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This course aims to provide the student with a group of linguistic structures which give a reflection on the workings of Spanish grammar. Also, to give the student a good grasp of the of the basic mechanisms of Spanish grammar through contrastive analysis of structures and to cover the basic linguistic needs of the Spanish learner at intermediate-advanced level. Syllabus 1. Pronunciation: vowels, consonants; vowel groups and consonant groups. 2. Word-formation: derivation, forming prefixes, composition, parasynthesis. 3. The noun: concordance. 4. The pronoun: the personal pronouns. 5. Demonstratives and possessives; mío/el mío 6. Relative pronouns. Que/el que. 7. The verb: regular and irregular verbs. 8. The verb: exclusive uses of ser, exclusive uses of estar, alternation of ser/estar. 9. The verb: canté/he cantado/; canté/cantaba. 10. Verbal periphrasis. 11. The imperatives: canta/no cantes. 12. The conditional period. 13. The adversatives 14. Cause 15. Time 16. Mode in relative phrases 17. Prepositions: spatial prepositions and notional prepositions. 18. Prepositions: values and uses of por and para. 19. Prepositions: values and uses of de and desde. 20. Verbs with a prepositional complement. Activities The teacher will provide specific exercises for practice. Assessment Class work: 40% Class attendance: 40% Specific tests: 20% Bibliography FERNÁNDEZ, J., FENTE, R., and SILES, J., Curso intensivo de español. Niveles intermedio y superior. Ejercicios prácticos, Madrid, SGEL, 2nd edition, 1992.
Esta asignatura pretende capacitar al alumno para el uso de un conjunto de formas. Lingüísticas que suponen una reflexión sobre el funcionamiento de la gramática del español.
Acercar al alumno, mediante el análisis contrastado de estructuras, a los mecanismos básicos de la gramática del español, y atender a las inquietudes lingüísticas básicas del aprendiz del español de nivel post-intermedio.
Para las prácticas se contará con ejercicios específicos que propondrá el profesor.
FERNANDEZ,J., FENTE, R. y SILES, J., Curso intensivo de español. Niveles intermedio y superior. Ejercicios prácticos, Madrid, SGEL, 2 ed. 1992.
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