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Spanish Language III

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Robles Ávila, S.; Peláez Santamaría, S.; Método 5 (C1-C2), Libro del alumno, Anaya, ISBN: 978-84-698-0637-1 + Método 5 (C1-C2), Cuaderno de ejercicios, Anaya, ISBN: 978-84-698-8724-0
REFERENCE BIBLIOGRAPHY
Vargas Vargas, David., USO de las perífrasis verbales, Ed. Edelsa. ISBN: 978-84-7711-228-0 - Prieto, María.; Hablando en plata. Modismos y metáforas culturales. Edinumen (2011) - Barbero, Bermejo, San Vicente, CONTRASTIVA.GRAMMATICA DELLA LINGUA SPAGNOLA, 2018. CLUEB. - M.ª Ángeles Palomino, CORREO COMERCIAL, (2015) Edelsa. - Ortografía de la lengua española RAE (20103.
READING LIST FOR THE ORAL PART OF THE EXAM
For the oral exam, students are to read the following book: Andrés Trapiello, Ayer, no más, Destino/Austral.
Students must bring the book they have read (including in digital format) to the exam; it must be free of any marks or annotations.

For attending students, the 6 CFU for the course are broken down as follows: 3,8 CFU (96 hours) of lectures and interactive teaching (active student participation cannot be measured proportionally in advance); 2,2 CFU (54 hours) of self-study.

The aims, objectives and functions are those recommended at C1.1 Level in the Common European Framework, adapted to academic requirements

Pass at 2nd year level (both Spanish Linguistics A and Spanish Language II = LINGUA SPAGNOLA II)

Practical language classes and self-study. Use of the Dir service
The course is based on the material contained in the texts listed in the bibliography and on the extra material handed out in class or uploaded to the DIR service.
Additional activities will be carried out in class to strengthen and consolidate linguistic skills in order to meet the objectives of the course

Every year, a Vademécum is published on all the Dir pages of Spanish Language and Linguistics, providing detailed information on exams, appeals, DSA and compensatory measures, Erasmus, etc. It is compulsory reading for all students.
Students with physical disabilities, Learning Disabilities or Special Education Needs can request specific services and tools via the Staff Sviluppo e Coordinamento Carriere e Servizi alle Studentesse e agli Studenti, consulting the University webpage: https://www.uniupo.it/en/services/services-students-physical-or-learning-disabilities Students with disabilities, learning disabilities or special education needs, once they have contacted the University Staff, must contact the teacher in charge of the course to define the examination modalities, concerning academic aspects.

Written: A) (1:45h): 4–6 grammar exercises and a short composition in the target language; B) (1:45h): translation with a dictionary. Oral: assessment of language skills (comprehension/expression, including based on the compulsory reading list) according to the specified level. You must bring the book you have read (including digital versions) to the exam; it must be free of marks or annotations. To pass the written exam, you must achieve at least 18/30 in both parts (at least 60 per cent correct answers in the grammar exercises; in the translation: correct use of sentence structure and grammatical correctness of the written expression, in accordance with the specified level). If only one part is passed, the mark obtained will be valid for 12 months, during which time the remaining part must be taken. After 12 months, candidates must retake the entire written exam.
A written/oral assessment will be rated as: 1. excellent: the student is able to communicate fluently on complex topics (including those related to the readings), using a wide variety of vocabulary, morphology and syntax, and with grammatically correct usage; 2. good: versatility in the use of the language, with a variety of vocabulary, morphology and syntax, and essentially correct forms; 3. satisfactory: basic command of grammatical structures and the usage of the Spanish language, with substantially correct written work; 4. inadequate: limited knowledge of vocabulary and idioms, incorrect use of grammar (morphosyntax) and of the communicative structures and forms appropriate to the level. To pass the exam: minimum mark of 18/30 in both the written and oral components. Final mark: average of marks.
ONGOING ASSESSMENT: in-class and homework assessments on the topics covered; grammar tests (with exercises), composition tests, listening comprehension and translation.

Spanish grammar, exercises of (oral and written) expression and comprehension. Grammar contents: use and values of tenses and verbal modes; direct and indirect speech in the formal and colloquial registers; use of the subjunctive and the indicative (alternation and selection of the mode); locutions and use of modes in conditional constructions; use of modes in adversative and concessive constructions; use of modes in modal constructions; passive form and impersonal form; the expression of time relationships; locutions and use of the modes in the causal, consecutive and final clauses; periphrasis with infinity, participle and gerund; the conjecture (locutions and use of tenses). Phraseology and lexicon of special languages, depending on the translation (from Spanish to Italian and from Italian to Spanish) or drafting of various textual types: exhibition, administrative and legal texts.

- Can understand most of the texts presented, complex and long, and he often knows their implicit meaning.
- He possesses and knows how to apply the linguistic tools (verbal forms, syntactic structures, lexical choices, rhetorical strategies), typical of the Spanish language for the level indicated above
- Can expresses itself with ease and a certain naturalness.
- Can use language in a sufficiently flexible way for social, professional and academic purposes.
- He is able to produce clear texts, show, in terms of context, a good control of the textual structure, the connectors and the elements of cohesion.

The dfferent levels of competence, ability and knowledge that can be achieved are reflected in the assessment criteria for the examinations (see METHODS OF ASSESSING LEARNING).