Course detail

Spanish Intermediate - Part I

FAST-BYS3Acad. year: 2023/2024

This course deals with the following topics: understanding everyday phrases and the ability to talk about everyday problems, the use of past, present and future tenses. The use of phrases with the subjunctive mood and the use of reported speech. Attention is paid to the subjunctive and conditional sentences. This grammar is projected into topics such as daily news, works and topics related to work life. Finance and shopping.

Language of instruction

Czech

Guarantor

Mgr. Daniel Rodriguez

Department

Institute of Social Sciences (SPV)

Entry knowledge

Students should have knowledge that corresponds to the level A2, gained in the previous course BYS22.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

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

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.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

CASTRO VIUDEZ, Francisca, Pilar DÍAZ BALLESTEROS, Ignacio RODERO a Carmen SARDINERO FRANCO. Nuevo espańol en marcha: libro del alumno : nivel básico : curso de español como lengua extranjera. Tercera edición. Alcobendas (Madrid): SGEL - Educación, [2015]. ISBN 978-84-9778-529-7.

CASTRO VIUDEZ, Francisca, Pilar DÍAZ BALLESTEROS, Ignacio RODERO a Carmen SARDINERO FRANCO. Nuevo español en marcha: cuaderno de ejercicios : nivel básico : curso de español como lengua extranjera. Alcobendas (Madrid): SGEL - Educación, [2014]. ISBN 978-84-9778-531-0.


Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Daniel Rodriguez

Syllabus

All Units (named Unidad) are from Nuevo Ven 2 1 Week – Unidad 6 Speaking about the health state, expressing hypothesis. Uses if present tense subjunctive mood: regular and irregular verbs. Vocabulary related to health. 2 Week – Unidad 6 Expressing positive ideas, giving advice. Uses of future perfect tense. Healthy lifestyle. 3 Week – Unidad 7 Speaking about travelling and events related to it. Localize events in the time line. Uses of Cuando + subjunctive or indicative mood. Phrases Esperar + que + subjunctive or indicative mood. Vocabulary related to travelling. 4 Week – Unidad 7 Expressing desires and doubts. Complaining and making a complaint. Warning someone (positive and negative). Phrases with Como es possible que + subjunctive. Transportation means. Tourism, different types of tourism and tourists. 5 Week – Unidad 8 Speaking about work conditions. Comparative phrases, absolute superlative. Irregular comparative phrases. Different professions. 6 Week – Unidad 8 Expressing the intensity, assessing events, confirmation or negation of a hypothesis. Impersonal phrases. Vocabulary related to work. Working environment and women. 7 Week – Unidad 9 Identifying someone, expressing owe, reflexive phrases, Phrases with Que raro que + subjunctive. Clothes. 8 Week – Unidad 9 Expressing compassion, speaking about familiar and unfamiliar things or events. Present perfect of the subjunctive mood. Physical description of people. Folklore of Latin America. 9 Week – Unidad 10 Reporting commands. Expressing preferences and asking about them. Difference between Cuál and Qué. Indirect command reporting. Reconstruction of houses. 10 Week – Unidad 10 Evaluating things. Expressing indifference. Past imperfect of subjunctive mood irregular verbs. Professions related to the reconstruction of a house. Intelligent houses. 11 Week – Review of topics 12 Week – Conversation on reviewed topics 13 Week - Credits