The following themes will be covered in this course:
I. Theoretic-practical review of the following grammatical topics:
1. Alphabet (peculiarities, phonetic traits), spelling, punctuation marks, capital letters
2. Accentuation: dipthongs, triphthongs, hiatus. Monosyllable words, compound words.
3. Indicative tenses: present-values and uses
past-uses and differences
future and conditional-probability
4. Uses of pronouns
5. The correlation of tenses
6. Indirect style. Complications
7. Subordinate noun clauses
8. Relatives: uses
9. Adjectival subordinate clauses
10. Adverbial subordinate clauses
11. “Ser/Estar”
12. Prepositions
The exercises and explanations regarding the above themes are related to the topics covered in the grammar class.
II. Presentations-analysis of errors
Students will have to do a presentation (10 minute minimum) over an assigned theme. The professor will facilitate the materials necessary for the research of these themes. Possible themes include: colloquial Spanish, the university, Spanish cuisine, means of transportation in Spain, ecology, terrorism, Flamenco, film, etc.
III. Compositions
Students will write a composition of 150-200 words that discusses a theme related to the previously discussed grammatical topics such as: onomatopoeia, synonyms, past tenses, point of view, prepositions, etc.
IV. Dictation
“Se haran dictados para completer la preparación grammatical, ortográfica y lexica del alumno. Se cita a continuación una muestra:
1. Vicente Soto. La Zancada -Práctica de diminutivos
2. Julio Cortazar. Historia de cronopios y de famas "practica de léxico
Práctica de léxico
3. Ramón J. Sender. La tesis de Nancy "Las palabras en su contexto
4. Martin Santos. Tiempo de Silencio "Practica de pronombres
Interpretación del texto. Comentario posterior
5. Eugene Ionesco. La cantante calva "Práctica de las oraciones subordinadas.
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