BA_SL_2 Spanish Language 2

University of Finance and Administration
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Lucia Majlátová, Ph.D.
Subdepartment of Languages – Department of Social Sciences – Departments – University of Finance and Administration
Contact Person: Ivana Plačková
Prerequisites
BA_SL_1 Spanish Language 1
The requirement for the completion of this course is completion of the course BA_SL_1.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
Course objectives: The course is established for beginners or false beginners. At the end of the course learners should be able to understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type. They can introduce theirselves and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where they live, people they know and things they have. They can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and are prepared to help. Basic grammar has to be explained: nouns´and pronouns´ declension, word order in clauses, negation. Learners are prepared to gradually achieve the level of A1 by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, respectively A2 by false beginners.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will have acquired skills in all four areas of the language (reading, writing, speaking and listening). By the end of the course the average student will be able to understand interactions in everyday settings; in addition he or she will be able to name common objects of daily life, to express a range of basic wishes, and to use the present tense (both regular and irregular) to narrate simple events. Reading is a component of the course, and by the end of the semester students will be able to read brief texts and understand the fundamentals of Spanish textual structures. Students will also practice writing intensively and will be able to narrate events and communicate basic information about themselves. At the end of the course students will have proficiency in Spanish equivalent to level A2.1 of the Common European Framework.
Syllabus
  • This sylabus is designed for both full-time and part-time study programme. Seminars' content:This sylabus is designed for both full-time and part-time study programme. Seminars' content: 1-2 Revision of lessons 1-3, the irregular verbs tener and venir, expressions with tener, communication: Dining at a restaurant; 3-4 Communication: finding information about typical local food; asking about the ingredients and preparation of dishes, grammar:comparative forms, irregular comparative forms 5-6 Communication: Importing goods; making an appointment to buy goods abroad; conducting a subsequent interview; Stem-changing verbs (e:ie) 7-8 Communication: inquiring about the quality and prices of goods and about payment terms, some uses of the definite article, the present progressive 9-10 Llenando planillas, Repaso (Lecciones 1-5) 11-12 Visiting with a prospective client in a Latin American country; Stem-changing verbs (o:ue), affirmative and negative expressions 13-14 Communication: negotiating to sell merchandise to be exported from the United States, pronouns as object of a preposition, direct object pronouns 15-16 Communication: Inquiring about the availability of communication facilities in a foreign country, stem-changing verbs (e:i), irregular first-person forms 17-18 Communication: how to procure and use communication facilities, saber contrasted with conocer, indirect object pronouns 19-20 Communication: Using different means of passenger transportation; taking a bus or a taxi, pedir contrasted with preguntar, special construction with gustar. 21-22 Communication: renting a car; requirements for renting and driving a car in a foreign country, grammar: doler, and hacer falta, demonstrative adjectives and pronouns, direct and indirect object pronouns used together 23-24 Communication: Transporting merchandise by air, train, or truck; possessive pronouns, reflexive constructions, command forms: Ud. and Uds., Communication: old problems and new solutions regarding transportation of merchandise between two countries, uses of object pronouns with command forms,
Literature
    required literature
  • JARVIS, Ana C. (2011) Basic Spanish For Business and Finance. Second Edition. Heinle, Cengage Learning. ISBN - 13: 978-0-495-90265-2.
Teaching methods
Seminars in both types of study (full-time students and part-time students). The explanation of grammar and vocabulary items will be immediately followed by practical exercises - individual work, work in pairs, group work. Special focus will be given to the evaluation of students' progress.
Assessment methods
Assessment methods: The course is completed with a credit. SPECIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CREDIT 1 OBLIGATORY PARTICIPATION IN LESSONS The extent of obligatory participation in lessons has been stipulated as follows: 75% applies to full-time students. The subject is assessed based on the student's results in the Credit Test. It testifies to the fulfilment of study obligations. 2 CREDIT TEST Reaching the result of minimum 30 points out of 50 points (maximum) is the precondition to gain the credit. The student is entitled to one regular attempt and he/she can do two resits to pass the Credit Test with the lecturer assigned to him. Note: The students who will be convicted of fundamental violation of the Study and Examination Code while writing the Credit Test (namely the forbidden use of mobile phones, spy pen cameras etc.) will automatically get the assessment “---“ (i.e. failed). 3 INSUFFICIENT ATTENDANCE In case of insufficient attendance between 75-40%, the assessment “-“ will be entered into the IS and the person concerned automatically loses one attempt to sit the test. The seminar attendance less than 40 % means that the student didn't meet the minimum required study obligations and he/she will be assessed as failed “---". In such a case the student will have to transfer the subject into the following term/academic year, and following the purchase of the necessary credits he/she will have again three attempts to pass the subject (to write the test). 4 STUDENTS WITH INDIVIDUAL STUDY PLAN The students with the approved Individual Study Plan (ISP) are obliged to get in touch with their lecturer in three weeks’ time at the very latest since the beginning of the term in order to agree alternative ways to fulfil their study obligations due to optional attendance. In case the student verifiably neglects this obligation, he/she will be assessed as failed and the code of “---“ will be entered into the IS. The students who were given the status of ISP on the course of the running term are obliged to contact their assigned lecturer in 14 days at the very latest.
Language of instruction
English
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin KS/semestr.
The course is also listed under the following terms summer 2012, Winter 2012, Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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