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Class contents and exam
requirements
Spanish Language
(second language)
Code 6038, Learning Path 1
Head Teacher: Prof. María del Mar
GILARRANZ LAPEÑA
Objectives
pag. 2
Programme
pag. 2
Set and recommended textbooks
pag. 8
Exam content and description
pag. 9
Concluding Info
pag. 11
Reference: a.y. 2010/2011/6038/June 2010
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Spanish Course - Code 6038
a.y. 2010/2011/6038/June 2010
SPANISH AS SECOND FOREIGN LANGUAGE – code 6038
The course is aimed at students who have chosen Spanish as their second foreign language and
runs over one year. It is for students who begin with an elementary (lower than A2) knowledge of
the language and the exit level is set at B1 (intermediate). The course ends in an exam which,
once passed, gives the student two credits and which grade forms part of the overall final degree
grade average.
Students can also choose to take a partial exam during the year which, if passed, adds one
thirtieth to the final grade (See “concluding info”, page 7)
Programme
The syllabus covers all the units in the set Textbooks, consisting in two volumes.
In addition to the classroom teaching students are also required to complete a self-study
programme. The activities in this need to be carried out in conjunction with the class work (up to
five hours per week) in order to constantly reinforce the lessons learnt and prepare for the exam.
Students who actively participate in the course by attending at least 70% of the lessons and
completing on time self study programme will be awarded two thirtieths to their final exam grade
(see “Exam” below for further details).
Topics
Grammar
Units and Self-study programme*
Textbook: ELExprés
Unidad 0
Alphabet
Negociar en español
Grammar and socio-cultural contents Unit 0
Elements fpr
communicating in
class.
Textbook: ELExprés
Unidad 1
First contact,
greetings and
introductions
Asking for personal
information
Article
Negociar en español
Personal pronouns
subject
Grammar contents Unit 1 + 4
socio – cultural contents. Unit 1
Present simple regular
verbs in -ar
AVE: Curso A1. Tema 1
Present form of verbs
SER (I) and Llamarse
On line: www.cvc.cervantes.es: aula de
lengua
Library: The verb Ser
Forming plurals
Textbook: ELExprés
Unidad 2
Speaking on the
telephone
Adjectives
Negociar en español
Forming feminine nouns
Grammar contents Unit 1 + 3
Socio – cultural contents. Unit 2
Present simple, regular
verbs -er, -ir
AVE: Curso A1. Tema 2
Describing places
Verbs SER / TENER
Describing people
physically
Prepositions with AL /
DEL
On line: www.cvc.cervantes.es: aula de
lengua .Ejercicios
Library: Present simple exercises I
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Textbook: ELExprés
Unidad 3
Verb forms ESTá (N) /
HAY
Asking for/ giving
information about
addresses
Estar + en / ir +a
Expressing obligation
Verbs Tardar & coger
On line: www.cvc.cervantes.es: aula de
lengua .Ejercicios
Cuánto / a / os /as
Library: Exercises Ser/ estar/HAY
Ir + a (periphrastic
conjugation of future
intention)
Negociar en español
Verbs with vowel
changes. Simple present
AVE: Curso A2. Tema 6
On line: www.gramaclicando.com.ejercicios
Verbs: simple present exercises
Textbook: ELExprés
Unidad 4
Making and refusing
proposals and
invitations
Grammar contents Unit 3 + Unit 8 (obligation)
+ Unit 11 (ir + a).
socio – cultural contents. Unit 3
Tener que + infinitivo
Time and days of the
week
Textbook: ELExprés
Unidad 5
Negociar en español
Grammar & socio – cultural contents. Unit 6
Library: simple present II exercises and
prepositions
Negociar en español
Reflexive verbs
Estar + gerund
Daily routines/talking
about your day
Grammar contents
Unit 5 + 2 (Ser / Estar).
socio – cultural contents. Unit 5
AVE: Curso A2. Tema 4
Curso A4. Tema11
On Line:
line: www.cvc.cervantes.es: aula de lengua.
