Course detail

Spanish Upper-Intermediate

FAST-BYS4Acad. year: 2014/2015

This course focuses on the following: Describing cities and live in them, praising and highlighting something, expressing indifference or anger. Talking about habits and vices, detailed description of people. Expressing opinion in public (internet forum). For expressing these ideas the student uses prepositional phrases, relative and time clauses. Clauses of cause and effect: Vocabulary is widened in the field of safety in general, university life, personality features and health.

Language of instruction

Czech

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Daniel Rodriguez

Department

Institute of Social Sciences (SPV)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The student is able to understand key ideas of texts that are fairly complex and deal with concrete and abstract ideas even though they are technical or otherwise specific provided that the student is acquainted with the topic. In presence of native speakers the student is able to communicate without major barrier for him or his/her listener. At this level the student is able to talk in detail about general topics and express agreement or disagreement fluently. Is able to follow a conversation among native speakers provided that the topics in questions are familiar. The student is able to take part in a conference or symposium when the topic is familiar. The students has no major barriers understanding the news on TV. Is able to watch Spanish spoken films and understand the key story lines unless the topic is very specific and unfamiliar. The student is able to follow a phone conversation, is able to read modern literature (fiction) and is able to write an essay on a given topic and write a letter where he can express more abstract ideas and links among them. The student is able to give detailed explanation about his/her life, work and family. Level acquired B2 – according to EFR (European Frame of Reference)

Prerequisites

Students should have knowledge that corresponds to the level of the previous course BYS32.

Co-requisites

none.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Grammar, vocabulary is practised in an interactive way, with emphasis on conversation and cultural backgroung of Spanish speaking countries.The so called Talleres where students work in the form of projects in small groups. Teaching in the form of debates following the book instructions is very common at this level. Developement of communication and listening skills using interacti

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Students attend classes regularly and actively participate in class (no more than 3 absences). If the student has more than 3 absences during the semester, then an end-of-course test must be taken. The above mentioned is valid unless otherwise specified by the tutor.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of this course is to teach the Spanish language and the basic communicative skills that are necessary to achieve the level B1 inferior.

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

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

CASTRO VIUDEZ, Francisca, Teresa BENÍTEZ RUBIO, Ignacio RODERO a Carmen SARDINERO FRANCO. Nuevo español en marcha 3: Libro del alumno: curso de español como lengua extranjera. Madrid: SGEL, 2016. ISBN 9788497787406.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-K-C-GK Bachelor's

    branch G , 2 year of study, summer semester, recommended course

  • Programme B-P-C-GK Bachelor's

    branch G , 2 year of study, summer semester, recommended course

  • Programme B-P-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch VS , 2 year of study, summer semester, recommended course

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Daniel Rodriguez

Syllabus

All Units (named Unidad) are from Nuevo Ven 3
1 Week – Unidad 1 - Talking about health. Expressing duties personal and impersonal manner. Expressing opinion. Paraphrasing when expressing necessity. Verb with prepositions. Medical environment. Health and society.
2 Week – Unidad 1 - Evaluation. Giving advice and commands. Shopping in a market. Comparative phrases and superlatives. Verbs expressing evaluation. Health. Spanish markets.
3 Week – Unidad 2 - Talking about city life. Describing a city. Relative clauses. The use of Como. Life in the city. Describing personality. Hispanic community in the U.S.A.
4 Week – Unidad 2 - Describing character I. Liasons. Adverbs of frequency. Everyday life in Spain and U.S.A.
5 Week – Unidad 3 – Speaking about University life. Applying for information. Infinitive and perfect infinitive. Gerund and Gerund perfect. Professions. University life in Spain.
6 Week – Unidad 3 – Localize events in the time line. Correcting information. Time clauses. Liasons II. Studying at university. Professions on demand.
7 Week – Unidad 4 – Talking about new technologies and customs. Talking about habits and their result. Prepositions and pronouns. Relative pronouns. Psychological profile. The use of mobile phones. Internet as a source of education.
8 Week – Unidad 4 – Psychological profile. Relative pronouns with prepositions. Modern habits. Habits and vices.
9 Week – Unidad 5 – Denouncing. Expressing opinion and argumentation. Clauses of cause. Clauses of consecuence. The use of the future. Justice. Justice in Spain.
10 Week – Unidad 5 – Taking part in internet forum. Expressing disagreement. Regretting past events: tener que/deber. Road safety. Driving licence in Spain.
11 Week – Revision of topics
12 Week – Conversation on topics
13 Week - Credits