MGSP6100 Spanish Language and Culture Course description

See admission requirements for the programme.

Følgende arbeidskrav er obligatorisk og må være godkjent for å fremstille seg til eksamen:

6 obligatoriske øvingsoppgaver må være godkjent. Disse kan løses individuelt eller i gruppe, arbeidsomfang er ca 2 timers egeninnsats per øvingsoppgave.

Deltakelse i alle obligatoriske befaringer (2 stk)

1. Grammatical expertise in Spanish as a Second Language.

1.1. Spanish Grammar for Foreigners (I): common problems and their approach.

1.2. Grammar of Spanish for Foreigners (II): detection of mistakes and deadlocks.

1.3. Sayings, idiomatic expressions and idioms. The richness of the traditional and the metaphorical uses of language.

2. Communicative approaches and vocabulary teaching.

2.1. The relevance of register: adequacy and contextualisation. The pragmatics of speech.

2.2. Phraseology: straight and transferred uses. Colloquiality and precision.

2.3. The lexical increase: detail and connotation. Synonymies of everyday use and variety of terms for specificity.

3. Natural speech and oral Spanish in Spanish as a Second Language.

3.1. Diction, intonation and accent as correction marks.

3.2. The nuance: options and alternatives for an individualized expression of feeling and mood.

3.3. Oral Spanish in Spanish as a Second Language classroom: listening comprehension.

4. Culture and society in the Spanish-speaking world.

4.1. Short introduction to the History of Spain.

4.2. Political and territorial organisation: central state and autonomic system.

4.3. Leisure and time off: popular festivities and traditions.

Spanish 2 is a Blended Learning course with digital learning combined with three periods of campus training in Oslo and two at the University of Valencia (Spain). Spanish Language and Culture is structured in an initial face-to-face week in Spain, and online training, with regular online classes, and an intermediate face-to-face period (1-3 days) in Norway.

It will be a communicative approach in the course, giving priority to the acquisition of skills in the teaching of Spanish as a Second Language, and a mixed methodology (classroom and online) will be employed through the creation of a virtual space in a networked platform. In this way, tasks and assessments will be carried out from different methodological approaches that students can subsequently apply in their daily teaching.

The following coursework requirements must be approved before the student can take the exam:

1. 80 % attendance and participation in face-to-face weeks and online sessions.
2. Presentation of a digital portfolio that includes the following oral and written tasks

a) Oral presentation in group of a grammatical issue for the defined target group (10 minutes)

b) Oral presentation in group of a cultural aspect for the defined target group (15 minutes)

c) Online grammar test

d) Individual written assignment on an authentic text from the course curriculum (1000 words +/- 10 %)

e) Individual reflection note on own practice of language teaching (350-500 words)

f) Individual creation and elaboration of one audiovisual document to assess progress and skills.

The coursework requirements may be revised once if the first version is not approved. See point 8 in the programme description for more information about coursework requirements.

Gradert skala A-F

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BYGG1008 Overvann brukt som ressurs

Emnet overlapper 3 studiepoeng med BYVE3500.