Course detail

Spanish Elementary - Part II

FAST-BYS12Acad. year: 2024/2025

This course is for students with elementary knowledge of Spanish at A1- of CEFR, and it is focused on the following topics - describe a person, their age, describe daily routines, name parts of clothing, colours and materials, invite sb to a meeting, express their plans for the near future, answer the phone, talk about their experience, and recent past. The students will extend the grammar in the following areas - possessive pronouns, personal pronouns in dative and accusative, conjugate reflexive verbs (levantarse) and more irregular verbs (sallir, volver, oír...), present continuous, the future with IR A, and present perfect tense (perfecto compuesto).
There is a credit test at the end of the semester.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

1

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Daniel Rodriguez

Department

Institute of Social Sciences (SPV)

Entry knowledge

Level of knowledge at A1- of CEFR which they could get in the course BYS1 - Spanish Elementary I.

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 basics of Spanish language and the basic communicative skills that are necessary to achieve the A1+/A2-level according to European Frame of Reference.

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 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Daniel Rodriguez

Syllabus

The lessons (Unidad) are from the book Espaňol en marcha - Nivel básico (A1 + A2). Week 1 - Unit 5A Eating out Week 2 - Unit 5B Talking about things we like Week 3 - Unit 5C Understanding a recipe + 5D Spanish restaurants and latin food Week 4 - Unit 6A Travelling by public transport Week 5 - Unit 6B Giving instructions, asking favours Week 6 - Unit 6C Our neighbourhood + 6D Cities in Spain Week 7 - Unit 7A Arranging a meeting Week 8 - Unit 7B Actions in progress Week 9 - Unit 7C Describing appearance and character + 7D Spending the weekend Week 10 - Unit 8A Asking and giving directions Week 11 - Unit 8B Talking about the past Week 12 - Unit 8C Months and seasons + 8D Holidays in Spain Week 13 - End of course test (if not specified otherwise by tutor).