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Spanish B2.2
Spanish Language & Culture Program
Barcelona, Spain
Dates: 6/26/24 - 7/27/24
Spanish B2.2
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: University of Barcelona
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Primary Subject Area: Spanish Language & Literature
Instruction in: Spanish
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 300
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 40
DESCRIPTION
In the classes, work on grammar points is closely associated with language practice, in a communicative, dynamic, flexible framework. At the end of the course the student should be able to:
1. To relate to native speakers with a sufficient degree of fluency and naturalness so as to maintain effortless communication. To produce social constructions in formal and informal contexts as well as making enunciations related to personal experiences, events and needs of daily life.
2. Understand the main ideas of complex texts which deal with concrete and abstract subjects, even if they are of a technical nature, as long as they are within their special field.
3. Refer discursive acts.
4. Elaborate written texts which explain, describe or narrate aspects related to the subjects and contents of this level. To argue and counterargue. To understand and write personal and formal correspondence
5. Understand in a global way, information and opinions transmitted through media, as well as literary texts of intermediate difficulty
Universitat de Barcelona awards credits based on the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) and also lists contact hours on their official transcript.
ECTS to U.S. Credit Conversion:
- 2 ECTS: 1 U.S. Credit
Contact Hours Credit Conversion: 15 contact hours: 1 U.S. Credit
- 1 UB contact hour is equivalent to 60 minutes
- 1 US contact hour is equivalent to 50 minutes
- UB Language Courses are equivalent to 40 UB contact hours (60 minutes)
- 40 UB contact hours is equivalent to 3.2 U.S. semester credits (50 minutes)
CEA CAPA recommends converting the UB Language courses to U.S. contact hours (50 minutes) however, course equivalences and transfer of credit is at the discretion of the home institution.
1. To relate to native speakers with a sufficient degree of fluency and naturalness so as to maintain effortless communication. To produce social constructions in formal and informal contexts as well as making enunciations related to personal experiences, events and needs of daily life.
2. Understand the main ideas of complex texts which deal with concrete and abstract subjects, even if they are of a technical nature, as long as they are within their special field.
3. Refer discursive acts.
4. Elaborate written texts which explain, describe or narrate aspects related to the subjects and contents of this level. To argue and counterargue. To understand and write personal and formal correspondence
5. Understand in a global way, information and opinions transmitted through media, as well as literary texts of intermediate difficulty
Universitat de Barcelona awards credits based on the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) and also lists contact hours on their official transcript.
ECTS to U.S. Credit Conversion:
- 2 ECTS: 1 U.S. Credit
Contact Hours Credit Conversion: 15 contact hours: 1 U.S. Credit
- 1 UB contact hour is equivalent to 60 minutes
- 1 US contact hour is equivalent to 50 minutes
- UB Language Courses are equivalent to 40 UB contact hours (60 minutes)
- 40 UB contact hours is equivalent to 3.2 U.S. semester credits (50 minutes)
CEA CAPA recommends converting the UB Language courses to U.S. contact hours (50 minutes) however, course equivalences and transfer of credit is at the discretion of the home institution.