The aim of the course is to develop advanced students' speaking and writing skills in Spanish specifically their lexicon and to expose them to specific languages. Activities include grammar exercises, various writing assignments and aural comprehension.
Prerequisites:
Intermediate-level Spanish
Method of presentation:
1. Presentation of Spanish grammar: rules and structures.
2. Practical, written excercises to complement the theoretical explanations.
3. Weekly compositions. These are corrected, then returned to the student to indicate which aspects need more attention, This system allows the professor and students to track their progress and to verify the assimilation of the theoretical explanations.
4. Grammar and vocabulary excercises and games. Students improve their vocabulary in a relaxed atmosphere.
5. Phonetic excercises to improve students’ pronounciation.
Required work and form of assessment:
Final grade based on homework assignments (30%), mid-term exam (30%), final exam (40%). Class participation and attendance will also be taken into consideration.
content:
1. Grammar review with an emphasis on more advanced structures and verb phrases, use of prepositions and Spanish syntax.
2. The rules of accentuation.
3. Morfology of verbs.
4. The use of “ser” and “estar”.
5. The indicative mood: Present, Past, Future, and Conditional tenses.
6. The subjunctive mood.
7. The nonpersonal form: Imperative.
8. Verbal periphrases: basic structure.
9. The prepositions.
10. General review.
Required readings:
Students should have a good dictionary.
Fernández, R. Fente y J. Siles. Curso Intensivo de Español. Gamática y Ejercicios Prácticos. Niveles Elemental, Intermedio, y Superior. Madrid, SGEL.
Recommended readings:
Fernandez Alvarez, Jesús. El Subjuntivo. Madrid, Edi-6.
Gelabert, M. José, Manuel Herrera, Emma y Francisco Martinell. Repertorio de Funciones Comunicativas del Español. Niveles Umbral, Intermedio, y Avanzado. Madrid, SGEL, 1990.
Gomez Torrego, Leonardo. Manual de Español Correcto. Madrid, ARCO Libros, 1989.
Lazaro, Fernando. Curso de Lengua Española. Madrid, ANAYA, 1978.
Marsa, Francisco. Diccionario Normativo y Guía Práctica de la Lengua Española. Barcelona, ARIEL Lingüística, 1986.
Moreno García, Concha. Curso Superior de Español. Salamanca, Ediciones Colegio de España, 1986.
Real Academia Española. Esbozo de una Nueva Grámatica de la Lengua Española. Madrid, Espasa-Calpe. Seco, Manuel. Diccionario de Dudas y Dificultades de la Lengua Española. Madrid, 1986.
Advanced Grammar And Usage I
The aim of the course is to develop advanced students' speaking and writing skills in Spanish specifically their lexicon and to expose them to specific languages. Activities include grammar exercises, various writing assignments and aural comprehension.
Intermediate-level Spanish
1. Presentation of Spanish grammar: rules and structures.
2. Practical, written excercises to complement the theoretical explanations.
3. Weekly compositions. These are corrected, then returned to the student to indicate which aspects need more attention, This system allows the professor and students to track their progress and to verify the assimilation of the theoretical explanations.
4. Grammar and vocabulary excercises and games. Students improve their vocabulary in a relaxed atmosphere.
5. Phonetic excercises to improve students’ pronounciation.
Final grade based on homework assignments (30%), mid-term exam (30%), final exam (40%). Class participation and attendance will also be taken into consideration.
1. Grammar review with an emphasis on more advanced structures and verb phrases, use of prepositions and Spanish syntax.
2. The rules of accentuation.
3. Morfology of verbs.
4. The use of “ser” and “estar”.
5. The indicative mood: Present, Past, Future, and Conditional tenses.
6. The subjunctive mood.
7. The nonpersonal form: Imperative.
8. Verbal periphrases: basic structure.
9. The prepositions.
10. General review.
Students should have a good dictionary.
Fernández, R. Fente y J. Siles. Curso Intensivo de Español. Gamática y Ejercicios Prácticos. Niveles Elemental, Intermedio, y Superior. Madrid, SGEL.
Fernandez Alvarez, Jesús. El Subjuntivo. Madrid, Edi-6.
Gelabert, M. José, Manuel Herrera, Emma y Francisco Martinell. Repertorio de Funciones Comunicativas del Español. Niveles Umbral, Intermedio, y Avanzado. Madrid, SGEL, 1990.
Gomez Torrego, Leonardo. Manual de Español Correcto. Madrid, ARCO Libros, 1989.
Lazaro, Fernando. Curso de Lengua Española. Madrid, ANAYA, 1978.
Marsa, Francisco. Diccionario Normativo y Guía Práctica de la Lengua Española. Barcelona, ARIEL Lingüística, 1986.
Moreno García, Concha. Curso Superior de Español. Salamanca, Ediciones Colegio de España, 1986.
Real Academia Española. Esbozo de una Nueva Grámatica de la Lengua Española. Madrid, Espasa-Calpe. Seco, Manuel. Diccionario de Dudas y Dificultades de la Lengua Española. Madrid, 1986.