Spanish Language I

There will be different methods of evaluation along the course depending on the topic.
For the grammar explanations, the chosen method is the direct clarification through the teacher’s explanation
or through language activities; for the practice of skills and for the activities and tasks exercises, a more
communicative method will be used.
Evaluation:
The students can choose between one of these evaluation models:
Continuous: Participation and papers (25%), two partial examinations (25% each) and an oral examination
(25%). Students must attend 75% of the classes;
Final: Written examination (75% and an oral examination (25%)

To acquire basic skills for the oral and written communication in Spanish;
To develop these skills, using the knowledge they have and in contexts adapted to their language level;
To understand, orally and in writing, instructions and explanations of everyday life;
To know basic everyday life vocabulary: hobbies, the house, physical and psychological states, the family, etc;
To ask for and give information;
To argue and to justify in simple contexts;
To describe objects, people, activities and personal preferences;
To be familiar with the Spanish pronunciation;
To know labour life basic vocabulary: invoices, slips, furniture and consumables;
To know some false friends to avoid making mistakes of understanding and production;
To know some aspects of the Spanish culture which may help to have a better understanding of certain
aspects of this language, so that learning easier.

Grammar contents: The alphabet; the noun: gender and number; the adjective: gender and number; the
apocope; Definite and indefinite articles; Possessives: adjectives and pronouns; Demonstratives; Indefinites
and other quantifiers; the cardinal and ordinal numbers; Regular and irregular morphology and the use of the
following verb tenses: Presente/Pretérito Indefinido; Pretérito Imperfecto; The Gerund and the Participle;
verbal peripherals: ir a + infinitive; estar + gerund; tener que + infinitive; haber que + infinitive; deber +
infinitive; poder + infinitivo; the verbs: ser, estar and haber.
Thematical and lexical contents:
Presentations; Personal data; Greetings and farewells; The clothes; The colours; physical and psychic traits;
The family; The house; The food; the daily routine; Hobbies and leisure time; Means of transport; Jobs; Days of
the week, months and seasons; The time.

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