Course detail

Professional Spanish in Architecture

FAST-VYS005Acad. year: 2020/2021

This course of Spanish offers students practice in reading, understanding and discussion of architectural topics at the B2- level of the CEFR which requires a student to be able to find out information, thoughts and opinions in authentic professional texts within his/her field of study.
Practice of active participation in discussions and presentation of their own project.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Guarantor

Mgr. Daniel Rodriguez

Department

Institute of Social Sciences (SPV)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

Students need the knowledge of general Spanish at the level B1 of CEFR that they may get in the subject BYS3 and BYS32.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of this course is to practice speaking language by conversations about actual themes.

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

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

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Daniel Rodriguez

Syllabus

1. House – types, description of structure. 2. Plan and elevation – description of plans, sections, elevations. 3. Housing – types, renovation, social housing. 4. Public buildings – types, functions. 5. Building renovation, preservation of historical buildings. 6. Industrial buildings, brown fields. 7. Green buildings – description of green features. 8. City – sections of a city, urban development. 9. Sustainable urban development – problems, urban sprawl. 10. Materials – contemporary materials, wood in architecture. 11. Greenery - integration of greenery, green facades. 12. Interiors and exhibitions. 13. Credit test.