The subject Tercera lengua III: Lengua catalana focuses on learning the Catalan language from a communicative approach, while not neglecting essential morphosyntactic aspects necessary for acquiring basic oral and written competencies. These competencies will enable students to express themselves correctly in Catalan in social communication situations typical of everyday life.



CONTEXTUALIZATION:

This optional subject for third and fourth-year students is offered in degrees such as English Studies, Philology, Basque Studies, and Translation and Interpretation. Conceived as a continuation of the subject Tercera lengua II: Lengua catalana it provides students with the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to master oral and written competencies in Catalan as outlined by level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

The content of the subject is divided into 4 thematic units, and according to the semantic field worked on in each one, aspects of grammar, syntax, morphology, and culture related to the leitmotif will be addressed:





1. DESCRIPTIONS (Ethopoeia and Prosopography)

- Review of present tense, imperfect and periphrastic past, and simple future; review of present subjunctive

- Parts of the body, clothing, adjectives related to character, emotions, etc.; proverbs and idiomatic expressions

- Syntax: Predicative complement and Attribute + pronominal substitution; textual connectors of addition and adversity; consonant phonemes [s] and [z]

- Description, both physical and psychological, of a character in three tenses: past, present, and future. (descriptive text)







2. NATURE

- Simple past perfect indicative, review of present perfect indicative

- Animal kingdom, plant kingdom, gemination, proverbs and idiomatic expressions

- Review of accentuation and diaeresis, syntax: Prepositional object + pronominal substitution; narrative phraseology; temporal connectors and markers; vowel phonemes [Ɛ] and [Ɔ]

- Writing a folk tale in two tenses: periphrastic past - simple perfect

(narrative and conversational text + oral)







3. ARCHITECTURE

- Review of simple conditional and imperfect subjunctive

- Parts of a building, urban lexicon, common vocabulary of housing, proverbs and idiomatic expressions

- Relative subordinate clauses, with and without antecedent, combination of weak pronouns, structures for giving opinions: complaint, approval, disagreement, etc.

- Formal letter: request for the restoration of a historical building in the city (expository-argumentative text + oral defense)







4. SPORT / HEALTH

- Perfect conditional, pluperfect subjunctive

- Sports vocabulary, review of countries and cities, health vocabulary: parts of the body, illnesses, and ailments; proverbs and idiomatic expressions

- Local and temporal markers, textual connectors, phraseology and idioms

- Opinion article: rewriting history. Imagining a uchronia based on the reinterpretation of a historical sports event (expository-argumentative text)

The methodology used in this subject is essentially communicative. With this purpose in mind, efforts are made to minimize the time spent on traditional lecturing by the teacher, which is replaced by theoretical instructions in PowerPoint presentations or in supporting materials provided to the students.



Therefore, most of the session duration will be devoted to oral activities in groups and addressing doubts.



In addition to regular sessions, complementary activities will be carried out to bring Catalan culture closer to the students and promote its dissemination, creating a bond beyond the strictly academic realm.

La metodología llevada a cabo en esta asignatura tiene un enfoque esencialmente comunicativo. Con este propósito, se intenta reducir al máximo posible el tiempo de explicación magistral por parte del docente, siendo sustituido por indicaciones teóricas en presentaciones PowerPoint, o en material de apoyo entregado al alumnado.



Así pues, la mayor parte de la duración de las sesiones se dedicará a la realización de actividades orales en grupo y a la resolución de dudas.



Además de las sesiones ordinarias, se llevarán a cabo actividades complementarias con el objetivo de acercar y divulgar la cultura en catalán entre el alumnado, creando un vínculo más allá de lo estrictamente académico.

• Continuous Assessment System
• Final Assessment System
• Tools and qualification percentages:
  • Written test to be taken (%): 40
  • Oral defense (%): 10
  • Realization of Practical Work (exercises, cases or problems) (%): 50

Evaluation System



Continuous Assessment (to opt for this system, the student must not have more than 30% of sessions with unexcused absences)

The syllabus is divided into four units, each closing with the submission of an assessable assignment which can be: individual or group, written or oral.

In addition to this final assignment, Thematic Units 2 and 3 also include an intermediate assignment that will also be assessable. There will also be a mandatory reading that requires the submission of an assignment.

These submissions will be evaluated based on the sections included in each of the evaluation rubrics that students will have at their disposal at the beginning of each thematic unit.



The arithmetic average resulting from the grades of these submissions will account for 50% of the course grade.



Final Assessment

For students who have opted for the continuous assessment system, the final test of the course, composed of a written part and an oral part, will account for the remaining 50% of the course grade.

If the student has exceeded the number of unexcused absences or has opted for the final assessment system, the grade of this test will account for 100% of the course grade.



VERY IMPORTANT:

Any test, exercise, or assignment of any assessment modality (continuous or final) and any call (ordinary or extraordinary) will be considered FAILED if any FRAUDULENT ACTION (such as copying or plagiarism) is observed. Academic fraud is understood as dishonest and unethical practice, from copying in an exam or written test to appropriation of texts and infringement of copyright (plagiarism and/or cyberplagiarism), identity impersonation, or the buying and selling of academic work.



ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT IF IT MUST BE DONE REMOTELY:

Regardless of whether they have participated in the continuous assessment system or not, students have the right to be assessed through the final assessment system. To do this, the student who wishes to must submit a written request to the professor in charge of the course to withdraw from the continuous assessment within 9 weeks from the start of the semester.

The extraordinary call is only for students who have not passed the course in the ordinary call, either because:

the final average grade is less than 5

they did not attend the final test during the ordinary period



In any case, the student who has to take the extraordinary call must contact the teacher to agree on the terms and conditions to pass the course.

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Basic bibliography

Vilagrasa Grandia, Albert (2020). A punt. Curs de català. Llibre d'exercicis, 4. Publicacions de l'Abadia de Montserrat

Vilagrasa Grandia, Albert (2020). A punt. Curs de català. Llibre de l'alumne, 4. Publicacions de l'Abadia de Montserrat

Casagran, Roc (2014). Ara que estem junts. Columna Edicions

In-depth bibliography

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Journals

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Web addresses

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