Course detail

Spanish Pre-Intermediate 2

FAST-VYS004Acad. year: 2020/2021

Content of the course
Practical skills: Biography, hobbies, expressing how long events last, events in progress, interrupted actions, moods, personality, expressing opinion, expressing agreement and disagreement, expressing obligation using personal and impersonal verb forms, instructions and commands, expressing possibilities, asking for directions, expressing approximate time and distance, reported speech, interjections, asking for information
Grammar: Revision of past tenses, estaba + gerund, llevar + gerund, verbs ser + estar, future simple, verb parecer, present subjunctive, imperative including its negative form, conditional simple, impersonal use of se, past perfect, reported speech in affirmative tenses and questions.
Vocabulary: Personal data, adjectives describing mood, housework, cooking, cousine, travelling and free time, daily newspaper, hobbies

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Daniel Rodriguez

Department

Institute of Social Sciences (SPV)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Student after completion will able to understand texts and listenings with some level of difficulty. Will be able to reproduce info from different sources, texts, conversation. Will be able to make himself fluent in daily situations. Should be able to use the language at social events, at work. The level acquired will be B1-

Prerequisites

Knowledge at the level A2- or of the previous course BYS2

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

All units (named Unidad) are in the book Espaňol en marcha Nivel Básico (A1+A2).
Week 1 - Unit 13A – Conditional simple tense.
Week 2 - Unit 13B –Future simple tense and its use. Conditional sentences (real conditions).
Week 3 - Unit 13C – Direct and indirect object pronoun. Spelling rules of word stress.
Week 4 - Unit 14A – Past tense for habits and repeated actions.
Week 5 - Unit 14B – Comparative and superlative.
Week 6 - Unit 14C- Following instructions for directions. Spelling and pronunciation rules for diphthongs.
Week 7 - Unit 15A- Shopping over the phone.
Week 8 - Unit 15B- Indefinite pronouns. Spelling and pronunciation rules for vowels that do not form diphtongs.
Week 9 - Unit 15C –Impersonal pronouns using /se/
Week 10 -Unit 16A – Imperative and negative imperative.
Week 11 -Unit 16B - Moods. Verbs /ser/ /estar/
Week 12 -Unit 16C – Subjunctive of the present tense and its use in formal situations.
Week 13 - End of course test (if not specified otherwise by tutor).

Teaching method
contact sessions using text book and audiovisual equipment.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of this course is to teach the anguage and the communicative skills that are necessary to achieve the level B1- according to the EFR (European Frame of Reference).

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

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B_A+U Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Daniel Rodriguez

Syllabus

Week 1 - Unit 13A Expressing wishes. Week 2 - Unit 13B Cinema and free time activities. Week 3 - Unit 13C Direct and indirect object pronouns + 13D Film reviews. Week 4 - Unit 14A Habits in the past. Week 5 - Unit 14B Comparisons. Week 6 - Unit 14C In the city + 14D Buenos Aires and my neighbourhood. Week 7 - Unit 15A Advertisements. Week 8 - Unit 15B Indefinite quantifiers. Week 9 - Unit 15C Impersonal imperatives + 15D Mediterranean diet. Week 10 - Unit 16A Giving advice and instructions. Week 11 - Unit 16B Feelings. Week 12 - Unit 16C Subjunctive in the present tense + 16D Healthy habits. Week 13 - End of course test (if not specified otherwise by tutor).