Spanish 5

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Véronique Peiffer

Language(s) of instruction

Spanish language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

 
The course is organized as a two-day residential seminar (15 and 16 Nov. 2017). The activities are proposed around two topics: the business and its workaday realities and the geoploticial realities of the Hispanic countries. The activities focus on oral skills and are led by the two teachers as well as native business experts. The evening is devoted to activities relating to cooking, music and specific Hispanic traditions. The students are to hand in a written report on their experience. This will be corrected individually and serve as a basis for the evaluation of formal writing.  They will also prepare an individual work project: in Oct and Nov, preparation of the seminar (revision of everyday and business vocabulary, of verbal tenses and main grammar points, preparation of short talks to be presented then).  This individual preparation will be reinforced by revision classes organized by the teacher. Following the seminar, and in addition to their report, the students will resume listening comprehension work on the basis of texts relating to the seminar topics.  
 
The students who do not take on the seminar project will be proposed other activities    developing the same skills and serving as a basis for evaluation. Those making that choice, however, will miss a chance of immersion and privileged moments spent with native guest speakers.  

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The objective is to reach B3+ level in speaking and writing and C1 in reading and listening comprehension 
Developing cutural knowledge thanks to privileged contacts with native speakers

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Having passed the previous HEC study years or otherwise reached the B2+-C1 level (ERF)
Having a command of Spanish grammar as a whole and a good knowledge of the most frequently used business vocabularly (5000 words)
 

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The activities proposed by the teachers and guest speakers will relate to the seminar topics: participating to/managing debates, business simulations, managing conflicts, organizing common activities with a specific role for each participant etc.  

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Participating to the seminar (20h of in-person teaching) or to the other activities proposed in Q1. 
Individual homework: practice and training (grammar, lexicon); preparing for the listening comprehension test, writing the report.  

Recommended or required readings

The course notes and various documents will be handed out at the beginning of the seminar or made available at the Centrale. 
 Listening comprehension texts and sound tracks will be accessible on Lol@ by the end of Sept 2017 at the latest. 

Assessment methods and criteria

1/3 listening comprehension (Dec/Jan session): transcription and fill exercices on the basis of audio extracts from press articles and conversations between natives on topical news (curriculum) and general comprehension questions on unknown sound extracts. Part of the exam also bears on the vocabulary contained in the texts studied (translations of words or idioms from Spanish into French. 
1/3 written exam (Dec/Jan session): the questions will bear on the seminar conteent and the activities carried out; the best way to preparation for this is to hand in a report complying with the standards of rigour and formality and to take the teacher's corrections into account. 
1/3 oral exam (Dec / Jan session): verbal exchanges on the seminar activities (and/or in Q1), on the general content of press articles; job interview questions (on teh basis of the CV which wil have been handed in to the teacher). 
 
Please note:
A score of attendance or an absence for part of the exam automatically entails a socre of attendance for the whole course.  

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

The organization details concerning the seminar will be communicated via Lol@ as of the beginning of the 2017-18 academic year.  It is vitally important to consult this regularly for updates (scheduled revision classes, alternatives to the seminar, preparation activities).   

Contacts

Véronique Peiffer et Alexis Álvarez
Veronique.Peiffer@ulg.ac.be
Aalvarez@ulg.ac.be
office n° 209 au N1