Foreign Language (Spanish)

Bachelor 2020/2021

Category 'Best Course for Career Development'

Category 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills'

Category 'Best Course for New Knowledge and Skills'

Type: Elective course (HSE University and University of London Parallel Degree Programme in International Relations)

Area of studies: International Relations

Delivered by: Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs

Where: Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs

When: 3 year, 1-4 module

Mode of studies: offline

Open to: students of one campus

Instructors: Yevgeny Bocharov, Svetlana V. Galina, Elena Garcia

Language: English

ECTS credits: 7

Contact hours: 232

Full Syllabus

Abstract

The entire course of language training of students is divided into two stages-the initial stage (I-II courses) and the advanced stage of training (III-IV courses). The stages differ in the complexity of the materials (from simple to complex) and the ratio of General literary language (dominates at the initial stage) and professional language for special purposes (prevails at the advanced stage). Both stages are inextricably linked and subordinated to a single goal of achieving the final program requirements. The ultimate goal is for students to pass the Spanish language exam, the format of which corresponds to the requirements and structure of the international exams Diplomas de Español como Lengua Extranjera (DELE) and Servicio Internacional de Evaluación de la Lengua Española (SIELE). The purpose of the course «Spanish language» at the advanced stage (3rd year of study) is to develop general cultural competence and professionally oriented communicative competence. Foreign language professional-communicative competence is the readiness and ability to carry out a foreign language communication in the conditions of intercultural professional communication (level B1-B2 on the pan-European scale of levels of foreign language proficiency MCER). The achievement of communicative competence in the range of these levels is the basis for the implementation of the principle of academic mobility in the world educational space, provides an opportunity to master any educational programs and disciplines in a foreign language, both in the framework of direct face-to-face interaction with teachers, and with the use of distance technologies.

Learning Objectives

to build coherent statements, including arguments and expression of their attitude to the information received
to make reports and reports in a foreign language on socio-cultural and professionally relevant topics
to read and understand texts of different genres with different levels of penetration into the content
to understand lectures in a foreign language
to carry out analytical and synthetic processing of information received from oral, written and electronic sources

Expected Learning Outcomes

to summarize and comment adapted texts
to possess reading skills which can enable them to skim the text for main idea, to scan the text for specific information, and to deduce meanings from the context
to understand sentences and frequently used spoken expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance
to conduct a conversation with native and non-native speakers
to understand emotionally charged information in direct communication with a native speaker
to extract implicit information while speaking to a native speaker
to distinguish different accents of Spanish
to maintain an informal discussion, taking into account features of national culture of the interlocutor
to describe different situations of everyday life
to read and understand texts of different genres with different levels of penetration into the content
to be able to make summaries
to learn more about places of interest of Spain and Latin America
to present a reasoned opinion on a given issue
to read adapted and non-adapted texts
to make reports on a given topic
to be able to prepare team presentations
to be able to prepare team projects
to get acquainted with some pre-Columbian cultures

Course Contents

The role of mass media in the modern world
Sports and healthy lifestyle
Spanish language in different countries
Countries of Latin America: Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru, Argentina
Social behaviour in Spain and some Latin American countries
Spanish culture
1. Modern architecture of Spain 2. Musical traditions 3. Cinema and television 4. Literary traditions of Spain
Tourism. Iconic tourist routes in Spain and Latin America
Latin America: challenges of the content (environmental, social, political and economic problems)
Spain: urgent socio-economic problems (education, emigration, economic crisis, unemployment)
Cultures of pre-Columbian America
The role of Spain in the EU

Assessment Elements

Team presentation
Test
Team presentation
Test

Interim Assessment

Interim assessment (2 module)
0.2*o.c.e. + 0.2*w.c.e. + 0.1*att. + 0.1*ind.work + 0.4*w.ex.
Interim assessment (4 module)
0.2*o.c.e. + 0.2*w.c.e. + 0.1*att. + 0.1*ind.work + 0.4*w.ex.

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

¿Qué significa estudiar la “cultura española moderna”? ; What Does It Mean To Study “Modern Spanish Culture”? (2015). Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.503A5A6B
David Giménez Folqués. (2014). Cómo preparar la prueba de expresión oral de los diplomas B1 y B2 del DELE. Consejos y actividades prácticas. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.6DF45FF8
David R. Ringrose. (2019). Historia urbana y urbanización en la España moderna. Hispania, (199), 489. https://doi.org/10.3989/hispania.1998.v58.i199.645
El uso de materiales didácticos de E/LE para la preparación de los diplomas de español como lengua extranjera (DELE) del Instituto Cervantes: expresión y comprensión oral, nivel B2. (n.d.). Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (España). Facultad de Educación. Departamento de Didáctica, Organización Escolar y Didácticas Especiales. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edstdx&AN=edstdx.10803.460348
Spanish Spaces : Landscape, Space and Place in Contemporary Spanish Culture. (2012). Netherlands, Europe: Liverpool University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.F9F2E0E2

Recommended Additional Bibliography

De Uña-Álvarez, E., & Villarino-Pérez, M. (2019). Enlazando Cultura Del Vino, Identidad, Turismo Y Desarrollo Rural en Un Territorio Con Denominacion De Origen (Noroeste De España). Cuadernos de Turismo, (44), 533–539. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=asn&AN=141067043
El vínculo entre la marca España y la cultura en la prensa diaria ; The link between marca España and the culture in the daily press. (2019). Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.E1BB69BF

Course Syllabus