SPANISH LANGUAGE I
LINGUA SPAGNOLA I
The Spanish language and the Spanish-speaking world: history and dissemination
La lengua española y el mundo hispanohablante: historia y difusión
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| 2018/2019 | 8 |
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| Franco Quinziano |
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Course entirely taught in a foreign language
Spanish
English
This course is entirely taught in a foreign language and the final exam can be taken in the foreign language. |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
The course aims at providing students with a firm understanding of the Spanish History language and the contemporary Spanish-speaking world, following a cultural approach based on couple language/civilization.
Program
The first part of the course concentrates on the Spanish History Language and introduce the student on the origin, development and changes of the language over the centuries until the formation of the modern Spanish, including the contemporary idiomatic variations. It will be examined the notions of historical grammar, with particular attention to next topics: Spanish, Romance language, the latin in the Iberian Peninsula, Linguistics influences: Germanism and Arabism, the development of Modern Spanish Language, from Golden Age to 19th Century, the “Hispanicisation” of American continent , the Peninsular and Latin American Spanish: linguistic unity and diversity.
The second part of the course proposes introduce the student to the Spanish-speaking world, with particular attention to the presence of Spanish as dominate language in the world as well as its future prospects as an international language. It will be examined with particular attention to next topics: Spanish an international language, Spanish: national, dominant and minority language; Spain's Iberian Peninsula and minority languages in today's Spain, Spanish language in the world, Language policy and Spanish-speaking world.
Bridging Courses
Excellent command and knowledge of the Spanish language
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Attendance
The student must prove his status as a 'frequent' student through a presence of at least 70% of the classes of the course
- Course books
- R. LAPESA, Historia de la lengua española, Madrid, Gredos, 2004 [1986].
-H. BERSCHIN - J. FERNÁNDEZ SEVILLA - J. FELIXBERGER, La lingua spagnola. Diffusione, storia, struttura, Firenze, Le lettere, 2005, pp. 14-122 e pp. 276-285.
-M.ª L. GUTIÉRREZ ARAUS et al., Introducción a la lengua española, Madrid, Ramón Areces, 2005, cap. I (pp. 19-30), cap. 5 (pp. 75-90) cap. 18 (pp. 291-311).
-A. QUILIS, La lengua española en el mundo. Valladolid, Sec. Publicaciones Universidad de Valladolid, 2002.
- C. HERNÁNDEZ ALONSO (ed.), Historia y presente del español de América, Valladolid, Junta de Castilla y León, 1992.
- Assessment
Oral Exam in Spanish
- Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.
To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.
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