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2023/2024

Modern Language II (Romanian)

Code: 104089 ECTS Credits: 6
Degree Type Year Semester
2500239 Art History OT 3 2
2500239 Art History OT 4 2
2500240 Musicology OT 3 2
2500240 Musicology OT 4 2
2500241 Archaeology OT 3 0
2500241 Archaeology OT 4 0
2500245 English Studies OT 3 0
2500245 English Studies OT 4 0
2500246 Philosophy OT 3 2
2500246 Philosophy OT 4 2
2500256 Social and Cultural Anthropology OT 3 2
2500256 Social and Cultural Anthropology OT 4 2
2500501 History OT 4 0
2502758 Humanities OT 3 2
2502758 Humanities OT 4 2
2503702 Ancient Studies OT 4 2
2503710 Geography, Environmental Management and Spatial Planning OT 4 0
2503998 Catalan Philology: Literary Studies and Linguistics OT 4 2
2504211 Spanish Language and Literature OT 3 2
2504211 Spanish Language and Literature OT 4 2
2504212 English Studies OT 3 2
2504212 English Studies OT 4 2
2504378 French Philology and Culture OT 3 2
2504380 English and Catalan Studies OT 3 0
2504380 English and Catalan Studies OT 4 0
2504386 English and Spanish Studies OT 3 2
2504386 English and Spanish Studies OT 4 2
2504388 Catalan and Spanish Studies OT 3 0
2504388 Catalan and Spanish Studies OT 4 0
2504393 English and French Studies OT 3 0
2504393 English and French Studies OT 4 0
2504394 English and Classics Studies OT 3 2
2504394 English and Classics Studies OT 4 2

Contact

Name:
Maria Ioana Alexandrescu
Email:
ioana.alexandrescu@uab.cat

Teaching groups languages

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Prerequisites

Having a basic knowledge of Romanian.


Objectives and Contextualisation

Modern Language II (Romanian) aims to familiarize students with the essential aspects of present-day Romanian, so that on completing this subject students acquire an elementary competence of the language both in its communicative aspects and in its relevant phonetic, lexical and grammatical aspects. It also aims to introduce students to various socio-cultural aspects of Romania.


Competences

    Art History
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
    Musicology
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
    Archaeology
  • Developing critical thinking and reasoning and communicating them effectively both in your own and other languages.
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
    English Studies
  • Develop critical thinking and reasoning and knowing how to communicate effectively both in your mother tongue and in other languages.
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
    Philosophy
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
    Social and Cultural Anthropology
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
    History
  • Developing critical thinking and reasoning and communicating them effectively both in your own and other languages.
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
    Humanities
  • Developing critical thinking and reasoning and communicating them effectively both in your own and other languages.
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
    Ancient Studies
  • Be able to express oneself orally and in writing in the specific language of history, archaeology and philology, both in one's own languages and a third language.
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
    Geography, Environmental Management and Spatial Planning
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
  • Use the scientific and professional language of the social sciences.
    Catalan Philology: Literary Studies and Linguistics
  • Produce written work and oral presentations that are effective and framed in the appropriate register.
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
    Spanish Language and Literature
  • Carry out effective written work or oral presentations adapted to the appropriate register in different languages.
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
    English Studies
  • Produce effective written work or oral presentations adapted to the appropriate register in distinct languages (except English).
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
    French Philology and Culture
  • Carry out effective written work and oral presentations adapted to the appropriate register in different languages.
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
    English and Catalan Studies
  • Carry out effective written work or oral presentations adapted to the appropriate register in different languages.
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
    English and Spanish Studies
  • Carry out effective written work or oral presentations adapted to the appropriate register in different languages.
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
    Catalan and Spanish Studies
  • Carry out effective written work or oral presentations adapted to the appropriate register in different languages.
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
    English and French Studies
  • Carry out effective written work or oral presentations adapted to the appropriate register in different languages.
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
    English and Classics Studies
  • Produce effective written work or oral presentations adapted to the appropriate register in distinct languages.
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Ability to maintain an appropriate conversation.
  2. Carry out oral presentations using an appropriate academic vocabulary and style.
  3. Carrying out oral presentations using an appropriate academic vocabulary and style.
  4. Carrying out oral presentations using appropriate academic vocabulary and style.
  5. Communicate in the studied language in oral and written form, properly using vocabulary and grammar.
  6. Communicating in oral and written form in the studied language, properly using vocabulary and grammar.
  7. Communicating in the studied language in oral and written form, properly using vocabulary and grammar.
  8. Construct an oral and written discourse in the corresponding language that is well-organised and correct.
  9. Create an organised and correct discourse, spoken and in writing, in the corresponding language.
  10. Critically take part in classroom oral debates and use the discipline's specific vocabulary.
  11. Critically taking part in classroom oral debates and using the discipline's specific vocabulary.
  12. Develop an organized and correct oral and written speech, in the corresponding language.
  13. Engaging in debates about historical facts respecting the other participants' opinions.
  14. Express ideas in the language studied, orally and in writing, using vocabulary and grammar appropriately.
  15. Express themselves in the language studied, orally and in writing, using vocabulary and grammar appropriately.
  16. Give oral presentations using an appropriate vocabulary and academic style.
  17. Give oral presentations, using an appropriate style and vocabulary.
  18. Identify main and secondary ideas and express them with linguistic correctness.
  19. Identify principal and secondary ideas and express them using correct language.
  20. Identify the main and secondary ideas and express them with linguistic correctness.
  21. Identify the relationships between literature and language, and the language in which it is spoken and written, and express them with linguistic correctness.
  22. Identifying main and supporting ideas and expressing them with linguistic correctness.
  23. Identifying the main and secondary ideas and expressing them with linguistic correctness.
  24. Maintain a conversation appropriate to the level of the interlocutor.
  25. Maintain a conversation attuned to the level of the interlocutor.
  26. Make oral presentations using appropriate academic vocabulary and style.
  27. Participate in classroom debates from a critical perspective, using the vocabulary of the discipline.
  28. Participate in oral debates in the classroom in a critical manner and using the vocabulary of the discipline.
  29. Preparing an oral and written discourse in the corresponding language in a proper and organized way.
  30. Present work in formats suited to personal demands and styles, both individually and in small groups.
  31. Present works in formats tailored to the needs and personal styles, both individual and small group.
  32. Submit assignments in formats tailored to requirements and personal styles, whether carried out individually or in a small group.
  33. Submitting works in accordance with both individual and small group demands and personal styles.
  34. Use the scientific and professional language of the social sciences.

