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7/28/2019 INGLES ESPAÑOL EXTRANJEROS

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UNIVERSITY OF ANTIOQUIA

INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR LANGUAGES AND CULTURES

SPANISH FOR FOREIGNERS

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

1. PRESENTATION This learning program in Spanish as a Foreign Language focuses on an

integrated concept of learning foreign languages. We start with the

epistemological view that learning a foreign language goes hand in hand withthe objective of learning necessarily meaningful content. In the case of participating students, they are expected to learn the Spanish languageinvolving the acquisition of knowledge, skills and strategies that strengthen

communicative performance in that language.

The integration of language skills, the meaningful use of language, and theproposed activities aim at articulating the basic concepts and strengthening

communication skills of participating students.

This program consists of twelve modules which progressively advance in thedevelopment of the units, enabling students to achieve the proposedcommunication skills and strategies. Each of these modules will beaccompanied by learning activities in and out of the classroom, which will beguided by the facilitator with an emphasis on those that relate to student

interests and the significant issues addressed in class. The rest of the timestudents will be exposed to the Spanish language in real situations like goingshopping, since they will remain in the city in full contact with Spanish

speakers.

The proposed modules are:

Module 1: Beginners

Module 2: Basic 1

Modul 3: Basic 2

Module 4: Basic 3



Module 5: Intermediate 1




Module 9: Oral Skills

Module 10: Integrated Skills

Module 11: Academic Writing in Spanish

Module 12: Readings on Hispanic languages and Cultures

Each module will be developed in 40 class hours. The number of hours per

week will be decided in conjunction with students from the groups, under the

condition that a minimum of four hours per week be issued.

Modules 9 through 12 can be varied in order since they all belong in theEnhancement level.

2. GENERAL OBJECTIVE

The International Center for Languages and Cultures at the University of Antioquia aims to provide students learning Spanish as a foreign language toolsnecessary to acquire communication skills that enable them to become

independent and effective users of the language.

The skills acquired by students will enable them to be language users locally interms of the varieties of Colombian Spanish, but those same skills will allow

them to be users of the Spanish language in international contexts.

3. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

As a student following the program, you can:

Get to know the various aspects of the culture(s) of Antioquia andColombia that will enable good practice of the Spanish language in various social and cultural contexts, establishing a bilateral relationshipbetween the linguistic variety of Colombia and other international ones.

Gain the phonetic elements and basic linguistic structures of the Spanishlanguage that will allow the student to understand the meaning of oralmaterials and express them in everyday communication.

Produce cohesive and consistent oral and written material, according totheir communication needs.

Identify different language registers that allow them to interact in multiple

contexts.



Understand the general and specific meaning in oral and written texts inSpanish.

4. THEMATIC –

COMMUNICATIVE GUIDELINES OF THE PROGRAM

Intercultural competencies

Oral and written comprehension competencies Oral interaction and production competencies Writing Skills

5. METHODOLOGY

The Spanish course for foreigners is intended to prepare students to copeeffectively in various communicative situations using the Spanish language as amedium. For this reason, the work methodology takes a communicativeapproach in which the topics aim to make students` social immersion process

as positive as possible.

The development of topics is based on both theory and practice, so that thebasic skills of speaking, reading, writing, listening and communicating are

strengthened in a comprehensive manner that enables the student tocommunicate successfully.

Since intercultural competence plays a key role in the teaching and learning of aforeign language, this competency is incorporated in each course activity. Theawareness and analysis of different social contexts throughout the languagelearning process builds a dynamic course and firmly establishes the relationship

between language and culture.

It is necessary and consistent with this approach that the student takesresponsibility for his or her learning in the study, rhythm and continuity of the

process.

6. MATERIALS

The materials for this course will be adapted to the different levels and interests

of the students. Their use will focus on the development of comprehension,

speaking and writing skills.

In addition to traditional materials such as videos, recordings, slides, etc., used

to present language in context and offer a chance to show extra-linguistic

elements (intonation, gestures, posture, and facial expression), authenticmaterials such as newspaper articles, magazines, radio recordings and



television will be used. The course will also incorporate materials from thestudent´s daily activities: invoices, tickets, receipts, bills, answering machine

recordings, etc. In addition, ICT resources such as DVDs, CD, simulators,

electronic dictionaries and countless alternatives offered by the Internet will beused.

For modules 1-8, Áula Internacional, curso de español, 1, 2, 3, and 4, aninternational textbook series, will be used as a guide for self-study. It will alsosupport some classroom activities that deepen understanding of structures,offer readings on specific topics and / or contrast language variations, given thatIberian Spanish is the variation predominantly used in the text.

8. EVALUATION:

There is a variety of evaluation activities that will be used throughout the

course, all of them aiming to check students´ progress in terms of their acquisition of communicative competences in Spanish. Excellent progress will be granted 5.0 as a grade, 1.0 will be granted for poor progress both for

specific evaluation activities as well as for the final general grade per module.

60% of the final grade is dedicated to continuous to follow during the course,whereas 20% is dedicated to a final written test and 20% to a final oral task.

9. PLACEMENT:

Students who possess some level of communicative competence in thelanguage can take a placement test upon arrival in order to start the program inthe appropriate module.

10. Costs 2013:

Each module of this program is carried out in 40 hours of direct instruction. Therefore, the cost per module per person is obtained by multiplying 40 hoursby the price group according to the number of students, as described in the

following table:

Price per hour 2013

One student $ 40.000

Two students$ 25.000

Per person



Three or more students$ 14000

Per person

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