Course detail

Spanish for Beginners.

FEKT-NJS1Acad. year: 2011/2012

This new communicative course - Spanish for Beginners - will offer practising pronunciation,basic grammar,conversation in everyday situations,reading and listening.Original Spanish textbooks,audio- and videocourses will be used in classes.It is a two-semester course and can be followed by the course JS2.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

PhDr. Marcela Borecká

Department

Department of Foreign Languages (UJAZ)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Elementary Spanish conversation,basic Spanish grammar

Prerequisites

no prerequisites

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

2 semester tests
Examination

Course curriculum

Winter semester
introduction, greetings, stress
pronunciation, tener, question words
genders, articles, ser
personal pronouns, -ar verbs
plural, -er and –ir verbs
declinations, prepositions, hacer
family members, numerals
adjectives
possessive pronouns, venir
telling the time, mucho, bastante, demasiado
more irregular verbs, ser x estar
revision
semester test

Summer semester
revision, verb hay
pronouns
imperative
quantifiers, more numerals
reflexive verbs, infinitive structures
weights and measures, more numerals, compuesto
comparatives and superlatives
personal pronouns, conditional
more irregular verbs, every, all
past tense
revision
semester test

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Elementary Spanish.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

VEN 1, Edelsa, S.A., Madrid, Espana

Type of course unit

Language exercise

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

PhDr. Marcela Borecká

Syllabus

Programme of the course,introduction to the language
Pronunciation,how to thank and introduce oneself
Stress,gender and articles
What/who is it?,personal pronouns
Profession,plural,verbs ending -ar
Nationality,prepositions,declension,to be
Intonation,verbs ending -er,-ir and irregular verbs
Family and age,female forms of nouns
Numbers 1 - 10,irreg.verb venir,revision test
Friends,descriptions,adjectives
Possession,obligation,quantification,possessive pronouns
Revision
Semester test
Revision of lessons 1 - 7
Telephoning,ser vs. estar,negative expressions
Mexico,demonstrative pronouns
Obligation and necessity,hay que x tener que
Transport,irregular verbs,revision test
Imperative,polite asking for things
Telling the time,numbers 11 - 30
Basic technical terminology,irregular verbs
Daily routine,reflexive pronouns
Basic technical terminology,infinitive structures
Infinitive of purpose,numerals,currencies,weights and measures
Revision
Semester test

VUT

Faculties

University Institutes

Parts

Spanish for Beginners.

Type of course unit