THE UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH
DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
SPANISH TEACHING PROGRAMMES
2007-2008
Spanish Co-ordinator: Silvia Stanton
SPANISH 1
TEACHING PROGRAMME
Spanish Co-ordinator: Silvia Stanton, [email protected], 020 8331 9012
Course Co-cordinator: Luis Fernando Rodríguez Romero, 020 8331 9007
Rooms: SL001 (Wednesdays: 11.00 am – 13.00 pm)
D236 (Thursdays: 14.00 pm – 16.00 pm)
D236 (Fridays: 11.00 am – 13.00 pm)
GENERAL INFORMATION
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COURSE: SPANISH 1
•
TEXTBOOK: ES ESPAÑOL 1, Nivel Inicial by Alcoba, Santiago et al
(Libro del Alumno + Cuaderno de Recursos y Ejercicios) / DICTIONARY
•
TIMETABLE: 2 teaching hours + one hour conversation class.
•
ASSESSMENT: Languages are assessed in three different ways usually
throughout and at the end of the Course.
Assignment 1: Speaking skills (Weighting 25%).
Date: Weeks commencing 21st and 28th April 2008
Assignment 2: Reading and writing skills (Weighting 50%)
Date: 5th – 23rd May 2008
Assignment 3: Portfolio (Weighting 25%)
Date: 23rd April 2008
TEACHING PROGRAMME
SPANISH 1
Week
1-2
Lesson
Lesson 1
Language Functions
Grammar and Vocabulary
Greetings. Introductions. Asking Grammar: Interrogative pronouns.
for personal information: name, Gender. Verbs llamarse, ser, tener
nationality, age. Spelling
and vivir. Vocabulary: The
Alphabet.
Countries
and
Nationalities. Numbers (1-100).
2-3
Lesson 2
Talking
about
professions. Grammar: Gender and number
Description of people. Identifying agreements
of
adjectives.
a person within a group.
Possessive adjectives: mi, tu, su…
Vocabulary: Main parts of the
body. Physical Description. The
family. First names and surnames.
Professions.
4-5
Lesson 3
Talking about hobbies. Expressing Grammar: The Present Tense.
intentions and goals.
Irregular forms of the verbs ser,
estar and ir. The personal
pronouns nosotros, vosotros and
ellos. Sentence word order.
Possessive adjectives nuestro,
vuestro, su. Vocabulary: Hobbies
and sports. Everyday actions.
6-7
Lesson 4
Inner locations. Describing the Grammar: Possessive adjectives
parts of the house.
and pronouns. Difference between
the verbal forms hay and está(n).
Definite and indefinite articles.
Adverbs
as
intensifiers.
Vocabulary: Furniture and objects
in a house, office or classroom.
Parts of the house.
8-9
Lesson 5
Directions. Asking and giving Grammar:
Demonstrative
instructions to find a place. How adjectives and pronouns. Stem
to order in a restaurant.
changing e>ie in the Present
Tense. The adverbs of place aquí,
ahí and allí. Ordinal numbers.
Vocabulary: Boroughs and cities.
Food and drinks. Menu.
10-11
Lesson 6
Asking for prices. Describing Grammar: Uses of qué and cuál.
things.
The most commonly used
comparative and superlative forms
of
adjectives.
Vocabulary:
Clothes, colours, shops, numbers
(from 1000 onwards), money and
measures.
12-13
Lesson 7
Time. Talking about timetables. Grammar: Irregular form of
Comparing actions.
Present Tense (e>i). Suffix –go in
1st. person singular Present Tense.
Estar + Gerund. Temporal
references. Adverbs and adverbial
expressions
of
frequency.
Vocabulary: Days of the week and
habitual actions.
14-15
Lesson 8
Expressing likes, emotions and
opinions. Expressing physical
sensations or pain. Expressing
agreement or disagreement.
16-17-18
Lesson 10
Expressing actions in the Past Grammar: Past Tense (Pretérito
Tense. Biographies. Expressing Indefinido), time expressions.
knowledge and possibility.
Vocabulary: Months of the year.