Ejercicios
Library: Simple present exercises II
Textbook: ELExprés
Unidad 6
Expressing opinions
Verbs Gustar / Preferire
Negociar en español
Possessive adjectives
Demonstrative adjectives
and pronouns
Grammar contents Unit 2 + 4 (possessives) +
10 (gustar / apetecer)
socio – cultural contents. Unit 6
Finding out about
tastes and
preferences
Indicating possession
AVE: Curso A1. Tema 3
On line: www.gramaclicando.com.ejercicios
Verbs: simple present exercises II
The family
Library: Simple present exercises III
Identifying people
Textbook: ELExprés
Unidad 7
Indefinite past tense of
regular verbs
Past actions
Interrogatives
Negociar en español
Grammar contents Unit 14 (Pretérito
Indefinido) + 5 (interrogatives) + 17
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socio – cultural contents. Unit 7
Asking questions
about the past
AVE: Curso A3. Tema 7
Online: www.gramaclicando.com.ejercicios
El verbo: Pretérito Indefinido
www.cvc.cervantes.es. Aula de
Lengua.Lecturas paso a paso. Nivel Inicial
Library: Past definite exercises
Textbook: ELExprés
Unidad 8
Indefinite past tense of
irregular verbs
Speaking about
finished time
Past time expressions
Clothing
Grammar contents Unit 14
socio – cultural contents. Unit 8
Verbs + prepositions
AVE: Curso A3. Tema 7
On line: www.gramaclicando.com.ejercicios
Verbs: Periphrastic verbs
Muy / Mucho
Negociar en español
Agreements
adjectives/nouns (gender
/ number)
Grammar contents Unit 3 + 8 (por/para)
socio – cultural contents. Unit 9
Expressing movement
Textbook: ELExprés
Unidad 9
Negociar en español
Colours
Prepositions Por / Para
The weather
AVE: Curso A3. Tema 8
On line:
www.gramaclicando.com.ejercicios
El verbo: Pretérito Indefinido
Library: past definite exercises
Textbook: ELExprés
Unidad 10
Speaking about recent
actions finished in the
past
Pretérito Perfecto
Negociar en español
Contrasto Pretérito
Perfecto / pretérito
Indefinido
Grammar contents Unit 12
socio – cultural contents. Unit 10
On line: www.gramaclicando.com.ejercicios
El verbo: Pretérito perfecto
Library: Past perfect exercises
Textbook: ELExprés
Unidad 11
Speaking about health
Verbo Doler
Negociar en español
Tener + que / deber +
infinitivo / hay que +
infinitivo
Grammar contents Unit 8
socio – cultural contents. Unit 11
Online:
www.cvc.cervantes.es. Aula de
Lengua.Lecturas paso a paso. Nivel Inicial
Pretérito Imperfecto
Negociar en español
Expressions for habitual
Grammar contents Unit 9 (time expressions
Expressing obligation,
agreement &
disagreement
Textbook: ELExprés
Unidad 12
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places
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for the past) + 13
socio – cultural contents. Unit 12
Verbo Soler
Verbs Ser / estar
AVE: Curso A3. Tema 9
On line: www.gramaclicando.com.ejercicios
El verbo: Pretérito Imperfecto/
Library: Past continuous exercises
Textbook: ELExprés
Unidad 13
Imperative affirmative
Negociar en español
Poder + Infinitivo
Grammar contents Unit 18 (positive
imperative). socio – cultural contents. Unit 13
Asking for & giving
information
Imperative + pronouns
Telephone
conversation
Poder + infinitivo +
pronombre
Asking/giving
permission
Textbook: ELExprés
Unidad 14
AVE: Curso A4. Tema 12
On line: www.gramaclicando.com.ejercicios
Verbs: Positive Imperative
Library: Imperative exercises I
Complementary personal
pronouns
Negociar en español
Contenidos gramaticales. Unidad 5 + 14 +
17. socio – cultural contents. Unit 15
Speaking about the
past, actions and
memories
Contrasto Pretérito
Indefinido / pretérito
Imperfecto
Textbook: ELExprés
Unidad 15
The future
Negociar en español
Si + present, present /
future
Contenidos gramaticales. Unidad 11. socio –
cultural contents. Unit 15
Si + presente , imperativo
On line: www.gramaclicando.com.ejercicios
El verbo: El Futuro
El Verbo: El Futuro y El Presente
Speaking about future
actions
Expressing conditions
/ wishes
Me gustaría + infinitivo
On line: www.gramaclicando.com.ejercicios
El verbo: Pretérito Indefinido / Pretérito
Imperfecto
Offering opinions
Library: Future tense exercises
Textbook: ELExprés
Unidad 16
Revision
Speaking about
routines
Present simple. All
regular and irregular
verbs
Narrating using tenses
Expressing opinions
Negociar en español
Contenidos gramaticales. Unidades 0 - 10.
