OVERVIEW

Spanish 1 consists of Spanish language lessons, with practice of the four language skills (called Lettorato), taught in Semester 1 and 2  and a Modulo Teorico (Hispanic Linguistics Module), taught in Semester 2 by Prof. Laura Sanfelici. 

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The aim of the course is to provide the theoretical and methodological foundation for the use of the audio-visual support in teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language. The course will be taught in Spanish.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

LANGUAGE MODULE (Laura Sanfelici)

The course aims to provide students with the skills to use audiovisual materials in the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language.

Practical module 

- To consolidate acquired linguistic and cultural knowledge in order to reach C1+ level competences;

- To develop adequate intercultural awareness;

- Consolidate writing skills and logical structuring of discourse (argumentative text) on current affairs of a certain complexity, applied to real and concrete contexts of active participation (letter to the editor of a Spanish-language newspaper).

- Reinforce oral communicative competence in order to express oneself fluently and effectively in different contexts, both professional and social (debates, forums).

- Understand and critically analyse cultural products of various kinds, both written texts and conceptually and linguistically complex discourses.

- Broaden the vocabulary repertoire relating to current topics of an artistic-cultural, socio-linguistic and political-economic nature.

PREREQUISITES

CEFR level C1 

TEACHING METHODS

Lectures and language lessons

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Hispanic Linguistics Module:

audio-visual support in teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language

Lettorato:

Analysis of cultural products (also from a language point of view) and their impact on the society and the market. 

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Hispanic Linguistics Module

María Martínez-Atienza de Dios, Alfonso Zamorano Aguilar (eds), Teoría y metodología para la enseñanza de ELE. Vol I: Fundamentos, enfoques y tendencias, Madrid, enClaveELE , 2018

Ilda Peralta Ferreyra, Descubriendo el lenguaje del cine, Aularia, Revista Digital de Comunicación, Vol. 7, Nº. 2, 2018, págs. 95-102.

Further references will be indicated on the Aulaweb portal at the beginning of the course. 

Lettorato

AA.VV. Vitamina C1, Madrid: SGEL, 2018.

AA.VV. Gramática y recursos comunicativos 4 (C1), Salamanca: Santillana, 2008 (to be confirmed at the beginning of the course).

Further references will be indicated on the Aulaweb portal at the beginning of the course. 

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Hispanic Linguistics Module: Semester 2

Lettorato: Semester 1 and 2

Lessons start: first week of october

Class schedule

SPANISH LANGUAGE I

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Linguistic Module

Students attending 70% of the hours specified in the curriculum will be evaluated during the course, through the development of lecture materials, teachers guides, with a commentary based on the recommended bibliography.

Non attending students will take the exam in the official exam dates. The exam is the same for attenders and non attenders students.

Practical module:

A written and oral test for Lettorato.

Examination enrolment is througn the Ateneo website.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Linguistics Module

Grading will take into account familiarity with the contents of the bibliographical references and the ability to apply them in terms of critical reflection.

Correction and adequacy of academic writing in Spanish will also be taken into account.

Lettorato

The Lettorato part will consist of both an oral and a written test. The written test will include the production of an argumentative text (a letter to the Editor), a short commentary of a literary text and exercises aimed at testing lexical and grammar skills. The oral test will be a conversation on current affairs topics.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Attendance is not obligatory BUT STRONGLY RECOMMENDED.

Students who have valid certification of physical or learning disabilities on file with the University and who wish to discuss possible accommodations or other circumstances regarding lectures, coursework and exams, should speak both with the instructor and with Prof. Sara Dickinson (sara.dickinson@unige.it), the Department’s disability liaison.

Erasmus students should contact Prof. Sanfelici at the beginning of the course.