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ADVANCED ORAL AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION |
| 45
HOURS |
| 19-222
(Taught in English) |
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| Instructor:
MSc. Alberto Delgado Álvarez |
DESCRIPTION OF THE COURSE |
This
course introduces the student to the subtleties
of the Spanish language, through the use
of a theoretical and practical methodology.
Classroom and homework exercises are aimed
at refining the students’ knowledge
and language skills.
The classes will have a mixed methodology
of lectures imparted by the professor, class
discussions on a variety of topics to practice
oral communication between students, several
written exercises to evaluate and correct
the grammatical structure used, and several
reading comprehension exercises. |
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COURSE
OBJECTIVES |
At
the end of these courses, the students should
be capable of the following:
• Eliminate speaking and
writing vices that hinder the fluidity of
communication.
• Increase and apply their critical-analytical
capacity.
• Use theoretical instruments for
self-correction.
• Elaborate and execute public interventions
in Spanish such as: talks, conferences,
speeches, and presentations.
• Adequately apply the rules of proper
writing in Spanish.
• Write letters, essays, summons,
invitations, agendas, minutes, and other
formal documents in Spanish.
• Improve the effectiveness of expression
in Spanish.
• Combine their oral expression with
body language: visual, facial gestures.
• Breathe and articulate adequately
during a public intervention.
• Improvise in Spanish during a public
intervention.
• Confront unplanned situations while
presenting in Spanish to an audience.
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SPECIFIC
OBJETIVES |
1.
Make brief and extended speeches
in Spanish.
2. Giving a speech in Spanish
with composture.
3. Practice and perfect
the use of written Spanish language correctly.
4. Write argumentative
and persuasive essays in Spanish.
5. Properly apply grammatical
and writing rules of the Spanish language.
6. Combine oral expression
with other forms of nonverbal communication
during a presentation in Spanish. |
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COURSE CONTENTS |
1.
Communication
a. Elements
b. Types
2. Oral Communication
a. Advantages and importance
b. Obstacles and difficulties
c. Common Habits
d. Body position and appearance
3. The speaker and the audience
a. Preparing the speaker
b. Knowing your audience
c. Interruptions and negative audiences
4. Different types of short and
extended speeches
a. Presentations: self-presentation and
the presentation of others, acknowledgements
b. Conferences and seminars
5. The Structure and Preparation
of the Speech
a. The parts
b. Steps in preparation
6. Presentation
a. Eloquence
b. Diction and voice
c. Articulation of complex sounds: r/rr,
ll, g/j, t/d, qu, ch, ñ, iu/ui, eu/ue,
ie/ei, ou/uo
7. Grammatical Rules
a. Common mistakes when writing
b. Punctuation, conditionals and interrogatives
c. Correct accentuation
d. Transition words and their correct usage
e. The noun and its modifiers
f. The use of the 19 prepositions: review
8. Written Structure
a. Typical structure of a text: introduction,
development and conclusion
b. Vices of the language: phrases, redundancy,
run-on sentences, ambiguity
c. Outline: main and secondary ideas
d. The story
e. Description
f. The letter
g. Telegrams, receipts, checks and bills |
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TEACHING
METHODOLOGY |
The
Advanced Oral and Written Expression Spanish
course uses a methodology based on the progressive
model, which consists on the sequential
individual process of accessing the cognitive
structures of the level immediately above,
through previous knowledge. With this process
the student increases the cognitive zone
of proximity and is therefore able to step
up to the next level of knowledge.
Thus, the intention behind the course methodology
is , first of all, that the student has
the opportunity to activate previous knowledge,
generates appropriate expectations, and
faces the learning activities intentionally.
Secondly, the new information will be presented
so that the student has the opportunity
of working with it, alongside the professor.
Finally, the students will have the opportunity
of integrating, consolidating, and increasing
the information for themselves; as well
as working with their peers to compare perspectives
and learnings. Therefore, the models and
teaching strategies that will be used are:
Direct Teaching Methodology
Using this model of guided discovery,
the professor will use the following strategies:
• In each session, the objectives
or academic intentions to be reached at
the end of class will be explained.
• To achieve an adequate class participation
and interaction, the professor will try
to construct a joint version of the students’
knowledge. In this way, during the presentation
of the course topics, the professor will
repeat, reformulate and explain both the
opinions of the students and the main themes
in discussion.
• Illustrations (demonstrations) and/or
diagrams will be used in each session so
that the student learns the procedures,
technical aspects and rules to be applied
later in problem solving.
• The professor will also use similarities
and proposals, based on the previous knowledge
of the students and as a means to explain
the difficult concepts. This process is
focused on taking the knowledge to a higher
level and expanding the cognitive zone of
proximity.
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SUGGESTED
ACTIVITIES |
Prepare
a variety of written practices and short
presentations.
Independent Reading: A book chosen by the
students, by a Latin American author.
Various short readings as reading comprehension
exercises, with short summaries or questions
to be prepared by the student. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
•
Alarco Llorach, Emilio. Gramática
de la Lengua Española.
• Dominicis, María C. y John
F. Reynolds. Repase y escriba. Curso avanzado
de gramática y composición.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1998.
• Gramática práctica:
Ortografía, sintaxis, incorrecciones,
dudas. Océano.
• Müller Delgado, Marta Virginia.
Técnicas de la comunicación
oral. Editorial de la Universidad de Costa
Rica. 1999. |
| Evaluation |
| Class participation and
Homework |
15% |
| 3 Oral Presentations |
15% |
| 3 Written Essays |
15% |
| Midterm Exam |
15% |
| Final Exam |
15% |
| Final Presentation of the independent
reading |
25% |
| Total |
100% |
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