Descriptive Summary of the curricular unit Initial level of Spanish for professional purposes. (A2). This Curricular Unit follows the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
Objectives and 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 develop 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:Telephone conversation. Material. Agenda of the day. Adjectives to describe objects. Geometric shapes and measures. In the city. Creation of new companies. Export. Products. Curriculum vitae. Job interview.
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.
Demonstration of the syllabus coherence with the curricular unit's learning objectives
The programmatic content combines active pedagogical practices of communication with systematic exercises to learn enough vocabulary and grammar to reach the level A2 of the CEFR.
Main literature
Cuevas Fernández, O.;Negocios. Manual de Español Profesional, Universidade de Alcalá de Henares, 2021. ISBN: 9788481386240
Felice,A. et al.;Español para el Comércio Mundial des Siglo XXI, Edinumen, 2015. ISBN: 9788498486346
de Prada, Marisa, Mercé, P. ;Entorno Laboral, Edela editores, 2021. ISBN: 9788490816066
Carballo Diaz;Practica y domina la gramática, Porto Editora, 2013. ISBN: 97897720313646
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
30
Evaluation
Teste/Exame
3
Individual Study Time
Study
44
Projectos
30
Total:
107
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.