Course Topics
The course is designed to acquire basic language skills in Spanish. At the end of the course the students will be able to introduce themselves, to talk about their families, about their likes and dislikes, about food, will be able to ask and give directions, to describe their city, to talk about daily habits.

Teaching format
Frontal lectures with emphasis on student participation, pair work, group work, communicative approach.

Educational objectives
Knowledge and understanding specialised texts relating to the economics and management of tourism, sports and events businesses; advanced and specialised vocabulary to be used in both text writing and academic conversation; how to make effective professional presentations fundamentals of intercultural rhetoric how to develop a cover letter and curriculum vitae how to prepare for an effective job interview. For French and Spanish, the macro-area aims to provide knowledge and comprehension skills with particular reference to basic grammatical structures basic vocabulary related to everyday life basic vocabulary relating to tourism, sport and events Guidelines for the development of a covering letter and curriculum vitae. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding understand cultural diversity in both oral and non-oral communication communicate in written form effectively in normal business activities in consideration of different cultural aspects express complex concepts and events accurately using terms specific to tourism, sport and events understand and use both academic and popular publications and information sources communicate professionally and present to peers or the public interpret and report on scientific texts write academic texts For French and Spanish, the macro-area aims to provide the ability to apply knowledge and understanding in the following aspects reading, writing and communicating in the reference language understand fundamental elements of the reference culture through a linguistic approach use specialist vocabulary in the field of tourism, sport and events prepare simple professional presentations. Communication skills Graduates of this degree course will develop excellent communication skills in at least three languages, and have basic knowledge of a fourth language. The achievement of this objective will be assessed by means of written examinations, individual and group assignments as well as the final dissertation.

Additional educational objectives and learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding • Knowledge and understanding of basic grammatical structures • Knowledge and understanding of basic vocabulary related to everyday life • Knowledge and understanding of the basic tourism, sport and events vocabulary • Guidelines to write a presentation letter and a CV Applying knowledge and understanding • Applying knowledge and understanding to be able to read, write and communicate in Spanish language • Applying knowledge and understanding to be able to understand fundamental elements of Spanish culture following a linguistic approach • Applying knowledge and understanding to be able to use the specialized lexicon of tourism, sport and events • Applying knowledge and understanding to be able to prepare simple professional presentations Making judgements • Asking and giving opinions about issues of daily life such as likes and dislikes, habits, hobbies Communication skills • Ability to communicate and express themselves at a basic level on daily issues Learning skills • Ability to learn individually and in pair and group contexts of practice

Assessment
Final Written and Oral Exam: The written exam includes exercises designed to assess listening, reading and writing skills as well as basic grammar and vocabulary. The written exam includes the following sections: • Listening comprehension • Reading comprehension • Use of Spanish • Text composition The oral exam consists of review questions covering the main topics studied during the course. Assessment for attending/non-attending students is the same since this is a course of no obligatory attendance. Duration written test: 75 minutes Duration oral test: 6 to 7 minutes

Evaluation criteria
Partial assessments: weighting of parts: 80% written and 20% oral. (100 points: 80 points written, 20 points oral.). Relevant for oral assessment: clarity of answers, mastery of the Spanish language, grammatical accuracy.