CODE 61298 ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/2021 CREDITS 9 cfu anno 2 LINGUE E CULTURE MODERNE 8740 (L-11) - GENOVA 9 cfu anno LINGUE E CULTURE MODERNE 8740 (L-11) - GENOVA 6 cfu anno LINGUE E CULTURE MODERNE 8740 (L-11) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR L-LIN/07 LANGUAGE Spanish TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER Annual TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW The course is concerned with sentence structure - how words are combined together to form phrases, phrases combined together to form larger phrases, clauses and sentences, and how clauses are combined together to form complex sentences. The course will especially focus on: Temporal adverbial clauses Final subordinate clauses Consecutive clauses Adverbial concessive clauses Causal clauses Modal adverbial clauses AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES Develop understanding about compositionality, constituency and dependency relations and be able to identify constituent structure at an advanced level. Develop understanding about grammatical relations and their expression. Develop understanding about a variety of complex sentence phenomena. Students should be able to recognize and analyze Spanish word structure, phrase structure and sentence structure in terms of categories and functions Being able to identify constituents and agreement constraints will help students to improve and correct their academic writing. AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES Bring students to the B2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Interact with native speakers with a sufficient degree of fluency and spontaneity to enable easy and natural communication between interlocutors. Produce clear and detailed texts about diverse topics, as well as defend an opinion about general topics, expressing the pros and cons for each argument. Understand the gist of complex texts about both concrete and abstract topics, including technical texts, provided they are within the candidate’s area of expertise. PREREQUISITES B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) TEACHING METHODS The linguistics module is made up of weekly lectures (3 hours a week over 10 weeks in the first semester). - Online classes The practical module is made up of weekly classes (5 hours a week over 20 weeks, i.e. 10 weeks per semester). Online classes in the first semester Second semester: Classroom teaching (depending on the evolution of covid-19 pandemic=) SYLLABUS/CONTENT Spanish Language II is divided into two parts: a one-semester linguistics module ("modulo teorico"), which is held in the first semester, and a two-semester practical module ("modulo pratico" or "esercitazioni" o "lettorato"). Linguistic Module: Syntax: object of study and trends. Types of syntagmas: nominal, adjectival, adverbial, verbal and prepositional. Structure, function and semantics. Syntactic functions of syntagmas within the phrase. Syntactic analysis: the simple phrase. Subject and Predicate. Position of the elements. Concordance subject-predicate, classes of words. Syntactic analysis: the complex phrase. Coordinates and subordinates (substantive, adjectival, adverbial). RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Linguistics module: Pilar Hernández, Uso del indicativo y del subjuntivo, Madrid, Edelsa, 2016 Aoife Ahern, El subjuntivo: contextos y efectos, Madrid, Arco Libros, 2008 Gómez Torrego, Leonardo, Análisis sintáctico - Teoría y práctica, Ed SM - Hoepli, 2008 Practical module: Francisca Castro Viúdez et al., Nuevo Español en Marcha 4, Libro del Alumno, editorial SGEL, Madrid, 2016 AA.VV. Competencia gramatical en uso B2, Madrid, Edelsa. Teresa Gutiérrez Chávez et al, Latitud 0º, Manual de español intercultural, editorial SGEL, Madrid, 2015. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD LAURA SANFELICI Ricevimento: Please visit http://www.lingue.unige.it/?dipendente=c0293 MARIA VICTORIA FILIPETTO Exam Board LAURA SANFELICI (President) MARIA VICTORIA FILIPETTO ANA LOURDES DE HERIZ RAMON (Substitute) LESSONS LESSONS START The first week of october. Class schedule SPANISH LANGUAGE II EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION The linguistics module is assessed through a written paper. There are two sittings in each of the three exam sessions. Students can choose only one sitting per session and can't repeat a failed exam in the same session. The practical module is assessed through a written paper and an oral exam. Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic written exams could be partially or totally moved online ASSESSMENT METHODS The linguistics module is assessed through a written exam paper The practical part is assessed through a written exam paper (grammar, vocabulary and writing) and an oral exam. Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic written exams could be partially or totally moved online Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 20/01/2021 14:00 GENOVA Scritto 21/01/2021 09:00 GENOVA Compitino 09/02/2021 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 09/02/2021 09:00 GENOVA Compitino 15/04/2021 09:30 GENOVA Scritto 26/05/2021 11:00 GENOVA Scritto 26/05/2021 14:00 GENOVA Scritto 27/05/2021 09:30 GENOVA Scritto 02/07/2021 09:00 GENOVA Scritto 08/09/2021 14:00 GENOVA Scritto 23/09/2021 09:00 GENOVA Scritto FURTHER INFORMATION Attendance is not obligatory BUT STRONGLY RECOMMENDED.