19-20-21
Lesson 11
Expressing actions in the past. Grammar: Past Tense (Pretérito
Relating events in the past. The Imperfecto).
Algo/nada,
weather.
alguien/nadie,
alguno/ninguno.
Vocabulary: The weather.
22-23
24-25
REVISION
ORAL
Presentations
Grammar: Constructions with
pronouns. Difference between the
verbs ser and estar. Vocabulary:
Leisure and shows, parts of the
body.
SPANISH 2
TEACHING PROGRAMME
Spanish Co-ordinator: Silvia Stanton, [email protected], 020 8331 9012
Course Co-cordinator: Silvia Stanton, [email protected], 020 8331 9012
Rooms: Thursday 9-11 (D235)
Friday 14-16 (D236)
GENERAL INFORMATION
•
COURSE: SPANISH 2
•
TEXTBOOK: ES ESPAÑOL 2, Nivel Inicial by Alcoba, Santiago et al
(Libro del Alumno + Cuaderno de Recursos y Ejercicios) / DICTIONARY
•
TIMETABLE: 2 teaching hours + one hour conversation class.
•
ASSESSMENT: Languages are assessed in three different ways usually
throughout and at the end of the Course.
Assignment 1: Speaking skills (Weighting 25%)
Weeks commencing 21st and 28th April 2008
Assignment 2: Reading and writing skills (Weighting 50%)
Assessment period: 5th - 23rd May 2008
Assignment 3: Portfolio (Weighting 25%)
24th April 2008
SPANISH 2
TEACHING PROGRAMME
Week
1-2-3
Lesson
Lesson 1
Language Functions
Greetings. Introductions. Asking
for
personal
information.
Describing people. Likes and
dislikes.
Grammar and Vocabulary
Grammar: Present Tense. Past
Tense.
Present
Perfect.
Interrogative pronouns. Possessive
pronouns. Vocabulary: Clothes.
Physical appearance. Character.
Likes and dislikes.
4-5
Lesson 2
Talking about travelling and Grammar: Imperative. Personal
tourism. Warning and advising. pronouns. Adjectives. Vocabulary:
Giving instructions. Expressing Geography. Means of transport.
possibility.
6-7
Lesson 3
Giving and receiving
Expressing uncertainty.
8-9
Lesson 4
Leisure
time.
Relating Grammar: Adverbs. Cause and
information.
Cause
and consequence. Vocabulary: Leisure.
consequence. Ask for opinion. Art.
Giving opinion.
9-10-11
Lesson 5
Speaking
about
the
past.
Controlling communication. Using
different words to express similar
ideas. Relating different moments
in the past.
12-13-14
Lesson 6
Formal and informal social Grammar: Subjunctive. Wishes.
meetings. Invitations. Accepting/ Vocabulary:
Celebrations.
rejecting an invitation. Giving/ Invitations. Parties.
receiving a present. Wishes.
Telephone conversations.
15-16
Lesson 7
Expressing
possibility
and Grammar: Future. Demonstratives.
hypothesis. Speaking about the Adverbs. Vocabulary: Traditions.
future. Making predictions.
San Fermín, Semana Santa, Feria
advice. Grammar:
Giving
advice.
Expressing
frequency.
Vocabulary: Teaching institutions.
Teaching material.
Grammar: Revision of the Past
Tense (Pretérito Indefinido and
Pretérito Imperfecto). Vocabulary:
Past stories.
de Abril, etc.
17-18
Lesson 8
Speaking about health. Expressing Grammar:
Subjunctive
and
fear and worry.
Indicative.
Quantification.
Vocabulary: Health centres. Parts
of the body. Illnesses.
19-20
Lesson 9
Communication.
Expressing Grammar: Reported speech. Lo
happiness, surprise and sorrow.
que
+
verb.
Vocabulary:
Television. Radio. Internet. Press.
21-22
Lesson 10
Cities and boroughs. Introducing
topics.
Giving
examples.
Organizing parts of speech.
Ending a conversation. Expressing
agreement and disagreement.
22-23
Lesson 11
Writing
letters.
formal
and
REVISION
24/25
Oral Assessment
Grammar: Expressing opinion
with the Subjunctive. Numbers.
