Intermediate Spanish Grammar and Writing

Course Description:
Intermediate level course, whose contents are framed within level B1 of the Common Framework
Reference European Council (CEFR), and in which, from a communicative perspective, the development
integrated and meaningful 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. INTERMEDIATE level (B1).
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 points of clear texts written in standard language, which deal with
on known issues, whether in work, study or leisure situations.
⦿ Be able to produce simple and coherent texts on familiar topics in which you have an interest
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⦿ Be able to describe experiences, events, desires and aspirations, as well as briefly justify the
own opinions or explain one's own plans.
⦿ Be aware of the most important rules of courtesy and act appropriately.
⦿ Be aware of the most significant differences that exist between customs, practices,
attitudes, values ​​and beliefs that prevail in Spanish society and in your own, and know
respond appropriately to such differences.
LINGUISTIC SKILLS
⦿ Have enough linguistic elements to describe unpredictable situations, to
explain the main points of an idea or problem with reasonable precision and to express ideas
on abstract or cultural topics, such as music and cinema.
⦿ Demonstrate a good command of basic vocabulary, despite the possible presence of errors when
express more complex ideas or when addressing unusual topics and situations.
Course contents:
⦿ NOTIONAL AND FUNCTIONAL CONTENTS
⚫ Relate habits in the present
⚫ Narrate in the past
⚫ Ask and inform about various academic or professional situations
⚫ Remind someone of something
⚫ Broadcast messages
⚫ Express (and ask about) tastes and preferences
⚫ Express (and ask about) sensations and physical and emotional states
⚫ Suggest activities and react to suggestions
⚫ Express uncertainty or doubt
⚫ Express wishes, complaints and needs
⚫ Express opinions
⚫ React to new information
⚫ Express different degrees of probability
⚫ Express prohibitions
⚫ Formulate hypotheses in the future and in the past
⚫ Ask for and grant permission
⚫ Express surprise and amazement, pity and fear
⚫ Claim and protest
⚫ Give encouragement and reassure
⚫ Recommend something
⚫ Give the choice to the interlocutor
⦿ GRAMMATICAL CONTENTS
Morphology
Consolidation of the pronominal and determination system; domain of alternative resources and cases
specials:
⚫ Personal pronouns: tonic, unstressed of OD and OI, uses of se (substitute for le, impersonality,
involuntary)
⚫ Demonstratives: consolidate shapes and contrast between degrees of proximity; exophoric uses and
endophoric
⚫ Possessives: form and use of the possessive pronoun preceded by article
⚫ Relatives and interrogatives, with and without preposition
⚫ Consolidation of quantifiers, indefinites and expressions of gradation (little / a little,
any, everything (singular/plural)...)
⚫ The adjective: introduction to modality
⚫ Options in grading
⚫ Position in the sentence
⚫ The verb:
⚫ Systematization of the indicative verb tenses (present, past perfect, preterite
indefinite, past imperfect and past pluperfect). General contrasts
⚫ Systematization of the verb tenses of the conditional. General contrasts
⚫ The present subjunctive. Form and uses
⚫ Future in the expression of probability
⚫ Verbal periphrasis: expansion
Syntax
Consolidation of syntactic structures. ⚫ The simple sentence:
⚫ Impersonal constructions (do / have / be / be)
⚫ Total and partial, direct and indirect interrogative structures
⚫ Comparative structures
⚫ Impersonality: one, you impersonal, 3rd person plural
⚫ The compound sentence: basic conjunctions and contrasts in a more general way:
⚫ Nouns with infinitive and with that (I know that..., I want that I feel like..., I give myself
realization that…, the idea that…)
⚫ Of relative (that) with or without preposition
⚫ Concessive (although)
⚫ Causes (because)
⚫ Conditional sentences (if)
⚫ Temporary prayers (when)
⚫ Introduction to indirect speech
⚫ Various uses of verbal periphrases (start + infinitive; stay + gerund; stay +
participle; finish + infinitive; etc.)
⚫ The preposition: regime of verbs and adjectives
⦿ LEXICAL CONTENTS
The basic vocabulary and the most frequent complex expressions to deal with the following topics:
⚫ Personal details
⚫ Profession and studies
⚫ Character and personality
⚫ Tastes and hobbies
⚫ Family and personal relationships
⚫ Feelings, sensations and moods
⚫ Housing and surroundings
⚫ Furniture and facilities
⚫ Objects, devices and tools for everyday use
⚫ The city
⚫ Public facilities and services
⚫ Monuments and museums
⚫ Leisure activities and shows
⚫ Free time
⚫ Travel and tourism
⚫ Cinema and television
⚫ Sports practices and games
⚫ Festivities and celebrations
⚫ Teaching and training
⚫ School, university and studies
⚫ Exams, diplomas and titles
⚫ Politics and society
⚫ History
⚫ Territorial and administrative organization
⚫ Social conflicts
⚫ Media. Advertising
⚫ Environment
⚫ Uses and customs