This course is designed for students who wish to reach a basic level in Catalan. By carrying out specific tasks they will be introduced to the present, past and future tenses. The structure of the course focuses particularly on strategies and structures necessary for communicating daily situations. The course also pays attention to cultural aspects which define Catalan society through reading and field studies.
Prerequisites:
Minimum SP202 language level.
Learning outcomes:
By the end of the course, the students are able to: The mastering of the main skills and grammatical items that follow:
Main Skills:
1. Production
a. Written
i. Recognizes a variety of lexical items and understands agreement relationships
(gender and number)
ii. Forms simple sentences related to self and daily contexts in an effective manner iii. Recognized basic false cognates and is able to provide appropriate lexical items
b. Oral
i. Utters simple correct sentences related to self and daily contexts
ii. Understands the vocalic system of the Spanish language and is able to avoid most interference errors
iii. Most consonants are pronounced in a proper fashion
2. Comprehension a. Written
i. Able to comprehend short sentences describing persons and things
ii. Able to understand basic information, personal and contextual b. Oral
i. Understands brief statements related to describing self and others ii. Understands statements describing daily contextual information
3. Interaction a. Oral
i. Transmit personal information
ii. Respond to simple and direct questions
iii. Able to make self understood in brief utterances b. Chat/Blog
i. Transmit personal information
ii. Respond to simple and direct questions
iii. Able to understand and respond to brief interlocutory exchanges
Grammatical Items:
1. Usage and understanding of agreement a. Within the Noun Phrase
b. Across the Verb Phrase
2. Usage and understanding of the Present Indicative a. Regular forms
b. Irregular forms
3. Usage and understanding of some verbal periphrasis
4. Usage and understanding of Esser, Estar, Anar, Tenir, Fer, Haver, Voler, etc.
5. Usage and understanding of Reflexive verbs and pronouns
6. Usage and understanding of Direct and Indirect Object pronouns
7. Usage and Understanding of the verb Agradar
8. Introduction lexical items related to the self and daily context.
9. Introduction to the Preterit Tenses
Interpret some aspects of Barcelona’s social and cultural dynamics and traditions which should allow them to adapt to their new social and cultural reality. Overhaul their cultural perspectives on Catalonia and Spain, by identifying similarities and differences. Understand and critically analyze basic literary and journalistic texts related to Catalan / Spanish current affairs. Apply oral and written discourse strategies in informal registers to facilitate them communicating in catalan about daily topics: schedules, shopping, hobbies, etc.
Method of presentation:
Active class discussion, lectures, collaborative tasks, student presentations, field studies, oral presentations.
LANGUAGE OF PRESENTATION: Catalan with emergency use of English or Spanish for disambiguation.
Required work and form of assessment:
3 partial exams: 10% each (30%)
Oral assessment (10%); written assessment (10%)
Homework (10%); compositions
2 per week (10%)
Oral presentations: 1 final (10%)
Attendance: daily (10%)
Field Studies: 1 every two weeks (10%)
content:
Session 1 Required Reading:
Course presentation: Dates, exams, field studies, oral presentations, text books presentation, grading system. Personal data exchange.
Session 2 Required Reading:
Unitat 1 “Som-hi” (Let’s go): The alphabet; The “dígrafs”; Numbers: from 1 to 10; Listening and pronunciation practice.
Vocabulary & grammar: Parts of the day - How to... Say hello and goodbye
Session 3 Required Reading:
Unitat 2 “Com et dius?” (What’s your name?)
How to... Introduce yourself and describe somebody.
Vocabulary & grammar: To be (Ser); To be called (Dir-se); Personal article; Using the apostrophe; Demonstrative article.
Session 4 Required Reading:
Unitat 2 “Com et dius?” (What’s your name?)
How to... Introduce yourself and describe somebody.
Vocabulary & grammar: To be (Ser); To be called (Dir-se); Personal article; Using the apostrophe; Demonstrative article.
Session 5 Required Reading:
How to… Talk about yourself (name, age, nationality, profession, hobbies). Introducing people.
