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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:
Objectives
Contents The aim of the class is to guide students to the acquisition of level A2 of CEFR.
Moreover, students will be expected to develop a metalinguistic awareness through a Spanish-Italian contrastive analysis of the main grammatical topics of A2 level.
Extended Syllabus This course aims to bring students closer to a number of fundamentals of the Spanish language (phonetics/phonology, orthography, lexical morphology) as well as their practical usage in a number of possible scenarios.
Essential communication skills:
• asking for/giving out information;
• discussing routine, past/future events, ability, possession, like/dislike;
• ordering, inviting, locating, giving advice
comparing, describing events/places;
• talking about experiences;
• approving and disapproving.
Grammar content analysis through contrastive approach.
Recommended Bibliography REFERENCE GRAMMAR
Gramática básica del estudiante de español (ed. Difusión) READING
Students need to read two among the following books for the oral exam
- Caperucita en Manhattan (Carmen M. Gaite)
- Historia de una gaviota y del gato que le enseñó a volar (Luis Sepúlveda)
- Sin noticias de Gurb (Eduardo Mendoza)
- Arrugas (Paco Roca)
- Manolito Gafotas (Elvira Lindo)
Students need to take into account materials that will be available on TEAMS
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OTHER REFERENCES:
Competencia gramatical en uso. Nivel a1. Libro del alumno (ed. Edelsa) Competencia gramatical en uso. Nivel a1. Claves (ed. Edelsa) Competencia gramatical en uso. Nivel a2. Libro del alumno (ed. Edelsa) Competencia gramatical en uso. Nivel a2. Claves (ed. Edelsa) DICTIONARIES
Monolingual vocabulary: Diccionario Clave
Bilingual vocabulary: Il Grande Dizionario di Spagnolo (Zanichelli).
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) include 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:
Before the exam, students need to pass the A2 level with the lector.
The exam has two parts:
Written exam
A2 level, especially reference material
You need to pass the written exam to do the oral exam Oral exam
A2 level
Metalinguistic knowledge about A2 level Readings (see above).
Contacts/More Information SYLLABUS VALIDITY
The syllabus is valid for the whole 2022/2023 academic year (until the exam session of January/February 2024). 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 2022-2023 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 and the oral and written skills relative of A2 level, possibly using all the reference material indicated above.
INSTRUCTORS' OFFICE 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.
LECTOR SESSIONS
The language skills of A2 level are also 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.
Information about the lectors and the linguistic center are available at cla.unich.it.