Saint-Louis University - Bruxelles
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MHES1222 - Spanish : Language and Culture


USL-B


Credits : 5

Lecturers :
Mode of delivery :
Face-to-face , first and second term, 60 hours of theory.

Language of instruction :
Spanish

Learning activities :
MHES1222A - Spanish : language practice [1 Q. • 30 Th. • Pond. : 50] Anne De Smet
MHES1222B - Spanish : culture [2 Q. • 30 Th. • Pond. : 50] Andrea Pizarro Pedraza

Learning outcomes :
This part A of the unit Langue et culture integrates lexicology study (to be able to read and understand all sections of a newspaper) and oral practice on the topics studied in lexicology.

At the end of this part A, the student will be able to
?summarize his/her readings and the news of the week
?manage daily life situations or problem situations to be faced during the Erasmus stay in the third year (to have a daily conversation with Spanish-speaking people, express his/her opinion or disagreement in order to be understood.
?take part in a round table about the news.

Thanks to his/her participation and the works submitted during the term, the student will be able to demonstrate that he/she
? controls the terminology used in the different sections of a Spanish newspaper (economics, geopolitics, society, natural disasters and culture)
? can identify the exact term in his/her mother language on the basis of a full understanding of words in context
? infer a term from its definition
? translate short sentences from French into Spanish and from Spanish into French using the terminology studied


Prerequisites :
None

Co-requisites :
None

Course contents :
All kinds of lexical activities and oral practice face to face
? portfolio of press articles and extraction of terms
? shared glossaries on Google sheets on a given subject
? oral presentation of different topics related to the chapters of lexicology
? role playing, interactions, debates and roundtables


Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Lectures

Assessment methods and criteria :
In order to obtain the credits of this part A (first term) of the unit, the student will have to take an exam in two parts(written and oral) and to have submitted all the works asked for in the required timetable.

Students shall attend all sessions and will not be allowed to miss more than 2 sessions without justification otherwise they won't be allowed to take the exam.
All the above also applies to the tasks to be done within the required timetable. (= not more than 2 tasks unfulfilled and unjustified)




Recommended or required reading :
Periódicos:
Diario ABC http://www.abc.es/
Diario El Diario https://www.eldiario.es/
Diario El Mundo https://www.elmundo.es/
Diario El País https://elpais.com/
Diario La Vanguardia https://www.lavanguardia.com/
Muy Interesante https://www.muyinteresante.es/tag/curiosidades

Televisión:
https://www.rtve.es/play/
http://www.rtve.es/noticias/informe-semanal/




Other information :
On Moodle