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SPANISH LANGUAGE 1

Valentina RIPA SPANISH LANGUAGE 1

0312600106
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF6
HUMANITIES
2024/2025



YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2023
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1260LESSONS
VALENTINA RIPA T Curriculum
NICOLAS ALBERTO LOPEZ PEREZ Curriculum
ExamDate
APPELLO MAGGIO27/05/2025 - 09:30
APPELLO GIUGNO17/06/2025 - 09:30
APPELLO LUGLIO08/07/2025 - 09:30
APPELLO SETTEMBRE02/09/2025 - 10:30
APPELLO DICEMBRE16/12/2025 - 09:30
Objectives
THE TEACHING AIMS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE TOOLS TO REACH LEVEL B1 IN THE SKILLS OF WRITTEN AND ORAL COMPREHENSION AND PRODUCTION IN SPANISH PROVIDED BY THE COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK OF REFERENCE FOR LANGUAGES. IT ALSO AIMS TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE SPANISH-SPEAKING WORLD AND SOME OF ITS PREEMINENT CULTURAL ASPECTS.

KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND
THE STUDENT WILL KNOW:
- THE MAIN PHONETIC, PHONOLOGICAL AND PROSODIC ASPECTS;
- SPELLING CONVENTIONS;
- THE MAIN MORPHOLOGICAL PROCESSES;
- THE BASIC LEXICON;
- THE MOST FREQUENT SYNTACTIC STRUCTURES;
- THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE SPANISH LANGUAGE.

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- CORRECTLY USE IN WRITTEN AND ORAL FORM THE GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURES CORRESPONDING TO LEVEL B1 OF THE COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK OF REFERENCE FOR LANGUAGES;
- COMPOSE SHORT GUIDED TEXT;
- UNDERSTAND AND TRANSLATE SIMPLE TEXTS ON NON-SPECIALIZED TOPICS FROM SPANISH TO ITALIAN.

INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGMENT
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO
- REFLECT ON SOME MECHANISMS OF OPERATION OF THE SPANISH LANGUAGE;
- RECOGNIZE ELEMENTS IN COMMON WITH ITALIAN AND USE THEM EFFECTIVELY, BUT ALSO FOCUS ON SOME DIFFERENCES WITH YOUR MOTHER LANGUAGE AND ACQUIRE AWARENESS OF THE RISK OF NEGATIVE TRANSFER AND FOSSILIZATION;
- DEVELOP ANALYSIS AND REFLECTION SKILLS ON TOPICS ADDRESSED DURING LESSONS.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- EXPRESS YOURSELF APPROPRIATELY ON KNOWN TOPICS AND ADEQUATELY EXPOSE A PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED THEME;
- INTERACT EFFECTIVELY IN SHORT AND SIMPLE CONVERSATIONS IN EVERYDAY CONTEXTS.

LEARNING ABILITY
THE STUDENT WILL ACQUIRE:
- THE TOOLS TO CONTINUE WITH YOUR LEARNING PATH INDEPENDENTLY AND CONSOLIDATE YOUR KNOWLEDGE;
- THE ABILITY TO CARRY OUT SMALL RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN SPANISH LANGUAGE USING TRADITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHICAL TOOLS AND IT RESOURCES.
Prerequisites
TO HAVE PARTICIPATED WITH SUCCESS IN THE SPANISH LANGUAGE LABORATORY SCHEDULED FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF THE HUMANITIES DEGREE COURSE.
FOR STUDENTS COMING FROM OTHER ITALIAN OR FOREIGN DEGREE COURSES, TO HAVE SPANISH LANGUAGE SKILLS AT A2 LEVEL.
Contents
STUDY OF SPANISH LANGUAGE AND SPANISH AND HISPANIC CULTURES IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS AT LEVEL B1 OF THE COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK OF REFERENCE FOR LANGUAGES.
CERTAIN CONTENTS WILL ALSO BE DEVELOPED THROUGH SEMINARS INVOLVING THE INTERVENTION OF OTHER SCHOLARS AND EXPERTS.
Teaching Methods
LESSONS, EXERCICES AND SEMINARS.
Verification of learning
WRITTEN EXERCICES (AS A TEST DURING THE COURSE AND/OR AS PART OF THE FINAL EXAMINATION) AND ORAL EXAM.
Texts
THE BASIC COURSE MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR INDIVIDUAL STUDY ARE AS FOLLOWS:

ALONSO RAYA, R.; CASTAÑEDA CASTRO, A.; MARTÍNEZ GILA, P.; MIQUEL LÓPEZ, L.; ORTEGA OLIVARES, J., RUIZ CAMPILLO, J. P., GRAMÁTICA BÁSICA DEL ESTUDIANTE DE ESPAÑOL. EDICIÓN REVISADA Y AMPLIADA, BARCELONA, DIFUSIÓN, 2011 OR LATEST EDITION.

AA.VV., VIA RÁPIDA. CURSO INTENSIVO DE ESPAÑOL, BARCELONA, DIFUSIÓN, 2012 OR LATEST EDITION

WHICH WILL BE COMBINED WITH CONSULTATION OF THE FREE ACCESS DICTIONARIES AND CORPORA AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE OF THE REAL ACADEMIA ESPAÑOLA, .

VARIOUS OTHER WRITTEN AND AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS WILL BE USED IN THE COURSE OF THE LESSONS AND BEFORE TAKING THE EXAM, STUDENTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO READ AT LEAST ONE BOOK OF THEIR CHOICE FROM AMONG THOSE SUGGESTED BY PROF. RIPA AND TO WATCH, AGAIN FROM A SERIES OF SUGGESTED TITLES, AT LEAST 3 FILMS REPRESENTATIVE OF DIFFERENT LANGUAGE VARIETIES.
THESE AND OTHER MATERIALS, INCLUDING REFERENCE GRAMMARS, WILL BE INDICATED BY THE PROFESSOR DURING THE COURSE OF THE SEMESTER AND AN OVERALL LIST WILL BE POSTED ON THE "RESOURCES" SECTION OF HER WEB PAGE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE END OF THE LECTURES.
More Information
DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE COURSE, ATTENDANCE IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
THOSE WHO DO NOT ATTEND FREQUENTLY BUT BELIEVE THEY HAVE ACQUIRED B1 LEVEL COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCES PREVIOUSLY CAN PREPARE FOR THE COURSE ON THEIR OWN BY CONTACTING THE TEACHER AT LEAST ONE MONTH BEFORE THE DATE ON WHICH THEY INTEND TO TAKE THE EXAM - WHICH MEANS, IN VIEW OF THE SEPTEMBER CALL, BY THE LAST DAYS OF JUNE - TO OBTAIN THE DETAILED BIBLIOGRAPHY WHICH, IN ANY CASE, IS PUBLISHED AT THE END OF THE COURSE IN THE "RESOURCES" SECTION OF PROFESSOR RIPA'S PAGE.
Lessons Timetable

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