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. Verb gustar.
III. Lexical contents: professions and companies. Personal and professional data. Itineraries. The office. Sports. Business organization chart Agenda and planning. TimeBusiness and leisure activities. Opinions about work. Remuneration and taxes. The workday. A new technology: Wi-Fi. Negotiation. specific lexicon of tourism.
IV. Cultural Contents: Introduction to the knowledge and professional, socio-cultural and intercultural behavior of Spanish-speaking countries.
Demonstration of the syllabus coherence with the curricular unit's learning objectives
The programmatic content combines active pedagogical practices of communication with systematic exercises for the learning of the vocabulary and grammar necessary to reach the level A1 of the CEFR.
Main literature
DE PRADA, M. y MARCÉ P.;Entorno Laboral, Edelsa, 2017. ISBN: 978-84-9081-606-6
Supplementary Bibliography
CENTELLAS, A.; PALACIOS, A.; GODED, M. y HERMOSO, A.;Bienvenidos de nuevo. Español para Profesionales. Turismo y Hostelería, enClave-ELE, 2016. ISBN: 978-84-16108-39-8
AGUIRRE BELTRÁN, B.;El Español por profesiones, Servicios Turísticos, SGEL, 2004. ISBN: 84-7143-481-4
http://www.rae.es
http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/index.jsp
http://www.zonaele.com/
Learning Methods
We use the Entorno Laboral, Edelsa, reference manual as a method of learning Spanish for professional purposes, because it has a communicative approach that favors teamwork, the use of multimedia tools and compliance with CEFR directives.
Assessment Components
Avaliação distribuída com exame final
Assessment Components
Description
Type
Time (hours)
Conclusion Date
Attendance (estimated)
Lessons
45
Participação Presencial
12
Teste/Exame
3
Trabalho laboratorial ou de campo
35
Study
65
Total:
160
Continuous Assessment
Oral group work (2 e-learning activities: work and forum): 30 % Individual written tests (2): 70% (35%+35%)
Under the terms of the Degree Regulation:
a) 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.
b) 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.
c) 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.
d) 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.
e) All written academic work handled for assessment (reports, case studies, etc.) must be submitted to the Turnitin database, available on the ISAG E-Learning platform, with an acceptable similarity rate up to 30%.
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.
Demonstration of the coherence between the teaching methodologies and the learning outcomes
The communicative approach and use of multimedia tools enhances and favors the acquisition of the required competences in the level to be achieved in this curricular unit by simulating and reproducing the situations in which the new user of the language will be in his professional and personal life.