UCL CENTRE FOR LANGUAGES
& INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
Course Units 2015-2016
Spanish Syllabus C
Prerequisite for entry
Successful completion of Spanish Syllabus B at the UCL CLIE or a similar course and have experience of dealing with
relevant authentic material.
Course duration
20 x 2-hour classes.
Self-Study
80 hours in total.
Course codes
LCSP6003, LCSPG003, LCSPM003, LCSP6023, LCSPG023, LCSPM023 (together with Spanish syllabus B), LCSP6034,
LCSPG034 (together with Spanish syllabus D).
Aims and Objectives
The aim of the course is to enable students with a good basic knowledge of Spanish to develop the four skills further.
Students should then be able to communicate in most situations within the Hispanic world. Students will be able to
converse reasonably fluently with native speakers and discuss personal, social and current issues using appropriate
structures. Cultural awareness will be further developed. Language learning skills, including autonomous learning and
how to approach authentic material, will be enhanced. Some transferable skills will also be covered.
Functions
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describing and comparing countries, people, objects, habits;
arguing (discussing solutions for conflicts, objecting, etc.);
organising ideas;
giving directions, instructions and advice;
summarising;
identifying objects: by their owner, their position, etc;
narrating and dating events;
discussing past habits;
expressing and describing feelings: interest, surprise, amusement, sadness, anger, pain;
expressing intentions;
finding out and checking information, enquiring;
repeating or reporting the words or wishes of others;
writing e-mails.
Course Content
Main topics/themes to be covered
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Spanish and Latin American linguistic variety, culture and history;
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Anecdotes and memories;
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progress and the future;
communications: the phone, the post, the media, advertising;
gastronomy;
environment;
health;
personal relationships.
Linguistic Structures
Phonetics
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problematic consonant sounds: p/t/k, r/rr, h;
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difficulties involving spelling.
Morphology
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personal pronouns: subject, direct and indirect objects, prepositional, reflexive;
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pronouns (mío, tuyo, suyo - with and without the article);
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quantitative pronouns and adverbs;
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relative pronouns and adverbs;
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the imperative (affirmative and negative) with pronouns;
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the future;
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the indefinite;
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the pluperfect;
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the conditional;
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the present subjunctive;
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revision of the past tenses.
Syntax
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the infinitive as a noun;
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quantifiers followed by singular or plural: todo el mundo, muchos;
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article + adjective or prepositional clause: el rojo, el de arriba;
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impersonal se;
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prepositions: por/para, desde/por/hasta, etc.;
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por/porque, and the use of prepositions alone before nouns, but prepositions + que before clauses;
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time: hace/desde hace/llevo/al cabo de/ya no;
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conjunctions;
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ser/estar;
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use of the past tenses: perfect/indefinite vs. imperfect;
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the indirect speech discourse: change of time/space references, use of mood and tenses;
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use of the subjunctive:
- in temporal clauses expressing future: antes de que..., cuando...;
- with impersonal expressions: es difícil que..., es extraño que...;
- in clauses expressing commands, advice, wish, will and need: esperar que..., necesitar que...; when preceded by
an indirect object pronoun:
aconsejar que..., decir que...; with "ojalá";
- after negative clauses: no creer que..., no comprender que...;
- in idiomatic expressions with "que": ¡que aproveche!, ¡que descanses!
Discourse Strategies
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lo de + noun/infinitive;
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por una parte/además/sin embargo/en cuanto a …;
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como/y entonces/y de repente/total que …;
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introducing an idea: es que/yo en tu lugar.
Learning Resources
Syllabus C
Compulsory
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ELE Actual B1, Libro del alumno, Virgilio Borobio (SM) – ISBN: 9788467548976
Recommended
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ELE Actual B1, Libro de ejercicios, Virgilio Borobio (SM) – ISBN: 9788467548983
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Shaum’s Outlines Spanish Grammar (McGraw-Hill) – ISBN: 9780071830416
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The Oxford Spanish Dictionary, New Second Edition (OUP) – ISBN: 9780199543403
Authentic material from various sources (press, internet, TV, etc).
Syllabus B/C
Compulsory
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ELE Actual A2, Libro del alumno, Virgilio Borobio (SM) – ISBN: 9788467547474
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ELE Actual B1, Libro del alumno, Virgilio Borobio (SM) – ISBN: 9788467548976
Recommended
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ELE Actual A2, Libro de ejercicios, Virgilio Borobio (SM) – ISBN: 9788467547481
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ELE Actual B1, Libro de ejercicios, Virgilio Borobio (SM) – ISBN: 9788467548983
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Shaum’s Outlines Spanish Grammar (McGraw-Hill) – ISBN: 9780071830416
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The Oxford Spanish Dictionary, New Second Edition (OUP) – ISBN: 9780199543403
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Authentic material from various sources (press, internet, TV, etc).
Syllabus C/D
Compulsory
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ELE Actual B1, Libro del alumno, Virgilio Borobio (SM) – ISBN: 9788467548976
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ELE Actual B2, Libro del alumno, Virgilio Borobio (SM) – ISBN: 9788467549010
Recommended
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ELE Actual B1, Libro de ejercicios, Virgilio Borobio (SM) – ISBN: 9788467548983
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ELE Actual B2, Libro de ejercicios, Virgilio Borobio (SM) – ISBN: 9788467549027
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Shaum’s Outlines Spanish Grammar (McGraw-Hill) – ISBN: 9780071830416
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The Oxford Spanish Dictionary, New Second Edition (OUP) – ISBN: 9780199543403
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Authentic material from various sources (press, internet, TV, etc.)
In addition there is a wide range of language learning materials available for self-study in the Self-Access Centre.