Spanish as a Second Language (B1 CEFR)

Español como Lengua Extranjera (A2 MCER) Spanish as a Foreign Language (A2 CEFR) - Belén Garí

This course is aimed at foreign students with an elementary level of Spanish (level A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages/CEFRL) who want to reach a level of communicative competence within the range of level B1 of the CEFR. This effectively means the ability to express oneself in a limited way in familiar situations and to deal in a general way with non-routine information.

This course places an emphasis on classroom activity. Classroom hours cover the basic objectives of the course syllabus. Students work both under their teacher’s supervision and independently; when not supervised, they will use the resources provided by the teacher or the online resources of UAB Idiomes Campus. Students wishing to enrol must either present a certificate showing that they already have level A2 or else take a placement test before enrolling. Please contact summer@uab.cat.

Spanish as a SecondLanguage (level B1 CEFR)
Week	Contents	Teaching/learning activities
1	Communicative and lexical resources Expressing prohibition, obligation & impersonality Talking about habits and customs Social customs Placing actions in the past and in the present Talking about habits, customs and circumstances in the past Arguing and debating Stages of life Inventions Grammatical resources Soler + the infinitive Quantifiers Es obligatorio / Está prohibido Lo normal /habitual/raro es + the infinitive The impersonal "se" pronoun The past imperfect Time markers for the past and the present Ya no/Todavía	Classes are highly practical and encourage cooperative learning and students’ effective participation, individually, in pairs or in groups. Classroom activities are aimed at improving communication skills: oral and written comprehension/oral and written expression. Classroom activities include, for example, reading distinct text types to foster comprehension, locating specific information, reworking this content; participating in spontaneous conversations; participating in debates and discussions; expressing opinions and arguments in a fluent and structured manner; giving oral presentations on prepared topics, writing distinct text types depending on level.
2	Communicative and lexical resources Talking about the beginning and the end of an action Locating an action in time A person's real-life facts Historical periods and events Reorting in the past Sequencing actions Expressing emotions Memories Grammatical resources Verbal collocations Desde/desde que/desde hace The past perfect / indefinit The indefinite past Contrasting the imperfect and indefinite past Time markers for narrating	Classes are highly practical and encourage cooperative learning and students’ effective participation, individually, in pairs or in groups. Classroom activities are aimed at improving communication skills: oral and written comprehension/oral and written expression. Classroom activities include, for example, reading distinct text types to foster comprehension, locating specific information, reworking this content; participating in spontaneous conversations; participating in debates and discussions; expressing opinions and arguments in a fluent and structured manner; giving oral presentations on prepared topics, writing distinct text types depending on level.
3	Communicative and lexical resources Adversiting: values, media, elements of an adversiment Recommending and advising Giving instructions Describing an adversiment Predicting the future (personal and about the planet) Science and Technology Talking about future actions and situations Expressing conditions Forming hypotheses about the future Grammatical resources The negative and affirmative imperative Collocating reflexive and direct/indirect object pronouns Forms and uses of the future imperfect Si + present indicative + future Depende de / depende de si... Seguramente/seguro que/supongo que + future	Classes are highly practical and encourage cooperative learning and students’ effective participation, individually, in pairs or in groups. Classroom activities are aimed at improving communication skills: oral and written comprehension/oral and written expression. Classroom activities include, for example, reading distinct text types to foster comprehension, locating specific information, reworking this content; participating in spontaneous conversations; participating in debates and discussions; expressing opinions and arguments in a fluent and structured manner; giving oral presentations on prepared topics, writing distinct text types depending on level.

The course has a system of continuous assessment made up of different activities evaluating the four language skills (reading comprehension, listening comprehension, written production and oral production) carried out during the course. These continuous assessment activities represent 60% of the overall grade. Class participation, homework and end-of-unit activities will account for the remaining 40% of the overall grade. Students need a minimum mark of 50% to pass the course.

Belén Garí Aguilera received her degree in Spanish from the Universitat de Barcelona in 1986, specialising in Literature. She subsequently entered the field of teaching Spanish as a foreign language. In this context she has taught Spanish to North-African immigrants in Barcelona, as well as developing a teacher-training seminar for volunteers. She gained her Master’s Degree in Teaching Spanish as Foreign Language from the Universitat de Barcelona in 1994, with a dissertation on Learning Strategies. From 2001 to the present, she has been teaching Spanish at the UAB Language Service to students from many different countries from around the world.

E-mail: belen.gari@uab.cat
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