Course detail

Spanish for Beginners

FEKT-XJS1Acad. year: 2012/2013

This new communicative course - Spanish for Beginners - will offer practising pronunciation,basic grammar,conversation in everyday situations,reading and listening.Original Spanish textbooks,audio- and videocourses will be used in classes.It is a two-semester course and can be followed by the course JS2.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

PhDr. Marcela Borecká, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Foreign Languages (UJAZ)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The student gets knowledge of basic Spanish grammar, he/she is able to use basic vocabulary and communicate Spanish in everyday life.
The student is able to understand simple written texts with use of dictionary.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

75% attendance and active participation at classes, fulfilment of assignments given by the teacher.
75% attendance and active participation at classes, fulfilment of given assignments.
Two semester tests ( one after the winter semestre, another after the summer semestre) both showing how students managed to use the learnt vocabulary, grammar and use of Spanish structures, each test is worth 20 points maximum and 10 points minimum.
The examination has two parts: listening worth 30 points maximum and 15 points minimum
reading of two short Spanish texts with use of dictionaries, 30 points maximum and 15 points minimum

Course curriculum

Winter semester
1.introduction, greetings, stress
2.pronunciation, tener, question words
3.genders, articles, ser
4.personal pronouns, -ar verbs
5.plural, -er and –ir verbs
6.declinations, prepositions, irregular verbs
7.family members, numerals 0-1000
8.adjectivesstructures with prepositions
9.possessive pronouns I., reflexive verbs
10.telling the time, mucho, bastante, demasiado,
11.ir+inf., ser x estar
12.revision
13.semester test

Summer semester
1.revision
2.demonstrative pronouns,present perfect
3.imperative I,months, more irregular verbs
4.quantifiers, more numerals, object
5.imperative II, infinitive structures, more pronouns
6.weights and measures, more numerals
7.future,adverbs of manner
8.comparison, superlative
9.personal pronouns, conditional
10.more irregular verbs, every, all
11.past simple, two negatives
12.revision
13.semester test

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Elementary Spanish.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

kolektiv:VEN 1, Edelsa, S.A., Madrid, Espana

Type of course unit

Language exercise

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

PhDr. Marcela Borecká, Ph.D.

Syllabus

VUT

Faculties

University Institutes

Parts

Spanish for Beginners

Type of course unit