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 Bocconi Language Centre materials are developed solely for self-study and class use. Copyright June/2010 Università Bocconi Author: María del Mar Gilarranz Lapeña No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, used in a spreadsheet, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the permission of Bocconi Centro Linguistico.
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* Unidad 0 Elements fpr communicating in class. Unidad 1 First contact, greetings and introductions Asking for personal information Unidad 2 Speaking on the telephone Describing places Describing people physically Alphabet Article Personal pronouns subject Present simple regular verbs in -ar Present form of verbs SER (I) and Llamarse Forming plurals Adjectives Forming feminine nouns Present simple, regular verbs -er, -ir Verbs SER / TENER Prepositions with AL / DEL Grammar and socio-cultural contents Unit 0 Grammar contents Unit 1 + 4 socio cultural contents. Unit 1 AVE: Curso A1. Tema 1 On line: www.cvc.cervantes.es: aula de lengua Library: The verb Ser Grammar contents Unit 1 + 3 Socio cultural contents. Unit 2 AVE: Curso A1. Tema 2 On line: www.cvc.cervantes.es: aula de lengua.ejercicios Library: Present simple exercises I 2
Unidad 3 Asking for/ giving information about addresses Expressing obligation Unidad 4 Making and refusing proposals and invitations Time and days of the week Unidad 5 Daily routines/talking about your day Unidad 6 Expressing opinions Finding out about tastes and preferences Indicating possession The family Identifying people Unidad 7 Past actions Verb forms ESTá (N) / HAY Estar + en / ir +a Tener que + infinitivo Verbs Tardar & coger Cuánto / a / os /as Ir + a (periphrastic conjugation of future intention) Verbs with vowel changes. Simple present Reflexive verbs Estar + gerund Verbs Gustar / Preferire Possessive adjectives Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns Indefinite past tense of regular verbs Interrogatives Grammar contents Unit 3 + Unit 8 (obligation) + Unit 11 (ir + a). socio cultural contents. Unit 3 On line: www.cvc.cervantes.es: aula de lengua.ejercicios Library: Exercises Ser/ estar/hay Grammar & socio cultural contents. Unit 6 AVE: Curso A2. Tema 6 Verbs: simple present exercises Library: simple present II exercises and prepositions 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 Grammar contents Unit 2 + 4 (possessives) + 10 (gustar / apetecer) socio cultural contents. Unit 6 AVE: Curso A1. Tema 3 Verbs: simple present exercises II Library: Simple present exercises III Grammar contents Unit 14 (Pretérito Indefinido) + 5 (interrogatives) + 17 3
Asking questions about the past (relatives) socio cultural contents. Unit 7 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 Unidad 8 Speaking about finished time Expressing movement Unidad 9 Clothing Colours The weather Unidad 10 Speaking about recent actions finished in the past Indefinite past tense of irregular verbs Past time expressions Verbs + prepositions Muy / Mucho Agreements adjectives/nouns (gender / number) Prepositions Por / Para Pretérito Perfecto Contrasto Pretérito Perfecto / pretérito Indefinido Library: Past definite exercises Grammar contents Unit 14 socio cultural contents. Unit 8 AVE: Curso A3. Tema 7 Verbs: Periphrastic verbs Grammar contents Unit 3 + 8 (por/para) socio cultural contents. Unit 9 AVE: Curso A3. Tema 8 On line: www.gramaclicando.com.ejercicios El verbo: Pretérito Indefinido Library: past definite exercises Grammar contents Unit 12 socio cultural contents. Unit 10 El verbo: Pretérito perfecto Library: Past perfect exercises Unidad 11 Speaking about health Expressing obligation, agreement & disagreement Unidad 12 Verbo Doler Tener + que / deber + infinitivo / hay que + infinitivo Pretérito Imperfecto Expressions for habitual Grammar contents Unit 8 socio cultural contents. Unit 11 Online: www.cvc.cervantes.es. Aula de Lengua.Lecturas paso a paso. Nivel Inicial Grammar contents Unit 9 (time expressions 4
Speaking about the past, actions, people, places Unidad 13 Asking for & giving information Telephone conversation Asking/giving permission Unidad 14 Speaking about the past, actions and memories Unidad 15 Speaking about future actions Expressing conditions / wishes Offering opinions Unidad 16 Speaking about routines Narrating using tenses Expressing opinions actions in the past Verbo Soler Verbs Ser / estar Imperative affirmative Poder + Infinitivo Imperative + pronouns Poder + infinitivo + pronombre Complementary personal pronouns Contrasto Pretérito Indefinido / pretérito Imperfecto The future Si + present, present / future Si + presente, imperativo Me gustaría + infinitivo Revision Present simple. All regular and irregular verbs for the past) + 13 socio cultural contents. Unit 12 AVE: Curso A3. Tema 9 El verbo: Pretérito Imperfecto/ Library: Past continuous exercises Grammar contents Unit 18 (positive imperative). socio cultural contents. Unit 13 AVE: Curso A4. Tema 12 Verbs: Positive Imperative Library: Imperative exercises I Contenidos gramaticales. Unidad 5 + 14 + 17. socio cultural contents. Unit 15 El verbo: Pretérito Indefinido / Pretérito Imperfecto Contenidos gramaticales. Unidad 11. socio cultural contents. Unit 15 El verbo: El Futuro El Verbo: El Futuro y El Presente Library: Future tense exercises 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 5