Vocabulary & grammar: Present tense; Ser / Estar (to be), Dir-se, Tenir (to have),
Conèixer, Presentar; Numbers from 10 to 100;
Session 6 Required Reading:
Unitat 3 “Coses de família” (Family matters)
How to... Talk about your family.
Vocabulary & grammar: Possessive pronouns; Gender conjugation; Family vocabulary; Numbers from 1 to 100.
Session 7 Required Reading:
Unitat 3 “Coses de família” (Family matters) How to... Talk about your family.
Vocabulary & grammar: Possessive pronouns; Verb: Viure (to live); Preposition “a” Task: El meu arbre genealògic (Genealogical tree)
Session 8 Required Reading:
Unitat 4 “On vius?” (Where do you live?)
How to... Ask and give information about your address
Vocabulary & grammar: Numbers from 100 to 1000 (and more); Second conjugation verbs: Viure (to live); Article and preposition contractions; Ordinal numbers; Adverbs.
Session 9 Required Reading:
How to... Ask and explain what your appartment’s like
Vocabulary & grammar: Adverbs; Ser i Estar (to be); haver-hi verb (there is / there are); Parts of the house.
Task: Un plànol acurat (An accurate draft)
Session 10
Midterm 1
Session 11 Required Reading:
Unitat 5 “Què fas?” (What do you do?)
How to... Talk about daily activities; Ask and tell what time it is;
Vocabulary & grammar: numerbs; Ser i Faltar; Parts del dia
Session 12 Required Reading:
Unitat 5 “Què fas?” Explain your routine.
Vocabulary & grammar: Present tense of regular and irregular verbs (all conjugations).
Session 13 Required Reading:
Unitat 5 “Què fas?” Explain your routine.
Vocabulary & grammar: Present tense of regular and irregular verbs Frequency markers; Present continuous “Estar + Gerundi” (to be + gerund); Gender conjugation.
Session 14 Required Reading:
Unitat 6 “Quin caràcter!” (What a personality!)
How to… Describe the personality; Express feelings, moods.
Vocabulary & grammar: Adjectives conjugation; Adverbs; Adjectives referring personality.
Session 15 Required Reading:
Unitat 6 “Quin caràcter!” (What a personality!)
How to… Describe the personality; Express feelings, moods.
Vocabulary & grammar: Adjectives conjugation; Adverbs; Adjectives referring personality.
Session 16 Required Reading:
Unitat 7 La teca és la teca (Food is food)
How to… Prepare a typical Catalan meal; making the shopping list
Vocabulary & grammar: Food and recipes; “Agradar” verb (to like)
Session 17 Required Reading:
Unitat 7 La teca és la teca (Food is food)
How to... Go shopping; Express preferences; Order at a restaurant
Vocabulary & grammar: “voler” verb (to want); IO pronouns; adjectives (describing foods)
Session 18 Required Reading:
Unitat 7
Field study #2 Anem al mercat i preparem un menu català (Going to the market and cooking a catalan meal)
Session 19
Midterm 2
Session 20 Required Reading:
Unitat 9 “Experiències viscudes” (Personal experiences) How to… Talk about the past.
Vocabulary & grammar: Past tenses (Periphrastic, Indefinite, Imperfect, Pluperfect);
time markers.
Task: Endevina què he fet (Guess what I did)
Session 21 Required Reading:
Unitat 9 “Experiències viscudes” (Personal experiences) How to… Tell a story (and write it).
Vocabulary & grammar: Imperfect & Periphrastic contrast; Textual connectors. Task: Escrivim un conte llegendari (Writing a legendary story). Culture : Traditional Catalan stories.
Session 22 Required Reading:
Unitat 10 “Jugant a endevinaires” (Playing the fortune-teller) How to… Talk about the future.
Vocabulary & grammar: Future tense conjugation; Probability markers. Task: A palmistry session
Session 23 Required Reading:
Unitat 10 “Jugant a endevinaires” (Playing the fortune-teller) How to… Talk about the future.
DEBATE: PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS FOR THE FUTURE
Session 24
Reviewing game: ALL ABOUT THIS COURSE, JEOPARDY
Final Exam
Required readings:
Course reader CT101 (2008). Barcelona, IES Barcelona.
