Advanced Spanish Language

Universidad de Salamanca

Course Description

  • Course Name

    Advanced Spanish Language

  • Host University

    Universidad de Salamanca

  • Location

    Salamanca, Spain

  • Area of Study

    Spanish

  • Language Level

    Advanced

    Hours & Credits

  • Contact Hours

    40
  • Recommended U.S. Semester Credits
    2
  • Recommended U.S. Quarter Units
    4
  • Overview

    Spanish Language? Advanced
    45 Hours

    GENERAL OBJECTIVES
    1. Provide the student with the means to interact with native inhabitants with a sufficient degree of fluency and naturalness.
    2. Train the student to participate in a conversation or debate with different cooperation skills.
    3. Teach the student to produce texts, both oral and written, perfectly understandable on any topic related to their interests.

    UNIT 1. How is your Spanish going?

    FUNCTIONAL CONTENT
    Talk about identity
    Talk about origin
    Say hello and say goodbye
    Talk about tastes and preferences
    Give your opinion and ask your opinion

    CONTENIDOS LINGÚÍSTICOS
    Verbo llamarse
    Pronombres y adjetivos interrogativos
    Verbo gustar, preferir y afines
    Verbos de opinión con indicativo y/o subjuntivo
    Vocabulario: gentilicios

    CONTENIDOS SOCIOCULTURALES
    El español en el mundo
    Saludos y despedidas formales e informales

    UNIDAD 2. Ayer, hoy, mañana y siempre

    CONTENIDOS FUNCIONALES
    Hablar acciones habituales en presente y en pasado
    Expresar acciones en el futuro
    Expresar acciones en el pasado

    CONTENIDOS LINGÚÍSTICOS
    Presente de indicativo
    Estar + gerundio
    Ir a + infinitivo / Futuro/Presente con valor de futuro
    Pasados: he cantado/canté/cantaba/había cantado
    Vocabulario relacionado con la familia y el parentesco

    CONTENIDOS SOCIOCULTURALES
    Hábitos sociales y costumbres cotidianas
    La familia y las relaciones personales

    UNIDAD 3. Habla más alto, por favor.

    CONTENIDOS FUNCIONALES
    Hacer peticiones
    Dar órdenes e instrucciones
    Dar consejos
    Pedir, conceder y denegar permiso

    CONTENIDOS LINGÚÍSTICOS
    Imperativo (verbos regulares e irregulares)
    Imperativo negativo
    Imperativos lexicalizados
    Verbos de influencia
    Vocabulario relacionado con la gastronomía y la alimentación

    CONTENIDOS SOCIOCULTURALES
    Fórmulas de cortesía
    Lo que está no y no está permitido: comportamiento en sociedad

    UNIDAD 4. Quiénes somos y dónde estamos

    CONTENIDOS FUNCIONALES
    Hacer descripciones
    Definir
    Identificar
    Situar en el espacio y en el tiempo

    CONTENIDOS LINGÚÍSTICOS
    Verbos ser y estar: usos generales, usos específicos y algunas expresiones coloquiales
    Estructuras relativas: pronombres y uso de los modos
    Diferencias está/hay
    Localizadores espaciales y temporales
    Vocabulario relacionado con el urbanismo y la ciudad. Nombres de lugares y establecimientos comerciales

    CONTENIDOS SOCIOCULTURALES
    El ámbito profesional
    La ciudad: urbanismo, transporte, espacios, tiendas y establecimientos comerciales...

    UNIDAD 5. Que te lo pases bien

    CONTENIDOS FUNCIONALES
    Expresar deseos
    Expresar sentimientos
    Animar a alguien a hacer algo
    Hacer propuestas e invitaciones
    Mostrar agradecimiento

    CONTENIDOS LINGÚÍSTICOS
    Verbos y expresiones de deseo
    Verbos de sentimiento
    Uso de subjuntivo/infinitivo
    El condicional para expresar deseos.
    Vocabulario relacionado con fiestas y celebraciones populares

    SOCIOCULTURAL CONTENT
    Congratulations
    Expressions of a social nature
    Resources for speaking on the telephone
    Resources for writing written texts (letters, notes, email...)

    UNIT 6. Maybe...

    FUNCTIONAL CONTENTS
    Express hypothesis
    Express possibility
    Express doubt
    Show surprise
    Show concern

    LINGUISTIC CONTENTS
    Simple
    conditional Probability expressions
    Present and imperfect subjunctive
    Conditional sentences (If...)
    Vocabulary related to luck, superstitions and games of chance

    SOCIOCULTURAL CONTENTS
    Superstitions in the Hispanic world

    UNIT 7. Well, I don't agree...

    FUNCTIONAL CONTENT
    Express agreement and disagreement
    Make evaluations
    Support or refute the opinions of others
    React to an event
    Express preferences
    Express physical and mental sensations

    LINGUISTIC CONTENTS
    Ser/estar/appear + adjective/adverb/noun
    Alternation indicative/subjunctive/infinitive
    Causal structures: because, is that
    Vocabulary related to the world of bullfighting

    SOCIOCULTURAL CONTENT
    Meetings and gatherings
    Topics for debate: bulls, food, tobacco...

    UNIT 8. Plans for the future

    FUNCTIONAL CONTENT
    Relate events in time
    Express the moment in which the action takes place
    Talk about plans and projects

    LINGUISTIC CONTENTS
    Temporal sentences
    Alternation Indicative/Subjunctive
    When and other temporal markers
    Vocabulary related to travel and transportation

    SOCIOCULTURAL CONTENT
    Some notable historical events
    Travel and tourism

    UNIT 9. Once upon a time...

    FUNCTIONAL CONTENTS
    Recreate past events (narrate and describe)

    LINGUISTIC CONTENTS
    Indefinite past/imperfect past tense contrast in the past tense story
    Organizers of narration (temporal) and description (spatial)
    Vocabulary related to literature, stories, places and fictional characters

    SOCIOCULTURAL CONTENT
    Stories, legends and narratives
    A little literature

Course Disclaimer

Courses and course hours of instruction are subject to change.

Eligibility for courses may be subject to a placement exam and/or pre-requisites.

Credits earned vary according to the policies of the students' home institutions. According to ISA policy and possible visa requirements, students must maintain full-time enrollment status, as determined by their home institutions, for the duration of the program.

Availability of courses is based on enrollment numbers. All students should seek pre-approval for alternate courses in the event of last minute class cancellations

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