FSS:CJVS101 Spanish for Social Sciences I - Course Information
CJVS101 Spanish for Social Sciences I
Faculty of Social StudiesAutumn 2019
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Jitka Žváčková (lecturer)
Mgr. Dana Plíšková (assistant)
Mgr. et Mgr. Petra Trávníková, Ph.D. (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Jitka Žváčková
Language Centre Faculty of Social Studies Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Mgr. Jitka Žváčková
Supplier department: Language Centre Faculty of Social Studies Division – Language Centre - Timetable
- Wed 10:00–11:40 U44
- Prerequisites
- (( FAKULTA ( FSS )&& TYP_STUDIA ( B ))||( OBOR ( MUSFSS )))
Basic course for students of the Faculty of Social Studies. Minimum level of Spanish B1 according to CEFR. - 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: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15 - Course objectives
- Development of the oral expression, orientation in diverse topics in Spanish, familiarization with relevant on-line sources.
- Learning outcomes
- After completing the course, the student wil be able to: - give reasons and explanations for opinions, plans and actions - deliver short, rehearsed announcements on a topic pertinent to everyday occurrences in his/her field which, despite possibly very foreign stress and intonation, are nevertheless clearly intelligible - give a prepared straightforward presentation on a familiar topic within his/her field which is clear enough to be followed without difficulty most of the time, and in which the main points are explained with reasonable precision. - write straightforward connected texts on a range of familiar subjects within his field of interest - summarise, report and give his/her opinion about accumulated factual information on familiar matters within his/her field with some confidence.
- Syllabus
- Current issues of the Spanish-speaking societes.
- Democratic and social challenges (migration, xenophobia, racism, discrimination).
- European Union today.
- Mass media.
- Sociopolitical and socioenvironmental problems of the Spanish-speaking world.
- The Spanish-speaking world political scenes.
- Literature
- López Moreno, C.: España contemporánea, SGEL, Madrid, 2005, ISBN: 9788497781862
- Martínez Díaz, N.: Historia de América Latina, SGEL, 2006, ISBN: 9788471436436
- Teaching methods
- Presentations prepared by students, discussions in class, reading assignments, short essays, grammar exercises, homework.
- Assessment methods
- Class exercises (four short essays). Presentations on a weekly basis of news on current issues. Active class participation is obligatory (70% attendance); final work - summaries of presented news, glossary.
- Language of instruction
- Spanish
- Further Comments
- The course is taught each semester.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2019, recent)
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