the interlocutor; socialize and structure the speech.
II. Grammar: Continuation: continuar + gerund; personal pronouns with prepositions and as an OD/OI; adjectives and possessive pronouns; adjectives and indefinite pronouns; mucho; imperfecto tense; irregular forms of the gerund; the purpose: para que + subjunctive; personal pronouns: two pronouns as complements, enclitic forms with two pronouns; por y para; present of subjunctive; imperative, negative imperative; superlative; personal pronouns with imperative; adverbs of manner; conditional sentences; indefinido tense; pluperfect tense; use of past tenses; the obligation: haber de + infinitive; uses of ser and estar.
III. Lexical Contents: Lexical on advertising; patronage; the food; marketing strategies; retribution: ways and means of payment; the banks; the CV; letters; careers.
IV. cultural content: Introduction to socio-cultural and intercultural behavior of Spanish-speaking countries: Art and Culture in Latin America; gastronomy in Spain; Hispanic community in the US; the variety of Spanish language.
Main literature
PROST, G. e NORIEGA FERNÁNDEZ, A.;Al Día. Curso de español para los negocios. Nivel Inicial. Libro del alumno, SGEL, 2006. ISBN: 84-9778-291-7
PROST, G. e NORIEGA FERNÁNDEZ, A.;Al Día. Curso de español para los negocios. Nivel Inicial. Cuaderno de Ejercicios, SGEL, 2006. ISBN: 84-9778-2912-5
Supplementary Bibliography
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.