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Intensive Spanish Program
Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez | February 2020
Campus Viña del Mar
I. PROGRAM
Course Basic Spanish Intensive Course
Total academic hours 29 academic hours: Chilean Culture + Grammar +
Communication + 2 workshops in Viña del Mar/Valparaíso
Credits 1,5 UAI credits = 1,5 US Credits
Coordinator Karen Caimi Körbler
E-mail languagelab@uai.cl
II. COURSE DESCRIPTION
Basic Spanish Intensive Course is aimed at students with some very basic knowledge of Spanish at
the elementary level or no prior knowledge of the target language. This course focuses on providing
students with an atmosphere conducive to developing their communication competences at an
elementary level. Students develop the ability to tackle easy and clear information and to express
themselves in familiar contexts and situations related to their immediate needs.
This will be achieved through practicing the four language skills: speaking, reading, listening and
writing. Special emphasis will be placed on speaking skills with sessions devoted to spoken Spanish,
where students will be required to take part in activities such, role plays, interviews, etc. All practical
and grammatical content will be addressed from a communicative approach based on students'
active participation in class.
III. GOALS
The main goal of the course is to provide the students with the appropriate atmosphere for them to
acquire and develop basic communicative skills. Students will be required to take part in activities
such as presentations and discussions on common topics, role plays, interviews, etc. All functional and
grammar contents will be approached from a communicative perspective which will assume and
value active participation of the students in the class at all times.
IV. CONTENTS
SECTION GRAMMAR
Lectures 5 lectures of 90 minutes
Language English/Spanish
Dates Contents
- Introductions and greetings
Lecture 1, Feb. 24 - Gender and number
- Numbers: 1-100 and the alphabet
Lecture 2, Feb. 25 The verbs ser, tener and llamarse (age, nationality, country of origin)
Lecture 3, Feb. 26 Locating objects and people: Hay vs. está (describe the house and the city)
Lecture 4, Feb. 27 - Describing people: adjectives of personality and physical appearance)
- Noun-adjective agreement
Lecture 5, Feb. 28 - Expressing needs, wishes and preferences: necesitar, querer, preferir +
infinitive/noun
SECTION COMMUNICATION
Lectures 5 lectures of 90 minutes
Language English/Spanish
Dates Contents
- Greetings
Lecture 1, Feb. 24 - practice the alphabet to spell new vocabulary: numbers, nationality, country
of origin
Lecture 2, Feb. 25 Talk about ourselves
- Asking for and giving general information
Lecture 3, Feb. 26 Describing objects and places: My home and my neighborhood
Lecture 4, Feb. 27 Describing people
Lecture 5, Feb. 28 - Talking about transportation, stores and leisure
- Days and months
SECTION CULTURE
Lectures 1 lectures of 3 hours + 1 fieldwork of 3 hours + 2 workshops of 3 hours
Language English/Spanish
Dates Contents
In this lecture we will discuss the main features of Chilean Spanish
(pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar) from a historical, geographical and
Lecture 1, Feb. 24 social perspective.
Workshop: Students will apply their knowledge to several dialectical
phenomena, learning to recognize Chilean Spanish main differences with
standard Spanish.
Students will learn how to navigate the city by fulfilling several tasks, like
Fieldwork, Feb. 25 using public transportation, interacting with Chileans at the market, buying a
grocery list and understanding the urban planning of the city.
Discovering Viña del Mar’s identity: houses of founding families
Workshop 1, Feb. 26 Students will explore the city of Viña del Mar, discovering its most iconic
locations, like historical palaces, the President’s summer residence and other
patrimonial buildings that shapes the city’s identity.
Street Art as a window to Chilean identity: Indo American socialism and
Workshop 2, Feb. 27 social movements
Analysis of symbols present in Street Art around Valparaíso: unveiling the
hidden messages in the city’s urban landscape.
V. METHODOLOGY AND ACTIVITIES
All grammatical, functional, lexical and cultural content is integrated into activities for each unit
through a communicative approach. All grammar and functional contents will be integrated into
activities within the framework of units with different topics. Both theoretical explanations and
practical work will be combined in the class.
Assignments will include daily homework.
VI. ASSESSMENT AND FINAL MARK
The final grade of those students interested in getting credit for the units completed in the course,
will be calculated according to the following grade breakdown:
Participation: 30%
Homework: 30%
Final grammar exam: 40%
VII. ATTENDANCE
PLEASE NOTE: Attendance to class is compulsory and will be recorded daily. Absences may prevent
students from sitting the final exam and, therefore, from earning the corresponding credits.
VIII. WEEKLY SCHEDULE
MONDAY 24 TUESDAY 25 WEDNESDAY 26 THURSDAY 27 FRIDAY 28 SATURDAY 29 SUNDAY 01
Welcome Grammar Grammar Grammar Grammar
Orientation (09:00 to 10:30) (09:00 to 10:30) (09:00 to 10:30) (09:00 to 10:30)
(09:00 to 09:45)
Grammar Communication Communication Communication Communication
(10:00 to 11:30) (10:45 to 12:15) (10:45 to 12:15) (10:45 to 12:15) (10:45 to 12:15)
Communication Independent Independent Independent Independent
(11:45 to 13:15) lunch at UAI lunch at UAI lunch at UAI lunch
(12:15 to 13:15) (12:15 to 13:15) (12:15 to 13:15) (12:15 to 13:15)
Independent Culture Class Workshop 1 Workshop 2 Final Exam
lunch at UAI Fieldwork (13:30 a 16:30) (13:30 a 16:30) (13:15 to 14:45)
(13:15 to 14:30) (13:30 to 16:30)
Culture Class
(14:30 to 16:00)
Culture + In
Class Workshop
(16:15 to 17:45)
*Program schedule may vary.
