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Institute of Social Sciences (SPV)

The students will extend their basic knowledge of Spanish grammar and vocabulary to the level A1 of CEFR. They will be able to read, translate, and create simple Spanish texts in the present, future, and past tense. They will know how to describe a person, ask about their age, describe daily routines, name parts of clothing, colours and materials, ask about the price, invite sb to a meeting, excuse themselves, express their plans for the near future, answer the phone, talk about their experience, and recent past. The students will extend the grammar in the following areas - possessive pronouns, personal pronouns in dative and accusative, conjugate reflexive verbs (levantarse) and more irregular verbs (salir, volver, oír...), present continuous, the future with IR A, and present perfect tense (perfecto compuesto).

Level of knowledge at A1- of CEFR which they could get in the course BYS1 - Spanish Elementary I.

None.

Grammar, vocabulary, features of Spanish culture is practised in an interactive way, with emphasis on conversation. Development and practice of communication and listening skills takes place using interactive audio-visual equipment, LMS Moodle and Smartboards.

In order to receive a credit for the course, students need to attend classes regularly (max. 3 absences per semester), do homework and actively participate in the lessons.

1 Unidad 5A – Description of people, what do people do. Family members
2 Unidad 5B – Reflexive verbs. Adjectives for physical description and personality qualities
3 Unidad 5C – Shopping and describing clothes and accessories. Asking for help and asking the price
4 Unidad 6A – Adjectives for colours. Verb forms with GUSTAR, QUEDAR, PARECER SE with adjectives in concordance with case
5 Unidad 6B – Months, years and zodiac. Events in progress. The use of progressive tenses.
6 Unidad 6C – Activities and places for leisure. Holidays and folklore in Spain.
7 Unidad 7A - Expressing future intentions. Planning alternatives. Phone calls.
8 Unidad 7B – Personal pronouns in relation to direct and indirect object. Differentiating between
9 Unidad 7C - Talking about events that already happened. Ask for the cause of an event. Apologies. Vocabulary related to geography
10 Unidad 8A - Préterito perfecto compuesto. Préterito Indefinido sloves Estar a Ir.
11 8B Revision and practice.
12 8C Conversation.
13 Credit test.

Not applicable.

The aim of this course is to teach the basics of Spanish language and the basic communicative skills that are necessary to achieve the A1+/A2-level according to European Frame of Reference.

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

None.

Not applicable.

CASTRO VIUDEZ, Francisca, Pilar DÍAZ BALLESTEROS, Ignacio RODERO a Carmen SARDINERO FRANCO. Nuevo espańol en marcha: libro del alumno : nivel básico : curso de español como lengua extranjera. Tercera edición. Alcobendas (Madrid): SGEL - Educación, [2015]. ISBN 978-84-9778-529-7.

Not applicable.

26 hours, compulsory