Coordination. Vocabulary: Public
buildings. Parks. Landmarks.
informal Grammar: Subordination and
Coordination. Linking words.
SPANISH 3
TEACHING PROGRAMME
Spanish Co-ordinator: Silvia Stanton, [email protected], 020 8331 9012
Course Co-ordinator: Silvia Stanton, [email protected], 020 8331 9012
Rooms: Thursday 11-13 (QM168)
Friday 9-11 (D236)
GENERAL INFORMATION
•
COURSE: SPANISH 3
•
TEXTBOOK: SINTESIS by Belchi Arévalo, Mercedes & Carter J. Paul /
DICTIONARY
•
TIMETABLE: 2 teaching hours + one hour conversation class.
•
ASSESSMENT: Languages are assessed in three different ways usually
throughout and at the end of the Course.
Assignment 1: Speaking skills (Weighting 25%)
Weeks commencing 21st and 28th April 2008
Assignment 2: Reading and writing skills (Weighting 50%)
Assessment period: 5th - 23rd May 2008
Assignment 3: Portfolio (Weighting 25%)
24th April 2008
SPANISH 3
TEACHING PROGRAMME
Grammar
Week
Unit
Skills
1-2
1
Presente de indicativo (verbos con
irregularidades)
Ser/Estar
Complemento directo e indirecto
Los pronombres
Cartas
personales
2-3
2
Cartas a
desconocidos
4-5-6
3
Usos del adjetivo
Muy/mucho
Expresiones idiomáticas
Adverbios y preposiones de lugar
Presente de indicativo (verbos con
irregularidades que afectan a las tres personas
del singular
y a la tercera persona del plural)
Verbos con ortografía irregular
Pretérito indefinido
Verbos reflexivos
Expresiones idiomáticas
6-7
4
Adverbios y expresiones de frecuencia
Pretérito perfecto de indicativo
Saber/conocer
Expresiones idiomáticas
Cartas para
pedir
información
8-9
5
Descripciones de carácter
Pretérito indefinido
Expresiones idiomáticas
Currículum
Vítae y cartas
de presentacion
9-10
6
Usos del imperfecto de indicativo
volver a, acabar de
Adverbios y expresiones de tiempo pasado
Expresiones idiomáticas
Narraciones
11-12
7
Midcourse
test
Cantidades
"Se" impersonal para describir procesos y dar
instrucciones
Expresiones idiomáticas
Recetas
Cartas
comerciales
SPANISH 3
TEACHING PROGRAMME
Week
12-13
Unit
8
Grammar
Futuro
Ir a + infinitivo
Pensar (en + infinitivo)
Adverbios y expresiones de tiempo futuro
Expresiones idiomáticas
Skills
14-15
9
Imperativo
Tener que/hay que/deber/poder + infinitivo
Expresiones idiomáticas
Dar direcciones
en forma escrita
15-16
10
Condicional con "si"; Si + presente de
indicativo + futuro/presente de
indicativo/imperative; Presente de subjuntivo;
Contraste - indicativo y subjuntivo; Empezar a
+ infinitivo
Seguir + gerundio; Expresiones idiomáticas
Carta: formal,
quejas.
17-18
11
Imperativo negativo
Presente de subjuntivo con pronombre relative;
Expresiones idiomáticas
18-19
12
Presente de subjuntivo
Ojalá/Qué + subjuntivo
Dar + sustantivo
Dar de + infinitivo
Expresiones idiomáticas
Preparar una
presentacion oral
20-21
13
Para; Tener que + infinitivo/Deber +
infinitivo/Hay que + infinitivo
Para que + subjuntivo
Por + adjetivo/adverbio + que
Expresiones idiomáticas
Llenar formas
21-22
14
En caso de que/siempre que/como/dado que +
subjuntivo
Expresiones idiomáticas
23
15
Usos del condicional
Expresiones idiomáticas
24-25
Oral Presentations
Llenar formas
TEACHING PROGRAMME
SPANISH 4
Spanish Co-ordinator: Silvia Stanton, [email protected], 020 8331 9012
Course Co-cordinator: Luis Fernando Rodríguez Romero, 020 8331 9007
Room: SL103 (Fridays: 9.00 am – 11.00 am)
GENERAL INFORMATION
•
COURSE: SPANISH 4
•
TEXTBOOK: AVANCE by Moreno, C., V. Moreno & P. Zurita /
DICTIONARY
•
TIMETABLE: 2 teaching hours + one hour conversation class.
