Program Overview

Spanish Culture Course - Comprehension and Writing in Spanish II

Course Description

The Spanish Culture Course - Comprehension and Writing in Spanish II is designed to help students acquire strategies for interpreting and constructing written texts of different types and genres. The course emphasizes processes of reading comprehension, planning, writing, and review.

Methodology

The course methodology involves observing and analyzing specific text models, and then drawing up texts with similar characteristics. Students will participate in reading activities, analyze written texts, and undertake tasks related to planning, development, and organization of ideas. The course will also focus on the use of connectors and the distribution of content in paragraphs.

Assessment System

The assessment system consists of:

• Attendance and participation in class: 20%
• Text produced or rewritten during the course: 50%
• Exam/final text: 30%

Syllabus

The course syllabus includes:

• Text types and genres:
  • Descriptive text: objective and subjective description
  • Narrative texts: logbooks
  • Expository-argumentative texts: specialized articles
  • Argumentative text: letters to the editor; opinion columns
  • The text of dialogue: journalistic interviews
  • The professional environment: electronic mails
• Interpretation and construction of texts II:
  • Analytical reading and the structure of the text: read like a writer
  • Adaptation to the communication objective: write with the reader in mind
  • Planning: from a rain of ideas to concept maps
  • Composition: from the sentence to the paragraph, from the paragraph to the text
  • Revision: style and spelling
• Read and write in line I
• Connective resources II:
  • Connectors for structuring information
  • The argument operators
  • Counter-argumentative connectors
• Discourse strategies II:
  • Subjectifying strategies in the interpretation and production of texts
• Register:
  • Text interpretation: adaptation to the communication situation
  • Text production: lexical precision

Bibliography

The course bibliography includes:

• ÁLVAREZ, M. (2001): Ejercicios de escritura. Nivel avanzado, Madrid, Anaya.
• ÁLVAREZ, M. (2001): Ejercicios de escritura. Nivel superior, Madrid, Anaya.
• BADOS, C. (2001): Textos literarios y ejercicios. Nivel avanzado, Madrid, Anaya.
• BADOS, C. (2001): Textos literarios y ejercicios. Nivel superior, Madrid, Anaya.
• HERNÁNDEZ, G. y RELLÁN, C. (1998): Aprendo a escribir 2. Narrar y describir, Madrid, SGEL, 2000
• HERNÁNDEZ, G. y RELLÁN, C. (1999): Aprendo a escribir 3. Exponer y argumentar , Madrid, SGEL, 2002
• IGLESIAS, I. (2001): A toda página , Madrid, Edinumen.
• MONTOLÍO, E. (coord.) (2014): Manual de escritura académica y profesional , vols. I, II, Barcelona, Ariel.

Technical Specifications

• Language: Spanish
• Culture
• Duration: 45 hours
• ECTS credits: 6
• 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

Minimum Level of Spanish Language Required

Intermediate

Course Price

• General price: 546,00€
• Reduced price: 491,40€

Groups and Enrolment

• BCN - City Center: Tue, Thurs | 15:30-17:00 | 19/01//04/2026
• Group: 10