2019-2020 / LROM0207-1

Spanish linguistics and the Spanish language in practice II

Spanish linguistics

Spanish language in practice II

Duration

Spanish linguistics : 30h Th
Spanish language in practice II : 75h Th

Number of credits

 Bachelor in translation and interpretation10 crédits 

Lecturer

Spanish linguistics : Ana Estrada Arraez
Spanish language in practice II : Yolanda Lorente Carrillo, Eudoxoula Voidanidis

Coordinator

Yolanda Lorente Carrillo

Language(s) of instruction

Spanish language

Organisation and examination

All year long, with partial in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This course aims to develop the four linguistic skills, namely:

  • oral expression
  • written expression
  • aural comprehension
  • reading comprehension
The course also aims to introduce students to the culture and contemporary Hispanic history.

Spanish linguistics

This course focuses on the operation of major systems lingusitiques of modern Spanish. It therefore aims to identify some basic mechanisms and describe as completely as possible all the systems that make up Spanish.

Spanish language in practice II

This course aims to develop the four linguistic skills, namely:

  • oral expression
  • written expression
  • aural comprehension
  • reading comprehension
The course also aims to introduce students to the culture and contemporary Hispanic history.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

  • To be able to reproduce an orally coherent and syntactically correct text
  • To be able of producing a narrative or argumentative text which is grammatically correct

Spanish linguistics

To recognize different systems of the Spanish language: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax.
Explain the most relevant phenomena by providing explanatory theories.
Know and be able to use a series of linguistic resources available to students and researchers of the Spanish language.
 

Spanish language in practice II

  • To be able to reproduce an orally coherent and syntactically correct text
  • To be able of producing a narrative or argumentative text which is grammatically correct

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

To have a basic understanding of both written and oral forms of the language and to know the grammatical foundations of the language.

Spanish linguistics

Spanish Level B1

Spanish language in practice II

  To have a basic understanding of both written and oral forms of the language and to know the grammatical foundations of the language.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

  • The method used is both active requiring students' constant participation, practising comprehension (reading, listening) and expression (written and oral).

Spanish linguistics

Theoretical and practical exercices.

Spanish language in practice II

  • The method used is both active requiring students' constant participation, practising comprehension (reading, listening) and expression (written and oral).

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

Two and a half hours of classes a week throughout the year. One and a half hours with Eudoxie Voidanidis and one hour with Yolanda Lorente Carrillo.

Spanish linguistics

Duration: 30 hours (1st term)
Location and class schedule: Thursdays 11- 13h (salle R100)

Spanish language in practice II

Two and a half hours of classes a week throughout the year. One and a half hours with Eudoxie Voidanidis and one hour with Yolanda Lorente Carrillo.

Recommended or required readings

REQUIRED READINGS :
- La hija del comunista, de Aroa Moreno Durán.
- Dientes de leche, de Ignacio Martínez de Pisón.
- Todas las familias felices, de Mercedes de Vega.

Spanish linguistics

Bosque, I. (2007): Las categorías gramaticales, Madrid: Síntesis.
Bybee, J. / Beckner, C. (2009): "Usage-Based theory", en Heine, B / Narrog, H., The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Analysis. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199544004.013.0032
Gil Fernández, J. (1988): Los sonidos del lenguaje, Madrid: Síntesis.
Hualde, I. / Olarrea, A. / Escobar, A. M. (2001): Introducción a la lingüística hispánica, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Hualde, I. (2013): Los sonidos del español, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Mairal Usón, R. / Peña Cervel, M. S. / Cortés Rodríguez, F. J. / Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez, F. J. (2010): Teoría lingüística. Métodos, herramientas y paradigmas, Madrid: Editorial universitaria Ramón Aceres.
RAE (2009): Nueva Gramática de la Lengua Española, Madrid: Real Academia Española.
Varela Ortega, S. (2005): Morfología léxica: la formación de palabras, Madrid: Gredos.

Spanish language in practice II

  REQUIRED READINGS :
- La hija del comunista, de Aroa Moreno Durán.
- Dientes de leche, de Ignacio Martínez de Pisón.
- Todas las familias felices, de Mercedes de Vega.

Assessment methods and criteria

First session:
20 % : written examination in January
10 % : Oral presentation
70 %: June assessment: written and oral exam

  • 35 % : oral exam: the student will be asked questions about the contents of the novels.
  • 35 % : written exam
 
Second session:
  • 50 % : oral exam: the student will be asked questions about the contents of the novels.
  • 50 % : written exam
 

Spanish linguistics

Written exam (January). 

Spanish language in practice II

First session:
20 % : written examination in January
10 % : Oral presentation
70 %: June assessment: written and oral exam


  • 35 % : oral exam: the student will be asked questions about the contents of the novels.
  • 35 % : written exam
 
Second session:
  • 50 % : oral exam: the student will be asked questions about the contents of the novels.
  • 50 % : written exam

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Language of teaching: Spanish

Spanish language in practice II

  Language of teaching: Spanish    

Contacts

Eudoxie VOIDANIDIS : evoidanidis@uliege.be
Yolanda Lorente Carrillo : ylorentecarrillo@uliege.be 

Spanish linguistics

Ana ESTRADA ARRÁEZ, Lectrice d`espagnol ana.estrada@uliege.be
Place Cockerill, 3 - 4000 Liège Secrétariat Ariane Nusgens Tél. 04 366 56 50

Spanish language in practice II

Eudoxie VOIDANIDIS : evoidanidis@uliege.be
Yolanda Lorente Carrillo : ylorentecarrillo@uliege.be

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session

Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning

Spanish language in practice II

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Assessment subjects

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Assessment methods

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Contacts

Spanish language in practice II

Yolanda Lorente Carrillo : ylorentecarrillo@uliege.be 
Eudoxoula Voidanidis : evoidanidis@uliege.be  

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session

Assessment subjects

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Assessment methods

Spanish linguistics

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