•
ASSESSMENT: Languages are assessed in three different ways usually
throughout and at the end of the Course.
Assignment 1: Speaking skills (Weighting 25%)
Date: Weeks commencing 21st and 28th April 2008
Assignment 2: Reading and writing skills (Weighting 50%)
Date: 5th – 23rd May 2008
Assignment 3: Portfolio (Weighting 25%)
Date: 30th April 2008
SPANISH 4 / TEACHING PROGRAMME
Week
1-2
Unit
1
3-4
1
5-6
2
7
3
8-9
3
10
4
11
4
12-13
14-15
16
17-18
Grammar
Presente de subjuntivo: Opinión,
Oraciones sustantivas subjuntivas:
la influencia, Ser-estar:
introducción
Presente subjuntivo, Verbos de
sentimientos, La probabilidad y la
posibilidad, expresiones
impersonales con infinitivo y
subjuntivo
Presente subjuntivo, Reciprocidad
y verbos reflexivos, Causa:
Locuciones casuales: ya que,
Como
Futuro imperfecto simple y
compuesto, expresión de
probabilidad (presente y pasado)
Pretérito indefinido / imperfecto,
Pretérito pluscuamperfecto,
Narraciones de sucesos en el
pasado
Verbos de cambio e influencia,
Revisión: el futuro simple, la
causa y la consecuencia, el
presente continuo
Ser-Estar: Cambio de significado
de adjetivos, Oraciones
condicionales (imperfecto,
subjuntivo, condicional simple)
Grammar and Vocabulary
Expresión oral, Estereotipos: el
carácter español
5
Pronombres OD / OI, Imperfecto
6
La comparación, Expresiones
temporales, Anterioridad /
Posterioridad (cuando) con
indicativo y Subjuntivo
Mid-course practise (1h30)
La Concesión: Aunque +
indicativo y subjuntivo, Oraciones
condicionales: ‘Si’
Audición: Imperativo / Presente
subjuntivo
(influencia),
La
publicidad: Crítica y opinión
(revisión
Una entrevista de trabajo: consejos
prácticos
7
Relaciones personales, Lectura y
escritura: Vocabulario temático,
estudio de caso
Relaciones interpersonales,
Audición: La onda de Cupido
Conjeturas en presente y en pasado
Escritura de CV, carta
presentación, Mundo laboral
de
Desarrollo y progreso, Lectura: El
comercio justo, Audición: el futuro
del ser humano
Inmigración y emigración, Lectura
y debate, Ejercicios gramaticales
Práctica audiovisual (30’)
19-20
7
21
8
22
9
23
24-25
pluscuamperfecto subjuntivo +
condicional compuesto,
Imperfecto indicativo: La Cortesía
Estilo indirecto, Imperfecto
subjuntivo y acciones pasadas
(dijo que…reported speech),
expresión de finalidad (para, para
que + infinitivo y subjuntivo)
Por y Para, Repaso de
preposiciones
Revisión de tiempos verbales,
Locuciones
de
causa,
consecuencia, finalidad
Revisión general
Presentaciones orales
Prensa y
audiovisual
noticias,
La gastronomía: Hábitos
alimenticios
Práctica
UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH
TEACHING PROGRAM
SPANISH 5
Spanish Co-ordinator: Silvia Stanton, [email protected], 020 8331 9012
Course Co-cordinator: Luis Fernando Rodríguez Romero, 020 8331 9007
Room: D236 (Wednesdays: 16.00 pm – 18.00 pm)
Teaching Aims:
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To consolidate and develop students’ oral and written communication skills
To promote greater accuracy in vocabulary and syntax
To improve specific language skills, such as translation and summary
To promote peer appraisal of foreign language skills
Learning and Teaching Activities:
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Class discussions on contemporary issues related to Latin America and Spain
Seminars based on students’ presentations of topics selected from the list
below. Students can present other topics but need to obtain previous approval
Translation/summary of written/video material
Commentary of texts written in Spanish
General Seminar Topics:
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Contemporary Latin America: social, economic or political issues
Contemporary Spain: social, economic or political issues
Latinos in the United States: social, economic or political issues
Spanish as a global language
Spanish in the United States
Spanish in the European Union
Spanish language films and/or theatre
Hispanic culture: visual arts, music, or literature
