Intermediate Spoken Spanish

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
oral (comprehension, expression and interaction). Likewise, emphasis is placed on teaching lexical content.
and discursive strategies that allow interaction in certain everyday situations, seeking
always respond to the student's communicative and academic needs.
To reach the CEFR level it is essential to complete 90 teaching hours and complement this course with
that of Spanish Language. Grammar and written 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
⦿ Know how to handle most of the situations that may arise during a trip through areas
where the language is used, using the most common expressions of those functions in a neutral register.
⦿ Be able to produce simple and coherent texts on familiar topics in which you have an interest
staff.
⦿ 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.
⦿ Communicate with reasonable correctness in everyday situations, generally with good control
grammatical, despite the influence of the mother tongue and the eventual presence of errors, which, however,
They do not hinder the understanding of the message by the interlocutors.
⦿ Pronounce clearly and intelligibly, despite a foreign accent still perceptible on some occasions
and possible sporadic errors.
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
⦿ 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