Curricular Unit:			Code:
Foreign Language -Spanish-			161LEE1
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
2	Undergraduate	Physiotherapy	3 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
		Portuguese	39
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
The aim of the course is the acquisition of the threshold level of Spanish that is manifested in communicative skills necessary for everyday life situations appropriate to the social domain. The grammatical competence is to assist the tracking-correct language teaching and helping in contact with documents written in Spanish. Stresses the importance of modal structures and tactics to solve specific problems of comprehension or expression. Language skills should be demostradas the four language skills: listening, understanding, write changes to disk
Syllabus:
Threshold level A. Grammaire: 1.Simple phrase. Category (verb, noun, adjective, adverb). Concordance. 2. The noun and the adjective. Particulars in reference to inflection in gender and number. 3. The pronouns. 4. The verb: Inflection I. Regular verbs. 5. The prepositions. Differences with the Portuguese language. 6. The conjunctions. Phonetic and phonological aspects. Correlation with orthography. B.Vocabulary1.Semantic Fields:. Person identification. Work relations and professions. Physical and inimical states. Leisure-time activity. Culture and civilisation.
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
Activities related to the learning of the Spanish language: reading of small stories/news, identifying the key words, the main ideas, the theme; summarising it (oral and written work)
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
The knowledge students will be assessed on a written test conducted in the classroom and an oral presentation. The final result of the arithmetic mean
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
Activities related to the learning of the Spanish language. Students will be in touch with different media (oral and written ones), where they will show their comprehension and writing skills.
Reading:
[1] BOROBIO, Virgilio: Curso de español para extranjeros. Ele, Madrid, Ediciones SM, 1995. [2] PERIS E., BAULENAS N: Gente I, Difusión, Barcelona, 1998. [3] INMACULADA PENADÉZ, MANUEL MARTÍ y ANA Mª RUÍZ: Gramática española por niveles, vol. I Editorial Numen, Madrid, 2007. [4] HERMOSO G. A.: Español lengua extranjera. Nivel 1, Madrid, Edelsa, 1996. [5] JIMENEZ ROSA: Vocabulario, Sociedad Española de Librería, Madrid, 1991. [6] CASTRO F.: Ven 1 – Español lengua extranjera, Madrid, Edelsa, 1994.