socio – cultural contents. Unit 16
AVE: Curso A4. Tema11
On line:
www.cvc.cervantes.es: aula de lengua
Ejercicios
Useful link: www.uam.es
Library: The verb Ser, : Present simple
exercises I e II
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Textbook: ELExprés
Unidad 17
Speaking about past,
recent and distant
actions
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Revision
Negociar en español
Pretérito Perfecto e
Pretérito Indefinido
Contenidos gramaticales. Unidades 11 - 13
socio – cultural contents. Unit 17
AVE: Curso B1. Tema 2
On line:
www.gramaclicando.com.ejercicios
El verbo: Pretérito perfecto, Indefinito e
Imperfecto
Library: Ejercicios Pretérito Perfecto,
Indefinido e Imperfecto
Textbook: ELExprés
Unidad 18
Pretérito Imperfecto /
pretérito
Pluscuamperfecto
Speaking about past
actions preceding
other past ones
Textbook: ELExprés
Unidad 19
Expressing wishes
Offering opinions
about surroundings
Negociar en español
Contenidos gramaticales. Unidad 14
socio – cultural contents. Unit 18
AVE: Cursos B1. Tema 1 y tema 3
On line: www.gramaclicando.com.ejercicios
El verbo: Pretérito Imperfecto/ Pretérito
Pluscuamperfecto
Present form of
subjunctive. Regular and
irregular verbs
!Ojalá (que) + presente
subjuntivo!
Querer + sostantivo /
infinitivo
Negociar en español
Contenidos gramaticales. Unidad 16
socio – cultural contents. Unit 19
AVE: Curso B3. Tema 7
On line: www.gramaclicando.com.ejercicios
Presente Subjuntivo
Esperar que + presente
subjuntivo
Textbook: ELExprés
Unidad 20
Imperative, negative and
positive
Negociar en español
Contenidos gramaticales. Unidad 18
socio – cultural contents. Unit 20
Giving orders and
advice
AVE: Curso B2. Tema 4
www.gramaclicando.com.ejercicios
El Verbo: Imperativo
Textbook: ELExprés
Unidad 21
Simple and compound
future tenses
Expressing probability
/ doubt
Condicional simple
Contenidos gramaticales. Unidades 11 y 15.
socio – cultural contents. Unit 21
Quizá (s), tal vez,
probablemente +
presente subjuntivo
AVE: Curso B3. Tema 8
On line: www.gramaclicando.com.ejercicios
El verbo: Condicional Simple
Speaking about future
actions
Negociar en español
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Expressing condition
Textbook: ELExprés
Unidad 22
Verbos de influencia +
Presente Subjuntivo
Expressing purpose
Para + infinitivo
Para que + Presente
Subjuntivo
Giving advice and
recommendations
Yo, en tu lugar / Yo que
tú + condicional
Textbook: ELExprés
Unidad 23
Ser / estar + adjetivos y
sustantivos
Offering opinions and
assessment
Pretérito Perfecto de
Subjuntivo
Negociar en español
Contenidos gramaticales. Unidades 16 + 22
socio – cultural contents. Unit 22
AVE: Curso B3. Tema 9
On line: www.gramaclicando.com.ejercicios
El verbo: Presente de Subjuntivo. La
finalidad
Useful link: www.parador.es
Negociar en español
Contenidos gramaticales. Unidades 2 + 16 +
21 (Los verbos)
Leer y entender
Cuando + Presente
Subjuntivo
AVE: Curso B4. Tema 11.
Textbook: ELExprés
Unidad 24
Use of simple /
subjunctive
Negociar en español
Describing familiar
and unfamiliar things
Perífrasis verbales
Contenidos gramaticales. Unidades 2 + 4 + 8
+ 12 + 16 + 21 (Los verbos)
Leer y entender
Prepositions
AVE: Curso B2: Tema 5
On line: www.gramaclicando.com.ejercicios
El verbo: Presente de Subjuntivo Presente
Indicativo
Speaking about
ongoing actions
Textbook: ELExprés
Unidad 25
Pensar / creer / parecer
Ser / estar
Expressing
appreciation and
opinions
Negociar en español
Contenidos gramaticales. Unidades 2 + 10
Leer y entender
AVE: Curso B4. Tema 10
Descrivere
Textbook: ELExprés
Unidad 26
Gustar
Presente Subjuntivo
Expressing tastes
Negociar en español
Contenidos gramaticales. Unidades 2 + 16 +
15 (contenidos funcionales) + 21
Leer y entender
Imperfecto Subjuntivo
Expressing conditions
AVE: curso B2. tema 6
On line: www.gramaclicando.com.ejercicios
El verbo: Condicional Simple
Hypothesising
Useful link: www.parador.es
Formulating wishes
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Textbook: ELExprés
Unidad 27
Referring messages
to others
Estilo indirecto
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Negociar en español
Contenidos gramaticales. Unidad 22
Leer y entender
AVE: Curso B4. Tema 12
On line: www.gramaclicando.com.ejercicios
Oraciones: Oraciones Subordinadas
Sustantivas y Oraciones independientes
Set textbooks
- R. Pinilla, A. San Mateo, ELExprés, curso intensivo de Español A1, A2, B1, SGEL
- M. Gilarranz Lapeña, M. C. Bordonaba Zabalza, Negociar en Español. Comunicación, gramática y cultura
en lengua española, Egea
Recommended textbooks
-
J.C. Barbero, F. San Vicente, Actual, gramática para comunicar en Español, CLUEB
J.C. Barbero, F. San Vicente, Actual, cuaderno de ejercicios para comunicar en Español, CLUEB
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B1 Exam
The exam consists of a written paper and an oral exam. Both need to be passed for the grade to
count towards the final average. The oral exam can only be taken once the written exam has been
passed (minimum mark 18/30). The pass in the written exam is valid for three oral exams
subsequent to the written exam; if the student does not take the oral exam within this time limit the
written exam will need to be taken again. Students can chose to retake the written exam before the
taking the oral exam but must remember that handing in their paper annuls any previous grade.
