Course Description

Course Name

Spanish Conversation and Oral Skills

Session: VVLS3125

Hours & Credits

3 Credits

Prerequisites & Language Level

Advanced

  • Prior to enrolling in courses at this language level, students must have completed or tested out of a minimum of four semesters (or six quarters) at the college level.

Overview

Conversación y destrezas orales en español I (SPAN 309)


COURSE INFORMATION
[Foreign Languages and Literatures | 1 credit | Three-hundred level | 15 contact hours]
Prerequisite: ​One year of college Spanish
Professor:Marta Castaño | Email:marcass1@upvnet.upv.es
Office hours.lunes de 11:00 a 12:00


REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS & COURSE MATERIALS
- ROLLÁN, M. y RUIZ DE GAUNA, M. (2008). Comunicando, comunicando. Funciones
comunicativas en situaciones cotidianas. Madrid: Edinumen. (ISBN:-10: 84-89756-17-1/
ISBN-13: 978-84-89756-17-5)


DESCRIPTION
Optional one-credit course that complements the development of linguistic competences
facilitated at the two/three-hundred level courses, focusing in the oral skills in particular.
Curso opcional de un crédito destinado a desarrollar las habilidades lingüísticas que se van
adquiriendo en los otros cursos de nivel doscientos o trescientos, haciendo especial hincapié
en las destrezas orales.


STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
After the successful completion of Spanish Conversation and Oral Skills I students will be able to:
-exchange short oral messages that include narrative as well as descriptive elements to account
for their experiences abroad
-take part in opinion exchanges over familiar or predictable topics with local people
-explain with easiness aspects regarding their personal and work environment, such as details
of their life, job, family, city, etc.
-explain their favorite things, places and hobbies, and to ask about their interlocutor’s ones
-give reasoned arguments in favour or against a controversial issue that distinguishes the U.S.
and Spain, as long as they have time to plan the interventions
-analyze, contrast and assess their perceptions, values, attitudes and behaviors of the different
cultures in Spain in relation to the student´s own culture.
Al completar con éxito Conversación I, los alumnos serán capaces de
-realizar intercambios orales breves que incluirán tanto elementos narrativos como descriptivos
para dar cuenta de sus experiencias en el extranjero
-participar en intercambios de opinión sobre temas conocidos o previsibles con gente local
-explicar con comodidad aspectos del entorno personal y laboral, como detalles de su vida, su trabajo, su familia, su ciudad, etc.
-explicar con detalle sus gustos y aficiones, así como preguntar por los de su interlocutor
-argumentar a favor y en contra de un tema polémico que distinga los Estados Unidos de España, siempre que el/la alumno/a tenga tiempo de planificar sus intervenciones
-analizar, contrastar y ponderar las percepciones, los valores, las actitudes y los
comportamientos de las diferentes culturas de España en relación con la cultura propia

*Course content subject to change