Foreign Language IV – Spanish

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Classes will be theoretical and practical, with the aim that students understand and produce the highest number of oral and written statements of the tourism sector.
Periodical Assessment consist in 1 performing frequency in the last class of the semester, whose weight is 70% of the final grade, and oral presentation of a working group, whose weight and 30% of the final grade.
Assessment by examination will include all the material taught in class during the semester.

1 – To understand oral and written language utterances on the specialized field of tourism.
2 – To produce oral linguistic utterances in specific situational contexts of tourism.
3 – To compose small texts in specific situational contexts of tourism.
4 – To properly use some of the grammar rules.
5 – Mastering an intermediate level of Spanish (A2).

1 – Basic linguistic rules
1.1 – The alphabet
1.2 – Punctuation marks
1.3 – Days of the week and months of the year
1.4 – Numerals and dates
1.5 – Accent marks
2 – Asking for information
2.1 – Asking for and giving directions
2.1.1 – Questions of grammar
2.2 – Cultural events
2.2.1 – Questions of grammar
3 – The restaurant and catering trade
3.1 – Asking for and giving informations about menus
3.1.1 – Questions of grammar
3.2 – Complaints
3.2.1 – Questions of grammar
4 – Hotel business and trade
4.1 – Hotels, hostels, rural accommodation (rural tourism, manor tourism and eco tourism)
4.1.1 – Questions of grammar
4.1.2 – Check in
4.1.3 – Complaints

• - Exam - 100.0%

• - Individual and/or Group Work - 30.0%
• - Frequency - 70.0%

NAO

GÓMEZ TORREGO, Leonardo, Gramática Didáctica del Español, Madrid: Ediciones SM, 2015.
MORENO, C. e TUTS, M. Cinco estrellas. Español para el turismo. Madrid: SGEL, 2009.
Diccionario de la Real Academia Española: dle.rae.es