STAR42 - ULTERIORI CONOSCENZE DI LINGUA SPAGNOLA

courses
ID:
STAR42
Duration (hours):
42
CFU:
6
SSD:
Indefinito/Interdisciplinare
Url:
HISTORICAL STUDIES AND WRITING HERITAGE FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE CONTEMPORARY AGE/CORSO GENERICO Year: 1
Year:
2025
Course Catalogue:
https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...

Overview

Date/time interval

Secondo Semestre (01/03/2026 - 31/05/2026)

Syllabus

Course Objectives


Students are expected to acquire the grammatical, lexical content and communicative skills appropriate to level B2 as specified in the Council of Europe's Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Course Prerequisites


Have a solid intermediate level, typically certified by a B1 level. This means being able to understand complex texts on concrete and abstract topics, hold conversations and express an opinion on current issues. ​​​​​​​

Teaching Methods


​​​​​​​In class we will analyze material (textual, audio and audiovisual) in the different variants of the Spanish language, proposing current themes concerning the Hispanic world using the communicative method. Students will have to produce descriptive, narrative and argumentative written and oral discourses.

Assessment Methods


The exam will consist of making a short presentation and participating in a conversation on the topic in which the student will have to express his or her opinion and talk about his or her personal experiences in order to test the oral expression and interaction of the students.
The assessment criteria applied will be as described in the CEFR.

Texts


CORPAS, Jaime - GARMENDIA, Agustín - SÁNCHEZ, Nuria - SORIANO, Carmen, Aula Internacional Plus 4 B2.1, Neus Sans (Coord.), Barcelona: Difusión, 2022.

Contents


Grammar
-Past tenses
-Use of the passive voice
-Impersonal constructions: Si + 3rd person conjugated verb / use of 3rd person plural
-(No) creo / pienso... que + indicative / subjunctive
-Es indispensable / ilógico... + infinitive / que + subjunctive
-Solo si / siempre que / siempre y cuando...
-Eso (de / de que)...
-Además / y encima
-Some uses of the conditional
-Te recomiendo / aconsejo / sugiero que + present subjunctive
-The imperfect subjunctive
-Creía que..., pensaba que..., no sabía que...
-Some uses of por and para
-The correlation of verb tenses in relative propositions
-Discursive markers for adding, specifying, contrasting... information
-The relative propositions: the use of que, quien/-es, cuyo/-a/-os/-as
-The participle in relative propositions: the passive voice
-Verbs of perception and opinion + indicative / subjunctive
-Uses of Si in impersonal propositions
-Uses of passive propositions
-Uses of the compound infinitive
-The past subjunctive
-Relative propositions: quienes, aquellos/-as que, todo aquel que, el/la/los/las que


Vocabulary
-Verbs of transmission of information
-Mass media
-News
-Tourism
-Some verbs with preposition
-Law and management
-Sports
-Traditions
-Talking about emotions and feelings
-Fears and phobias
-Denying a possibility
-Personal and emotional relationships
-Urban tribes
-Vocabulary to describe cities and in the context of travel
-Únicamente, exclusivamente, necesariamente
-Talking about “Public recruitment exams”
-Education
-The verb presentarse


Communication skills
-Refer to a news story and comment on it
-Telling news
-Giving our opinion and evaluating different options
-Alluding to prior themes or arguments
-Propose conditions
-Making, supporting and rejecting proposals
-Giving advice
-Evoking imaginary situations
-Expressing opinion about actions and behaviour
-Expressing desire
-Expressing lack of knowledge
-Expressing cause and purpose
-Talking about feelings, character and personality
-Talking about qualities of people and objects
-Talking about cities: describing and commenting on their qualities
-Expressing feelings
-Expressing conditions
-Establish conditions and requirements

Course Language


Spanish

Degrees

Degrees

People

People

CANAS Silvia
Teaching staff
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