Spanish culture course - Oral Spanish in everyday situations

ASSESSMENT SYSTEM

Attendance and participation in class: 20%  

Two mid-semester exams in the first semester and two mid-semester exams in the second semester: 80%  

Students will receive a grade for each semester. The final grade for the course will be the average of both marks. 

PROGRAMME

• Go shopping / Go shopping
Communication objectives
Making purchases in a shop, market, fair, etc.
Describe and assess the product or item of clothing
Say how and what you want. o Ask for and give information about the prices of food or other products.

• Spanish and Latin-American cuisine. Eating tapas
Communication objectives
Ask for and give information about Spanish and Latin-American dishes.
Ask for and give information about a dish. Order food.
Say the names of objects and foods in a restaurant, bar or cafeteria.

• Popular festivals and holidays
Communication objectives
Ask for and give information about public festivals and holidays.
Discuss which fiesta is more/less important.

• Neighbourhoods of Barcelona
Communication objectives
Locate streets, local shops, shopping centres, etc.
Ask for and give directions.
Ask for and offer help
Ask about a specific place.

• The public transport system (I)
Communication objectives
Getting around on metro, bus, bicycle, train, taxi, etc.
Express actions that are being carried out.

• Go out at night. Go out for a drink. Go to dance
Communication objectives
Propose and recommend drinks.
Ask what ingredients are in a drink.
Ask for a drink or order food.

• A weekend in Barcelona
Communication objectives
Propose and recommend activities.
Describe places and establishments.
Ask for and give information about places close to the city.

• Colloquial expressions (I)
Communication objectives
Create communication situations with the expressions.

• Unpicking clichés. What Barcelona ISN'T
Communication objectives
Talk about the clichés attributed to Barcelona.
Compare opinions on the bad use of clichés.

• Barcelona: cosmopolitan, multicultural city
Communication objectives
Response to the definition of multiculturalism.
Give other definitions.
Talk about the recycling system and its operation.

• Savour food
Communication objectives
Ask what ingredients and condiments are in a meal.
Revise the specific vocabulary.
Establish a customer/waiter conversation.

• Clothes and prices
Communication objectives
Compare the prices of clothes in Spain and other countries.
Talk about the difference between “rebajas”, “descuentos” and “ofertas”.
How to bargain.

• The public transport system (II)
Communication objectives
Talk about the differences between “ticket”, “billete” and “tarjeta”.
Compare the public transport system in Spain with that of other countries.

• The healthcare system
Communication objectives
Talk about the difference between pharmacies and parapharmacies.
Ask for medicines.

• Tourism outside the city
Communication objectives
Locate towns.
Ask and say what you can do in each one.
Talk about the typical products that are found in each one of them.

• Leisure: sports, shows, trips and leisure activities.
Communication objectives
Talk about the different types of leisure activities.
Compare opinions.

• Colloquial expressions (II)
Communication objectives
Create communication situations with the expressions.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

BARBA, C., (2004), Rutas desde Barcelona en un solo día, Barcelona, Óptima. BONAFONT, R.- BERENGUERAS, J.R., (2004), ¿Conoces Barcelona?, Asociación Lectura Fácil, Mediterrània, Barcelona.  

PAÍS, El (obra colectiva), (2002), De tapas por Barcelona, Madrid, Aguilar. PUIG, M., (2003), Donde nunca te han llevado cuando anochece en Barcelona, Barcelona, Óptima. PUIG, M., (2005), De compras por las tiendas más originales de Barcelona, Barcelona, Óptima. QF (Guía), (2005), Comer, beber y divertirse, Barcelona, Guías QF? La Vanguardia.