Course teached as: B019057 - LABORATORIO DI LINGUA SPAGNOLA PER IL TURISMO 3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in ECONOMICS AND TRADE Curriculum ECONOMIA E TURISMO
Teaching Language
The language used during the course is Spanish (L2).
Course Content
Students expand their knowledge of L 2 through the study and analysis of more complex grammatical and communicative structures and through the constant practice of the new acquired linguistic skills used in real life situations and daily communication.
65% of the lesson content will be based on the microlanguage used for specific purposes.
Textbooks:
1) G. Prost - A. N. Fernández, Al dí@. Curso intermedio de español para los negocios, SGEL, Madrid 2014 (ISBN: 9878497783170)
2) G. Prost y A. Noriega Fernández, Al Dí@ - Curso Intermedio de español para los negocios. Cuaderno de ejercicios + CD, SGEL, Madrid 2014 (ISBN: 9878497783187)
3) R. Odicino, C. Campos Ch., M.E. Sánchez, Gramática española (Niveles A1-C2), UTET Università (ISBN: 9788860084231)
4) R. Odicino, C. Campos Ch., M.E. Sánchez, Ejercicios de gramática española para italófonos (A1-C), UTET Università (ISBN: 9788860084781)
5) Eduardo Galeano, Las venas abiertas de América Latina,
Editorial: Siglo XXI de España (ISBN 978-84-323-1145-1)
Additional teaching material provided by the teacher.
Learning Objectives
Acquire / consolidate the B 1 towards the B 2 - Level (CEFR).
Knowledge
Learn the most important sociocultural aspects of the countries where Spanish is spoken, with particular reference to chosen fields of study.
Acquire and strengthen the structural, communicative and linguistic modes typical of the B 1 and B 2 level in general, and more specifically of the microlanguage (tourism - economy).
Skills
Consolidate the following skills: express immediate needs and describe aspects of one's life and the surrounding environment;
comprehend frequently used expressions in regard to oneself and everyday life, shopping, and places of interest; communicate with simple and direct dialogue relating to common and known experiences;
master the L2 for general communication in the four skills (reading, writing, listening, and oral); acquire the specific microlanguage vocabulary necessary to interact in professional fields and contexts; organize, document, and present services and products related to the curriculum using traditional microlinguistic communication tools, or where possible, even multimedia ones; acquire and enhance the most effective communication tools to intervene in relevant organizational and professional contexts.
At the end of the course the students will be able to hold a conversation in Spanish on general and specific topics of the curriculum; they will be also able to write letters and e-mails in Spanish, present in oral and written form a product or a service and simulate work situations such as how to conduct a job interview, to negotiate, to plan a business, to organize a business meeting to launch a product on the market, to attend a job fair, to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of a business).
Prerequisites
Required linguistic level: A2 (CEFR), necessary to follow the course structured at a B1/B2 level (CEFR).
It is highly recommended that students, who do not meet the required linguistic level, attend courses offered by the University Language Center (Novoli). Language certifications of any level issued by the “Instituto Cervantes” (DELE) will not be accepted in place of the examination.
Teaching Methods
Traditional teacher-led lessons, multimedia lessons, language lab lessons using a communicative approach with particular focus on the performance of real tasks and authentic material so the student learns to deal with real and problematic work contexts (48 hours, 6 CFU).
Further information
Academic Calendar: start of the course: 7/3/18 (48 ore, 6 CFU). Exam dates: http://www.economia.unifi.it/cmpro-v-p-206.html
Type of Assessment
Exam methodology for the Language Proficiency Test for attending students: oral exam to assess the student's interactive and communicative skills as per the linguistic goals (morphosyntactic, grammatical, lexical, functional) of the B 1 - B 2 level (CEFR) in the L2 in general and, specifically, in the microlanguage of the subject matter studied during the course. The student will also choose and present one of the topics covered during the course. Lastly, the student will be interrogated on the text Las venas abiertas de América Latina by E. Galeano.
Exam methodology for the Language Proficiency Test for non-attending students: The oral exam includes, in addition to familiarity with the topics studied based on the texts indicated in the Syllabus, the attainment of the linguistic goals (refer above to the Exam methodology for the Language Proficiency Test for attending students), and the presentation of one of the topics selected from those studied in the course.
The research paper will be 3 pages long and must be submitted by email to the teacher at least 10 days prior to the exam date (simona.vanni@unifi.it).
Questions will be asked on the grammar and vocabulary related to the research paper with a discussion about the selected topic.
Lastly, the student will be interrogated on the text Las venas abiertas de América Latina by E. Galeano.
Exam duration: 20 minutes.
Course program
Students expand their knowledge of L 2 through the study and analysis of more complex grammatical and communicative structures and through the constant practice of the new acquired linguistic skills used in real life situations and daily communication.
65% of the lesson content will be based on the microlanguage used for specific purposes.
At the end of the course the students will be able to hold a conversation in Spanish on general and specific topics of the curriculum; they will be also able to write letters and e-mails in Spanish, present in oral and written form a product or a service and simulate work situations such as how to conduct a job interview, to negotiate, to plan a business, to organize a business meeting to launch a product on the market, to attend a job fair, to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of a business).
Selected Topics:
1 La empresa y la comunicación comercial (cartas, pedidos etc.)
2 Sostenibilidad empresarial
3 La economía española de hoy
4 Las empresas españolas
5 Del milagro económico a la crisis
6 La globalización e internacionlización hacia América Latina
7 Ferias
8 Multinacionales
9 El fenómeno de la expatriación
10 Líderes de una empresa
11 Mercados, Marketing y publicidad
12 TIC, la era de la ultraconectividad
13 El mundo del trabajo (CV, entrevista de trabajo etc.)
14 Turismo: el boom de los años ‘50/’60 con referencias a la historia de la Guerra Civil, de la dictadura franquista y de la época de transición
15 España y Europa
16 América Latina
17 Temas de cultura ev., en base también a los intereses de los aprendices