VSFS:BA_SL_6 Spanish Language 6 - Course Information

BA_SL_6 Spanish Language 6

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: SoZk (examination).

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_5 Spanish Language 5
The requirement for the completion of this course is completion of the course BA_SL_5.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.

Course objectives

Course objectives: 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 A2 by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

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 and past tenses 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 of the Common European Framework.

Syllabus

• BA_SL_6 1-2 Repaso, lección 18: alquilando un local comercial 3-4 Lección 18: grammar (the subjunctive to express doubt, disbelief, and Denial, the subjunctive to express indefiniteness and nonexistence, diminutive suffixes) 5-6 Renting commercial space 7-8 Lección 19: Vendiendo and comprando seguros + grammar (the subjunctive to express doubt, disbelief, and denial, the subjunctive to express indefiniteness and nonexistence, diminutive suffixes) 9-10 Selling insurance to a Spanish – speaking prospective client 11-12 Libre comercios con Hispanoamérica + grammar (the imperfect subjunktive, uses of the imperfect subjunktive, If clauses) 13-14 Talking about Latin American business—Debating free trade agreements— Using facts to support your arguments. 15-16 Suplemento: documentos de negocio, repaso lecciones 1-5. 17-18 Repaso: lecciones 6-10 19-20 Repaso: lecciones 11-15 21-22 Repaso: lecciones 16-20 23-24 Credit test

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

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

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.

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