Workbook Badia, Dolors (2007) Llengua Catalana: Nivell Llindar 1. Gurb de la Plana: Edicions l’Àlber.
This course is designed for students who wish to reach a basic level in Catalan. By carrying out specific tasks they will be introduced to the present, past and future tenses. The structure of the course focuses particularly on strategies and structures necessary for communicating daily situations. The course also pays attention to cultural aspects which define Catalan society through reading and field studies.
Minimum SP202 language level.
By the end of the course, the students are able to: The mastering of the main skills and grammatical items that follow:
Main Skills:
1. Production
a. Written
i. Recognizes a variety of lexical items and understands agreement relationships
(gender and number)
ii. Forms simple sentences related to self and daily contexts in an effective manner iii. Recognized basic false cognates and is able to provide appropriate lexical items
b. Oral
i. Utters simple correct sentences related to self and daily contexts
ii. Understands the vocalic system of the Spanish language and is able to avoid most interference errors
iii. Most consonants are pronounced in a proper fashion
2. Comprehension a. Written
i. Able to comprehend short sentences describing persons and things
ii. Able to understand basic information, personal and contextual b. Oral
i. Understands brief statements related to describing self and others ii. Understands statements describing daily contextual information
3. Interaction a. Oral
i. Transmit personal information
ii. Respond to simple and direct questions
iii. Able to make self understood in brief utterances b. Chat/Blog
i. Transmit personal information
ii. Respond to simple and direct questions
iii. Able to understand and respond to brief interlocutory exchanges
Grammatical Items:
1. Usage and understanding of agreement a. Within the Noun Phrase
b. Across the Verb Phrase
2. Usage and understanding of the Present Indicative a. Regular forms
b. Irregular forms
3. Usage and understanding of some verbal periphrasis
4. Usage and understanding of Esser, Estar, Anar, Tenir, Fer, Haver, Voler, etc.
5. Usage and understanding of Reflexive verbs and pronouns
6. Usage and understanding of Direct and Indirect Object pronouns
7. Usage and Understanding of the verb Agradar
8. Introduction lexical items related to the self and daily context.
9. Introduction to the Preterit Tenses
Interpret some aspects of Barcelona’s social and cultural dynamics and traditions which should allow them to adapt to their new social and cultural reality. Overhaul their cultural perspectives on Catalonia and Spain, by identifying similarities and differences. Understand and critically analyze basic literary and journalistic texts related to Catalan / Spanish current affairs. Apply oral and written discourse strategies in informal registers to facilitate them communicating in catalan about daily topics: schedules, shopping, hobbies, etc.
Active class discussion, lectures, collaborative tasks, student presentations, field studies, oral presentations.
LANGUAGE OF PRESENTATION: Catalan with emergency use of English or Spanish for disambiguation.
Session 1 Required Reading:
Course presentation: Dates, exams, field studies, oral presentations, text books presentation, grading system. Personal data exchange.
Session 2 Required Reading:
Unitat 1 “Som-hi” (Let’s go): The alphabet; The “dígrafs”; Numbers: from 1 to 10; Listening and pronunciation practice.
Vocabulary & grammar: Parts of the day - How to... Say hello and goodbye
Session 3 Required Reading:
Unitat 2 “Com et dius?” (What’s your name?)
How to... Introduce yourself and describe somebody.
Vocabulary & grammar: To be (Ser); To be called (Dir-se); Personal article; Using the apostrophe; Demonstrative article.
Session 4 Required Reading:
Unitat 2 “Com et dius?” (What’s your name?)
How to... Introduce yourself and describe somebody.
Vocabulary & grammar: To be (Ser); To be called (Dir-se); Personal article; Using the apostrophe; Demonstrative article.
Session 5 Required Reading:
How to… Talk about yourself (name, age, nationality, profession, hobbies). Introducing people.
Vocabulary & grammar: Present tense; Ser / Estar (to be), Dir-se, Tenir (to have),
Conèixer, Presentar; Numbers from 10 to 100;
Session 6 Required Reading:
Unitat 3 “Coses de família” (Family matters)
How to... Talk about your family.
Vocabulary & grammar: Possessive pronouns; Gender conjugation; Family vocabulary; Numbers from 1 to 100.
