Spanish Lessons Described
IES BUENOS AIRES
Customized Programs
Spanish classes’ proposal
IES Buenos Aires’ Customized Programs give students the chance of having a direct study experience in a Spanish-speaking environment related to their academic interests.
During the period of the visit, as part of the academic curricula, the student will count with an intensive Spanish practical course taught by teachers specialized in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language (Spanish and literature teachers, translators with pedagogic orientation, etc.).
The Spanish course will be organized in 3 different areas:
• Survival Spanish: An introduction to the structures of Spanish, which will help students to communicate in a variety of daily life situations.
• Technical Spanish: The aim of this class is to introduce students to the words, structures and texts related to their academic field of specialization.
• Field Trips: Individual or group activities (with the guidance of a teacher) in which students have to practice Spanish with native speakers in real situations.
Classes organization
Day 1 Technical Spanish 60 minutes
Survival Spanish 60 minutes
Day 2 Survival Spanish 30 minutes
Field Trip 90 minutes
Spanish Classes are to be organized according to the students’ language level: two different levels (beginners and intermediate) may be offered if there is a disparity in the group’s knowledge of the second language.
The main aim of this intensive Spanish course is to provide the student with the possibility of “living� the language and learning it in real communicative situations: to foster the acquisition of Spanish in a Spanish-speaking environment.
Moreover, the program is designed according the main academic specialization of the study-group, which means that every class is tailored following the interests and needs of the students.
A tentative model of the Spanish Classes contents, which may vary depending on the characteristics of each group, is exposed below:
Week 1
Technical Spanish:
Basic terminology related to the specialization of the study-group.
Survival Spanish:
Beginners level
Interpersonal Relations.
Personal presentation. Colloquial language: How to ask for and give relevant information.
Oral and written presentation.
Role-playing: the first conversation. Introducing ourselves.
Telephone conversation: Cultural differences. The message in an answering-machine.
Advanced level
The means of transport in the city: subway, buses and taxis. The different lines and taxi companies. Moving in the city.
Asking for addresses. Following directives.
Field trip:
Visit to different shops (the supermarket, the grocery, the bookstore, etc.). Students are supposed to obtain a particular information making use of their knowledge of Spanish.
Getting to different places using the public transportation.
Week 2
Technical Spanish:
Basic grammatical structures and texts related to the specialization of the study-group.
Survival Spanish:
Beginners level
Making formal and informal requests. Asking information about a product or a service. The different types of requests: at the restaurant, at the airport, at the shop, etc. Finding out information about classes, flights, seminars, etc. Phone-call requests (pizza order, taxi service, ticket booking).
Advanced level
Making complaints. Complaining in person and on the phone. Formal and informal register: written complaints.
Role-playing: Make a complaint about some product or service.
Field trip: Going to a communication parlor: making phone-calls with a particular purpose (e.g.: buying tickets). Visit to the bank or change shop to make an errand. On the taxi: giving the correct information to the driver.