Argomenti dell'insegnamento
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.

Modalità di insegnamento
Frontal lectures with emphasis on student participation, pair work, group work, communicative approach.

Obiettivi formativi e risultati di apprendimento (ulteriori info.)
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

Modalità d'esame
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

Criteri di valutazione
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.