RCSZ_SJC1 Foreign Language on level C1 for Doctoral Study - Spanish

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 7 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Veronika De Azevedo Camacho, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Vlastimil Švec, CSc.
Language Centre Faculty of Arts Division – Language Centre
Prerequisites
You should have a C1 CEFR (Common European Framework) level of Spanish language competence to pass this exam or obtain recognition.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
SPANISH FOREIGN LANGUAGE EXAM FOR FF DOCTORAL STUDENTS:
The AIM of this course is to test that the student has at least a C1 level (CEF - Common European Framework) of Spanish in ACADEMIC WRITING.

Students are obliged to either:
(1) write an essay (on the dissertation topic) organized by the Language Education Centre for the Faculty of Arts, MU Brno (FF CJV), or
(2) have the exam RECOGNIZED on the basis of an exam that was done before, or on the basis of appropriate documentation (such as a publication in the foreign language; see below). This Spanish essay writing is regularly conducted 3 times a year: during exam periods in January/February, May/June and September. Students must register at least 3 working days before the exam date.
Exam registration involves
(1) signing up in IS and
(2) providing a list of 5 topics (for an essay that would be about 4 standard pages long) to be sent to FSS/FF CJV. Each topic must include a brief synopsis of about 5 lines, or 5 sentences, or 5 points. The topics must connect to the theme of the student’s dissertation and must be signed by the student’s ADVISOR in order to be accepted. At the actual sitting of the exam, the examiner will select one of the proposed topics.

RECOGNITION OF EXAM is possible if one of the following is provided:
(1) International language certificates at the C1 level of CEF (Common European Framework) i.e., DELE SUPERIOR (2) the General State Language Exam,
(3) a university degree in Spanish,
(4) a degree obtained from a foreign university where the study language was Spanish, or
(5) PUBLICATIONS (the student’s name must be written as the main author or first co-author in all of the following cases): book, lecture, article; or PRESENTATION at a conference held in Spanish (the student’s name must be written as the main AUTHOR AND PRESENTER; the student must also submit a published abstract of the presentation and a written version of the presentation itself); a rejected unpublished article (the student must also submit the text and the rejection explanation).
Syllabus
  • This is an EXAM COURSE ONLY where the student writes an essay on the dissertation topic or can obtain recognition based on previous work (see REQUIREMENTS below). There is NO participation component.
Literature
  • Náhradní obsah: Graciela Vázquez Pereiro: Guía didáctica del discurso académico escrito, Edinumen 2000, ISBN: 8489756511
  • Náhradní obsah: Graciela Vázquez Pereiro: Actividades para la escritura académica, Edinumen 2001, ISBN: 8489756546
  • Náhradní obsah: Doporučená literatura: Estrella Montolío: Manual práctico de escritura académica, vol I., II., III., Ariel S.A. 2001-2008, ISBN: vol.I: 8434428679, vol.II: 8434428687, vol.III: 8434428695
Teaching methods
This is an EXAM COURSE ONLY where the student writes an essay on the dissertation topic or can obtain recognition based on previous work (see REQUIREMENTS below). There is NO participation component.
Assessment methods
This is an EXAM COURSE ONLY. There is no participation component.
To get the examination date, please contact Mgr.Veronika De Azevedo Camacho.(camacho@econ.muni.cz.) Students are obliged to either:
(1) write a essay on a dissertation topic (the exam) organized by the Language Education Centre for the School, MU Brno (ESF/PrF CJV), or (2) have the exam recognized on the basis of previous work, or on the basis of appropriate documentation (such as a publication in the foreign language; see below). This written English exam (essay on dissertation topic) is regularly conducted 3 times a year: during exam periods in January/February, May/June and September. Students must register at least 3 working days before the exam date. Exam registration involves
(1) signing up in IS and
(2) a list of 5 topics (for an essay that would be about 4 standard pages long) that should be sent to ESF/PrF CJV. Each topic must include a brief synopsis of about 5 lines, or 5 sentences, or 5 points. The topics must connect to the theme of the student’s dissertation and must be signed by the student’s ADVISOR in order to be accepted. At the actual sitting of the exam, the examiner will select one of the proposed topics.
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024.
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