Program Overview

Spanish Conversation and Pronunciation Course

Overview

The Spanish conversation and pronunciation course is designed to improve students' oral production and interaction skills. The course provides resources and practical tools to help students learn to cope with a wide range of topics and situations naturally and appropriately.

Methodology

This is a practical course where various functional and lexical exponents are presented and practiced in conversations in pairs or in groups. The intonation, rhythm, and correct production of sounds in Spanish are also presented and studied.

Assessment System

• Attendance and active participation in class: 40%
• Oral exam first part: 30%
• Oral exam second part: 30%

Fluency and pronunciation are considered, as well as suitability for the communication situation and language accuracy required for the level. Students receive a grade for each semester, and the final grade for the course is the average of both marks.

Syllabus

• Strategies and resources for participating in real conversations
• High-frequency functional exponents used to cope with everyday and formal conversations
• Vocabulary and colloquial expressions for speaking in everyday environments and out of necessity
• Recognition and practice of various patterns of Spanish intonation; phonics, syllables, and synalepha; rhythm; vowels and diphthongs; consonant articulation in Spanish
• Strategies and resources for participating with greater fluency in real conversations
• Specific functions to develop the macrofunctions associated with spoken language: describe, explain, give your opinion, express likes and emotions, compare, assess
• Differentiation of registers
• Current vocabulary and idiomatic expressions frequently used in various areas of everyday and professional life
• Intonation and its nuances
• The syllable and rhythm in relation to intonation
• Vowel sounds and consonant sounds
• The place and mode of articulation of the most conflictive consonants in Spanish

Bibliography

• MIÑANO, J. y CATALÁN, S. (Coords.) (2014): Conversar en español A1-A2. Ed. Publicacions UB, Col. Estudios Hispánicos. Barcelona.
• ESPAÑOL, M., LÓPEZ, S. y MORENO, M. (2014): Conversar en español B1-B2. Ed. Publicacions UB, Col. Estudios Hispánicos. Barcelona.
• Fonética. Niveles: A1, A2, B1, B2. Ed. Anaya, Col. ELE.

Technical Specifications

• Language: Spanish
• Type: Culture
• Duration: 90 hours
• ECTS credits: 12
• Format: Face-to-face

Information of Interest

• Courses in Spanish culture
• Diploma in Hispanic Studies
• Certificate in Hispanic Studies
• Cancellation and course changes
• Cancellation of enrolment

Course Details

• Course price:
  • General price: 983.00€
  • Reduced price: 884.70€
• Previous/Upcoming courses:
  • BCN - City Center: Mon, Wed | 15:30-17:00 | 15/09//04/2026
  • Group: 10
  • Teacher: Catalán Gallén, Susana

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