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SPANISH LANGUAGE (LEVEL B1)

Syllabus

EN IT

Learning Objectives



Learning Outcomes
This Spanish course (42 h) aims to achieve a B1 level in line with the competences set out in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

The B1 level of the CEFR corresponds to an intermediate level, where students are able to understand and produce simple texts on familiar topics, participate in conversations on everyday subjects, and express personal opinions.

Prerequisites

Have at least an A2 level in Spanish.

Program

1) Discuss the past (verb tenses: present perfect, imperfect, preterite, and past perfect Indicative);
2) Express wishes and future plans (Simple Future, Present Conditional, Present Subjunctive);
3) Ask for and provide socio-cultural information;
4) Talk about personal relationships;
5) Express opinions, agreement and disagreement.

Books

Attending students:
1. Slides of the course.
2. Reading material distributed by the lecturers
3. Textbook: Corpas, J. et al. Aula Internacional Plus 3. ed. Difusión

Non attending students (below 80% attendance):
1. Corpas, J. et al. Aula Internacional Plus 3. ed. Difusión, ISBN: 9788418032226.
2. AAVV, Gramática básica del estudiante de español, Edición revisada y ampliada, ed. Difusión. ISBN 978-8484437260.

Bibliography

Textbook and materials for attending and non-attending students:
1. Corpas, J. et al. Aula Internacional Plus 3. ed. Difusión, ISBN: 9788418032226.
2. Lozano Zahonero, M. Nueva gramática de uso de la lengua española B1-B2. Teoría y práctica. Hoepli.

Complementary bibliography
1. Conejo, E. et al. Las claves del nuevo DELE B1. ed. Difusión, ISBN: 9788415846291.

Teaching methods

The course combines different teaching methods: lectures; seminars; student presentations. The lectures will provide the students with the necessary information and reading guidelines on the phenomena under study, while seminars will see students critically engage with this knowledge and encourage/participate in class debates. Students are expected to attend each class, to come to class prepared and to participate in discussions.

Students will agree the topic of their presentations with the lecturers and give assessed Power-point presentations in which they will critically evaluate the content and argument of a chosen topic and introduce related questions for the class discussion.

Exam Rules

Course assessment

The assessment of learning will be carried out through a written examination at B1 level, consisting of 31 multiple-choice questions in reading comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar, to be completed within 40 minutes. For attending students only, there is the possibility of delivering an individual oral presentation, which will be awarded up to 3 additional points to be added to the written exam grade.

The aim of the final examination is to verify the achievement of the intended learning outcomes of the course. Specifically, the exam assesses the student’s overall preparation, the ability to integrate knowledge acquired from the different parts of the syllabus, logical consistency and coherence of reasoning, analytical skills, and independent judgement. Furthermore, accuracy of language and clarity of expression are also evaluated, in accordance with the Dublin Descriptors.

Minimum score for passing the written test 18 out of 30.

After the correction of the written exams, the lecturers communicate the results to the students registered for the examination via the Delphi system.

Students may take the examination on all available dates. There is no roll-call jump.

The examination will be assessed according to the following criteria:

• FAIL: important deficiencies and/or inaccuracies in the knowledge and understanding of the topics; limited ability to analyse and synthesise, frequent generalisations and limited critical and judgemental skills, the topics are set out inconsistently and with inappropriate language;
• 18-20: Barely sufficient knowledge and understanding of the topics with possible generalisations and imperfections; sufficient capacity for analysis, synthesis and autonomy of judgement, the topics are frequently exposed in an incoherent manner and with inappropriate/technical language;
• 21-23: Routine knowledge and understanding of topics; ability to analyse and synthesise correctly with sufficiently coherent logical argumentation and appropriate/technical language
• 24-26: Fair knowledge and understanding of the topics; Good analytical and synthetic skills with arguments expressed in a rigorous manner but with language that is not always appropriate/technical.
• 27-29: Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the topics; considerable capacity for analysis and synthesis. Good autonomy of judgement. Arguments presented in a rigorous manner and with appropriate/technical language
• 30-30L: Excellent level of knowledge and thorough understanding of topics. Excellent analytical and synthetic skills and independent judgement. Arguments expressed in an original manner and with appropriate technical language.

Non-attending students will be required to take the final written exam based on the B1 official program. Their mark will be based exclusively on this final exam.



Attendance Rules

Attendance is required from the very first lesson and it is necessary to attend at least 80% of the course to be considered an attending student.