CATALAN LANGUAGE 1 - E1

CATALAN LANGUAGE offers communicative courses for beginners and advanced students and aims to introduce students to the Catalan culture and language. It consists of a six-monthly theoretical module and annual language exercises.

The general objective of the teaching is to develop all the language skills (as well as the critical ability of one's student) to reach the required levels in each year. At the end of the course, the student reaches a basic level A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for the knowledge of languages (QCER)

1. Knowledge and understanding
Knowing the vocabulary concerning everyday communication situations and grammar.
Linguistic knowledge of the Catalan language up to the B2 level of the CEFR.

2. Applying knowledge and understanding
Knowing how to use the right vocabulary and a correct grammar for each of the daily communicative situations (discussed during the lessons).
To understand and produce written and oral texts from a level A2 to B2 of the CEFR.

3. Making judgments
Ability to identify any grammatical and phonological errors and to be able to find the bibliographic sources suggested by the teacher (such as knowing how to use the linguistic resource online http://aplicacions.llengua.gencat.cat/llc/AppJava/index.html or different dictionaries).

4. Communication skills
know how to communicate information in Catalan, using vocabulary and syntactic structures appropriate for everyday situations.

5. Learning skills
Self-evaluation skills at the initial level compared to the acquisition of metalinguistic contents, as well as to their competence in the Catalan language.

None… except for the desire and willingness to learn a European “minorized” language spoken by more than 10 million people.

Communicative goals:
Communicate in the classroom;
Recognize Catalan among other languages;
Understand frequently used phrases and expressions relating to areas of immediate relevance;
Communicate in simple and routine activities that require a simple exchange of information on familiar and common topics;
Describe in simple terms aspects of your background and the environment around us;
Express immediate needs;
Understand simple oral and written texts;
Express yourself orally and in particular: greet, talk on the phone, ask and give personal information, indicate the time, make requests, describe objects;
Writing letters, emails and describing situations involving objects and people;
Express your personal opinions and your tastes and preferences;
Ask for clarifications and explanations;
Describe the physical appearance, personality, studies done;
Telling past events;
Understand short and simple written texts, such as postcards, e-mails, cooking recipes; understand the purpose of a message; identify specific information in notices and simple informative texts;
Understand simple oral monological texts spoken slowly.

Grammar:
The alphabet, punctuation and orthographic signs
Personal pronouns
Reflexive pronouns
The definite and indefinite articles
The questions: com qui, quants, quantes, quines, d’on, per què, de què, on, (a) quin, quan
The possessives
The demonstratives
Nationality adjectives: gender and number
The quantifiers
Pronouns of indirect object
Time expressions
The present tense
Prepositions: a ... de, desde ... fins a, entre ... i, a, en, amb
The links: however, perquè, for això, doncs; a més, també
The verbs "ser", "dir-se", "tenir", "parlar", "estudiar", "treballar", "fer" "haver-hi", "ser", "viure", "estar-se" , "Preferir", "agradar", "suportar", "encantar", "anar", "sortir", "llegir", "dur", "portar", "saber", "poder" in the present indicative
The pronouns of direct object
The numerals
The mandatory periphrase in the present indicative: haver de + infinitiu
Comparatives
The expressions of place
The impersonal forms: es pot, s’ha de + infinitiu
The distant past
Present perfect
The participles

Vocabulary:
Useful phrases in the classroom
Names of countries, nationalities and languages
The trades and professions
The physique and the character
Seasons and time
Food and drink
Fashion and clothes
Sports and recreational activities; The hobbies
Parts of the body
The means of dissemination
The family
The house, the furniture
Life at the university
The job's world

Catalan language 1
Vilagrasa, Albert (2018) A punt, 1. Curs de català. Llibre de alumne. Barcelona: Publicacions de l'Abadia de Montserrat.
Vilagrasa, Albert (2018) A punt, 1. Curs de català. Llibre d'exercicis. Barcelona: Publicacions de l'Abadia de Montserrat.

You can buy them here:
http://www.pamsa.cat/pamsa/colleccions/A-punt/A-punt-1-Curs-de-catala-Llibre-de-lalumne.html
http://www.pamsa.cat/pamsa/colleccions/A-punt/A-Punt-1-Curs-de-catala-Llibre-dexercicis.html

During the course, students will have to demonstrate their learning process and will participate in the constructive evaluation of their peers. Empathy and teamwork within the learning of a language is fundamental, therefore, during the entire duration of the course and at the end, there will be several activities to be carried out individually and in groups in order to activate and put in place practice from the first moment their acquired knowledge.
During the first and second semester, the student will have to carry out various tasks: compositions, reading a book in the language and activities, two six-monthly written tests on the grammatical and lexical contents of the exercises, a final written and oral exam divided into two parts [a ) contents of the lectorate b) open-ended questions and quizzes on the contents of the theoretical module) and a final paper on the theoretical contents.

In order to proceed with the final evaluation of the course, it is mandatory to have passed and passed all the tests and all the parts (lectorate and module) and to have delivered all the required tasks.

The course has a highly practical and applied approach. It is a communicative type course developed to acquire optimal language skills in Catalan in small groups, which allows for the acquisition of the language in a much more effective and personalized way.
The teaching methodology includes resources of all kinds, from the classic grammar manual with exercises to more contemporary resources, such as YouTube, webseries in Catalan (Drama, Mai neva a ciutat), self-learning web platforms (h5p.cat), social networks (Instagram), songs, etc.
Furthermore, academic and cultural meetings will be held throughout the semester in order to listen, produce oral texts and interact in real cultural situations.

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There will be many cultural and academic activities that will allow the student to acquire sensitivity with Catalan culture and to learn many beautiful things of the Catalan universe: musical groups, influencers, books, football...

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This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Poverty and inequalities" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development