Content

 Grammar content:

- Models of verbal conjugation

- Present subjunctive

- Future

- Present conditional

- Imperative

- The dative and genitive case of nouns

- The personal pronoun in accusative and dative case

- The reflexive pronoun

- Possessives

Lexical content:

- The human body, food, objects and activities of everyday life, working time, holidays etc.

Additional content will be provided, such as phonetic and orthographic content, as well as communication (giving and asking for information, exemplifying, justifying etc) and sociocultural (traditions, music, cinema etc.) content.


Methodology

Modern Language II is essentially instrumental and practical. In order for students to achieve the established objectives this subject mainly involves practical classes.
The teaching methodology will combine several types of actions and techniques, such as lectures, debates, cooperative learning, simulated situations etc. ations etc. 

Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.


Activities

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
Directed 52 2.08 3, 1, 13, 33
Type: Supervised      
Supervised 30.5 1.22
Type: Autonomous      
Autonomous 60 2.4 33

Assessment

The evaluation will be continuous and will be organized in three modules:

1) Oral comprehension and expression assignments
2) Two reading comprehension, grammar and vocabulary tests
3) Written expression test

The lecturer teaching this course will inform students of the assesment activities schedule. On carrying out each evaluation activity, the lecturer will inform students of the procedures and the date / time for reviewing assessment. 

Reassessment: 
Students can resit or make up evaluated work if they have submitted a minimum two thirds of the final grade and only if they have got an average exam mark of 3.5 or more according to the evaluation criteria.

"No-evaluable" mark: A mark of  (N/A Not Assessable) will be awarded if a student hands in less than two thirds of the assessement activities.   

In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.

Single assessment: This subject does not incorporate single assessment.

 


Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
First reading comprehension, grammar and vocabulary test 25% 2 0.08 15, 7, 6, 14, 5, 33, 32, 30, 31
Oral comprehension and expression assignments 25% 2 0.08 15, 7, 6, 14, 16, 3, 4, 17, 26, 2, 1, 25, 24, 13, 27, 28, 11, 10, 33, 30
Second reading comprehension, grammar and vocabulary test 25% 2 0.08 7, 6, 14, 33
Written expression test 25% 1.5 0.06 29, 8, 21, 12, 9, 15, 7, 6, 14, 5, 23, 22, 19, 18, 20, 33, 32, 30, 31, 34

Bibliography

Avram, Mioara. Sala, Marius (2013), Les presentamos la lengua rumana. Alicante: Universidad de Alicante.
Dorobăţ, Ana. Fotea, Mircea (1999), Româna de bază, vol 1 și 2. Iasi: Institutul European.
González-Barro, José Damián (2015), Esquemas de rumano: Gramática y usos lingüísticos. Madrid: Centro de Lingüística Aplicada Atenea.
Kohn, Daniela (2009), Puls. Manual de limba română pentru străini. Iasi: Polirom.
Platon, Elena et alii (2012), Manual de limba română ca limba străină(RLS): A1-A2. Cluj-Napoca: Casa Cărții de Știință.
Moldoveanu Pologea, Mona (2016), Learn Romanian. Bucuresti: Rolang Publishing House.
http://www.vorbitiromaneste.ro/


Software

None.