Spanish Language IV
Teaching Staff: Livas Sotiris, Voutsa Styliani
Course Code: ES-4100
Course Type: Elective
Course Level: Undergraduate
Course Language: Greek
Semester: 4th
ECTS: 2
Total Hours: 2
Erasmus: Available (in English)
Spanish Language IVThe aim of the course is to develop students’ language and communication skills to level B2 (A), in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Specifically, the aim is for students to acquire the knowledge of language required to interact with native speakers fluently and confidently. They should also be able to understand the main ideas of complex texts and produce clear and coherent speech on a wide variety of topics.
Objectives:
Learners should be able to:
- Understand complex and demanding written texts
- Participate actively and with ease, without special effort in discussions and debates
- Give advice and guidance, encourage or dissuade
- Εxpress a wish, a doubt or a desire
- Understand speakers from different parts of the Spanish-speaking world
- Argue, both in writing and orally, in a coherent manner on contemporary social issues
Syllabus
Weeks:
- 1st Revision of the Future and Conditional Tenses (Futuro-Condicional)
- 2nd Present Subjunctive (Presente de Subjuntivo). Form and use
- 3rd Expressions with the Present Subjunctive (necessity, desire, doubt, etc.) Consolidation exercises
- 4th The Passive Voice (Voz Pasiva) and impersonal construction
- 5th The information society. Misinformation, fake news, digital technology. Discussion
- 6th The Imperative (El Imperativo). Form and use
- 7th Consolidation of the imperative. Advice and recommendations on a healthy lifestyle, exercise and habits for wellness
- 8th Text organisation. Introduction to linking words and phrases indicating addition, contrast, conclusion, examples, etc.
- 9th Social issues. Human rights, volunteering, traffic the city. Developing arguments for and against, taking part in a debate
- 10th Expressing cause and effect. Examples and exercises on distinguishing between the ‘por’ and ‘para’ prepositions
- 11th Expressing possibility and wish. Revision of the present subjunctive.
- 12th Quiz testing knowledge on contemporary Spanish culture. Spanish language in its geographical variations across the Spanish-speaking world: el voseo, el seseo
- 13th Revision
Bibliography
GRAMÁTICA BÁSICA DEL ESTUDIANTE DE ESPAÑOL: A1-B2. Published by Difusión
AULA INTERNACIONAL PLUS 4. Level B2A. Published by Difusión
ESPAÑA AYER Y HOY. NOTES ON SPANISH LANGUAGE AND CIVILISATION. Published by EDINUMEN
Methods:
- Communicative method
- Collaborative work in pairs or groups. Simulation (role-play), organising a debate
- Use of audiovisual media (videos, news clips and television programmes)
- Multicultural approach
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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