CJVSGR Selected grammar aspects in academic Spanish

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Taught online.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jitka Žváčková (lecturer)
Mgr. Dana Plíšková (assistant)
Mgr. Martina Šindelářová Skupeňová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jitka Žváčková
Language Centre Faculty of Arts Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Mgr. Dana Plíšková
Supplier department: Language Centre Faculty of Arts Division – Language Centre
Timetable
Tue 12:00–13:40 K33
Prerequisites
Students are required to have B1 level to enroll in the course.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to revise and extend the students' knowledge of intermediate Spanish grammar focusing on academic contexts. The course is divided into thematic seminars, each seminar consists of a theoretical introduction and a number of practical exercises.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will be able to: - reflect on the challenges of comprehension and expression that academic genres imply - elaborate oral and written texts representative of academic genres of most frequent use based on precise guidelines of form (expository texts such as summary and abstract)
Syllabus
  • Adjectives. Adverbs. Articles. Nouns. Pronouns. Verbs. Past tenses. Prepositions. Conjunctions. Subordinated clauses. Time concordance. Abstracts.
Literature
  • Alonso Raya, R. et al.: Gramática básica del estudiante de espańol. Difusión. 2018. ISBN: 978-84-8443-726-0
  • ARAGONÉS, Luis, PALENCIA, Ramón. Gramática de uso del español, B1-B2. Ediciones SM., 2010. ISBN: 978-84-348-9351-1
  • GARCÍA-VIÑÓ SÁNCHEZ, M.: Preparación al Diploma de Español. Nivel B1. Madrid: Edelsa, 2013. ISBN 9788477113539
  • Alzugaray, P., Barrios, M.J. y Bartolomé, P.: Preparación al diploma de español, Nivel B2, SGEL, Madrid, ISBN: 978-84-9081-675-2
Teaching methods
Seminars.
Assessment methods
Parcial tasks during the course, two abstracts during the course, two final abstracts (four abstracts altogether).
Language of instruction
Spanish
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught each semester.
Teacher's information
Tuition is synchronous, taking place online, regularly, every week, according to the valid timetable for the semester using the application MS Teams or ZOOM. Students must have basic equipment – a computer or tablet, internet connection, a camera and a microphone. Students will receive an email with instructions and an appropriate links before the start of the course.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
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