Inquiry learning:
Peer-to-peer learning
Lectures and workshops
Independent study and teamwork
Assessment of one’s own learning
Aula Internacional 1 New Edition. A Spanish course for English speakers. Difusión. (ISBN 9788415846772)
Extra material: http://www.difusion.com/ele
Porvoo Campus
There are two exams in the course:
25 March and 20 May
Both exams can be redone twice within 6 months from the first examination day.
Resits (updated in MyNet):
Tuesday 31 March at 15:30 in 3421
Friday 22 May at 10:00 in 3402
Friday 28 August at 10 in 3012
Tuesday 27 October at 15.30 3012
https://student.home.haaga-helia.fi/group/pakki/porvoo1
English
Possibility to operate with international teams and international lectures. Possible guest lecturers from international organisations and partner universities.
20.01.2020 - 22.05.2020
The themes of the module are 1) basic language studies in oral and written Spanish: expressing likes, describing persons, speaking about habits, time, food, restaurant, description of places, asking and giving directions, and 2) Latin American business operational environment and business culture, areal differences and trade relations. The language studies are carried out by studying the book (see course material). There are home work assignments for every week. The language contents are tested in two written exams (see exams). The culture studies are carried out by group work. Each group chooses a Latin-American country and makes six presentations on different topics on it. The presentations are prepared outside classes and presented ever other week in the class.
02.01.2020 - 24.01.2020
22 Jan
Introduction of the Latin American Region assignment
29 Jan
1. General Information of the target country
Power Point / Prezi
5 Feb
Product 1.0
Working in class
12 Feb
2. Product presentation
Canva & gallery walk
26 Feb
Work Shop: Argentina and Colombia
3. Companies and economy
Work Shop, Power Point / Prezi
4 Mar
Intensive language studying
11 Mar
Intensive language studying
18 Mar
Work Shop: Countries 3 and 4,
Exam I
Work Shop
25 Mar
Work Shop: Countries 5 and 6
4. Culture in the target country
Picture Collage, no written text,
1 Apr
Intensive language studying
8 Apr
Work Shop: Countries 7 and 8
5. Tourism and traffic in the target country,
Brochure, Work Shop
15 Apr
Guest lecturer Katja Kuuramaa:
Indigenous people in Central America
22 Apr
6. Gastronomy of the target country
Gastronomic Exhibition (table setting)
29 Apr
7. Interview
6 May
Preparation for the next week’s country fair
Handout and poster
12 May! (No classes 13 May)
Global Country Fair
20 May
Feedback
Evaluation
Exam II
The alternative implementation of the Spanish Areal 2 course SPA2PO202 consists of two parts.
1) language studies: written and oral 60 %
2) Latin-American culture and society studies 40 %
1 language studies, 60 %:
a) written part, 30 %, book and exam:
The student studies the units 5-8 of the book Aula Internacional 1 and does all the exercises related to these units. The exercises are delivered by e-mail to the teacher before the written exam. The exercises are assessed on a scale 1-5. They cannot be redone or corrected.
The book’s units include the following grammar contents, it is recommendable to search for video tutorials or other grammar sources to support learning:
- expressing and asking likes and dislikes (5)
- verbs gustar/encantar/interesar + the dative pronoun (5)
- description of persons with adjectives: character and physical appearance (5)
- possessive adjectives (5)
- weekdays, parts of the day (6)
- telling and asking the time (6)
- expressing time and frequency with adverbs (6)
- reflexive verbs (6)
- conjugation of irregular verbs in present tense (6)
- use of traer* and poner* in a restaurant / bar (7)
- reflexive passive (7)
- adverbs of quantity (8)
- asking and giving directions (8)
- prepositions and adverbs of place (8)
When ready, the student does an exam where s/he demonstrates his/her competences in the vocabulary and grammar of these units. The written exam is assessed on a scale 1-5 and can be redone twice within six months.
b) oral part, 30 %, independent practice and exam:
The students practices independently with the help of the book’s audio material (available in the Internet: campus.difusion.com) the pronunciation of the vocabulary and fluent reading of the texts of the book’s units and topics. It is recommendable that s/he searches a skilled Spanish-speaking person to practice with. In addition, video tutorials for pronunciation can be of use.
When ready, the student does an oral exam with the teacher. In this exam, the student has to be able to discuss about the following topics (units 5-8):
family members, description of persons, hobbies, expressing liking and disliking, weekdays, weekly program, time, telling the opening hours and timetables, basic food, eating and waiting in a restaurant/bar, telling about diets and different cuisines, describing districts, towns and cities, giving and asking instructions how to get to a place.
The oral exam can be redone twice within six months.
2 Latin-American culture and society, 40 %, Power Point presentation:
The student chooses one of the Spanish speaking Latin-American countries and presents it with a Power Point presentation in English or Finnish. The presentation’s estimated time is about 20 minutes. The presentation must include information of the chosen country from six different topics. These topics and more precise instructions are written in the Power Point document Latin American Country Presentation. The presentation is assessed on a scale 1-5 with emphasis on the mastering of the topics, diversity of the content and the pronunciation of the Spanish names. The presentation cannot be redone.
Learning materials
Aula Internacional 1 New Edition. A Spanish course for English speakers. Difusión. (ISBN 9788415846772)
Audio material: http://www.campus.difusion.com
Antti Kurhinen, Maria Ruohtula
15 - 40
The final grade is based on
1. Examination (two written examinations of the language): 40 %
2. Latin American regions assignment: 40 % (individual, peer and teacher assessment)
3. Activity and participation: 20%
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