Syllabus
Course syllabus:
Course content:
Coursebook: Cuenca, Alonso; Prieto, Rocío, Embarque 2, Edelsa
Grammar: regular and irregular verbs (selection), reflexive, auxiliary and modal verbs. The imperative (imperativo afirmativo y negativo), basic use of the past tenses (pretérito perfecto, indefinido, imperfecto, plusquamperfecto). Periphrastic verbs (perífrasis verbales), discourse connectors (conectores del discurso), introduction to the present subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo).
Communication skills: expressing agreement and disagreement, making phone calls, narration, description, request of permission and help
Reading competences: informative and argumentative text, introduction to academic texts
Writing: structured CV, informal and formal letters/e-mail (carta informal, formal), writing a story, written requests
Speaking: dialogue, conversation, summary, narration, expressing agreement and disagreement, making phone calls, narration, description, request of permission and help.
Vocabulary. Reading and analysis of general texts, listening to authentic recordings.
Selection of Hispanic realia.
Annotation
The course is designed for students who have basic knowledge of standard Spanish at A2 level.
The course develops basic language competencies and academic skills to achieve B1 level.
The chapters of the textbook form the axis of instruction.
Attention is focused on the explanation of the most important grammatical phenomena which appear in the given chapters and their basic practice.
Interpretation is complemented by specific instructions for self-study.
In the framework of self-study, the student further anchors the acquired knowledge and complements and expands the vocabulary.
The language taught is Czech and Spanish.
One-semester course, 1 session of 90 minutes per week in the classroom and 1 session of 90 minutes per week online (Moodle).
In case of distant learning the originally planned face-to-face lessons will be realized via one of the platforms MS Teams, Zoom (this will be specified according to the current government or faculty/university restrictions).