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Single discipline educational activity
Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Disciplinary Sector:
Spanish Language and Translation
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
Prerequisites:
In order to access this class, students need to have oral and written comprehension and production skills corresponding to Level B1 of CEFR for Spanish. In order to sit the oral exam for this class, students must have passed the 2nd year exam of Spanish Language.
Objectives
Contents The class focuses on:
- Acquisition of level B2 of CEFR;
- Introduction to Spanish for Specific Purposes; Spanish for Tourism; Academic Spanish
Extended Syllabus The course focuses on the analysis of specialized languages in Spanish. Special emphasis is placed on the notion of genre and on the linguistic and cultural makeup of academic and tourism texts. Text analysis sessions will be complemented by a review of Spanish morphology and syntax, as well as practical sessions aimed at furthering students' reading/listening and writing/speaking skills, with a special focus on the production of written texts.
Main topics covered include:
1. Specialized languages: definitions and analytical notions
2. Genre in specialized communication
3. Introduction to tourism communication and persuasive (linguistic) strategies
4. Spanish for tourism: Tourist brochure
5. Spanish for tourism: Tourist audioguide
6. Spanish for tourism: travel blogs
7. Introduction to academic Spanish
8. Academic Spanish: Linguistic devices for impersonalization
9. Academic Spanish: Cohesion: discourse markers.
10. Academic Spanish: Citation practices
Recommended Bibliography For the written exam:
- Calvi, M. V., Bordonaba, C., Mapelli, G., Santos, J. (2009/2011). Las lenguas de especialidad en español. Roma: Carocci [Las lenguas de especialidad, pp. 15-38; El lenguaje técnico-científico, pp. 101-122; El lenguaje del turismo, pp. 199-224]
For the oral exam, students are required to read 3 books out of the following list:
Los peces de la amargura (Fernando Aramburu)
Crónica de una muerte anunciada (Gabriel G. Márquez)
Nadar desnudas (Carla Guelfen)
Crónica del desamor (Rosa Montero)
Todos se van (Wendy Guerra)
TEAMS
Students are expected to consult and study all materials that will be given during the lessons and will be made available on TEAMS (section FILES)
Teaching Methods The course consists of: (a) classes held by the instructor(s); (b) practical sessions held by the lector(s).
The classes offered by the instructor(s) are both lectures (aimed at providing the necessary theoretical background) and seminars (with students' active participation).
The practical sessions with the lector(s) are highly interactive and are necessary to acquire the language skills needed to successfully complete the final exam.
For these reasons, attendance of both the instructors' and lectors' classes is strongly recommended.
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
LECTOR SESSIONS
Attendance of the lectors’ sessions is highly recommended for reaching the expected CEFR level. Students are also encouraged to sit the B2 proficiency tests organized by the Centro Linguistico di Ateneo.
All information on lector sessions and proficiency tests are available on the website of the Centro Linguistico di Ateneo (https://cla.unich.it/ ).
EXAM
Final assessment consists of a written and an oral exam. Written and oral exams can be sat in different sessions (summer, fall, winter). Students access the oral exam only after passing the written exam. Both parts will need to be passed before the winter session (January/February 2025) in order to officially register the final result. The written exam is valid until the winter session (January/February 2025).
WRITTEN EXAM
It aims to test the student's knowledge and competences about Spanish for tourism and Academic Spanish through the composition and analysis of tourist and academic texts. For this exam, students are advised to practise the material and exercises provided during the course, as well as revising the following bibliography:
- Calvi, M. V., Bordonaba, C., Mapelli, G., Santos, J. (2009/2011). Las lenguas de especialidad en español. Roma: Carocci. [CAP1: Las lenguas de especialidad, pp. 15-38; CAP5: El lenguaje técnico-científico, pp. 101-122; CAP9: El lenguaje del turismo, pp. 199-224]
ORAL EXAM
For the oral exam, students are required to read 3 books out of the following list:
- Los peces de la amargura (Fernando Aramburu)
- Crónica de una muerte anunciada (Gabriel G. Márquez)
- Nadar desnudas (Carla Guelfen)
- Crónica del desamor (Rosa Montero)
- Todos se van (Wendy Guerra)
Contacts/More Information SYLLABUS VALIDITY
The syllabus is valid for the whole 2023/2024 academic year (until the exam session of January/February 2025). For the final grade to be officially registered, students must have successfully completed all the parts of the exam by the last session of the 2023-2024 academic year.
NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS
The syllabus is the same for all students, whether attending or not: non-attending students will autonomously revise and practice the contents of the bibliography and those made available on Teams.
INSTRUCTORS' OFFICE HOURS
Students should NOT use the Teams chat to contact the instructor outside teaching hours.
Information about office hours can be found here:
https://www.lingue.unich.it/node/6857
Students are kindly requested to regularly check the page for date/time changes. Students are advised to book an appointment by email before attending office hours.
LECTOR SESSIONS
The language skills are developed and practiced during the practical sessions with the lector(s). Attendance of these sessions is therefore essential in order to reach the target language level and for oral and written exam preparation. All information regarding lector sessions are available on cla.unich.it. Information about the coursebook and further material used during lector sessions will be provided by the lectors.