Session 7 Required Reading:
Unitat 3 “Coses de família” (Family matters) How to... Talk about your family.
Vocabulary & grammar: Possessive pronouns; Verb: Viure (to live); Preposition “a” Task: El meu arbre genealògic (Genealogical tree)
Session 8 Required Reading:
Unitat 4 “On vius?” (Where do you live?)
How to... Ask and give information about your address
Vocabulary & grammar: Numbers from 100 to 1000 (and more); Second conjugation verbs: Viure (to live); Article and preposition contractions; Ordinal numbers; Adverbs.
Session 9 Required Reading:
How to... Ask and explain what your appartment’s like
Vocabulary & grammar: Adverbs; Ser i Estar (to be); haver-hi verb (there is / there are); Parts of the house.
Task: Un plànol acurat (An accurate draft)
Session 10
Midterm 1
Session 11 Required Reading:
Unitat 5 “Què fas?” (What do you do?)
How to... Talk about daily activities; Ask and tell what time it is;
Vocabulary & grammar: numerbs; Ser i Faltar; Parts del dia
Session 12 Required Reading:
Unitat 5 “Què fas?” Explain your routine.
Vocabulary & grammar: Present tense of regular and irregular verbs (all conjugations).
Session 13 Required Reading:
Unitat 5 “Què fas?” Explain your routine.
Vocabulary & grammar: Present tense of regular and irregular verbs Frequency markers; Present continuous “Estar + Gerundi” (to be + gerund); Gender conjugation.
Session 14 Required Reading:
Unitat 6 “Quin caràcter!” (What a personality!)
How to… Describe the personality; Express feelings, moods.
Vocabulary & grammar: Adjectives conjugation; Adverbs; Adjectives referring personality.
Session 15 Required Reading:
Unitat 6 “Quin caràcter!” (What a personality!)
How to… Describe the personality; Express feelings, moods.
Vocabulary & grammar: Adjectives conjugation; Adverbs; Adjectives referring personality.
Session 16 Required Reading:
Unitat 7 La teca és la teca (Food is food)
How to… Prepare a typical Catalan meal; making the shopping list
Vocabulary & grammar: Food and recipes; “Agradar” verb (to like)
Session 17 Required Reading:
Unitat 7 La teca és la teca (Food is food)
How to... Go shopping; Express preferences; Order at a restaurant
Vocabulary & grammar: “voler” verb (to want); IO pronouns; adjectives (describing foods)
Session 18 Required Reading:
Unitat 7
Field study #2 Anem al mercat i preparem un menu català (Going to the market and cooking a catalan meal)
Session 19
Midterm 2
Session 20 Required Reading:
Unitat 9 “Experiències viscudes” (Personal experiences) How to… Talk about the past.
Vocabulary & grammar: Past tenses (Periphrastic, Indefinite, Imperfect, Pluperfect);
time markers.
Task: Endevina què he fet (Guess what I did)
Session 21 Required Reading:
Unitat 9 “Experiències viscudes” (Personal experiences) How to… Tell a story (and write it).
Vocabulary & grammar: Imperfect & Periphrastic contrast; Textual connectors. Task: Escrivim un conte llegendari (Writing a legendary story). Culture : Traditional Catalan stories.
Session 22 Required Reading:
Unitat 10 “Jugant a endevinaires” (Playing the fortune-teller) How to… Talk about the future.
Vocabulary & grammar: Future tense conjugation; Probability markers. Task: A palmistry session
Session 23 Required Reading:
Unitat 10 “Jugant a endevinaires” (Playing the fortune-teller) How to… Talk about the future.
DEBATE: PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS FOR THE FUTURE
Session 24
Reviewing game: ALL ABOUT THIS COURSE, JEOPARDY
Final Exam
Course reader CT101 (2008). Barcelona, IES Barcelona.
Workbook Badia, Dolors (2007) Llengua Catalana: Nivell Llindar 1. Gurb de la Plana: Edicions l’Àlber.
Diccionari Català – Anglès / Anglès – Català. Barcelona: Enciclopèdia Catalana.
Moodle IES Abroad Barcelona Moodle Page