Dictionaries are allowed.
Written exam
The written exam is divided in two parts, the first is listening, the second reading comprehension.
The final grade is the total score from the two in thirtieths.
Bilingual dictionaries can be used.
Duration of the exam: 150 minutes
Description of exam stages
Listening to 1st
passage
Listening to 2nd
passage
Pause Repeat listening to first
passage
Pause Repeat listening to 2nd
passage
longer pause while exercises are
completed
120 minutes for the completion of the
written exam
Contents of exam
Listening to messages and news: announcements, surveys, extracts from radio
programmes
Check candidates’ ability to:
Objective -to identify the subject matter, how it is communicated and the opinion expressed in a
brief listening passage
- to write a structured text using information extracted from the listening
Exam
1.Sentence completion and/or tables; true/false questions; multiple choice
10/30
answers
2. Writing a short text (introduction, titles, captions) for graphs and/or tables, e5/30
mail, letter, fax, memo, on a given topic
First
part
Reading comprehension of one or more authentic texts, possibly also containing
graphs, tables and images
Checking candidates’:
Objective - ability to understand texts;
- ability to write structured texts according to instructions given.
Exam
1. True/False questions, multiple choice answers, open and /or closed
5/30
questions
2. Writing a text (letter, short report, memorandum)
10/30
Second
part
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Oral exam
There are two parts to the oral exam: presentation and discussion. The student presents a recent
article (taken from Spanish press) which relates to one of the topics contained in the
course.
It is indispensable that the above-mentioned items are prepared thoroughly for the oral exam and
students are advised to prepare themselves well in advance of the date. Details on how to prepare
for the exam are to be found on line in the library for each language (Bocconi e-learning platform)
or at: www.unibocconi.it/centrolinguistico in Laboratori linguistici > Materiali di autoapprendimento
on-line.
Students will be assessed in terms of their practical ability to communicate.
The oral exam grade can be added to or subtracted from the written exam result (minimum 18/30
to access the oral exam) by -3 and + 3 thirtieths.
Duration of the exam: 15 minutes
Description of exam stages
Presentation Carrying out the task given in the exam (10-12 minutes)
Discussion of the topic presented led by the examiners using ad hoc questions.
Discussion
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Concluding info
The assessment of language skills depends both on the result of the final exam and on marks
awarded during the year.
Students who pass the partial exam (minimum 18/30), positively participate in the course and
complete the self-study activities on time will be awarded extra points, up to 3/30.
These points have limited time validity and will be will be added to the final grade by the teacher,
as follows:
1. Positive participation to the course
2. Partial exam
3. Final exam passed on the first time it is taken
1. Positive participation to the course and self-study activities
Following a positive participation to the course an extra point can be added to the final grade by
the teacher as follows:
Activity
Attendance to at least 70% of the lessons +
completion on time of the self-study
programme
Extra
points
1/30
Validity
7 months from the end of the course
(from June to December, inclusive)
2. Partial exam
The “partial exam” consists of a written test. It is optional and all students (attending lessons and
not) can take the exam. It takes place once a year at the end of the first semester (the date can be
checked on the exam timetable). All students must enroll via the Punto Blu.
Activity
Extra points
Validity
Partial exam passed
1/30
12 months after the exam (January-December inclusive)
Description of exam stages
The exam covers the topics from unit 1 to 15 of the course book and verifies students’ ability in oral
and written comprehension.
Duration of the exam: 60 minutes
Neither mono- nor bi-lingual dictionaries can be used.
First part
Second part
Third part
Grammar exercises consisting in multiple choice answers,
completion, transformation on the topics of the course book
Writing a short text according to the information and instructions
given
Vocabulary exercises consisting in multiple choice answers, cloze
test, completion
The final grade is expressed by “pass” or “fail”; the extra points will be awarded in case of positive
result (“pass”).
3. Final exam passed on the first time it is taken
In order to award students who sit for the exam only when really prepared, an extra point will be
added to the final grade if they enroll to the exam and hand it in for the first time, pass the exam
(minimum 18/30) and pass the oral exam on the first available date subsequent to the written
exam.
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