B1 Threshold or Intermediate. This Curricular Unit follows The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR): Learning, Teaching, Assessment as a reference guideline.
AIMS
The main purpose of this Curricular Unit is to give students the tools and concepts needed in different sectors of the Hispanic business world.
SKILLS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES
In the contact sessions the teacher will focus the following skills: listening comprehension, oral interaction, written expression and grammatical and lexical acquisition.
At the end of this curricular unit, the student should be able to - Develop basic skills of comprehension and expression in Spanish. - Search and manage information that enables continuous and independent learning. - Reach level B.1. CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).
Programme
I.Communicative functions: Talk about habits in the present. Introduce the Company and describe the charge. Relate past experiences. Express prohibition and obligation. Transmit messages. Summarize an argument. Talk about future actions and situations. Give advice. Express wishes, claims and need. Assess situations.
II. Grammar: All structures A.1 and A.2 level. Review of the present indicative. Review of the uses of past tenses (imperfecto and indefinido). Imperativo. The neutral article. The future. Presente subjuntivo. Pluscuamperfecto. Uses of connectors. Placement of pronouns with imperativo. Superlative.
III. Lexical Contents: Study of appropriate business vocabulary.
IV. Cultural content: Introduction to the knowledge of professional and socio-cultural behaviors of Spanish-speaking countries.
Main literature
PROST, G. e NORIEGA FERNÁNDEZ, A.;Al Día. Curso Intermedio de español para los negocios. Libro del alumno, SGEL, 2009. ISBN: 9788497783170
PROST, G. e NORIEGA FERNÁNDEZ, A.;Al Día. Curso Intermedio de español para los negocios. Cuaderno de Ejercicios., SGEL, 2009. ISBN: 9788497783187
Supplementary Bibliography
http://www.zonaele.com/
http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/index.jsp
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.
Assessment Components
Avaliação distribuída com exame final
Assessment Components
Description
Type
Time (hours)
Conclusion Date
Attendance (estimated)
Lessons
30
Participação Presencial
8
Teste/Exame
5
Trabalho laboratorial ou de campo
30
Study
34
Total:
107
Continuous Assessment
Continuous Assessment elements:
Individual oral presentation (1): 35%
Written individual tests (2): 65% (30% + 35%)
Compulsory presence in 70% of classes.
Under the terms of the Bachelor's Regulation: 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 time. 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 fails to obtain a grade of less 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%
Students rated eight (8) or nine (9) points in the written exam will have access to an oral exam.