Course detail

Foreign Language 1 (Spanish)

FEKT-HSP1Acad. year: 2019/2020

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.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The student will get knowledge of basic Spanish grammar. The student will be able to use basic vocabulary. The student will be able to understand simple statements in Spanish and communicate Spanish in everyday life.
The student will be 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 combine active participation in classes (conversation, role play, practising grammar and vocabulary,use of audiovisual means, and regular testing of previous knowledge) with homework - self-study.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

75% attendance , active participation at classes, fulfilment of given assignments and a classified credit unit in written form ( pass mark 50%).

Course curriculum

1. introduction, greetings, stress
2. tener, pronunciation, 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. adjectives, comparison,structures with prepositions
9. possessive pronouns I., reflexive verbs
10. telling the time, mucho, bastante, demasiado
11. ir+inf., ser x estar
12. revision
13. test

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The students will acquire knowledge of elementary Spanish and they will be able to have conversation in past, present and future tenses. They will able to communicate in shops, restaurants and in other everyday situations. This will be practised via audiovisual recordings or role play in class. The students will learn how to react to Spanish speakers.

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

Králová + kol.: Fiesta 1, Fraus
videokursy Apartamento para dos, Este país
kolektiv: Ven 1, Edelsa

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme AJEI-H Bachelor's

    branch H-AEI , 2. year of study, winter semester, general knowledge

  • Programme EEKR-CZV lifelong learning

    branch ET-CZV , 1. year of study, winter semester, general knowledge

Type of course unit

 

Language exercise

26 hours, compulsory

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