Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Spanish Language
Teaching staff
By appointment. In order to make an appointment, please request one by writing to
Carolina Serra: cserra@uic.es
Introduction
Language is part of the curriculum in Communication Studies.
Correct spelling and mastering the rules of Spanish are requisites to study a degree in Audiovisual Communication. This subject will reinforce writing, through the development of skills to detect and correct mistakes. Basic skills for a career that will value instrumental mastery of written language.
One of the requisites to study a degree in Audiovisual Comunicaction is correct spelling and mastering the rules of Spanish. This subject will reinforce therefore writing, through the development of skills to detect and correct mistakes. Basic skills for a career whose mastery of written language is one of its key factors.
To do so, students will be provided with tools to work and consolidate the basics of writing and the rules of Catalan and Spanish, both in lectures and in personalised correction practices.
The subject, Spelling Zero for Communication Studies aims to colsolidate correct writing skills from the student. The communicator must be able to capture, understand and grasp the reality that surrounds him to transmit it properly. The excellence of this process is correct spelling, not only in content but also of spelling and syntax. Writing reflects the education and knowledge of the writer and it undoubtedly becomes a sign of identity of the person. The requirement of correct spelling is a responsibility to oneself, to the profession and, of course, to the public.
Therefore, the purpose of this subject is not just that students write correctly, but that they are able to adopt an attitude that allows them to function autonomously as a content editor, and to provide the respect of readers.
Pre-course requirements
Students are required to have prior knowledge of Spanish.
Objectives
This subject reviews the basic contents of spelling and rules of Spanish to achieve the desired quality of writing in the degree of Communication Studies.
Competences/Learning outcomes of the degree programme
TRAINING ACTIVITY | ECTS CREDITS |
---|---|
Lectures. In lectures, lecturers/professors not only transmit content or knowledge, but also, and above all else, attitudes, motivation, skills and values, etc. They also ensure that participants can express their opinions and arguments to the other students. | 0,5 |
Focused Praxis. Handing in occasional exercises to learn theory through practice. | 0,5 |
Learning outcomes of the subject
- Be able to speak and write correctly.
- Acquire a better command of language, creativity,
- Be able to manipulate language effectively according to the objectives and purposes of each communicative situation.
Syllabus
MODULE 1: Spanish Language (1 credit)
1. Accentuation.
- Rules of accentuation agudas, llanas, esdrújulas and sobresdrújulas .
- Diphthong triphthong, hiatus.
- The umlaut.
- Monosyllabic words and diacritical accent.
- Other cases: pronouns, adverbs, conjunctions.
2. Standards and punctuation.
- The comma.
- The full stop and coma.
- The semi colon.
- The full stop.
- The ellipses.
- Question and exclamation marks.
- The parentheses.
- Brackets.
- The umlaut.
- Quotation marks.
- The streak.
3. Use case
- Start of a text, names, special treatments...
4. The use of particular letters
- "B" and "V"
- "G" and "J"
- "J" - "Y"
- "H"
- "M" and "N"
- "H"
5. Interference with Catalan
6. Resources and reference sources (enhanced throughout the course)
7. Vocabulary (enhanced throughout the course)
Teaching and learning activities
In person
TRAINING ACTIVITY | ECTS CREDITS |
---|---|
Lectures. In lectures, lecturers/professors not only transmit content or knowledge, but also, and above all else, attitudes, motivation, skills and values, etc. They also ensure that participants can express their opinions and arguments to the other students. | 0,5 |
Focused Praxis. Handing in occasional exercises to learn theory through practice. | 0,5 |
Evaluation systems and criteria
In person
Evaluation continuous and includes a final exam.
MODULE 1: Spanish language
Final exam: 100%
To overcome the subject it is essential to pass the final exam.
Bibliography and resources
Manual bàsico:
Ortografía de la lengua española. Real Academia Española. 1999.
Bibliografia recomenada:
Escribir sin faltas. José A. Martínez.
La cocina de la escritura, Daniel Cassany
Manual práctico de escritura académica, Estrella Montolío.
El dardo en la palabra, Fernando Lázaro Carreter
RECURSOS WEB
http://www.aplicaciones.info/ortogra/ortogra.htm
http://reglasdeortografia.com/homofonas.html