Spanish Language IIΙ
Teaching Staff: Livas Sotiris, Voutsa Styliani
Course Code: ES-3100
Course Type: Elective
Course Level: Undergraduate
Course Language: Greek
Semester: 3rd
Total Hours: 2
Erasmus: Available (in English)
Spanish Language IIΙDevelopment of language and communication skills in Spanish as a foreign language, covering both the comprehension of written and spoken language and the production of written and spoken language at level B1, in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
Objectives:
Students should be able to:
- Understand written informative texts, such as articles
- Understand a conversation or a presentation
- Describe what they are doing at this very moment
- Talk about future plans
- Εxpress their personal opinion, agreement or disagreement
- Αsk for and provide information, suggestions and advice
- Write formal letters/emails
- Become familiar with characteristic cultural elements of the Spanish-speaking world
Syllabus
Weeks:
- 1st Revision of past tenses Introduction of El Gerundio in spanish. Form and use
- 2nd Health, advice. Expressions of obligation or exhortation: TENER QUE + INFINITIVE, DEBER + INFINITIVE, HAY QUE + INFINITIVE. Dialogue: At the doctor’s
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3rd The Future (El Futuro). Form and use
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4th Personal pronouns as direct and indirect objects (complemento directo e indirecto): Personal pronouns with prepositions. Examples
- 5th Expressing personal opinion, agreement or disagreement (creo que, pienso que, a mi parecer, etc.). Discussion on the influence of social media and the internet
- 6th Relative clauses, relative pronouns and adverbs
- 7th The conditional (El Condicional). Form and use
- 8th The environment (el medio ambiente), ecology, climate change. What we could do to protect the environment (reinforcing the use of the Conditional)
- 9th Revision of the Future and Conditional. Exercises for their comparative use
- 10th If clauses (Oraciones Condicionales)
- 11th Temporal clauses (Oraciones temporales). How to write a formal email or letter (email-carta formal)
- 12th Intercultural perspective (interculturalidad). Well-known customs and traditions of Spain, as well as of Central and Latin America (San Fermín, La Tomatina, La Feria de Abril, Día de los Muertos, Navidad, gastronomy of ceviche peruano, arepas venezolanas, etc.)
- 13th Revision
Bibliography
GRAMÁTICA BÁSICA DEL ESTUDIANTE DE ESPAÑOL: A1–B2. Published by Difusión
AULA INTERNACIONAL PLUS 3. Level B1. Published by Difusión
NEXOS. ACTIVIDADES DE CULTURA Y CIVILIZACIÓN ESPAÑOLAS. Published by SGEL
TÁCTICAS DE CONVERSACIÓN. SPANISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE. Published by SM
Methods:
- Communicative approach: students use Spanish in everyday communication situations
- Videos, extracts from television programmes or films or series, audio material, songs
- Collaborative learning: working in pairs or small groups, simulation (role-play)
- Intercultural approach: familiarisation with well-known and representative traditions of the Spanish-speaking world (La Tomatina, San Fermín, Feria de Abril, Navidad, Día de los Muertos, Navidad, Gastronomía: el mate de Argentina, las arepas de Venezuela, el ceviche de Perú, etc.)
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
PowerPoint presentations, videos, music and audio files
Written examination at the end of the semester
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