Foreign Language and Culture II - Spanish

Code: LLT02293L

6 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours

Scientific Area: Languages and Literature

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese

Presentation

Study of the Spanish Language at A2 level through the development of oral and written skills, with theoretical-practical sessions and student participation.

Sustainable Development Goals

Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

Igualdade de género - Alcançar a igualdade de gênero e empoderar todas as mulheres e meninas.

Redução das desigualdades - Reduzir as desigualdades dentro dos países e entre eles.

Consumo e produção responsáveis - Assegurar padrões de produção e de consumo sustentáveis.

Paz e Justiça - Paz, justiça e instituições eficazes promover sociedades pacíficas e inclusivas par ao desenvolvimento sustentável, proporcionar o acesso à justiça para todos e construir instituições eficazes, responsáveis
e inclusivas em todos os níveis.

Learning Goals

CEFR level: A2. Understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance; communicate in simple and routinet asks requiring a simple and directex change of information on familiar maters. Competences:can give as imple description or presentation of people,living or working conditions, daily routines; can write a series of simple phrases and sentences linked with simple connectors;can understand phrases and expressions related to areas of most immediate priority; can understand short,simple texts on familiar maters; can ask and answer questions and exchange ideas and information on familiar topics in predictable everyday situations; can write short,simple formula icnotes relating to maters in areas of immediateneed.

Grammar:
Practical general revision of the contents learnt in the previous semester.
The pretérito indefinido:ways,uses and iregularities.
Timeconnectors.
The pretérito perfecto: ways,uses and iregularities.
Complemento directo and indirecto pronouns.
Contrast between pretérito indefinido and pretérito perfecto.
Accentuation.
The condicional simple: ways,uses and iregularities .
The pretérito pluscuamperfecto: ways, uses and irregularities.
The futuro perfecto: ways,uses and iregularities.

Vocabular:
Airport, buses and trains vocabular.
In the ofice.
Shopping
-Social relations vocabular.
Contemporary film making and massmedia .

Spanish culture: main periods and authors.

Teaching Methods

According to the descriptors established for the level A2 in the CEFR, the methodology adopted wilfocuson the acquisition and developmen to foral and writen skils (production, reception and interaction), gramar practice and vocabular enhancement: direct exposure to authentic use of language (through videos, writentexts newspapers, magazines, etc.Internet,CD-ROM, amongothers); direct participation in communicative interaction; presentations, explanations, exercises/exploitation activities; translation (native language/foreign language/native language); individual, pair and groupworking; contribution to formal and informal discussions; guided study; autodidacticaly, byself-study.

Students may choose between two modes of assessment:
(1)Continuous assessment:
a. Writenquiz (35%);
b. Oralquiz (25%);
c. Assignments, throughout the semester, in and at home (40%);
(2) Exam:
a. Writen exam (60%);
b. Oral exam (40%).