Unidad 17 Speaking about past, recent and distant actions Unidad 18 Speaking about past actions preceding other past ones Unidad 19 Expressing wishes Offering opinions about surroundings Unidad 20 Giving orders and advice Unidad 21 Expressing probability / doubt Speaking about future actions Revision Pretérito Perfecto e Pretérito Indefinido Pretérito Imperfecto / pretérito Pluscuamperfecto Present form of subjunctive. Regular and irregular verbs!ojalá (que) + presente subjuntivo! Querer + sostantivo / infinitivo Esperar que + presente subjuntivo Imperative, negative and positive Simple and compound future tenses Condicional simple Quizá (s), tal vez, probablemente + presente subjuntivo 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 Contenidos gramaticales. Unidad 14 socio cultural contents. Unit 18 AVE: Cursos B1. Tema 1 y tema 3 El verbo: Pretérito Imperfecto/ Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto Contenidos gramaticales. Unidad 16 socio cultural contents. Unit 19 AVE: Curso B3. Tema 7 Presente Subjuntivo Contenidos gramaticales. Unidad 18 socio cultural contents. Unit 20 AVE: Curso B2. Tema 4 www.gramaclicando.com.ejercicios El Verbo: Imperativo Contenidos gramaticales. Unidades 11 y 15. socio cultural contents. Unit 21 AVE: Curso B3. Tema 8 El verbo: Condicional Simple 6
Expressing condition Unidad 22 Expressing purpose Giving advice and recommendations Unidad 23 Offering opinions and assessment Unidad 24 Describing familiar and unfamiliar things Speaking about ongoing actions Unidad 25 Expressing appreciation and opinions Descrivere Verbos de influencia + Presente Subjuntivo Para + infinitivo Para que + Presente Subjuntivo Yo, en tu lugar / Yo que tú + condicional Ser / estar + adjetivos y sustantivos Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo Cuando + Presente Subjuntivo Use of simple / subjunctive Perífrasis verbales Prepositions Pensar / creer / parecer Ser / estar Contenidos gramaticales. Unidades 16 + 22 socio cultural contents. Unit 22 AVE: Curso B3. Tema 9 El verbo: Presente de Subjuntivo. La finalidad Useful link: www.parador.es Contenidos gramaticales. Unidades 2 + 16 + 21 (Los verbos) Leer y entender AVE: Curso B4. Tema 11. Contenidos gramaticales. Unidades 2 + 4 + 8 + 12 + 16 + 21 (Los verbos) Leer y entender AVE: Curso B2: Tema 5 El verbo: Presente de Subjuntivo Presente Indicativo Contenidos gramaticales. Unidades 2 + 10 Leer y entender AVE: Curso B4. Tema 10 Unidad 26 Expressing tastes Formulating wishes Expressing conditions Hypothesising Gustar Presente Subjuntivo Imperfecto Subjuntivo Contenidos gramaticales. Unidades 2 + 16 + 15 (contenidos funcionales) + 21 Leer y entender AVE: curso B2. tema 6 El verbo: Condicional Simple Useful link: www.parador.es 7
Unidad 27 Referring messages to others Estilo indirecto Contenidos gramaticales. Unidad 22 Leer y entender AVE: Curso B4. Tema 12 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 8
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 1 st passage Listening to 2 nd passage Pause Repeat listening to first passage Pause Repeat listening to 2 nd passage longer pause while exercises are completed 120 minutes for the completion of the written exam Contents of exam First part Objective Exam Listening to messages and news: announcements, surveys, extracts from radio programmes Check candidates ability to: -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 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, e- 5/30 mail, letter, fax, memo, on a given topic Second part Objective Exam Reading comprehension of one or more authentic texts, possibly also containing graphs, tables and images Checking candidates : - ability to understand texts; - ability to write structured texts according to instructions given. 1. True/False questions, multiple choice answers, open and /or closed 5/30 questions 2. Writing a text (letter, short report, memorandum) 10/30 9
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 Discussion of the topic presented led by the examiners using ad hoc questions. 10
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 2. Partial exam Extra points 1/30 Validity 7 months from the end of the course (from June to December, inclusive) 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 Grammar exercises consisting in multiple choice answers, completion, transformation on the topics of the course book Second part Writing a short text according to the information and instructions given Third part 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. 11