Course Assessment Details:
- Final oral presentation
25%
Date: weeks commencing 21st and 28th April 2008
- Essay (2,500 words)
25%
Date: 18th April 2008
- Final written examination (*)
50%
Date: during assessment period: 5th - 23rd May 2008
(*) The final examination will consist of two components:
1. Translation of a text
2. Commentary of a text
SPANISH 6
TEACHING PROGRAMME
Spanish Co-ordinator: Silvia Stanton, [email protected], 020 8331 9012
Course Co-cordinator: Silvia Stanton, [email protected], 020 8331 9012
Room: Wednesday 16-18 (D233)
GENERAL INFORMATION
This course will take students who have reached a high level of competence
to a near-native level of oral and written Spanish. The course aims at
developing and refining students' research, oral and written presentation skills
in Spanish. It is increasingly oriented towards resource-based learning,
making intensive use of Spanish language sources for an extensive research
project in Spanish.
ASSESSMENT
9 Written Research Report
9 Oral Presentation of Report
9 Work-in-Progress Presentations
50%
30%
20%
Written Research Report
You will conduct a research project to be chosen in consultation with your
tutor according to your specialisation. The project will consist of a written
report of minimum 4000 words and you must include research sources in
Spanish. Class contact would consist of work-in-progress seminars in which
you will present aspects of your ongoing research.
Marking Criteria
• Language 50%
• Content 50%
Oral Presentation of Report (20-25 min.).
Marking Criteria
• Language 40%
• Content 40%
• Presentation techniques 20%
Work-in-Progress Presentations
You will do seven (10 min.) work-in progress presentations throughout the
course. It is extremely important to do the presentations in the order/dates
established (see Teaching Programme below).
Marking Criteria
• Language 40%
• Content 40%
• Presentation techniques 20%
SPANISH 6
TEACHING PROGRAMME
The course is divided into two parts.
First Part
During the first part of the course you will study grammar (comparative studies
English/Spanish) and Spanish for academic purposes. You will do two oral
presentations.
9 First oral presentation: it should be 10 minutes long and you must also
hand in the presentation in writing. This presentation is your research
project proposal and it must include:
• Title page
• Synopsis
9 Second oral presentation: it should be 10 minutes long and you must
also hand in the presentation in writing. This presentation will focus on
the structure of the research project. It must include
• Title page
• Synopsis
• Table of contents
Second Part
During the second part of the course you will continue to revise grammar and
Spanish for academic purposes. You will do 6 oral presentations including the
Final Oral Presentation of the Research Report.
9 Third oral presentation: it should be 10 minutes long and you must
also hand in the presentation in writing. This presentation
must include:
• Title page
• Table of contents
• First part of the project
• Bibliography
9 Fourth oral presentation: it should be 10 minutes long and you must
also hand in the presentation in writing. This presentation must include:
• Title page
• Table of contents
• Second part of the project
• Bibliography
9 Fifth oral presentation: it should be 10 minutes long and you must also
hand in the presentation in writing. This presentation must include:
• Title page
• Table of contents
• Third part of the project
• Bibliography
9 Sixth oral presentation: it should be 10 minutes long and you must
also hand in the presentation in writing. This presentation must include:
• Title page
• Table of contents
• Fourth part of the project
• Bibliography
9 Seventh oral presentation: it should be 15 minutes long and you must
also hand in the presentation in writing. This presentation must include:
• Title page
• Table of contents
• Introduction
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
9 Final oral presentation of research project (20-25 minutes)