| CODE | SPA1020 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Aspects of Spanish Language and Grammar 1 | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Spanish and Latin American Studies | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | El objetivo de esta asignatura es consolidar la competencia en los aspectos basicos de la gramatica espanola comenzando por la presentacion de los componentes de la gramatica: morfología, sintaxis, fonetica y fonología y semantica. El curso se centrara basicamente en la morfologia del espanol: morfologia nominal (genero, numero, sufijacion y prefijacion, etc.), morfologia verbal (tiempo, modo, aspecto, etc.), articulo y determinantes, el adverbio, preposicion y conjuncion. The aim of this study-unit is to strengthen competence in the basics of Spanish grammar starting with the presentation of the components of the this grammar: morphology, syntax, phonetics, phonology and semantics. This unit will focus primarily on the morphology of Spanish: nominal morphology (gender, number, prefixes and suffixes, etc..) Verbal morphology (tense, mood, appearance, etc..) Articles and determinants, the adverb, preposition and conjunction. Study-unit Aims: - Valorar el nivel de competencia en español que poseen los estudiantes procedente de los conocimientos adquiridos previamente en el A level. - Consolidar y ampliar esa competencia a través de exposiciones gramaticales y ejercicios de refuerzo. - Solucionar las lagunas y carencias detectadas a lo largo de la realización de estas exposiciones gramaticales y ejercicios de refuerzo. - Assess the level of competence in Spanish of students whose knowledge was previously acquired during their A level. - Strengthen and broaden this competence through grammar presentations and top-up exercises. - Solving the gaps and shortcomings identified during the course of the afore-mentioned grammar and top-up exercises. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - distinguir los distintos componentes de la gramática; - explicar los límites entre morfología, sintaxis, fonetica y fonología y semantica; - reconocer las distintas unidades morfologicas y delimitar sus componentes característicos; - identificar la estructura de la palabra; - reconocer los diferentes tipos de palabra en español. - Distinguish the different components of grammar; - Explain the limits between morphology, syntax, phonetics and phonology and semantics; - Recognize different morphological units and define their characteristic components; - Identify the structure of the word; - Recognize the different types of Spanish words. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - establecer las relaciones entre los diversos componentes de la gramática; - analizar morfológicamente los componentes de una unidad lingüística; - diferenciar las distintas unidades que pueden componer una unidad lingüística. - Establish the relation between the various components of grammar; - Morphologically analyze the components of a linguistic unit; - Differentiate the different units that can compose a linguistic unit. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Bosque y Demonte (dirs.), Gramatica Descriptiva de la Lengua Espanola, Espasa, 1999 - Real Academia Española y Asociación de Academias Americanas, Nueva Gramática de la Lengua Española, 2009 |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite: A Level Spanish or equivalent | ||||||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Antoinette Zammit Bugeja |
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