OVERVIEW

Spanish Language Proficiency Test, a pass/fail assessment without a grade on a 30-point scale, aims to strengthen students’ basic syntactic knowledge and expand their vocabulary, with the goal of enabling them to engage with written texts in Spanish at a B1 level and understand their content.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The aim of the competence test is to verify reading and listening skills at level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The objective is to reinforce and/or provide the most suitable tools to enable students to acquire Spanish language proficiency at the B1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), so that they can apply this knowledge in the continuation of their studies and in professional contexts.

PREREQUISITES

Knowledge of Spanish at A2 level

TEACHING METHODS

Students can take advantage of a self-learning online course available at: https://clim.aulaweb.unige.it/course/view.php?id=26
Group: Sc_UmanisticheB1ES_2024/25

The enrollment key to access the course is available on Aulaweb: https://2024.aulaweb.unige.it/course/view.php?id=2478

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

- Perífrasis verbales: seguir + gerundio, dejar de + infinitivo

- Morfología y uso del imperativo negativo, verbos regulares e irregulares

- Morfología y uso del futuro, verbos regulares e irregulares

- Morfología y uso del condicional, verbos regulares e irregulares

- Morfología y uso del presente de subjuntivo, verbos regulares e irregulares

- Morfología y uso del pretérito pluscuamperfecto de indicativo, verbos regulares e irregulares

- Oraciones subordinadas sustantivas

- Oraciones subordinadas temporales

- Oraciones subordinadas finales

- Contenidos temáticos: educación, futuro, organización y tiempo, consumo, medioambiente, marketing y publicidad 

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

The online course will provide students with extensive explanatory and practical materials, allowing them to review grammar rules and complete practical exercises. However, if a reference grammar is desired, the following resource may be consulted, for example:

Rosario Alonso Raya, Alejandro Castaneda Castro, Pablo Martínez López, Lourdes Miguel López, Jenaro Ortega Olivares, José Plácido Ruiz Campillo, Gramática básica del estudiante de español, nivel A1-B1, Barcelona: Difusión, 2011.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

The course is always available.

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Computer-based

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Computer-based: the exam consists of completing a computer-administered test using the Aulaweb platform of the University of Genoa. The test includes various types of questions (open-ended, multiple choice, true/false, matching, cloze) designed to assess students' knowledge in syntax, vocabulary, and reading comprehension.

There are four exam sessions per year, scheduled as follows:

• One date in early January

• One date in early May

• One date in June

• One date in the first half of September

Exact dates are published on the exam registration system.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Language proficiency certificates issued by recognized international certifying bodies (DELE) at level B1 or higher may be used as a substitute for the Spanish Language Proficiency Test, code 53397, only if the following conditions are met:

• The certificate has not been used for other purposes (e.g., to obtain "other credits"), as certifications can only be used once during a student’s academic career;

• No more than two years have passed since the certificate was issued at the time of recognition.

If these conditions are met, students should contact Prof. Laura Sanfelici during office hours, bringing the following documents:

• A copy of the certificate

• A copy of their study plan (showing that the Spanish Language Proficiency Test is regularly included)

• Their university record book/student ID card

Prof. Laura Sanfelici
Email: laura.sanfelici@unige.it
Faculty webpage: https://rubrica.unige.it/personale/UkNHXV5g