Universität Wien

340288 UE Oral Communication: Spanish (2015W)

2.00 ECTS (1.00 SWS), SPL 34 - Translationswissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work

After successful registration in the system, attendance in the first session of this course is required; there will be an attendance list throughout this course. The student may miss two classes at most.
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Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 30 participants
Language: Spanish

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 13.10. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum 8 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Tuesday 27.10. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum 8 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Tuesday 10.11. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum 8 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Tuesday 24.11. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum 8 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Thursday 10.12. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum 6 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 1.OG
  • Thursday 14.01. 11:00 - 12:30 Seminarraum 8 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Tuesday 19.01. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum 8 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Communicative behavior in conversations and discussions: development of means of verbal expression and presentation norms, also with regard to argumentative techniques and non-verbal communication. Discussion and moderation. Practice-oriented production of oral texts for diverse groups and communicative situations (presentations, speeches, interviews etc.)

Assessment and permitted materials

Immanent course grading: grade based on the semester performance. Regular attendance is prerequisite for assessing the students performance. Continuous active in-class participation and oral exams during the semester as well as an oral final exam in the last week of the semester. There will be an attendance list in this course.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Improvement of oral communication and expression skills as well as of rhetorical skills, broadening lexical knowledge and communicative skills (pronunciation, intonation, speed), use of verbal and non-verbal communicative elements, achievement of a general oral communicative competence, which should be used in ways appropriate to a situation. Oral communication and oral text competence based on simple to medium-difficult texts of various genres from Spanish-speaking countries. By considering various topics, the course offers the possibility to draw cultural, idiomatic, and lexical comparisons.

Examination topics

Teaching the basics in rhetoric. In the context of concrete communicative situations (presentations, group discussions, free speech on various topics, introductions, information sessions, interviews etc.) there will be simulated tasks taking into consideration target audience, text genre, questions of style and rhetoric, as well as non-verbal communicative elements. Independent single and group work (also blended learning) serves as a preparation for students’ oral presentation and subsequent discussion in class. (Audio- and video-taping included.) Hand-in of a glossary at the end of the semester.

Reading list

Will be announced in the course and on the e-learning platform at the beginning of the semester.

Association in the course directory

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