Curricular Unit:			Code:
Foreign Language -Spanish-			827LEE1
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
1	Undergraduate	Civil Engineering	3 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
		Portuguese	39
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
1. Statements: oral and written. 2. Communication area related to: trnansactional, gregary, pedagogic, familiar or professional. 3. Student’s participation: production and reception or only reception.
Syllabus:
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):
Motivation strategies to the task; defining objectives to pursue, defining objectives to achieve; group work; individual work; presentation of the results.
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. 7 CASTRO VIÚDEZ FRANCISCA: Aprende gramática y vocabulario. 2012.