High Intermediate Spanish Grammar and Writing

Course Description:
Advanced level course, whose contents are framed within level B2 of the Common Framework
Reference European Council (CEFR), and in which, from a communicative perspective, the development
integrated and significant of fundamental linguistic skills, and more specifically of the skills
written (comprehension, expression and interaction). Likewise, emphasis is placed on teaching the contents
lexical and grammatical, always seeking to respond to the communicative and academic needs of the
student.
To reach the CEFR level it is essential to complete 90 teaching hours and complement this course with
that of Spanish Language. Oral skills. ADVANCED level (B2).
Course methodology:
The orientation of the program is communicative, both in its purposes and in the methodology it follows. It
means that the objectives, at their different levels of concreteness, are set in terms of usability
of the tongue; that the contents are derived from the objectives thus established; and that the work methodology
is based on carrying out use activities, accompanied by the necessary reflection processes on
the language that facilitate the internalization and mastery of its various structures and units.
Course objectives:
THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE
⦿ Be able to understand the main ideas of complex texts that deal with both specific and specific topics.
as abstract, even if they are theoretical in nature, as long as they are within one's own field of
specialization.
⦿ Be able to express oneself with conviction, clarity and courtesy in a formal or informal register that is appropriate to
the situation and the person or persons involved.
⦿ Be able to produce clear and detailed texts on various topics, as well as defend a point of view
on general topics, indicating the pros and cons of the various options.
LINGUISTIC SKILLS
⦿ Be able to express yourself clearly and without the need to limit the content of the messages.
⦿ Have enough linguistic elements to make clear descriptions, express points of
view and develop arguments, using complex sentences and without having to search for words
to build the message.
⦿ Have a wide vocabulary on matters related to one's own specialty and on more topics
general. Be able to vary the formulation of messages to avoid frequent repetition, although the
Lexical deficiencies can produce hesitation and circumlocutions in expression.
⦿ Demonstrate a generally high lexical precision, despite occasional errors in the selection of words.
words, that do not hinder communication.
⦿ Demonstrate good control of grammar, despite the possible presence of sporadic slips, errors
unsystematic and small errors in the structure of the sentence, rare and retrospectively corrected.
Course contents:
⦿ NOTIONAL AND FUNCTIONAL CONTENTS
⚫ Transmit (and ask to be transmitted) information, instructions, requests, orders and orders
⚫ Corroborate and deny other people's claims
⚫ Ask for, grant and deny permission
⚫ Express (and ask for):
⚫ wants and needs
⚫ intentions, conditions and objectives
⚫ agreement and disagreement, total or partial
⚫ Justify, argue, criticize and defend opinions, proposals and ideas
⚫ Demonstrate (and react appropriately to the demonstration)
⚫ complaints, claims and wishes
⚫ surprise, joy, sorrow, disappointment
⚫ fear, worry, resignation
⚫ gratitude and apologies
⚫ Make promises
⚫ Make conjectures, express possibility and impossibility
⚫ Express different degrees of certainty and probability
⚫ Advise and react to advice
⚫ Prevent, recommend and warn; react appropriately
⚫ Refer to personal and collective customs and habits
⚫ Relate anecdotes and historical events
⚫ Describe changes in someone's life or personality
⦿ GRAMMATICAL CONTENTS
Morphology
⚫ Introduction to composition and derivation (nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs)
⚫ Characteristics of prefixation, suffixation and composition in Spanish
⚫ Gender and number bending rules
⚫ Qualifying adjectives:
⚫ Position
⚫ Semantic and stylistic values
⚫ Special uses in the pronominal system and in determination: personal, demonstrative pronouns,
possessive, interrogative and relative
⚫ Various uses of quantifiers: numerals, ordinals, multiplicative, distributive and collective
⚫ Groups of indefinite pronouns
⚫ The verb:
⚫ Consolidation of the morphology of the different times and modes, and systematization of the uses and
contrasts between them. Special cases
⚫ Various uses of the infinitive and the gerund and their compounds
⚫ Reflexive and pronominal verbs
⚫ Periphrasis: systematization and special cases
⚫ Prepositional regime
⚫ Values ​​of the pronoun "se": impersonality, passive reflex and pronouns
⚫ Adverbs in -mente: discursive uses
Syntax
⚫ Systematization and consolidation of the various structures into substantive subordinate ones
⚫ Systematization and consolidation of indirect style
⚫ Relative phrases with preposition (in, with, on the/the/the/the ones that...). Alternation that/who
⚫ Comparative constructions (it's like / a kind of... + noun; not as... like...; much more...
that...)
⚫ Pronominal constructions (remember, be interested in) and alternative syntactic structures
(to interest someone in something / someone to be interested in something)
⚫ Subordinate clauses (causal, concessive, conditional, temporal and final): systematization of
syntactic constructions and use of less frequent conjunctions
⦿ LEXICAL CONTENTS
Sufficient vocabulary (words and expressions) to deal with the following topics, with the necessary
precision, level of abstraction and contextual appropriateness:
⚫ Personal details
⚫ Professional and academic Curriculum Vitae
⚫ Health and the human body
⚫ Gestures and postures
⚫ Position and movement
⚫ Illnesses and accidents
⚫ The city
⚫ Municipal and social institutions
⚫ Procedures and registrations
⚫ Nature and the environment
⚫ Geography
⚫ Society, State
⚫ Public administration
⚫ Parties and unions
⚫ Population and quality of life
⚫ Cultural habits and values
⚫ Leisure and tourism
⚫ Work and professional life
⚫ Professions and trades